The series also received a bonus episode OVA with one of the Blu-Rays.
The anime aired in split seasons; the first half aired from January to April 2015, and the second half aired from July to October 2015.
In September 2012, the Nikkei Shimbun reported that Cinderella Girls earns over 1 billion yen in monthly revenue. The game currently has a player base of at least 4.6 million players.
A series of web shorts called NO MAKE* aired immediately after each episode of the anime ended, adding extra interactions between the Idols of 346 Pro that otherwise would not have fit in the episode. In addition to NO MAKE shorts, a series of in-universe interviews named MAGIC HOUR was also available, with different hosts interviewing (mostly) non-Cinderella Project idols. Both of these bonuses can be found on the original Mobage game, under the "Friday Night Fever" page, which is accessible from the Database menu.
The show was originally supposed to air from January to June of 2015, but delays caused a three-month gap between the show's two halves. To fill the gap, several stations reran the 2011 anime until Cinderella Girls came back on air. During this rerun, the Cinderella Girls mobile game gave away free SR cards and new NoMake dramas were available to Cinderella Girls Mobage players under the event name "Platinum Friday Night".