It’s called the prone guts pose
There’s a tiny animation error in this episode where it says 9/15 instead of 10/15. I guess it just goes to show you that BN Pictures locks their animators up for longer than they should. I’m looking forward to the Halloween episode next week, let’s see how it compares to the S3 one.
Me during free days of gym class
Lily’s back! Welcome to the second half of Aikatsu Stars, with a new OP and ED to boot. I really like them, and I think the OP director’s certain tendencies (perhaps embodied by the above girl’s name) will be obvious. I forgot last week to mention that KirakiLine is the next version of KiraKiratter, and of course is based on Line, a chat program primarily for phones and often used in Japan. There’s also a certain Fist of the North Star reference, or at least that’s the most well-known use of the line. I haven’t quite gotten around to reading or watching it yet myself, unfortunately.
Also, October 10th is Mezashite’s fourth anniversary. Thank you all for sticking with us!
The next part in my apparent Okada Mari series. Part 1 is here.
I am Breakfast in this scene
Delays brought to you by computer failure. It’s actually appropriate given the events today. This is the first episode in a while actually written by Kakihara Yuuko, the series compositor, and with that knowledge you can actually kind of feel it, since several of the characters’ personalities are knocked back into place and given a new foundation. Also, I made a handy spreadsheet right here dealing with focus and songs and such, so feel free to check it out for reference. I made this because none of the Wiki or Wikia articles had exactly what I wanted all in one place.
So much fashion
The first off time episode for Aikatsu was also 24. Glad to see they’re sticking to tradition. Also, a big happy birthday to Ako-nyan!
Also, there’s a full batch for Aikatsu 1-178 out now. It’s just everything you already have packaged nicely together.
Quiz: How closely have you been watching Stars, and what’s wrong with this image? Answer after watching
Congratulations: If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably just reached your 200th episode of Aikatsu! It hasn’t been four years just yet, but it’s still quite the accomplishment for everyone.
The name of Yume’s CD is the same as the title of episode 1, but we shortened it a bit here. It’s also the name of a real upcoming song you can see on the back of the case (if you can also read Japanese). This episode was visually different than usual, if only because the animation director (probably) made everyone look cute and mushy. You can see it clearly in the final scene. There are also some nice little continuations of past events which were fun to spot, so I hope you feel the same.
Second best sensei this season
They play Red Light Green Light this episode, but Anna makes it all clever and stuff. They also do some tongue twisters—so far as I can tell, they aren’t supposed to make sense (for the same reason as before, actually). Besides the PLOT, there were some interesting little things, like who wears what coord. Unfortunately it seems like someone on either animation direction or storyboarding was asleep at the wheel, because a lot of cuts aren’t fluidly put together this episode. It still looks good enough though. And we get plenty of the mint trio too. Also Laura’s CG hair is definitely not stiff enough.
I just wanted to show off their casual clothes
Tsubasa means wings (not bird), and Taiyou means sun. No it is not related to Icarus. This episode is almost like a tongue-in-cheek joke about Ichigo and cliffs. You’ll see what I mean if you keep in mind who voices Tsubasa. And the title “Taiyou ni Moero” could be a reference to any number of things including “Taiyou ni Hoero” or “Moero! Taiyou”, old Japanese films and shows. They aren’t important to the plot though.
I feel like there’s another dancing character who’s also FREEDOM and BURNING…
So much Dance Class, and also a hint of a new “flower” addition to the cast… I’m sure many of you know who she is, and I for one am very excited to see what happens when she finally joins. As for the next episode preview, don’t take the exact wording we used that seriously. It’s hard to hear Japanese people speak English sometimes.
