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Aikatsu Stars!

Aikatsu Stars!
アイカツスターズ!
(Aikatsu Sutāzu!)
Genre Music, Idol
Anime television series
Directed by Teruo Satō
Produced by Takanori Itō
Music by onetrap
Studio BN Pictures (2016-present)
Original network (TV Tokyo), BS Japan
Original run April 7, 2016 – present
Episodes 58 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Aikatsu Stars! The Movie
Studio BN Pictures
Released August 13, 2016
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Aikatsu Stars! (アイカツスターズ!, Aikatsu Sutāzu!?) is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which was launched in May 2016. It is the successor to the Aikatsu! series of arcade games. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions. An television anime adaptation by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2016.

The series features a new protagonist named Yume Nijino. Yume aims to become a top idol, and she enrolls in the Yotsuboshi Gakuen (Four Stars Academy). 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. In the second season "Hoshi no Tsubasa" (Venus Ark), a new rival school to the protagonist Yume Nijino's Yotsuboshi Gakuen, that uses a floating hotel as its schoolhouse, will appear. And new idols from the school, the "perfect idol" Elsa Forte and Kirara Hanazono join the story that will feature the highest class brand dress "Star Premium Rare Code".

A television anime series produced by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2016, succeeding the original Aikatsu! anime series in its initial timeslot. The opening themes are "Start Line!" (スタートライン!, Sutāto Rain!?) by Sena and Rie from Aikatsu☆Stars, "1, 2, Sing for You!" and "STAR JET!" ((スタージェット!, Sutā Jetto!?) by Sena, Rie, Miki and Kana from Aikatsu☆Stars, while the ending themes are "Episode Solo" by Ruka, Nanase, Kana, and Miho from Aikatsu☆Stars and "So Beautiful Story" by Ruka and Sena from Aikatsu☆Stars.


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