Kiratto Pri☆Chan

Kiratto Pri☆Chan (キラッとプリ☆チャン) is the successor of the PriPara series. It premiered in Japan on Sunday, April 08, 2018 replacing [https://en.cf-vanguard.com/ Cardfight!! Vanguard] in its timeslot.

Season 2 premiered on April 7th, 2019. Season 3 premiered on April 5th, 2020.

Story

 * Main article: Kiratto Pri☆Chan Episodes

Season 1
Kiratto Pri☆Chan follows the story of two girls in their 1st year of middle school, Mirai Momoyama and Emo Moegi. Due to their intense rivalry against the popular idol, Anna Akagi who attends their school, they both end up making their debut as Pri☆Chan Idols. With the support of their classmate, Rinka Aoba who acts as their manager, they start producing their own "Pri☆Chan System" channel to promote themselves.

Season 2
Mirai Momoyama, Emo Moegi, and Rinka Aoba are 2nd year students at Kirarigaoka Middle School in Kirajuku, and together the form an idol group called "Miracle☆Kiratts"! The popularity of their streaming programs has skyrocketed! One day, a mysterious Pri☆Chan idol named "Dia" appears, and everyone is given a Jewel Pact. Along with that, she announced the opening of the "Jewel Auditions", an event where idols with a jewel-like shine are chosen to become "Jewel Idols". Only those who can pass the audition with a sparkling heart can make their "Kiratto Jewel" shine, allowing them to receive their "Jewel Coord". And out of all of them, only the best "Jewel Idol" can wear the long-admired "Diamond Coord". Who's going to be?!

Season 3
Kirarigaoka Middle School's 3rd year students, Mirai Momoyama, Emo Moegi, and Rinka Aoba, are in a popular idol group called "Miracle☆Kiratts" who stream and create programs. One day, Kirajuku turned into a state-of-the-art VR (virtual) amusement park called "Pri☆Chan Land"! In addition to that, the Kagayaki Corporation, the group that manages Pri☆Chan Land, announced that they will be holding a "Princess Cup" to determine the next generation's top Pri☆Chan idol! In order to participate in the competition, Mirai and the others try to raise their mascots using the new item called the "PriTama GO" that was given to them! Friends and mascots join together to win the "Illuminage Coords" of each area of the amusement park. To win the tournament, an idol must become the princess of the most areas to become the "Illuminage Queen", and they will perform for the greatest parade in Pri☆Chan Castle! The girls in Kirajuku have become very interested! Who will win the title of "Illuminage Queen"...!?

Staff

 * Director: Ikehata Hiroshi
 * Series Composition: Kazuho Hyodou
 * Character Designer: Hajime Mitsuda
 * Music: Tatsuya Kato
 * Anime Production: Tatsunoko Production, Dongwoo A & E
 * Theme Song: Run Girls, Run!, Wa-Suta

Trivia

 * Unlike its predecessors Pretty Rhythm and PriPara, there are two main protagonists instead of one.
 * Generally, the episodes of a season have a theme in it's title.
 * In season 1, the titles ended with "mita" (みた), with the exception of a few episodes.
 * In season 2, the titles ended with "damon" (だもん).
 * For episodes 93-99, the titles ended with "dayon" (だよん) instead due to Dia's transformation.
 * In season 3, the titles ended with a sentence-ender of a mascot, some of which include "cchu" (ッチュ) and "pan" (パン).