History Anime / Aikatsu

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The show does a lot of this in regard to Miya's identity in the first season. [[spoiler: clever viewers can actually figure it out from as early as episode 2 that it's Ichigo's mom, as the stage name Miya is taken directly from her last name, Hoshimiya, on top of the similarity in hair and eye colors.]]

* GraduationForEveryone: In Episode 74, Ichigo, Ran, Aoi, Otome, Yurika, Kaede, and Shion all graduate from Starlight Academy's middle school division and become high school students. Seira, Key, Sora, and Maria are also shown to have graduated from DreAca's middle school and entered the high school division.

Then, we get a slight change of pace. Seasons 3 and 4 follow Akari Ōzora as part of the unit Luminas, alongside her friends Sumire Hikami and Hinaki Shinjō. They meet various idols all over Japan, while Season 4 introduces two new idols from Hokkaido, Nono Daichi and Lisa Shirakaba enter Starlight Academy to start their Idol Activities.

* '''''Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~''''', a [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]] film for the original series that takes place right after the end of the original series. the first 25 minutes of the film was released as a short film on July 15, 2022 alongside ''Aikatsu Planet! The Movie'', while the complete version was released on January 20, 2023.

''Aikatsu'' is an anime adaptation of the [[VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}} game of the same name]] by Creator/{{Sunrise}}[[note]]The production team working on this series has since been spun off into a separate division called Bandai Namco Pictures[[/note]] and Creator/TMSEntertainment[[note]]through their Telecom unit, first season only[[/note]]. The series ran for four seasons and 178 episodes, from 2012 to 2016, and aired its final episode on March 31, 2016.

* ''Aikatsu! The Movie'', the first film for the series, was released on December 13, 2014, and chronologically takes place after episode 112.
* ''Aikatsu! Music Awards - The Show Where Everyone Gets an Award!'', released on August 22, 2015.
* ''Aikatsu! The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card'', a short film released on August 13, 2016 alongside ''Aikatsu Stars! The Movie''.
* ''Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~'', a [[MilestoneCelebration 10th-anniversary]] film for the original series that takes place right after episode 178. the first 25 minutes of the film was released as a short film on July 15, 2022 alongside ''Aikatsu Planet! The Movie'', while the complete version was released on January 20, 2023.

* ''Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~'', a [[MilestoneCelebration 10th-anniversary]] film for the original series that takes place right after episode 178. the first 25 minutes released as a short film on July 15, 2022 alongside ''Aikatsu Planet! The Movie'', while the complete version was released on January 20, 2023.

* ''Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~'', a [[MilestoneCelebration 10th-anniversary]] film for the original series that takes place right after episode 178. the first 25 minutes released on July 15, 2022 alongside ''Aikatsu Planet! The Movie'', while the complete version was released on January 20, 2023.

* ''Aikatsu! The Movie'', the first film for the show, was released on December 13, 2014.

* ''Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~'', the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th-anniversary]] film for the series, the first 25 minutes released on July 15, 2022 alongside ''Aikatsu Planet! The Movie'', while the complete version was released on January 10, 2023.

* ''Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~'', a 10th-anniversary film for the series, the first 25 minutes released on July 15, 2022 alongside ''Aikatsu Planet! The Movie'', while the complete version was released on January 10, 2023.

Then, in seasons 3 and 4, we get a slight change of pace. Season 4 follows Akari Ōzora as part of the unit Luminas, alongside her friends Sumire Hikami and Hinaki Shinjō. They meet various idols all over Japan, while Season 4 introduces two new idols from Hokkaido, Nono Daichi and Lisa Shirakaba enter Starlight Academy to start their Idol Activities.

''Aikatsu'' is an anime adaptation of the [[VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}} game of the same name]] by Creator/{{Sunrise}}[[note]]The production team working on this series has since been spun off into a separate division called Bandai Namco Pictures[[/note]] and Creator/TMSEntertainment[[note]]through their Telecom unit, first season only[[/note]]. It tells the story of a middle school student called Ichigo Hoshimiya who joins Starlight Academy with her best friend Aoi Kiriya to become an [[IdolSinger idol]]. On October 3, 2013, Season 2 introduced the Constellation System and new idols Seira Otoshiro, Kii Saegusa, Sora Kazesawa, and Maria Himesato - all of whom attend the rival idol school, Dream Academy.

Then, in the final season, we get a slight change of pace. Season 4 follows Akari Ōzora as part of the unit Luminas, alongside her friends Sumire Hikami and Hinaki Shinjō. They meet various idols all over Japan, while two new idols from Hokkaido, Nono Daichi and Lisa Shirakaba enter Starlight Academy to start their Idol Activities.

The series ran for four seasons and 178 episodes, from 2012 to 2016, and aired its final episode on March 31, 2016. It was replaced by an entire-series remake/upgrade known as ''VideoGame/AikatsuStars''.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The concerts, but it switched to normal animation at times during [[spoiler: episode 17 when Ichigo is on the same stage with Mizuki during the latter's concert]] and [[spoiler: episode 25 when Ichigo's dad make it just in time to watch her audition.]]

* OneWordTitle: It's an OfficiallyShortenedTitle ''Aikatsu'' is a shortening of ''Aidoru Katsudou'', and an ExcitedShowTitle.

* ExcitedShowTitle

ShakingTheRump: This is especially present in some practices of [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gDjxZtDnD_qPQZIhYSID_aXmr9_bsF5Pafcx0AaMgPHulQToyVF21Kw5AePtj9orMvNHuX9Hs717B8E6UrA=w391-h220 Powapowa-Puririn idol unit]].

* OffModel: The 3d models early in the series were closer to the game's look than the anime's. Notably, Otome looked dramatically different from her anime design, and this was not properly fixed until Season 2.

* RivalDojos: [[spoiler: Starlight Academy and Dream Academy]].
** Akari becomes one by the end of Episode 126.
* SempaiKohai: Mizuki and Ichigo. Also, Ichigo and Sakura. Come Season 3, Ichigo and Akari is another pair.
** There's also Aoi and Akane. Ironically, Aoi's name means blue and Akane's name means madder red.

** To a lesser extent, Kaede's "[[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Yes!]]"

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Kaede speaks with a lot of English thanks to being from America, but she's noticeably lacking in Engrish.

** TV TKY. Oddly, TV Tokyo ''is'' the broadcaster for the anime. Also, Numblr (Website/{{Tumblr}}) and "Wikimedia"[[note]]Which is actually the name of the foundation that manages Wiki/TheOtherWiki in question.[[/note]] when Kii and Seira are researching Ichigo.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: In addition to the main idols, Johnny Bepp and headmistress Orihime make regular appearances. There's several reoccurring characters, such as the fashion designers, male TV reporter, the idols' families, etc. Season 2 had arguably the most crowded cast, featuring 12 idols to develop, with Akari bringing the count up to 13. Season 3 has since appeared to try and tame this, trying to start the main idol count again at 3, though reoccurring characters still abound, and it's slated to continue growing.

* RapunzelHair: Ran, Mizuki, Sora, Miyabi, Akari (before she cut it), Sumire, Lisa, Madoka and Juri (both when down).

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Applicable to the Starlight School uniform. For example, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aikatsu/images/4/46/Ran_profile.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150720043415 this image proves it]].
** This is especially present in some practices of [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gDjxZtDnD_qPQZIhYSID_aXmr9_bsF5Pafcx0AaMgPHulQToyVF21Kw5AePtj9orMvNHuX9Hs717B8E6UrA=w391-h220 Powapowa-Puririn idol unit]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: We'd be here all day if we had to list all the characters with weird hair colors.

* {{Meganekko}}: [[spoiler: Yurika when she is not acting like a vampire]], [[spoiler: Aoi when she teaches the juniors]] and Kii when she appear as a producer.