You thought this was going to be some dumb beach episode? Ha. Ha. Ha.

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Summer! The beach! Swimsuits! So why does it look like Producer-san isn’t enjoying himself at all? I guess it hurts that more than 3/4 of the girls he’s with are probably about 10 years younger than he is.  Oh well.  Doesn’t stop this from being a fun ep.  You can expect water guns, yukatas, hot springs, and yes, even pororis!
And for those of you who’ve been thinking “this show really doesn’t follow much of the game’s plot… it’s really just about introducing the idols!”, look no further.  Shit speeds up.
Enjoy two BRAND NEW, never-before-heard songs and a free-standing kara’d MV in a little while.

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A pretty depressing approach to the spotlight on one of my personal favorite characters. I think we’re going to need a season 2, or possibly an entire spin-off series to deal with the plot points that were raised and left unresolved in this ep.
I’d say “imagine how I’m going to be when Miki’s ep comes,” except that… well, Miki doesn’t have much backstory to leave unresolved ^^;
Due to repeated issues with kfx lag, multiple new songs per episode and the standard UTW policy to leave things soft-subbed, we’re removing kfx from this release and future releases. Older eps will be fixed in v2’s.  Two tracks as always.
In any case, enjoy the frog costumes and damnable cameramen. See you next week!
arEdit: Update: Apparently the fonts didn’t attend the first muxing due to RL issues, but we, being the gentlemen that we are, organized a second muxing that they were able to attend.

No, you are not in danger. Probably. Please stay seated.

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We promised you faster, and this week, we actually deliver! Thanks to proper alignment of various cosmic bodies and efficient utilization of the jet stream, we managed to reduce downtime by 180%! Thanks, GEICO!
Forewarning: Fans of iM@S, the insert song is not what you think it is. That is all.
P.S.:: Due to a lot of feedback, the fancy karaoke effects have been removed in the second subtitle track in favor of a simpler style. So if you were having lag issues with the OP/ED, give the second track a try!

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Those of you who hated cameraman-san, rejoice! Cameraman-san has been upgraded to Producer-san.  Replacing him is… cameraman-san! Who, thankfully, has spoken lines and is treated like a totally normal character.
Was anyone out there expecting LOTS of iM@S music? Hope you were, because today’s release introduces all sorts of goodness. We can probably expect the same from every week here on out, too.
We apologize for the delay. We had some encoding issues come up. Next week should be faster!
Once again: subtitle track 1 (default) will once again be UTW style with honorifics and common terms in japanese, whereas track 2 will be the more localized version with no honorifics, courtesy of Daiz.
See you next week!

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Thanks for waiting!  UTW, Underwater and I, your guest translator, are proud to present to you THE iDOLM@STER.  New and improved, now with no giant robots! Our glorious, unified tag, [Chibiki], is a simple amalgam of three of our favorite idols: Chihaya, Hibiki and Miki (ordered to make the name sound good – Miki rules all our hearts!).

If you’ve been following Kusion’s storm of iM@S vids for the past several months, you know what’s coming. Singing, dancing, and a greater variety of idols than you can shake a stick at. While we’ve all been apprehensive as to the quality of A-1 Productions’ work, I personally think it’s safe to say that this is one of the finer releases this season. Viewers of NicoNico rated it #1 out of everything that came out!

Big thanks go to Kusion, the other leader of this project and wrangler of the Whiteboard of Doom (you’ll see), Daiz for working all day with us while sick, Raze for guiding us along all the while, and __ar for words of wisdom and magic fixes along the way.  Next week we’ll be even faster, now that we have everything in line and the team worked out!

As an added bonus! Daiz has prepared a sub track 2 for viewers who prefer their subs with as little untranslated Japanese as possible. Track 1 will be UTW style with common terms and titles included.

Enjoy the music, enjoy the surprises, enjoy the ride.  We’re looking forward to experiencing The iDOLM@STER with you!