#Aikatsu planet movie

[hothotmiso]

[precure-stuff]

Hey guys!

I recently watched the Aikatsu Planet Movie and here's my review. It feels a bit short for a video

The movie was very fun but rather short. I think they tried to replicate the first movie in a lot of ways. That was sweet.

Despite this, the movie lacked any real spectacle except the fashion show and the play. The outfits really impressed me cause they looked better than most coords in Planet.

I loved the songs and they were incorporated well enough. The biggest problem is that nothing is built up so it's more like a variety show where you get to see these characters for the last time

What did you guys think of the movie?

[sistasmcnealey]

Princess Tutu Characters from Episode 4 Dancing to Tick×Tack Nostalgia..wmv

Tick×Tack Nostalgia Sung By Mao and Meisa from STARRY PLANET☆. Hope you like it!!!

[rizumuj]

Say what you want about Planet, but their animated visuals always serve!!

(Aikatsu Planet Movie)

[elcall]

yall help the chime in the beginning i started hearing august marina TTnTT and then they played the ugly rock ver of ladyx3 rip

[perfectqueen]

Yurika Todo & Ayumi “Q-pit” Tsukishiro

Animedia October 2022

[pastel-tyranny]

OH WE ARE SO BACK!!!

(My thoughts on the new "Aikatsu Academy" Teaser Trailers and the future of Aikatsu)

First of all, YIPPEE!!!! THIS LOOKS AMAZING!!!

Just some quick thoughts on Planet before diving into Academy. Aikatsu Planet, while a great experiment did not keep me interested or invested. And no, it wasn't the fact it had live action acting a la the Girls x Heroine series. They had stripped what made the original Aikatsu so special, which was the focus of different types of idols journeying together. Idol Activities, the whole namesake of the series. In turn, they were trying so hard to beat and become their competition in the idol anime sphere, Pripara. They focused too hard on the "virtual idol secret", making it too difficult for themselves in trying to juggle the new Dressia system lore on top of Mao's idol journey.

Now this new Aikatsu series seems to be taking us back to our roots, idols going to school and training to become the top. They brought back the old idol types as seen from one scene in the trailer, the girls' idol school life, and the most interesting thing I've seen yet, no sign of the aikatsu card system. There was a scene where the girls were on a stage in, what I assume is their school dress coords, with cardboard sunflowers. If Aikatsu is a linear time-line, this is the start. On top of that we see the girls are setting up to be streamers in one scene, a great way to tie modern day virtual idol content rather making a magical vtuber excuse.

Now the girls themselves. Oh my gosh, this Bun is hopping up and down. While we do get an Aikatsu with our typical main Pink Cute type lead, we have a Gothic cool type and Pop Type as part of the main cast. It really takes me back to the Akari Gen set up in the original Aikatsu. Season 3 and 4 were some of my favorite seasons of the whole franchise. I don't know what's to come, but I am very hopeful.

There doesn't seem to be an Aikatsu arcade or app game on the horizon, I might be wrong and they could go 180 and surprise me. But as far as I'm concerned, this series seems to be targeting the people who grew up with Aikatsu. After all, Aikatsu is a decade old franchise as of writing this post. People really loved the Aikatsu 10th anniversary movie, so to me, I think Bandai Namco are listening to what their aikatsu consumers are wanting out of this franchise.

All in all, I have very high expectations on this new series. I'm ready to see what Aikatsu Acadmy has in store. 🩷♦️♣️🐇

[curestardust]

Tamako Ruli / Ogura Rio in Aikatsu Planet! Movie

[pretty-idol-hell]

Well the new series feels like a sorta sequel to pripara since they have a similar cyalume change aspect. But it also feels similar to aikatsu planet with Hana and some of the characters keeping it a secret. It sucks that aikatsu went the route it went as it felt like aikatsu planet should've went mobile because the gameplay is mostly tapping. Can't believe it's been a year since aikatsu ended with the movie. I kinda wish we had a second season of primaji or at least made a web anime for studio.

It's ironic that one of my big takeaways from the AiPri announcement was "Wow, Aikatsu is really over for good, isn't it..."

Also, despite all the evidence to to contrary, I was half expecting PriMagi to continue in a reboot like they did with DMF -> Rainbow Live.

The thing about Aikatsu is, I felt like they were always committed to bringing us a polished product. They never really rushed anything out or released anything that felt incomplete. They had to make that big impressive new arcade cabinet for Planet and all that...

With Pretty Series, I feel like they just throw everything at the wall to see what sticks in order to keep feeding us content. Release a broken mobile game? OK. Rush out an arcade game that red screens and/or jams on the freaking livestream hahaha... Sure why not. And yet, they won. The whole incomplete/scrappy/underdog aspect of Pretty Series just adds to the charm for me.

Because of that, I'm not digging how they're sort of borrowing Aikatsu's aesthetic for this series. But it is what it is. Clearly they want to target Aikatsu loyalists to play this series too, which makes a lot of sense. Aikatsu (especially Aikatsu Planet) and PriMagi were about as different as it gets.

[hothotmiso]

[tsunflowers]

If you remembera while ago I mentioned that time traveling influencer boy project where the character designs were very obviously done by the aikatsu planet designer, she also designed the girl with the very unique glasses in the wanpre movie trailer! I was thinking it while watching the trailer and sure enough, saw the announcement an hour ago lol

we need to keep her working bc I love her ideas

wanpre glasses girl - hero or villain, what do you think? I'm hoping for a sympathetic villain like the girl from the hachapre movie

[rebelwhodoesntknow]

Tbh it sucks because Friends is so special to me but it tanked, actually got canceled unlike the other gens, the arcade game and merch sales weren't doing it so they tried to rework the series for the next gen

Aikatsu on Parade and all it's merchandise was partly an attempt to scrape up more money for Planet's release but??? I don't think it worked??? the first couple episodes mention all these really cool ideas about their idol world and then nothing came of it, it was a cute concept but I really think they just fell reaaally under budget and tried to skate by hoping nobody noticed

ever since Stars things have just been kind of mismanaged 😭 like why is the majority of their merch acrylic character stands?? you are a trading card rhythm game for 8 year olds 😭

I LOVE how diverse the music is!!!!! all the "standard idol stuff" really stands out too imo. Signalize was one of my favorites from the start, it just hits so different, most idol anime start with that extra sparkly guitar happy type of song but the instrumental for signalize was so unique, I always thought it was a bold choice for a show like that their rock music is so good. like so so gooddddd

I swear out of the like 700 songs of this series there are maybe 6 I don't enjoy?? ALSO WOW THATS A LOT

Same about the animation, OG s2-onward & Friends was great!!! I also love in the movie when Ichigo performs Kagayaki no Etude, there's a slow spinning scene when she's talking on stage about what the song means to her and every couple seconds it switches from 2d to cg angles and it's so seamless, I love it 😭💗

I think Planet's cg was also beautiful, I don't have much of an attatchment to the season but the character designs look really nice, good fluffy hair physics, and they've TOTALLY perfected the in-the-dark glowy look by then!!

another thing most of the fandom agreed on, Stars feeling kind of uncanny.. and the auras kept covering idols art certain parts so that's why they changed all the arches early on, they ACTUALLY got written complaints from kids 😭😂

I always wanted to see an idol with no type or a couple!!! Before Kaguya was introduced there was a huge theory going around that she was actually a Sexy/Cool type and since pairs were the point of Friends, we thought we were finally getting double type girls

I also wished the concept of my coords was used in more than that one ichigo gen ep, where you mix up brandless pieces, one of my favorite things to do is mix and match outfits in the ds games so I was hoping to see like idk maybe soleil could split their PR coords together one time or something??? idk would have been cool though!!

Ugh I do agree with you on the merchandise. Like I can’t play any of the card-based games because America so the cards would basically be glorified trading cards. This might be my doll collector brain talking, but why didn’t they make fashion dolls? I know they did for Friends but they didn’t expand on the concept at all, they just made two dolls. I want to see the girls in their basic coords and then fashion packs for each brand, like a set of multiple Futuring Girl rares or just one PR. I would have gone absolutely apeshit for that. It would also allow for mixing and matching, so maybe it could have tied into the show a lot more like with the concept of PR mixing you brought up! I feel like most PRs in units work pretty well together so I’d like to see the mix ups.

Yeah, I really do not care for planet. I think it really didn’t work, and was an awful lot like PriPara when it didn’t need to be! While the cg is admittedly gorgeous, I also feel like it tried to be so ✨aesthetic✨ all of a sudden instead of being bright and colorful like it’s always been! But maybe I just hate change.

I’ve heard that a lot of people find Raki to be a Mary Sue and hate the way she copied the designs of others. I don’t know enough about her to form an opinion, really, but what do you think?

I love the fact that the kids complained during Stars. They may be kids, but they have standards!!

I think double type idols would be super cool and really flesh out the world. Tbh I think there could be a few idols that could be double typed with only a few minor tweaks (I always thought Mikuru was a pop/sexy idol tbh). One thing I think would be interesting is to see how brands would react to it. Brands appreciate dedication, so would dual type idols have a hard time getting PRs because the pure-type brands would worry about being thrown aside? Cool conflict imo.

Now I have to ask, are the ds games any good? Are they able to be played as someone who speaks absolutely no Japanese? I’ve never really thought about getting one of the games before because I have no clue how they work

[warriordreamer95]

Q-pit in the Aikatsu Planet Movie

[perfectqueen]

Hana & Rose

Promise Bouquet

[leopauldelr]

10 Years of Aikatsu!

The first Aikatsu TV series aired on TV Tokyo on the 8th of October 2012. 2022 marks 10 years of the Aikatsu franchise and what a journey has been for the franchise. From Ichigo Hoshimiya's goal to become Starlight Academy's top idol to Hana's road to becoming Aikatsu Planet's top idol, five installments showcased the ups and downs of our favorite school idols.

Time to hop into the "lucky train", kids, because it's time for a quick history lesson on the Aikatsu franchise! Let's begin!

Aikatsu! (2012) - The saga began on the 8th of October, 2012, when Bandai launched the Aikatsu! franchise. which are made to appeal the little girls in the form of the TV series aired on TV Tokyo and the DATA CARDDASS arcade game where players can play as their favorite characters from the series or create their own character and take on a series of challenges to win Aikatsu cards to personalize their idols. The TV series centers on the life and times of Ichigo Hoshimiya, a middle-school student who wants to become an idol, just like the renowned Mizuki Kanzaki. That's why she, and Aoi Kiriya, are enrolling at the prestigious Starlight Academy to begin their journey.

Throughout the series, they've met various characters in the academy such as Ran Shibuki, Otome Arisugawa, Yurika Todo, Sakura Kitaoji, Kaede Ichinose, and others, all have in common in the academy; to become the best idols in the class.

What's unique about the Aikatsu franchise is that the singing voices of the characters are different from the seiyuus who did the dialogue for them. As a matter of fact, STAR☆ANIS, the singing group was responsible for the songs from the show. They even held concerts where they performed most of the songs from the TV show as well.

In the second season, the girls from Starlight Academy are facing the students from the rival idol school known as Dream Academy. Seira Otoshiro, Sora Kazesawa, Kii Saegusa, and Maria Himesato came from Dream Academy for some matters with the Starlight girls. Later on, with differences settled, Ichigo and Seira teamed up to form 2wings to take on WM, which comprises the school alum Mizuki and rising star Mikuru Natsuki. Apart from them, this season introduces the young Akari Ozora, who idolizes Ichigo and became the girl we know in the third season.

The third and final season of Aikatsu, labeled the Akari Generation arc of the series, centers on Akari Ozora as the main character of the series, and with Akari replacing Ichigo as the main character of the final season, Akari's accompanied by her new friends Sumire Hikami and Hinaki Shinjo on their journey to become the academy's top idols, no matter what lays ahead of them. She's a changed girl since we first met her in an earlier season.

The final season introduces us to another Aikatsu-related singing group named AIKATSU☆STARS, which, like STAR☆ANIS, is responsible for the songs from the final series.

Throughout the tenure of the original Aikatsu series, they have spawned two films such as Aikatsu the Movie and Aikatsu Music Awards, featuring storylines never seen in the TV series, giving fans a more enjoyable experience in the franchise.

Aikatsu Stars! (2016) - As the original Aikatsu series ended in the end of March 2016, its successor story, Aikatsu Stars!, was launched. , Aikatsu Stars centers on a brand new story of friends Yume Nijino and Rola Sakuraba as they are going to fulfill their quest to become the school's finest idols in the same way the four elite students, called the S4, did with their pride and prestige. Using their Aikatsu Cards, the stage is theirs to amaze the spectators.

The second season sees Yume Nijino's role as one of the members of S4 has been tested when the Venus Ark pays a visit, giving her a brand new challenge to take on. Traveling around the world on the Venus Ark, they've collected the best and brightest students from across the globe to nurture them into elite students unleashing the full capabilities of their talents. For Yume and the others, this is a challenge because they've been to the belly of the beast during the long summer months while reuniting with Koharu. This season introduces the Star Premium Rare dress, a powerful kind of dress representing the planets of the solar system and once all nine SPRs have been unleashed, the legendary Sun dress will be unleashed, and whoever possesses it promises the ultimate power.

It was first aired on TV Tokyo in the spring of 2016 to 2018 for 100 episodes and aside from the TV series, there was a movie version of Aikatsu Stars shown in the summer of 2016. The similarly named AIKATSU☆STARS from the final Aikatsu season has returned to perform songs from this series as well.

Aikatsu Friends! (2018) - After Aikatsu Stars ended in the spring of 2018, its successor, Aikatsu Friends!, took over and the third installment breaks away from the tradition because, for the first time, the seiyuu behind the characters are responsible for the songs on the series. Anyway, this series highlights the life and times of Aine Yuki and Mio Minato, two friends who are destined to be the best friends among the rest. This is about the rise and fall and reborn of the duo they formed as Pure Palette and how their road to the Diamond Friends Cup was tested by numerous rivals among the way.

The second season of Aikatsu Friends!, titled Aikatsu Friends! Kagayaki no Jewel, introduces fans to the brand new Jeweling Dress feature where the chosen ones will unleash their brilliance onstage. At the beginning of the second season, the Pure Palette girls accepted Hibiki Tensho’s mission to reunite with her old friend Alicia Charlotte, the crown princess of the Principality of Solvette. The second season features the new Jeweling Dress system and these new Premium Rare dresses add power to their live performances.

The show lasted for about 76 episodes.

Aikatsu On Parade! (2019) - Aikatsu on Parade! is the most ambitious crossover of the Aikatsu franchise, highlighting seven years of Bandai's hit children's franchise that wooed kidults all over Japan. The biggest Aikatsu crossover stars Raki Kiseki and the Pure Palette in their cross-dimensional adventure across the entire franchise, meeting iconic characters, performing iconic songs, and in due course, finding out what's going on with the cross-dimensional crisis that saw every single Aikatsu character popping up to a different world without reason. The show lasted for 26 episodes on TV, followed by a web anime highlighting Noeru Otoshiro, the sister of Seira, as she's representing Dream Academy in the ultimate battle of the schools.

Aikatsu Planet! (2021) - Aired on TV Tokyo from January to June 2021, Aikatsu Planet is the fourth installment of Bandai Namco's Aikatsu franchise that breaks apart from the franchise traditions. The newest installment is a mix of live-action J-drama (tokusatsu, if you like to refer) and anime sequences and instead of cards, Aikatsu Planet uses the swing system where avatars use swings to tame mysterious creatures known as Dressias, possessing wonderful outfits to use on stage battles. This series is about Mao Otoha, also known as Hana in Aikatsu Planet, and her goal is to become Aikatsu Planet's top idol. A year after the series finale, the movie version of the Aikatsu Planet arrived on July 15, 2022, picking up moments after the series finale.

And there you have it. 10 years of the Aikatsu franchise from the original to Aikatsu Planet, from Ichigo Hoshimiya to Hana. What a wonderful journey this series has been but now that we no longer see them on television and the Aikatsu Planet arcade game ending its service very soon, we don't really know what's next for the Aikatsu franchise.

Anyway, happy 10th anniversary to the Aikatsu franchise!