is an arcade collectible card game in

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Data Carddass is a series of Japanese arcade game machines created by Bandai, which largely focus around the Digital collectible card game, digital use of collectible card game, collectible trading cards. It is an expansion of Bandai's ''Carddass'' collectible ...

line of machines, which launched on October 5, 2019. It is the spin-off and crossover to the ''

Aikatsu! is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's ''Data Carddass'' line of machines, which launched in October 2012. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions. An ani ...

'', ''

Aikatsu Stars! 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 variou ...

'' and ''

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'' series of arcade games. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions. An

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television adaptation by BN Pictures premiered from October 5, 2019 to March 28, 2020. A web season of the anime titled ''Aikatsu on Parade! Dream Story'' was announced to start airing from March 28, 2020 to July 11, 2020 after the television series ended, along with an addition to the

game. A new ''Aikatsu!'' live-action/anime series titled ''

Aikatsu Planet! is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which launched in December 2020. Unlike the ''Aikatsu!'', ''Aikatsu Stars!'', '' Aikatsu Friends!'', and ''Aikatsu on Parade!'' series of arcade games, it revolves ar ...

'' was also announced and was originally set to premiere in October 2020, but it has been delayed to January 2021.

Plot

Raki Kiseki is a second-year middle school student who transfers to Star Harmony Academy to become an idol. However, when she uses an Aikatsu Pass she received from her elder sister Saya, an Aikatsu engineer, something mysterious happens. Many doors appeared before her, and when she opens them, she meets Aikatsu idols she never knew before, such as Ichigo Hoshimiya, Akari Ōzora and Yume Nijino. Raki vows to design her own premium rare dress and perform in it on stage.

Media

Anime

television series produced by BN Pictures aired on

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from October 5, 2019, replacing the Japanese dub of ''

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'' in its timeslot. A manga adaptation has been serialized in Pucchigumi since their November 2019 issue.

Online Animation

References

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