Aikatsu! is a tV series anime that premiered in fall 2012, produced by Sunrise.

About the production: the story comes from a video game, there are 50 episodes of about 24 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are music, with themes such as Idol, Primarily Female Cast, School and Female Protagonist.

On AniList, Aikatsu! has an average score of 75%, a very good score, and appears on 16,019 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Aikatsu! 2.

Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend, Aoi, invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.