This is where it all started. MASTERPIECE 01 is from the original iDOLM@STER arcade cabinet in 2005, featuring Haruka, Yukiho, and Ritsuko's trio. Cast your magic! in M@STER VERSION has this bright, earnest mid-2000s J-pop energy that just feels like sunrise.
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The HYR VERSION of THE IDOLM@STER theme gives you three voices weaving together in a way that makes the arcade speakers feel bigger than they had any right to. Jealousy of the Sun adds an unexpected edge. First Stage is pure determination in song form.
The production is clean but humble, very much of its arcade era. If you want to trace iM@S back to its absolute roots, this disc is ground zero.