With harem slice of life series The iDOLM@STER’s upcoming Blu-ray release, the corresponding cover artwork has been released – a fanciful and stylishly simple display of Haruka and Miki Miki.
The illustrations are as one can clearly see, wonderful – to the left is Haruka and to the right, Miki Miki. Each half makes use of a single prominent color in an overall monotonous outlook to devise a scene fitting of the girl in question. The two vibrant red and lush green sections complement one another. The amount of stars on both sides are uneven, seven each – thereby generating even more visual interest through the usage of basic art rules.
This may sound silly to some, though there is a lot of design aspects which go into typography and the font-face used for “THE iDOLM@STER” is truly lovely – it is bold and boasts recognition in a fashionable manner. Contents of the Blu-ray aside, the artwork is quite enticing and takes advantage of the elements of art. It’s been precisely crafted to a point one would never expect for a mere Blu-ray cover sleeve – though sure enough, there it is.
We also have storyboards from the end sequences of episode three and five respectively one can enjoy below. They outline certain scenes with sketches, and perhaps even some color – alongside short staff notes.
This upcoming Blu-ray is the first volume special edition to be released of the latest, highly successful iDOLM@STER anime. The remaining artworks can be seen below:
Sep 3, 2011 @ 12:53 CDT
I think this is one of the few times plaid is actually done perfectly (or almost done perfectly if you disagree on some level). And it is quite attractive to look at yeah.
Sep 3, 2011 @ 12:57 CDT
I agree entirely, this is the most fitting usage of plaid patterns I’ve ever seen.
Sep 4, 2011 @ 10:54 CDT
Remarkable! As I’m learning more about advertising due to my current major, I can appreciate the covers on a-whole-nother level. Beautiful, yet restrained and detailed character designs, among a ton of negative space really makes the girls shine and “pop-out” if you will. The stars are a nice touch with the simple typography does make look a high fashion spread in Vogue or something (as you said). Its truly attention grabbing and makes me want to buy the series! Too bad Japanese Blu-Rays are disgustingly expensive.
Lets just hope some company will license this awesome series someday.
Sep 4, 2011 @ 10:58 CDT
Indeed, I was so overwhelmed with the high style of it all – I believe I didn’t even get to say all I wanted from the shock.
Normally I don’t buy Blu-rays, but for The iDOLM@STER I’d definitely not think twice about it – the distinctively stylish artwork is a grand bonus.
Sep 4, 2011 @ 11:04 CDT
I’d actually be more inclined to buy it if it contained English subs, but i doubt that’ll happen. Not for this type of anime anyway. However, Dog Days (another Japanese otaku-oriented anime) also had English Subs on it’s Japanese BD release, so I don’t know.
Sep 4, 2011 @ 11:07 CDT
I’m not sure either – though once it’s on a retailer easily accessible to North America such as Play-Asia, it’ll of course have some more specifics.
I’m personally not bothered by the lack of subs, though I hope they do include at least VobSubs for my other otaku friends such as yourself.
This series is certainly turning out to be a must-watch in my opinion.