The official Aikatsu! YouTube channel is streaming the “baton-passing” video for the anime, which features previous Aikatsu! series protagonists encouraging Aine and Mio, the new protagonists of Aikatsu Friends!. The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo in April, and the accompanying Aikatsu Friends! Data Carddass arcade game will also launch in April.
The “Aikatsu Friends! Project Happyōkai ~Tsunagaru Baton~” event revealed the cast and staff for the upcoming Aikatsu Friends! anime on Sunday.
Aikatsu Friends! is the third entry in the Aikatsu! franchise, which began with the original arcade card game in October 2012.
Ryuichi Kimura, the director of the Aikatsu! and Aikatsu Stars! anime, is credited as supervisor.