Trivia / King of Prism

• Billing Displacement: Koji is the first billed character in the first movie and Pride the Hero. The only problem is that the main conflict of both films have more to do with Hiro and Shin then they have with him — especially Pride the Hero, where he's Put on a Bus for the majority of the film.
• No Export for You: Rainbow Live has not been distributed outside of Asia, which is typical for anime aimed towards kids. There is also no official home release or streaming distribution for the first two movies. Last, if you live outside of Japan, you cannot buy the DVDs and Blu-rays for either of those series because Avex has banned exports since 2017.
  • Averted with Shiny Seven Stars, which did get a release on Crunchyroll. However, most of the series requires knowledge of both movies and Rainbow Live to fully understand it.
• Otaku O'Clock: King of Prism was originally envisioned as a late-night series before it was turned into a film series. However, Shiny Seven Stars, which was both a television and film project, eventually aired at 1:30 AM on TV Tokyo, making it the only one of the Pretty Series to be marketed towards adults.
• Promoted Fanboy:
  • Tomokazu Sugita decided to watch the first movie on a whim, and after discovering he enjoyed it so much, he began promoting the film extensively on Twitter and on shows he appeared in. The creators later created Joji just so Sugita would play him.
  • bkub is a King of Prism fan and got to contribute to the official comic anthology.
• Role Reprise: Masashi Igarashi voiced Minato and also portrayed him in the musicals and the live-action bonus of Shiny Seven Stars.
• Sleeper Hit: The first movie did terribly during its first weeks and theaters were considering ending screenings. Thanks to cheer screenings, the movie ended up selling well, with more repeated screenings scheduled.
• Troubled Production: Masakazu Hishida had always wanted to make a series that focused on the male characters of the Pretty Rhythm series, but he faced roadblocks on the way. In interviews and live streams, he mentioned multiple times that they had trouble getting the film made and promoted due to limited budgets, no tie-ins to popular singers and games, and the fact that Avex didn't even think that the movie was going to work out. Pride the Hero and subsequent tie-ins would have never been made if the first film wasn't successful. Hishida also pushed for Louis and Shin's kiss scene to be shown in the film and the trailers.
• What Could Have Been: Before becoming films, King of Prism was originally supposed to be a late-night television series, but it was rejected. It eventually became one with Shiny Seven Stars.

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