I love how they have a version of Bandai called Dandai.

>>34057
Are the new series still connected to the first one? I've started watching it years and years ago but I suddendly stopped and never got to the end. Can I watch stars and friends or is it suggested to complete the original first? Thank you.

>>34069
I'm pretty far behind myself, but I've seen people who are much more caught up say that you shouldn't really watch stars or friends without seeing the others first.

>>34076
There was a long time ago, it died.
>Does the show keep its quality in the later eps, past 50-100?
This is just speculation, but I think they only had one year (50ep) planned, and found the series was a lot more popular than they expected so they just kept it going. I say that because I and others I've talked to about this believe 50-100 that it feels very much like that. The second year is a bit of a directionless inconsistent mess. I love 1-50 but temporary dropped Aikatsu after 50-100 for a few years.

They introduce a new character who's a literal copy cat of Ichigo that at one point gets shipped off for training because they forgot to give her any and have her return up to speed with everyone else. The music is bland, and the costume designs are terrible. All the different brands abandon what makes them unique and make all the outfits look like the same but with color swaps of each other, and with wings, wings everywhere, regardless of theme.
100-150 is 'better' at least, but still kinda bland. I hear a lot of the recent stuff is good but I'm still barely on 150-200 myself.

It's interesting how casual they are about the many narcissistic idols they have.

Even in Japan, I can't see a crowd gathering like this.

>>34077
I finished ep 50 today, concluding the first season. The ending they gave seemed to conclude it half way nicely, considering circumstances at least. I'm actually surprised they shipped Ichigo off like that, she was a very likable character and I assume in S2 she and the rest of the original cast get featured way less. I wonder why they made that decision rather than keep the original cast around longer? Seems like plenty of missed opportunities with stores they could have written. Either way, for 50 eps the show was charming and enjoyable, and I'm not disappointed side from maybe the aforementioned missed opportunities never coming to exist.

Post edited on 29th Feb 2020, 7:47pm

>>34149
She still has a ton of screen time in 50-100, but they do eventually clumsily shift to a new main character, even if they don't feel like it a lot of the time. For 150-200 I don't even know who the main characters are supposed to be.

But they wore glasses and everything!

I'm guessing the people who work on Aikatsu have never used a treadmill before.

>>34079
I know right?

>>34247
Clark Kent disapproves.

What the fug is the head master's problem in Stars? Is he this anal with all the new students?

>Bison coord
It's actually python, somehow the idea of a bison themed coord sounds really funny though.

>>34446
The more I watch the more this guy gives off stalker vibes.

I started watching Friends and I find the main character's voice is really distracting. They sound very amateurish, but that seems to fit with the character since she's fresh off the streets and is new to the whole idol thing. I wonder if this wasn't intentional so as to have the VA improve and evolve over the year long course of the series along with the character.

>>34506
They try to play it off down the line as him being over protective of someone who's showing warnings signs and wanting to stop her before she go too far and hurts herself, but I don't really buy it that kind of backpedaling. If that were the case he would have tried to give her proper guidance and lead her down the right path, not bully her and try to get her expelled.