Introduction
An idol's brilliance illuminates the dreams of humanity. Starlight Academy, a holy ground for celebrities in training, seeks to realize this belief. Behind its rigorous entrance requirements lie not only the top young stars in the entertainment business, but some of the best memories these students will ever have.
Or so Aoi Kiriya believes. Alongside her best friend Ichigo, Aoi decides to apply for the prestigious private school in hopes of living up to the praise of the biggest idol in the world: Mizuki Kanzaki. As they journey through the numerous laughs, friendships, and heartbreaks that await them, can the two girls light up the lives of others as Mizuki has done for them?
Whether it be chopping down Christmas trees, traversing obstacle courses, or even rock climbing, there's always a playful new adventure to be found in the world of Aikatsu!.
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Audience reviews
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y1chigo
Ichigo is my love, my life, my heart, my liver, my kidneys. Aikatsu is the best idol anime ever.
Aikatsu is one of my first and toptoptop anime since childhood. I usually hate long ep anime’s but I can always re-watch aikatsu over and over and over again despite the 200eps + 4 series. I love seeing them try so hard to reach their dreams, I love how they would fail but stand back up and try again, it really motivates me and makes me a happier person.
All songs were so damn good, to the point I listen it everyday lol. The dresses are even better, they’re so gorgeous and unique. The characters personality and style are on point as well. Loveeeeee
Read at the sourceRedeyblagon
Honestly, this is the most beautiful anime ever made. At least for me. It's just a cute story about cute idols making everyone smile, and that's all I need to be happy. There are no stupid misunderstandings in Aikatsu, all the characters are always nice to each other and there are no serious conflicts going on. Aikatsu is a perfect world in which everyone lives happily and in harmony. If everyone watched Aikatsu, the world would be a better place to live in. So please, watch Aikatsu if you're the kind of person who would like to live in a perfect world with no hate and zero conflicts. Let's make our hopes and dreams come true.
Read at the sourceDawn_Hwongz
If you rate it very high, only 7 points, because it affects many mary sue factors. I know Aikatsu is my childhood, but when I watch it again, I don't appreciate it. The characters are quite a lot of mary sue, they never lose even once, otherwise only draw. when it comes to part 2 then it frustrates me even more, because the plot is no different and it's also quite the worst of Akari. She is no different from a copy of Ichigo. In the following seasons, there are differences but not many people appreciate because there are too many characters and they are all 13-14 years old. It really makes no sense because they only trained for a few months and became famous. The main character's aura is enough to understand how much.
Read at the sourceCutepid
*warning - my grammar and punctuation is super bad*
my memory of this anime is very very slim since i watched this when i was 6 but it still was my childhood favorite show
this anime is a idols show were cute girls sing and dance on stage
ig i was a big fan since i still have a bowl with the characters on it lol
tbh i cant remember any of the story plot but all i know they have cards of outfits and thats how they wear their clothes??
the art of the girls looks very nice
I was told that idols were someone you look up to but in other countries they use idol as a replacement for singers which is better since it sounds more professional and very eye catching. lol
im just trying to make this review longer so it will let me post
Read at the sourceKincaidP
Start off while grouped as 1 whole series it has 4 effective seasons with 2 different Main characters. First half focuses on Hoshimiya Ichigo and then second half with Oozora Akari.
Characters as a whole are really well done with their character arcs and even the more supporting ones get episodes dedicated to them and show growth throughout the series. Of course some are more fleshed out than others but as a whole they all come into their own natural roles and feels natural. Some support characters do feel very 1 note even with their character arc they go through as they have a gimmick and that's all they ever really amount to.
Story is something I'm a bit mixed on. What I would call S1 which is 1-50 had the strongest story in general with a great climax. S2 felt a bit aimless until near…
Read at the sourceMetaThPr4h
This is an anime that I had for a long time as a "I would try it out, but it's so long..." until the day I finally gave it the chance it deserved, and boy I sure didn't expect it to become one of my favorite works.
Aikatsu is a series set in a school that has as objective training idols to make them reach stardom. This includes seeing the characters practice for concerts, facing problems and how they improve thanks to them, and seeing them participate in idol-related activities like TV programs, firming autographs (and all the awesome moments that come from seeing fans interacting with them) or being actresses in movies/TV dramas among others things. This gives a very solid variety to the series and together with the nice comedy coming from the cast makes each episode so enjoyable to watc…
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This anime usually gears to kids. As the time goes on, it goes less and less. Here is my review for Aikatsu. (I almost typed Aikatsu Stars)
Story:
Aikatsu is one of the anime that can be reference who is in the entertainment industry. As one watched longer, there are some quotes that everyone can find. It's a lesson that can be used to viewers as well. It showed how hard the work to be a top idol. Even it is a game adaptation (card adaptation), one must not deny that the way their doing can be a real life demonstration too.
Art:
As the story goes, the audition gets upgraded and updated. The graphic of the auditions are getting real every season. The first audition came from a 3d graphics of a video game. This was not a problem to viewers who started watching the first few weeks of Aikats…
Read at the sourceMikaru7
This is a pretty fun anime. I loved it. It is a typical Shoujo idol anime but it's entertaining.
The characters here never fail to make me smile. Hoshimiya Ichigo being the main protagonist is extremely fun-loving and naive. Kiriya Aoi is the Idol Professor who supports her best friend Ichigo. Shibuki Ran is cold and hard to approach at first but later Ichigo and Aoi befriends her. All the characters here have special and lovable traits of their own.
The music is enjoyable. There isn't even a single song I hate in this series.
The animation is pretty nice and I loved the Shoujou-flavours in characters' designs.
The story is typical idol anime, dreaming of becoming top idol. But the road to success is handled well and it's enjoyable.
Overall this is a kid's show and very funny. It's not…
Read at the sourceGeddon616
First of all before i begin this i almost wished they had seperated season 1 and 2 from season 3 -4 since even reviewing those last two pulls my rating down which is why i will actually give them a slight one of their own reviews so i get my message through.
Season 1-2: Story Made me a big fan of this anime with its own spin of the idol world and how they divide the audiotions and everything else up into different parts of jobs an idol can get. Its not all that realistic considering the idol world is very harsh but it gives that happy lucky spin that sometimes this kind of anime needs. Ichigo is a typical leading character yet has something about her which is fun to follow her through the entire anime though i will say my favorite songs arent from her brand but she and every character in…
Read at the sourcezombie_pegasus
Although this anime has a bit of a slow start, the story is one of the better ones that I've seen. Although it is a fairly typical coming-to-fame story, it is well done and unlike most anime that feel unfinished it keeps going until the story reaches a proper end. One very interesting thing is the cast collecting in the anime to the point that the main cast actually switches about halfway through. There are around 100 different characters and they each have interesting personalities, although some of them have unfortunately short screen times.
The art of the main series is well done with the girls being very cute and are all modeled differently, which is important for such a big cast. In the beginning the dance scenes are a bit of a problem since they're bad enough to feel like carcinogen…
Read at the sourceAllenHavens92
Despite what some may say just by looking at any images or promotional stuff for this series, I am not afraid to say that I have, without any regret, enjoyed Aikatsu! to its fullest!
First off, the story is very simple: a group of girls aim to be the best idols by attending an academy that solely focuses on idol training. That's pretty much the gist of it. Of course, you have to understand this series is supposed to be for kids. However, there's something about watching each episode that feels satisfying. If ever I'm having a bad day, or I'm getting tired of seeing other shows that are serious and dark, Aikatsu! always brings a smile to my face.
The characters is one of the aspects that makes it its own. There are a myriad of characters that we see, and they all have their own unique per…
Read at the sourcevegetablespirit
There aren't many idol anime with over a hundred episodes, and there are even fewer idol anime that have the ability to hook and surprise you for such a long period of time. Coming in at just under two hundred episodes, Aikatsu is a series that manages to do both, and there are so many ways to describe it; energetic, revitalising, and optimistic, to name a few. But the best thing about Aikatsu is that it's able to toss its target audience aside and create something able to entertain people of all ages. Unlike Hollywood family movies or shows like Friendship is Magic, there isn't much dumbing down or simplifying of the content within—it's effective, straightforward, and surprisingly realistic in its presentation.
So what makes it different?
The premise is straightforward: A school for fe…
Read at the sourceFlorete
When I was first taught about "idols" as a child, we knew them as false gods. Then I started watching anime and I realized it's practically the same thing for Japan.
*Original review of the first 50 episodes follows. For an overview of the rest, scroll down*
Aikatsu! follows the idol trend of the past few years. These are shows about cute young girls singing and dancing that look like they're for young girls but are actually for grown men, only this time around it actually is for young girls (it has some periphery demographic, though). It follows a group of middle school friends led by Hoshimiya Ichigo learning to become idols at Starlight Academy through various "idol activities."
But what are "idol activities?"
Singing and dancing are definitely involved and, as one would expect, are…
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