Aikatsu!
| Aikatsu! | |
Key visual for the first season of the anime | |
| アイカツ! | |
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| Genre | Music, idol |
| Created by | |
| Video game | |
| Data Carddass Aikatsu! | |
| Developer | h.a.n.d. |
| Publisher | Bandai |
| Genre | Collectible card game |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Released | October 2012 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ryūichi Kimura |
| Produced by | Yōsuke Imai Hatsuo Nara (S1) Ryuta Wakanabe (S1–2) Nobuyuki Hosoya (S2–4) Takanori Itō (S2–4) |
| Written by | Yōichi Katō |
| Music by | monaca |
| Studio | Sunrise (#1–152) BN Pictures (#153–178) |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), BS Japan, AT-X |
| Original run | October 8, 2012 – March 31, 2016 |
| Episodes | 178 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Banbi Shirayuki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Ciao |
| Original run | December 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shiori Kanaki |
| Illustrated by | Akane |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Pucchigumi |
| Original run | January 2013 – present |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Sunrise, Bandai, Yōichi Katō |
| Illustrated by | Kyō Nagiri |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Ciao Novels |
| Published | August 8, 2013 |
| Anime film | |
| Aikatsu! The Movie | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Yōichi Katō |
| Music by | monaca |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | December 13, 2014 |
| Runtime | 89 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Aikatsu! Music Awards - The Show Where Everyone Gets an Award! | |
| Directed by | Shinya Watada |
| Written by | Yōichi Katō |
| Music by | monaca |
| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Released | August 22, 2015 |
| Runtime | 56 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Aikatsu! The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card | |
| Directed by | Ryūichi Kimura |
| Written by | Yōichi Katō |
| Music by | monaca |
| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Released | August 13, 2016 |
| Runtime | 27 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Aikatsu! 10th Story: Starway to the Future | |
| Directed by | Ryūichi Kimura |
| Written by | Yōichi Katō |
| Music by | monaca |
| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Released | July 15, 2022 (short film) January 20, 2023 (feature film) |
| Runtime | 25 minutes (short film) 72 minutes (feature film) |
| Anime film | |
| Aikatsu! Memorial Stage ~Shining Unit Cup~ | |
| Directed by | Yūko Kakihara |
| Written by | Yoichi Kato |
| Music by | Avex Pictures |
| Studio | BN Pictures |
| Released | June 20, 2025 |
| Runtime | 93 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Aikatsu! × PriPara: The Movie Deai no Kiseki! | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Okawa |
| Written by | Michihiro Tsuchiya |
| Music by | Avex Pictures |
| Studio | BN Pictures/Syn Sophia/Takara Tomy Arts |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 10, 2025 |
| Runtime | 75 minutes |
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Aikatsu! (アイカツ!, Aikatsu!) is a multimedia franchise spawned from 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 anime television adaptation by Sunrise began airing on TV Tokyo from October 8, 2012, to March 31, 2016. In 2015, production switched from Sunrise to the studio's subsidiary Bandai Namco Pictures. Four films were released in December 2014, August 2015, August 2016, and January 2023 respectively. Three manga adaptations have been published by Shogakukan, along with four Nintendo 3DS games published by Bandai Namco Games.