Aikatsu Friends! (アイカツフレンズ!, Aikatsu Furenzu!) is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which launched on April 5, 2018. It is the successor to the Aikatsu! and Aikatsu Stars! series of arcade games. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions.
| Aikatsu Friends! | |
 Aikatsu Friends anime key visual | |
| アイカツフレンズ! (Aikatsu Furenzu!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Idol (Singer)[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Chihiro Komori |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Ciao |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | April 5, 2018 – September 26, 2019 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shishō Igarashi |
| Written by | Yūko Kakihara |
| Music by | Digz Motion Sounds |
| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS TV Tokyo, AT-X |
| Original run | April 5, 2018 – September 26, 2019 |
| Episodes | 76 |
| Video games | |
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| See Also | |
An anime television adaptation by BN Pictures aired from April 5, 2018 to September 26, 2019, replacing the Aikatsu Stars! series.[1] A manga adaptation by Chihiro Komori began serialization in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine Ciao from April 3, 2018.[2] The series was followed by a spinoff title, Aikatsu on Parade! on October 5, 2019.[3]
Plot
editAine Yūki, who is a regular student at Star Harmony Academy's normal division, meets Mio Minato from the idol division, who invites her to join Aikatsu to fulfill Aine's goal to make friends. She also befriends Maika Chōno and Ema Hinata who are also idols. Aine and Mio form a pair to become best friends to become the bright "Diamond Friends". Karen Kamishiro and Mirai Asuka are categorized as "Diamond Friends" and are in the Diamond Class!
Media
editAnime
editAn anime television series produced by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from April 5, 2018 succeeding the Aikatsu Stars! anime series in its initial timeslot.
A second season titled "Aikatsu Friends! ~Kagayaki no Jewel~" has been announced, and it aired from April 4 to September 26, 2019, succeeding the first season of Aikatsu Friends! anime series in its initial timeslot.[4] This was also the last installment of the Aikatsu! series to be produced in the Heisei period and the first to be produced in the Reiwa period.[a]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Aikatsu Friends! Debuts in April as 3rd Aikatsu Idol TV Anime". Anime News Network. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Aikatsu Friends! Anime Gets Manga in April". Anime News Network. March 1, 2018. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "Aikatsu on Parade! TV Anime to Unite Previous Shows' Idols". Anime News Network. August 17, 2019. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Aikatsu Friends! Anime Gets New Series in April". Anime News Network. January 29, 2019. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Aikatsu Friends! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia