PriPara: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Manaka Lala is a 5th-grader at Paprika Academy. Like most girls, she admires the world of PriPara, a sport that tests idol girls on song, dance, and fashion. Unfortunately for her, the world of PriPara does not send PriPara tickets to elementary school students. However, through miraculous circumstances, Lala passes the audition to become a PriPara idol. A new anime that is based on the theme of the Pretty Rhythm series.

~A spin-off of the Pretty Rhythm franchise.

Series details

• Title: PriPara
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Music
• Premiere date: 2014-07-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-03-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14562
• TVDB ID: 282059

Cast and credited roles

• Miyu Kubota — Houjou Sofi
• Yui Makino — Kurosu, Aroma
• Himika Akaneya — Manaka, Laala
• Azusa Satou — Midorikaze, Fuwari
• Yū Serizawa — Minami, Mirei
• Mitsuki Saiga — Shikyouin, Hibiki
• Yui Watanabe — Shiratama, Mikan
• Yamakita, Saki — Toudou, Shion
• Chinatsu Akasaki — Vocaldoll, Falulu
• Yūki Wakai — West, Leona
• Azuki Shibuya — West, Dorothy
• Reina Ueda — Kiki, Ajimi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-01-17; final listed air date 2015-03-28; episode order: 38.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-04-04; final listed air date 2016-03-28; episode order: 51.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-04-05; final listed air date 2017-03-28; episode order: 51.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-04-04; final listed air date 2018-03-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from PriPara on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.