Aikatsu!

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Synonyms: Aikatsu! Idol Katsudou! Idol ga Tsudou!, Aidoru ga Tsudou!, Aikatsu! 2, Idol ga Tsudou! 2

Japanese: アイカツ！アイドルカツドウ！

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 178

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 8, 2012 to Mar 31, 2016

Premiered: Fall 2012

Broadcast: Thursdays at 18:30 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Bandai Visual, Dentsu

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Sunrise, Bandai Namco Pictures

Source: Original

Genre: Slice of Life

Themes: Idols (Female), Music, School

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG - Children

Statistics

Score: 7.54¹ (scored by 14,522 users)

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Ranked: #1750²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3348

Members: 43,926

Favorites: 963

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Synopsis

An idol's brilliance illuminates the dreams of humanity. Starlight Academy, a holy ground for celebrities in training, seeks to realize this belief. Behind its rigorous entrance requirements lie not only the top young stars in the entertainment business, but some of the best memories these students will ever have.

Or so Aoi Kiriya believes. Alongside her best friend Ichigo, Aoi decides to apply for the prestigious private school in hopes of living up to the praise of the biggest idol in the world: Mizuki Kanzaki. As they journey through the numerous laughs, friendships, and heartbreaks that await them, can the two girls light up the lives of others as Mizuki has done for them?

Whether it be chopping down Christmas trees, traversing obstacle courses, or even rock climbing, there's always a playful new adventure to be found in the world of Aikatsu!.

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Side story:	Aikatsu! Movie, Aikatsu! Music Award: Minna de Shou wo MoracchaimaShow!
Summary:	Aikatsu!: Dai Starmiya Ichigo Matsuri Zenyasai!!
Alternative setting:	Aikatsu Stars!, Aikatsu Friends!, Aikatsu on Parade!
Sequel:	Aikatsu!: Nerawareta Mahou no Aikatsu! Card
Other:	Aikatsu Planet!, Aikatsu! 10th Story: Mirai e no Starway

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Characters & Voice Actors

Hoshimiya, Ichigo

Main

Morohoshi, Sumire
Japanese

Kiriya, Aoi

Main

Tadokoro, Azusa
Japanese

Oozora, Akari

Main

Shimoji, Shino
Japanese

Toudou, Yurika

Main

Numakura, Manami
Japanese

Shibuki, Ran

Main

Ohashi, Ayaka
Japanese

Hikami, Sumire

Main

Wakui, Yuu
Japanese

Arisugawa, Otome

Main

Kurosawa, Tomoyo
Japanese

Kanzaki, Mizuki

Main

Kotobuki, Minako
Japanese

Kurebayashi, Juri

Main

Saitou, Aya
Japanese

Otoshiro, Seira

Main

Ishihara, Kaori
Japanese

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Mizushima, Seiji

Producer, Planning

Saitou, Shigeru

Producer

Hosoya, Nobuyuki

Producer

Imai, Yousuke

Producer

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Opening Theme

	1: "Signalize!" by Waka, Fuuri, Sunao, Risuko from STAR☆ANIS (eps 1-25)
	2: "Diamond Happy (ダイヤモンドハッピー)" by Waka, Fuuri, Sunao from STAR☆ANIS (eps 26-50)
	3: "KIRA☆Power" by Waka, Fuuri, Sunao from STAR☆ANIS (eps 51-75)
	4: "SHINING LINE*" by Waka, Fuuri, Yuna from STAR☆ANIS (eps 76-101)
	5: "Du-Du-Wa DO IT!!" by Ruka, Mona, Miki from AIKATSU☆STARS! & Waka from STAR☆ANIS (eps 102-126)
	6: "Lovely Party Collection" by Ruka, Mona, Miki from AIKATSU☆STARS! (eps 127-152)
	7: "START DASH SENSATION" by Ruka, Mona, Miki from AIKATSU☆STARS! (eps 153-176, 178)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Calendar Girl (カレンダーガール)" by Waka, Fuuri, Sunao from STAR☆ANIS (eps 1-25, 125)
	2: "Hirari / Hitori / Kirari (ヒラリ／ヒトリ／キラリ)" by Waka, Fuuri, Sunao, Remi, Moe, Eri, Yuna, Risuko from STAR☆ANIS (eps 26-43, 45-50)
	3: "Alice Blue no Kiss (アリスブルーのキス)" by Rey (eps 44)
	4: "Original Star☆彡 (オリジナルスター☆彡)" by Waka, Fuuri, Sunao, Remi, Moe, Eri, Yuna, Risuko from STAR☆ANIS (eps 51-75)
	5: "Precious" by Risuko, Waka, Fuuri, Mona from STAR☆ANIS (eps 76-101)
	6: "Good morning my dream" by Ruka, Mona, Miki from AIKATSU☆STARS! (eps 101-124,126)
	7: "Chuchu Ballerina (チュチュ・バレリーナ)" by Mona and Nanase from AIKATSU☆STARS! (eps 127-152)
	8: "lucky train!" by Ruka, Mona, Miki from AIKATSU☆STARS! (eps 153-178)

Reviews

Sep 26, 2013

Florete

Recommended

When I was first taught about "idols" as a child, we knew them as false gods. Then I started watching anime and I realized it's practically the same thing for Japan.

*Original review of the first 50 episodes follows. For an overview of the rest, scroll down*

Aikatsu! follows the idol trend of the past few years. These are shows about cute young girls singing and dancing that look like they're for young girls but are actually for grown men, only this time around it actually is for young girls (it has some periphery demographic, though). It follows a group of middle school friends led by Hoshimiya ...

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Jul 29, 2016

zombie_pegasus

Recommended

Although this anime has a bit of a slow start, the story is one of the better ones that I've seen. Although it is a fairly typical coming-to-fame story, it is well done and unlike most anime that feel unfinished it keeps going until the story reaches a proper end. One very interesting thing is the cast collecting in the anime to the point that the main cast actually switches about halfway through. There are around 100 different characters and they each have interesting personalities, although some of them have unfortunately short screen times.

The art of the main series is well done with the girls ... being very cute and are all modeled differently, which is important for such a big cast. In the beginning the dance scenes are a bit of a problem since they're bad enough to feel like carcinogens, but that is fixed later in the show. The dance scenes are actually held in virtual reality in the show and when past recordings of dances are shown on screen they have the same animation as when they were first shown so it may be that their own technology is improving making the bad dance scenes slightly more forgivable. The dances at the end have better CGI than pretty much any other anime I've seen.

The music in this show is amazing. There is a total of over 70 songs and although there are both hits and misses the hits are amazing and many are top ten worthy, although partly due to the lack of insert songs in most anime. The voices were all outstanding. Oddly enough, the age gap between the seiyuu for the two protagonists is about the same as for their characters but in the opposite direction. All of the seiyuu do a good job and the ones who speak other languages add a bit of spice to the atmosphere. One character develops an even more cringe worthy version of Engrish, which is interesting to watch.

With such a huge cast it's amazing that they gave every character an interesting and unique personality. There are even some characters who end up in the main cast who you wouldn't expect to because of their eccentric personality traits. The anime is about the characters and they all do a great job at making the anime fun to watch. There are sure to be some characters you won't like, but you can only hope that those characters won't get as much screen time. It's great to see the different characters from different places as they will often use this as a method for world development.

With everything this anime does well it is incredibly enjoyable. As a kids show they try to decrease the character-viewer disconnect so anything the characters view as being good actually is good. There are some foods in the anime that just make you want to try them and some did have a limited availability in real life but none are available outside of Japan. Just like with anything it's more important who you're with than what you're doing so although this is just a really good rendition of a generic story the great characters and great music make it far better.

With every considered this is a great anime that does not disappoint. There are still some questions unanswered, but they did a better job addressing the most probable questions than most anime do. Anime with futuristic settings are bound to have holes in their logic but this one does fit quite neatly. Whether if you like cute girls doing cute things, music anime, or even sports anime depending on your reason for doing so this should be a good anime to watch. As an original anime you don't have to worry about which episodes are filler even though the anime is on the longer side.

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Mar 2, 2016

Kagami

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (170/178 eps)

Do you have a dream? Do you know somebody with a dream? Now tell me this: Do you believe that a dream can be accomplished if effort becomes an ingredient in the story that is your life? Hoshimiya Ichigo certainly has a case for any doubters of this theory. Who is Ichigo you ask? Hoshimiya Ichigo is a normal girl like numerous young girls who watch this in Japan. Hoshimiya Ichigo is a normal though animated human like all of my readers. Hoshimiya Ichigo had a dream and with effort, turned her scoop into a mic. Hello readers, this is Aikatsu.

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