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Aikatsu!

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Bandai Visual , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend, Aoi, invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.



Tags: Idol , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Dancing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Henshin , CGI , Work , Kids , Fitness , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Acting , Outdoor Activities , Card Battle

PriPara

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

The anime is set in the PriPara world, filled with girls' dreams and yearnings for fashion, dance, and music. Seemingly every day, there are auditions that send top idols to worldwide fame on television and online. Laala and her friends are all fascinated with this world. However, Laala's school prohibits PuriPara for elementary school children. An unexpected chance leads Laala to make her first entrance into the world of PriPara, where she just might make her debut.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Virtual World , Dancing , CGI , Transgender , Fashion , Kids , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , School , Crossdressing , Rock Music , Slapstick , Twins , Card Battle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Alternate Universe , Go , Centaur

Waccha PriMagi!

Also known as Waccha PriMagi!.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo , Music , Slice of Life

Matsuri Hibino spends her days in middle school dreaming about PriMagi, the sparkling stage show that combines song, dance and fashion with actual magic. She’d love to star in the PriMagi one day, and when the spirited troublemaker Myamu appears from another, magical world to scout Matsuri as her PriMagi partner, the pair takes to the stage to become the top stars of PriMagi hand in hand!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Dancing , Primarily Female Cast , Kids , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Fashion , Card Battle , Witch , Animals

Aikatsu Stars!

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Aikatsu Stars! features the protagonist Yume Nijino. Yume aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsuboshi Gakuen. This academy has a special group called the S4, who are the top four active idols in the school. Yume and the other first-year students aim to become a part of the S4.



Tags: Idol , School , Primarily Female Cast , Fashion , CGI , Dancing , Female Protagonist , Kids , Henshin , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Musical Theater , Makeup , Ships , Card Battle , Cars , Football , Chibi

Kiratto Pri☆Chan Season 2

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Second Season of Kiratto Pri☆Chan.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Female Cast , Virtual World , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , VTuber , Surreal Comedy , Educational , Baseball , Robots

Aikatsu Friends!

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

"Let's go, together! Head for the goal, Diamond Friends!!"

The new anime will have a theme of "Aikatsu with your friends!" and will center on a new protagonist named Aine Yuuki, who is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy's general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school's top idol, and becomes an idol herself.



Tags: Idol , CGI , Primarily Female Cast , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Lacrosse , Kids , Cars , Twins , Artificial Intelligence , Full CGI , Card Battle

Kaleido Star

Also known as Kaleido Star.

Studio: GONZO , Production I.G , TV Tokyo , Hal Film Maker , ADV Films , Funimation , G&G Entertainment , Horipro , MediaNet
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports , Supernatural

Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the Kaleido Stage, a world famous circus, with a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects. With the help of her friends, she struggles to make this dream come true.

Tags: Circus , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Acting , Coming of Age , Acrobatics , Work , Fairy Tale , Ghost , Dancing , Animals , Primarily Teen Cast , Musical Theater , Idol , Police , Cosplay , Bullying

THE IDOLM@STER

Also known as The Idol Master.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

765 Production Studio manages the unique talents of 13 professional idols as they slowly make their way to the top and become country-wide celebrities. But the girls' journey is far from just fun and games: hard work, sweat, and tears are some of the prerequisites needed to flourish in this industry—and for 765 Pro in particular, a watchful eye out for their rival, the infamous 961 Production. As the girls' fame grows, however, their time together as a family diminishes, and now the very popularity they sought is threatening to tear them apart. A difficult balance of work and bonding must be achieved, or they risk everyone going their separate ways. The personal and professional ordeals of these idols can't be conquered alone, but with each other's loving support, any obstacle or hardship can be overcome!

Tags: Idol , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Work , Found Family , Dancing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tsundere , Twins , Office Lady , Tomboy , Acting , Animals , Athletics

Medalist

Also known as Medalist.

Studio: ENGI , KADOKAWA , Kodansha , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream...and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice...on the world's stage!



Tags: Ice Skating , Athletics , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Seinen , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Primarily Child Cast , Work , CGI , Parenthood , Time Skip

Aikatsu Stars! Hoshi no Tsubasa

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Yume Nijino is in a pinch!? A luxury school idol cruise liner called Venus Ark has suddenly appeared! And the perfect idol who leads this ship is "Elza Forte"!! While traveling around the world, she gathered the most excellent idols and brands she could find. And now she has set her eyes on her next target, Yume Nijino of Four Star Academy.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Idol , Fashion , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ships , School , Female Protagonist , Musical Theater , Henshin , CGI , Dancing , Dinosaurs , Kids , Pirates , Card Battle , Animals