Haruka Yoshimura

Four years after the events of SHIROBAKO the series, Musashino Animation has gone through unprecedented changes and things are looking bleak for the studio. One day, Aoi Miyamori is offered a role managing a new theatrical animation project. With only a few months left before the deadline, can MusAni complete the project in its current state? It’s up to Aoi to work alongside both familiar faces and new to finish the project in time!

THE IDOLM@STER 8th ANNIVERSARY HOP!STEP!!FESTIV@L!!! was a live concert tour that took place from July to September of 2013. There were multiple locations, different setlists and cast members for each dates as follows: @NAGOYA0707: Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi on July 7th, 2013. @OSAKA0720/@OSAKA0721: ORIX Theater in Osaka, on July 20th and 21st, 2013. @YOKOHAMA0804: Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall (Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama) in Yokohama, Kanagawa on August 4th, 2013. @FUKUOKA0915: Zepp Fukuoka in Fukuoka, on September 15th, 2013. @MAKUHARI0921/@MAKUHARI0922: Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba, on September 21st and 22nd, 2013. Buyers of THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER PERFORMANCE 01 "Thank You!" CD had the first choice in reserving seats for this event. The tour was released on Blu-ray & DVD on February 19th, 2014.

A mysterious girl named Sakura escaped after her fox friend, Shizuku was arrested. When he managed to escape, she fell to the Human World only to be found by Ichika Usami. Sakura says she is from "Sakuragahara", a world based on ancient Japan that is in danger because a mysterious evil figure named Karasu Tengu has taken over and stolen all the beautiful things in her world. She is also looking for Pretty Cure that represents Sweet, Jewels and Keys. Ichika says that she found the KiraKira PreCure team, which represents sweets. As two Karasu Tengu servants arrived in the human world looking for Sakura, the other members of the KiraKira team were ambushed, only to be saved by Maho Girls PreCure! Team, which represented Jewel and Go! Princess PreCure Team, which represents Key. When they gathered together with Sakura, the three teams had to dare Sakuragahara to save Shizuku and free her world from the evil hands of Karasu Tengu.