

I know that _The Idolm@ster_ started out as a raising simulator/rhythm arcade
game in Japan, but there is also a bunch of
[anime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Idolmaster_media#Anime) and
[print
media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Idolmaster_media#Print_media)
of it.

Is there a game/anime/manga in English in one form or another (either dubbed
or subbed for anime, or officially translated/localized for everything else)
which would be a good entry point into the series?


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What's a good entry point for The Idolm@ster?


How about [the official YouTube
channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe3uJZIjfYwNNR0S6W3GvEA)? You can
watch promotional videos and radio programs for free; original, Million,
Cinderella, Shiny, and SideM are all treated. Anime and specials are
distributed depending on the time.

Since these are YouTube, most content has auto-generated subtitles; which are
somewhat inaccurate, but automatic machine translation is possible. (If you
choose English or ’英語’.)

[![Screenshot of an Idolmaster video on YouTube with Closed Caption setting
opened and set to Auto-
English](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jt9Tz.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jt9Tz.jpg)

Of course, these are legal content operated by copyright holders.


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I think the 2011 TV anime series is the obvious choice. It corresponds to 2nd
Vision games and the classic breakout period while the numbers of idols were
still manageable (it has 11, if you count twins as one). The anime that came
before was awful. The anime that came after is often a movie, spin-off, or
just downright fruity. The 2015 Cinderella Girls series is okay, but not any
better than the original.

I read most of iM@S manga and I cannot name one that's definitive.


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