THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS

Uzuki Shimamura is an ordinary girl who dreams of being an idol. She’s picked one day for the Cinderella Project, but it can’t start until two more members are chosen. “P” scouts Rin Shibuya, but she isn’t interested and turns him down flat...

Uzuki and Rin come to 346 Production for the first time. They meet the final member, Mio Honda, and the 12 other eccentric members. The trio's first job is a publicity shoot, and they impress super-idol Mika Jougasaki, who hires them as backup dancers!

Uzuki, Rin, and Mio start taking lessons to train to be Mika’s backup dancers. It’s a struggle, and the pressure stresses the trio out so much that the final rehearsal doesn’t go well. Will they be able to get it together in time for the concert?

Uzuki, Rin, and Mio have been tapped to film the Cinderella Project's PR video. They go around filming their fellow members on a handycam, a few of whom are challenging subjects. But after the video is done, P makes an important announcement!

Two units are making their debut, one with Uzuki, Rin, and Mio, the other with Minami and Anastasia. They all become busy with lessons to prepare for their mini-concert debut. However, Miku's frustrations boil over when her own debut isn't in sight.

Uzuki, Rin, and Mio are New Generations, while Minami and Anastasia make up Love Laika. A mini-concert to promote their respective debut CDs is planned, and the members of both units prepare. What will they see when they look out over the stage?

P fails to chase after Mio when she runs out of the office. Then Rin leaves the project too, and it looks like the whole thing may fall apart. The other members hear about how P became cowardly in the way he interacts with idols after a past incident...

As summer comes, P and the idols become closer, while the project moves along nicely. Ranko gets to make her CD debut next, but there's a major gap between the image she's crafted and the way P perceives it. Will they be able to reach a middle ground?

Kanako, Chieri, and Anzu make their debut as Candy Island. The unit seems iffy from the get-go, but they're invited to a variety show. They compete with zero teamwork, and it doesn’t help that a terrifying “punishment” awaits the losers!

The trio of Rika, Miria, and Kirari make their debut as Dekoration. They take a breather in Harajuku in between events, but P gets separated from them. They end up missing each other repeatedly while the clock is ticking down to their next event!

Miku and Riina are going to make their debut as the Cinderella Project's final unit, though the two are like oil and water. When their participation in the summer festival is on the line, they try to get in sync, starting with becoming roommates!

With the summer fest lineup decided, the girls practice hard at a camp. They have to perform their own unit songs as well as a new group song. Seeing them struggle, Minami cancels the group lesson and initiates an athletic meet as a "special program"!

The summer fest is here at last. Rehearsals go smoothly thanks to Minami's leadership, but she collapses from the stress. The performances somehow go off without a hitch until a sudden downpour causes the rest of the concert to be canceled!

It's been a month since the idol festival and the 346 Production Cinderella Project idols are expanding the scope of their activities and grow one step at a time. It's smooth sailing for P until a suspicious figure seems to follow him wherever he goes. Do

Executive Director Mishiro announces that the division is going to start anew and cancels all current projects. Furthermore, she proclaims that she will pick the idols as part of one grand project. Her policies are very different from that of P, the Cinde

The project that P proposes to Executive Director Mishiro is called "Cinderella's Ball: Power of Smile." It's meant to be a complex event that will showcase the idols' individual strengths. Though Mishiro's proposal runs completely counter to this idea, s

In order to keep the Cinderella Project going and the "Cinderella's Ball" project a success, P and the idols feel they have to both up their game and increase their name recognition. With the cooperation of other departments, they start a new TV variety s

After Totokira Academy gets off to a popular start, Candy Island makes a guest appearance on the show. Chieri and Kanako are so nervous that they act stiff, but with Anzu's casual support, they make it through the taping. The staff loves the stark differe

Miku and Riina are concerned with improving as a unit to get ready for “Cinderella’s Ball,” despite their usual clashes over the direction of the unit. Meanwhile, Riina becomes friends with a rock idol she admires, Natsuki Kimura, whom Executive Director

Executive Director Mishiro's new project, Project Krone, begins. It consists of idols who are directly handpicked by the executive director herself. Meanwhile, P is suddenly informed that the Cinderella Project is going to come under review at 346 Product

Anastasia is positive and determined about participating in Project Krone. But then Mio suddenly announces she's going solo. Meanwhile Rin still can't decide whether to take part in Triad Primus. Amidst all these changes, they strive to find their own pat

The fall fest held by 346 Production has begun at last. The Cinderella Project idols are each determined in their own way and fired up as they face the concert. Per P's decision, New Generations is sitting the concert out, but Mio and Uzuki are on hand as

With the fall fest finished, the Cinderella Project members have ascended another stair. But when Uzuki suffers a crisis of confidence, she tells P that she wants to go back to the basics and subsequently returns to training school. Feeling that something

Uzuki has lost sight of herself and lost her smile, but Mio and Rin still believe in her, so they wait for Uzuki to come around. In response to her friends' faith, Uzuki visits 346 Pro, but she still has no good answer to the indecision that's inside her.