Introduction
Aira Harune, a clumsy yet happy-go-lucky girl, is suddenly dragged into the popular world of Prism Shows—an idol show based on figure skating, where performers called "Prism Stars" wear outfits encased in Prism Stones and perform stylistic Prism Jumps. Captivated by the dazzling fashion and gorgeous Prism Jumps, Aira decides to become a Prism Star herself.
She soon encounters the hot-headed Rizumu "Rhythm" Amamiya, who desires to perform the legendary Prism Jump “Aurora Rising”; as well as the prideful Mion Takamine, who dreams of becoming the brightest Prism Star above the rest. The journey of these girls is marked by friendship, growth, and unexpected encounters. Can they perform Prism Jumps high enough to reach their dreams and become the next Prism Queens?
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Audience reviews
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y1chigo
Pretty rhythm is definitely my all time ALL TIME 24/7 favourite, it is always in my mind, the music, the scenes, the plot, the characters. The memories of playing the prism stone machine and collecting prism stone will never leave my mind, and I wish so much that I could play again.
Tbh I wouldn’t say pretty rhythm is the best anime, but this was what brought me into the anime world. I’ve re-watched pretty rhythm over 10 times, prox once every year, I memorise the music, the dance, and every line from the anime. Nonetheless I would still never get bored and tired of it. (Sick of fresh fruits basket tho :P)
It’s such a joyful anime with hints of sadness and unfortunate moments, how Aira went from an absolute airhead to the top of the top is such a wonderful feeling. I always enjoy watchin…
Read at the sourceThaiGa5
I've been on a romance anime hunt and found this show. Aurora Dream is not categorized as a romance which is surprising whit the sheer amount of times the guys from "Callings" flirt with the main characters made me scream and blush ahahah, the main 3 girls have different types of romance arcs and it's fun to see the progression!
the overall show is quite goofy and around the end of the series it took a bit more serious tone but I laughed out loud at the final episode ahahahaha, I recommend going into this series with no expectations and on you period if you have one lol
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This anime is the kind of anime you have to go through so that you enjoy it.
Firstly let's talk about the art. It's okay. Its 3D is better than Aikatsu's at its beginning, Kirari's, Sailor Moon Crystal's transformation's and so on. The 2D is not that great, but it is fair.
The music is great! The OST is kind of boring, but the songs and the openings (especially the second) are interesting!
The characters seem really show at the beginning of the anime. But as you discover them, you see that they're deep. Not especially original or complex, but they are definitely not clichés.
The story is harder to criticise. Precisely, the beginning is just awful. It is probably the worst beginning I've watched, seens, listened or read. You just can't understand what's going on.
But the story gets better…
Read at the sourceMikaru7
I love this series! It's a great one and it's pretty underrated. Pretty Rhythm has three seasons overall; Aurora Dream, Dear My Future, and Rainbow Live. But as this is Aurora Dream so I'll review it.
First of all the plot here is amazing. If you have an extremely soft heart you can even cry, just like I did. This is the only series so far which made me shed alot of tears. While a few others only made me emotional to a high level but never made me cry.
Harune Aira is your protagonist, she's a klutz and clumsy and isn't good with sports either. But her fashion sense is awesome. She's my favourite character.
Amamiya Rizumu is also pretty likable but her actions can get frustrating sometimes. She loves to eat meat and is great at dancing and is a love expert.
Takamine Mion is lovable and…
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This is a cute anime. I like this anime because it include fashion, dances, singing and a bit of love. The main character are three girls who aim to be 'Prism Queen'. Prism Queen is the highest level among all 'Prism Show'. The three girls perform prism show and met many rivals along the way of becoming prism queen. Apart from rivals, they made a lot of friend. The path of becoming prism queen is very hard, but they made it there!
Read at the sourceSoyokaze93
This is an interesting anime. Having started in the 2011 anime season which was filled with some fine shonen, I was amazed to see a show that was able to break me from that and also to give me something that wasn't an action show but still interesting to watch. Prism Shows are the main focus of this anime and the inclusion of them in each episode finishes off each mini story (besides bigger story arcs) very nicely. The most interesting part for me has to be the development of the story and sometimes it was obvious to see what would happen, but even if it was, watching it unfold is quite the ride inside towards the end of the series and everything comes together for a great series overall.
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Story: 6/10
The story is not original. Period. But if you are the type of person who likes shoujo/slice of life/ cute girls/ fulfilling dream anime, watch this one. The story progressively gets better, a bit boring at first, but after....oops almost gave something away. Just trust me when I say it gets better.
Art: 9/10
The art was pretty good (I have high stardards, if I don't like the art, I don't watch it). They could have worked on the 3-D part a bit more though.
Sound: 9/10
I would've given the music/sound a 10/10, but the beginning music was too repetitive. In fact, the beginning episodes in general was repetitive. The background music, their show music, is all incredible though.
Character: 7//10
I've met many characters like the main characters in this story in other anime/mangas…
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