#Meet Shining Brand New Idols in Aikatsu Planet! Special Movie

“#Meet Shining Brand New Idols in Aikatsu Planet! Special Movie”

The official website for Aikatsu Planet!, the upcoming new installment in the idol-themed Aikatsu! franchise, has started streaming a four-minute special movie to introduce its main cast members and their anime characters in the virtual Aikatsu Planet world. For the first time in the franchise's eight-year history, it will be a live-action and animation hybrid TV show.

It is also announced in the clip that the show is set to premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations in Japan on January 10, 2021.

The show's story is set in Aikatsu Planet, a world where everyone can become cute idols using an avatar. While spending school life, the main characters are aiming to become top idols. Everyday parts such as the main character's school life are filmed in live-action, while their activities in the Aikatsu Planet! world are drawn in anime and 3DCG (like the previous series). The live-action part's main cast members have formed a unit "STARRY PLANET*" to perform as idols at events and on YouTube.

Ryuichi Kimura, who directed the first Aikatsu! TV series in 2012-2016, serves as general director/director for the TV anime, alongside series composition writer Misuzu Chiba (Crossing Time) and character designer Risa Miyatani (Aikatsu Friends!, Aikatsu on Parade! design works). Tohoku Shinsha produces the program's live-action part.

Main Cast:

Mao Otoha / Hana : Kaaya Date
Ruli Tamaki / Ruli: Rio Ogura
Kyoko Umekoji / Beat: Shizune Nagao
Shiori Motoya / Shiori: Rion Watanabe
Ayumi Tsukishiro /Q-Pit: Mizuki
Ann Kurimu / Ann: Amy
Meisa Hinata / Rose: Narumi Uno
Sala Itoi / Sala: Riruka Uno

Meanwhile, a new Data Carddass game linked to the TV series, "Data Carddass Aikatsu Planet!," is also scheduled to begin its service in December 2020. Watch a new TV CM for it below.