Aikatsu Stars!

is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which was launched in May 2016. It is the successor to the Aikatsu! series of arcade games. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions. An anime television adaptation by BN Pictures began airing on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2016, to March 29, 2018. It was succeeded by Aikatsu Friends! on April 5, 2018. Plot The series features a new protagonist named Yume Nijino. Yume aims to become a top idol, and she, and her childhood friend Koharu, enroll in Yotsuboshi Gakuen (Four Star Academy). She also receives attention from a male idol named Subaru, who is a popular male idol from M4 and who has possibilities of having a crush on Yume due to his way of speaking and body language when she is around him. He also cares a lot for her. She also meets Rola Sakuraba, Ako Saotome and Mahiru Kasumi who become here great friends. The academy has a special group called S4, who are the top four idols in the school. There are four classes Flower Song Class, Bird Theatre Class, Wind Dance Class, and Moon Beauty Class. Yume and the other first-year students aim to become a part of the S4. In the second season "Hoshi no Tsubasa" (Star Wings), Venus Ark, a new rival school to the protagonist Yume Nijino's Yotsuboshi Gakuen that uses a ship as its schoolhouse, will appear. And new idols from the school, the "perfect idol" Elza Forte and Kirara Hanazono join the story that will feature the highest class dress type "Star Premium Rare Coord".