Aikatsu Friends! (TV)

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Alternative title:

アイカツフレンズ！ (Japanese)

Themes: idols

Plot Summary: Aine Yūki is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy's general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school's top idol, and becomes an idol herself.

Vintage: 2018-04-05

Opening Theme:

#1: "Arigato⇄Daijōbu" by Aine & Mio from BEST FRIENDS!

#2: "Soko ni Shikanai Mono" by Aine, Mio, Ema, & Maika from BEST FRIENDS!

Ending Theme:

#1: "Believe it" by Karen & Mirai from BEST FRIENDS!

#2: "Pride" by Karen & Mirai from BEST FRIENDS!

Official website:

データカードダスアイカツフレンズ！ (Japanese)

News:

Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 1-7 (Oct 9, 2018)

Aikatsu Friends! Anime Gets Manga in April (Mar 1, 2018)

Aikatsu Friends! Anime's Promo Video Introduces Main Characters (Feb 8, 2018)

Aikatsu Friends! Anime's Cast, Staff Revealed (Feb 4, 2018)

Aikatsu Friends! Debuts in April as 3rd Aikatsu Idol TV Anime (Jan 24, 2018)

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Tatsuya Igarashi

Series Composition: Yuuko Kakihara

Storyboard: Hirokazu Hisayuki (6 episodes

eps 2, 15, 19, 25, 30, 35

)

Character Design: Satomi Watanabe

Animation Director:
Akira Takahashi (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Takuro Shinbo (ep 35)

Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta

2nd Key Animation:
Naoki Motoyama (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production; ep 35)

Background Art:
Hironori Ishikawa
Keiko Makino
Kyoko Kitano
Yoshimi Sakai (Tezuka Productions)

CG Producer: Kiichiro Inoue

In-Between Animation:
Airi Sakai (PINE JAM)
Akihisa Katō
Akiyoshi Fukunaga (Nakamura Production)
Aoi Yamaguchi
Ayaka Aoki (Makaria)
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Hiroki Koga (Nakamura Production)
Hiroko Yoshida (Nakamura Production)
Kaoru Kikuta (Nakamura Production)
Kotono Iwai
Makoto Nakamura
Misaki Suzuki (Nakamura Production)
Ryuuji Iwabuchi (Nakamura Production)
Saori Koga
Shihomi Nara (Nakamura Production)
Shuta Sato (PINE JAM)
Yūki Sone
Yusuke Matsui (Nakamura Production)

Key Animation:
Akemi Roppongi (ep 3)
Akiko Higaki (ep 29)
Akiko Shirai (OP2; ep 3)
Ako Nakazawa (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Atsushi Shimizu (OP1)
Daisuke Satō (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Emi Kojima (ep 3)
Hayato Hashiguchi (eps 2-3)
Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 3)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Hideo Maru (ep 8)
Hirokazu Hayami (ep 12)
Hiromi Kurosawa (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Hironori Tanaka (OP1)
Hiroshi Masuda (OP2)
Hiroya Iijima (OP2)
Hiroyuki Terada (ep 12)
Junko Matsushita (ep 12)
Kana Nishijima (OP1)
Kaori Endō (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Kasumi Sakai (ep 1)
Katsunori Enokimoto (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Kazuhiro Itakura (eps 8, 32)
Kazuhiro Ono (ep 8)
Kazuya Saitō (OP2; eps 7, 19, 28)
Keiko Ichihara (ep 1)
Keiko Matsumoto (ep 29)
Kenji Fukazawa (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 32)
Koichi Kikuta (OP2)
Kouji Ogawa (OP1; eps 1, 3)
Kyōko Yoshimi (ep 1)
Manabu Katayama (ep 1)
Manabu Nii (OP1-2)
Mariko Kawamoto (ep 1)
Masahiko Itojima (OP1)
Masahiro Kase (ep 29)
Masato Onoda (OP1)
Michitaka Kikuchi (ep 29)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (OP2)
Miyachi (ep 25)
Muneaki Nitta (ep 3)
Naomi Utsuno (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Reiko Saito (ep 8)
Rie Ōtani (eps 1, 3)
Rika Kanno (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodes

eps 8, 24, 28, 32

)
Risa Miyatani (ep 32)
Saina Nishio (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Saki Tanaka (ep 3)
Sanae Shimotani (ep 3)
Satomi Watanabe (OP1; eps 2-3)
Satoshi Horizawa (ep 1)
Shigemitsu Abe (OP2)
Shingo Fujisaki (ep 24)
Shinsuke Kasahara (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Shinya Kameyama (ep 3)
Shinya Nogami (ep 3)
Shiori Fujisawa (ep 3)
Shirō Tamaki (eps 3, 32)
Shoichiro Nishimi (ep 8)
Shuko Okutani (OP1; ep 2)
Shūto Yamamoto (OP1)
Taeko Mitsuhashi (eps 3, 24, 33)
Takafumi Hino (OP2; ep 1)
Takahiro Ōkawa (eps 2, 24)
Takashi Yoshiyama (ep 3)
Takeshi Morita (OP1-2; eps 2-3, 32)
Takumi Inagaki (ep 12)
Takuro Shinbo (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Takuya Miyahara (OP1-2; ep 3)
Tatsunori Ozawa (ep 8)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Tatsuya Akitsu (OP1)
Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 12)
Tomoe Kikuchi (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Tomomi Kumada (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)
Tomomi Noda (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Tajima (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Toru Yoshida (ep 29)
Tsuguru Fukuda (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 3)
Yasuaki Aoki (ep 8)
Yasuko Chiba (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodes

eps 8, 24, 28, 32

)
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 3)
Yayoi Komiyama (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Yoshiaki Wada (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Yoshihiro Tanaka (ep 12)
Yoshinori Fujii (9 episodes

eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34

)
Yoshitaka Sato (ep 32)
Yuka Takemori (Studio Cosmo; 4 episodes

eps 8, 24, 28, 32

)
Yukie Suzuki (ep 8)
Yukio Okano (4 episodes

eps 1, 3, 24, 32

)
Yumie Wada (Nakamura Production; ep 35)
Yuri Saitō (Studio Cosmo; eps 8, 24, 32)

Supervision: Ryuichi Kimura

Theme Song Performance:
Akane Matsunaga (OP1)
Ayaka Ohashi (ED1)
Azusa Tadokoro (ED1)
Ibuki Kido (OP1)

Akane Matsunaga as Aine Yūki

Ibuki Kido as Mio Minato

Ayaka Ohashi as Mirai Asuka

Azusa Tadokoro as Karen Kamishiro

Karen Miyama as Maika Chōno

Sumire Morohoshi as Koko

Yui Ninomiya as Ema Hinata

Japanese companies

2nd Key Animation:
Angle
Anime R
Anitus Kōbe
Art Base Bam
Big Bang
G&G Direction
Gantaku
Jumondo
Kyushu Animation
Line Farm
M.S.J Musashino Production
Nakamura Production
Snow Light Staff
Studio Flood
Studio Gimlet
TAP
Team Harada

Animation Production: Bandai Namco Pictures

Backgrounds:
GACHI Production
Imagnet
Mukuo Studio
Tezuka Productions

Finish Animation:
Ark Creation Saigon
B.S.P
Big Owl
CONNECT
D-COLORS
FAI International
Jumondo
M.S.J Musashino Production
Reboot
Seven Seas
Studio Cosmo
Studio Elle
Wish

In-between Check: Studio Dub (ep 2)

Key Animation:
Art Base Bam (ep 28)
Nakamura Production (ep 35)
Studio Cosmo (4 episodes

eps 8, 24, 28, 32

)

Line Test: M.S.J Musashino Production

Photography: Anime Film (OP1-2)

Production Cooperation: amo (ep 12)

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