EXPLORING THE AIKATSU ICEBERG

[@cureice]

CORRECTIONS AND TRIVIA🥳 Ripoffs (Pripara): I misread the interview, it was actually Aikatsu that was seen as a Pretty Rhythm ripoff. Not the other way around Hot Men Wanted: Futuring Girl's designer is Kamishiro Rei, I get his name wrong a few times According to comments on the STARWAY demo video, the singer might be Saori Kodama. She wrote the song as well as many other Aikatsu songs Sumire's Fall: The case that appeared on screen was not a murder, but a drug scandal update on Kazuhiro Kiyohara.

[@KirihaAyane]

I had looked at the Pixiv Wiki once and they raised the hypothesis that the reason On Parade exists was because the ink manufacturer for Aikatsu cards went out of business.

[@cureice]

@@KirihaAyane wait what? That sounds like a fun rabbit hole to go down. Who made the ink?

[@yumenofujiwara]

@cureice I can't seem to find the My Starway demo link in the description. Can you provide it here?

[@cureice]

​@@yumenofujiwaraI added it :)

[@KirihaAyane]

​@@cureiceUnfortunately, I don't know the name of the ink brand. I'll post the excerpt from the Pixiv wiki that specifically talks about this: "Although not officially stated, the "reason" is that the ink manufacturer used to print Aikatsu cards has stopped producing ink, making it impossible to continue using the same chassis as in the past." Original: "公式では明言されていないが、「ある理由」とは、アイカツカードの印刷に使ってきたインクメーカーがインクの生産を終了した為、当時の筐体の継続使用が不可能になったからである。"

[@jajairaidoru]

For me, the biggest mystery is how they can manage to teach all students with only two or four teachers

[@cureice]

Right? The biggest mystery of Aikatsu Stars

[@wawawu4291]

Theres a aikatsu mahjong set, and there was a make your own design thingy that they sold at some point in the original series. I also remember that they used to sell the aikatsu phone as well for kids.

[@Atomosphere_0]

Some small things i wanted to add from the things i remembered: (sorry for bad English) -Yes, they do get the arcade game localized even for the music. They also collab with jkt48 (A group similar to akb48). It got discontinued in Indonesia around the year 2018 and replaced with....an Ultraman game. I think there are still some places that have aikatsu but most of them has changed to the Ultraman game. -I also remembered a game of aikatsu mobile app where it's kind of like an encyclopedia of the cards and you can scan your cards qr code to insert it in a game, with a minigame where they play the note Do to Si with a piano. They play a note, and you have to guess what note was played. I can't seem to find the screenshot nor the game on the Google play store anymore. Anyone might remember it? because i very vividly remember playing it.

[@KakakaShu]

I remember that encyclopedia game thingy. I don't really remember the piano part though but I also remember the Aikatsu photo on stage game, which probably got discontinued too because I can't even find it now on qoo app

[@Atomosphere_0]

@@KakakaShu Im glad theres atleast one perso who remembers it. I thought i was halucinating even though i remember it very clear. Is it a lost media though? I cant seem to find the app elsewhere

[@freoynkai6761]

FRRR I also remembered about that app! I had searched it and the name was "Aikatsu! Music Video Maker" CMIIW tho. There isn't much source to find nowadays but I'm sure that was the one we used to play! I'm pretty sure that all aikatsu apps have been removed from the appstore/playstore…

[@freoynkai6761]

FRRR I also remembered about that app! I had searched it and the name was "Aikatsu! Music Video Maker" CMIIW tho. There isn't much source to find nowadays but I'm sure that was the one we used to play! too bad that all aikatsu apps got closed…

[@rotibakr]

so thats why i never saw any aikatsu arcade games anymore D:

[@r0zefurmyne]

one of my favorite pieces of aikatsu trivia is that koharu’s aura was revealed before her debut! the super rare photokatsu cards will display an idol’s aura in the background and if you look at some of koharu’s cards, you can see her aura has a golden lace arch with pink and purple flowers and bubbles!!

[@cureice]

That's a fun little detail

[@MichiXou]

THANKYOU!!! I wasnt expecting a whole Aikatsu iceberg 😭😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻 I’m Indonesian, and back then around 2013 ish until 2018 ish, the Aikatsu game arcade was still around. Sadly, all of the arcade machine was taken forcefully due to internal reasons. We Indonesian Aikatsu fans are still searching for the arcade machine! Please cheer for us 🥲🥲

[@cureice]

🎉🎉🎉

[@whispering101]

I watched shiny star from beginning to the end and I can definitely say they are not a rip off of aikatsu. The only thing similar is getting outfits from cards that’s it.

[@cureice]

Glad someone could clear this up

[@ZEDEX252]

I wish they actually released the jewelling dress for honey cat and reflect moon. Well at least we got to see it so at the very least it's still something

[@cureice]

Yeah, Aikatsu Friends went off the rails. It's a shame that the arcade got cancelled in the middle of its second year...we could've had it all

[@anacarvalho5930]

I was so excited for this one. I'll forever grief the potential Aikatsu Stars season 3... It's a shame my favorite Stats characters (Koharu and Ako) were slightly tacked on last minute.

[@cureice]

@@anacarvalho5930Yet they still had time to shove Lily in Song Class☠️It is what it is I guess

[@wa_akii6873]

I’ll do it myself then i guess TT

[@talaofthevalley]

YUGIOH ARC V MENTION- Aikatsu Planets set-up kinda reminds me of how Otoca Doll, another arcade game, played. You dressed up and fought against visually distinct female characters with their own theme songs and get outfit parts via item drops that power you up in future battles. It had rhythm gameplay, you increased a power gauge by doing well on it, and the more you filled the gauge the stronger attacks/spells you could use. Different weapons also gave different fighting styles and typing. It's got some really good songs, amasing graphics, and gorgeous outfit and characer designs.

[@cureice]

I've seen Otoca Doll art but was never too interested. Now I kinda get it

[@potatolechip130]

Finally Aikatsu has an iceberg video, this was so fun!

[@cureice]

Yess🥳 Spreading the Aikatsu Agenda worldwide

[@idolkiwi]

I loved every bit of trivia and I had no idea the origial appeals were so identical to Pretty Rhythm 😲 You did amazing work on this!!!!

[@cureice]

@@idolkiwi Thank you😭that's a huge compliment. I'm glad the work all came together

[@bexniccals3686]

Please Do A Pretty Series Iceberg Video

[@cureice]

I want to! Subscribe and stick around :)

[@themrsnakebitee]

yes please this would be so good!

[@MysticTheFloofBall]

5:55 I'd also like to mention this, although it wasn't featured in the anime, this version of Idol Activities was added to the arcade rhythm game Chunithm along with the song Diamond Happy. It would be first added in Chunithm Crystal Plus and would still be added into future games of Chunithm until Chunithm Sun Plus where both songs would be removed. I hope these songs will get revived!

[@Alicorn_Magic]

Shining star is similar to Aikatsu but not really. Its like its own thing mixed in with Aikatsu and Pripara.(I've watched all series btw 😊)

[@FRI-DOM]

a few minutes in and I was really ashamed of myself claiming to be a fan of aikatsu!. I only follow the anime but not the arcades and commercials, especially after the machines here who only hit season 2 of first aikatsu! the zodiac dresses, then the arcades were somehow declared outdated (not trending)/discontinued for me and what I know in Indonesia. I really want to play it once but the cards for me is somewhat expensive so I never really tried it. The next arcade machines of aikatsu! series from japan was looking like lost gameplay video in YT and it's still make me jealous of watching them who've played it . This video is really insightful and I didn't know that there's more beauty and secrets that doesn't exist in the anime only. Thank you CUREICE!

[@cureice]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@yukib6413]

i think the main comparison of aikatsu and shining star comes from the school setting and the headmaster character. Calliope (headmaster in the shining star series) is a part of a duo unit, similar to orihime in aikatsu. their counter parts (raina/reena and ringo) both are associated with the main character and help them along the way. nara (ss mc) uses reena's magic agent (tool for performing) and coord from the first ep, slightly similar to how ichigo uses hime's starlight tiara. The notable issue between the two is that calliope and reena's unit and relationship ended sour, due to reena's popularity surpassing calliopes.

[@yukib6413]

the other similarity i can think of is the character of seea and aoi, with both being blue haired and smart charas. theres also ss following classic tropes such as the mc pulling out something special, and being able to transform into a different coord mid performance, similar to pripara

[@cureice]

I guess it just has elements that both Aikatsu and the Pretty Series used before

[@CocatGaming]

I wouldn’t say the Pretty Series is a rip off of Aikatsu. Yes they’re similar but we can’t be sure that they ripped off one another.

[@cureice]

Yup. It even started earlier than Aikatsu. However there's enough similarities to see that they explored similar ideas, and its quite possible that they borrowed from from each other.

[@CocatGaming]

@@cureiceyeah.

[@mystic_fox9025]

They been like the rival since day 1(I watched both the Pretty series and Aikatsu series since day 1)

[@Fabledone0]

I mean they are similar but there's enough respect that the last year collaboration concert was a treat.

[@tsuyuasui7297]

​@@Fabledone0 there was a collab?

[@djm334-goomodding]

We got aikatsu iceberg before gta6

[@qwertypknojh0192]

as a watcher of shining star i think its more of a concept that feels a little alike to aikatsu more - clothes magically changing, imo i assume that this animation took inspo from both aikatsu and pretty rhythms. the pretty rhythm inspo lies in season 2 more (the part where the idols change from normal stage outfits to their signature stage outfits with makeup. their entrance was like the entrance of prism drama (dear my future)), but certainly the animation was not entirely a copycat or ripoff. xD

[@magicvalgirl]

To this day I am still so mad Baby Pirates got shafted and we never got every Jeweling Dress for the girls. And If Wakaba were to have a partner, i would've preferred it to be a Pop type, considering we only have 2 pop brands in AiFriends. It would've been a nice mimic to Love Me Tear considering Mirai trained Wakaba (mostly) herself. Edit: this is also a theory, but I believe we were suppose to have a 12th Dressia type in planet, considering we got 3 more in DCD. Also, I think you missed something for the lower layers: Sagittarius Milky Way transforming back to Love Sagittarius in planet. Like, WHAT!? Q-Pit went through so much just to lose to Rose and poof, her Dressi-Up dressi-downed! I also think we were suppose to get Dressi-Ups for all the girls, but considering the fanbase not liking AiPlanet enough, it's safe to assumed that was scrapped, and AiFriends may have been the one to start that trend.

[@cureice]

It was quite the blunder considering the arcade gave them so much.

[@magicvalgirl]

@cureice yeah... Great job with the video by the way! Get some good rest 'cause AiAcademy just announced their brands.

[@umopapisdn.]

ichigo performing idol activity by herself once again as a fully established and top idol would've sent a wave of nostalgia

[@cureice]

Yes! It's quite ridiculous that they cut it

[@mapl3mage]

there is a manga that tells Ichigo's activities in America, though I'm not sure it would be considered canon... either way, it's a fun read.

[@cureice]

I didn't know that manga existed. Time to check it out

[@kiroixxisntcool]

i dream about yuu getting more recognition in my sleep, if only it was REAL

[@ZEDEX252]

I used to remember there being aikatsu stuff in indonesia. It's been a LONG time so i think they stopped doing it. At least on the friends and planet era

[@cureice]

Yeah, the dubbed content is on KZbin

[@dyxtopia21]

I got into Aikatsu recently through the 3DS games. There is too much to take in about this series I can't keep up 😂

[@frostboy16]

26:04 Hello, one of three reporting in. I made a replica of the Aikatsu dorm room for a 3D modeling class. This would have been an amazing resource.

[@cureice]

The Aikatsu System has brought us together through time!

[@ice...........]

Part of me is still coping that aistars will have an s3

[@cureice]

I had to pack it up this year 😔

[@WonnieWon04]

21:48 "They are both led by a red head with MOMMY ISSUES" that made me choke on my water thats so real 😭😭😭

[@cureice]

😭😭😭

[@Light14Lilium]

Shining star watcher here. Besides the idol school and the assigments, there is not much similar... there was more drama thats for sure

[@cureice]

I see. Closest thing I saw was that silhouette shot from episode 1

[@Light14Lilium]

@@cureice Yeah, but from that barely nothing else. The performances can be kinda boring and repetitive (to the point they just skip them 😅) but the dramatic storylines make up the core of Shining star, it keeps the innocent and colorful idol show but doesnt shy away from some idol betrayals, bullying and parent neglect.

[@JuniorD.]

I will never stop crying over the injustice that Honey Cat and Reflect Moon suffered in Aikatsu Friends, I also think it's unfair that Baby Pirates wasn't placed with the main cast, but Honey Cat and Reflect Moon were part of the main cast and the poor things didn't even receive the special aura in the first season nor the jeweling dresses in the second, even Wakaba who had just started being an idol received it (nothing against Wakaba), As much as I'm happy that at least HoneyCat and Reflect showed their jeweling dresses in On Parade, I wish I could have seen it in 3D with a solo performance, too bad we'll never get to have that 😔

[@cureice]

They had such little to do. Its a real shame because HC were meant to be Pure Palette's true rivals.

[@SerenaHikaru21]

Great and informative video! I learned a lot of little bits I wasn't aware of.

[@RosieSievers]

This was a fun iceberg deep dive ^^ You did the research pretty well ^^ Great video as always ^^

[@cureice]

Thank you🥳

[@wawawu4291]

I remember playing the aikatsu arcade in Malaysia and then it suddenly got taken down in 2018, i still have the cards with me.

[@umopapisdn.]

honey cat and baby pirate were treated as afterthoughts tbh frfr they didn't seem fleshed out

[@pineapplecactus7846]

13:11 Personally I don’t think Shining star was a rip off or trying to be like Aikatsu, though I can barely remember the show- it kinda gave a more (generic) magical girl vibe to it than anything else??

[@cureice]

It was initially a magical girl series before being changed to an idol show

[@pineapplecactus7846]

I see, that really makes sense but yadda-yadda SMRookie company.. it would make even more sense to just focus on idol than magical-

[@typelisagirl]

Justice for baby pirates and shion kamiya😠 Screw you bandai !!!

[@cureice]

Yup! Imagine waiting three years for a CG model

[@typelisagirl]

And also justice for Alice carol and haruka ruka✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

[@cyberhero5559]

This was a good video and very informative! Now looking at this video I definitely some of these seasons had some missed potential especially Friends and Planet but still like them.

[@cureice]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@umopapisdn.]

27:59 that would've been sooo good thoo

[@cureice]

Yeah, I wish we got to see it!

[@saraayala7283]

I watched the entirety of Shining Star and I don’t think it was a ripoff. The most “ripoff” thing about it is the concept of idols with card dresses and that’s it. The shows have very different vibes and the story overall is just not the same as Aikatsu. We also don’t have multiple idols singing the same song. And most if not all the SS songs are just covers from SM Entertainment the k pop agency.

[@sachisaotome9603]

My favorite facts were about aikatsu stars 😊 I didn't know about M4's song but hey, when you have a voice cast of singers, what do you expect? 😂 Great video! ❤

[@cureice]

Thank you🎉 I had so much fun finding the Stars trivia!

[@Lovely_and_Cute_Type_Idol]

In my opinions, Otoha and Ito from Rainbow Live was Kanamori Maria and Kurokawa Suzu from Season 2 of PriChan before they existed.

[@cureice]

Yeah, they're pretty similar

[@pedroxdx411]

Cool iceberg video, but it seems you didn’t explained the akb48 MV

[@Yuzulliy]

I thought this day would NEVER come! I love Icebergs and seeing a Aikatsu one makes me so happy!1!1! Tysm for your work! Also, could I get that link for the My Starway Demo?

[@cureice]

Glad you enjoyed this🥳 Here is the demon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imHPgWmoa9t8gcksi=j7T13EVjj014GsMQ

[@Yuzulliy]

@@cureice WOAH! I actually really like it!! And as a big perfume fan, stranger alien being based of of electro world is canon. Tysm!1!1

[@Bobdoor0904]

getting recommended an aikatsu in 2024...... chat is this real

[@cureice]

AIKATSU WILL NEVER DIE🥳

[@gamakaga9777]

32 min💀 i will watch this next week

[@gamakaga9777]

Funny, i don't get notification for the Heart 🤔

[@PenXan]

Its kinda funny even in an aikatsu icebergs, Yomogi is still being forgotten by everyone 😂.

[@cureice]

Who???

[@PenXan]

@@cureice the arcade character who was created from fan submitted contest

[@cureice]

@@PenXan oh? Do you have pictures or a link?

[@PenXan]

@@cureice if you search for aikatsu Yomogi, a fandom blogs will show up with a picture of her from a magazine that's announced her as the winner

[@PenXan]

​@@cureiceshe also supposed to appear in the DCD campaign alongside the original character from the Ciao magazine

[@Julian-u7f5q]

hey @cureice, Do you believe that aikatsu on parade served to make up for friends' second season being cut short?

[@Gabriella-xr5xf]

Im kinda surprised that Aikatsu actually has an iceberg

[@cureice]

I made one with help from the community

[@foxych1211]

I feel they milking aikatsu, i like s1 and 2 but after 3 the premium dress dont like a premium and after the parade they dont appeal

[@cureice]

AiAcademy was...a decision

[@Neroism_]

Ok, as a really old fan of Pripara and also a fan of Aikatsu 12:24 kind of… Made me angry? Because there’s a confirmed timeline of events because the Pripara directors spoke of it in an interview. What happened? Pretty Rhythm was a success in Japan, afterwards and pretty quickly, Aikatsu dropped. Pretty Rhythm directors took it as if it was a copy of their work and took it with fun and decided to use the same concept and flip it, to show that you “can’t outdo the original creators” and it actually worked. Pripara still is one of the biggest series in Japan and it’s still alive and kicking and well, to be completely honest, I’m not sure of the state of Aikatsu in Japan So, in conclusion, Aikatsu is inspired of Pretty Rhythm, Pretty rhythm copied Aikatsu when they noticed it was inspired and thus creating PriPara

[@cureice]

You're right! I read that interview and mistakenly referred to Pripara as the Aikatsu ripoff

[@darkmask9088]

What if theres some little yuri scene, can u explain it please?

[@cureice]

While I'm sure there's yuri subtext, I'm not great at explaining it

[@umopapisdn.]

KAEDE WAS ROBBED (i mean IT WAS HER SOLO????? WE COULD'VE GOTTEN A STAGE OF HER)

[@cureice]

😭😭😭😭

[@user-ruze666]

I'm still pissed off of what Hidekazu did. He really ruined the fun I have in Aikatsu, im@s, and WuG. He composed a lot of songs and I can't and wont enjoy Aikatsu songs that he composed anymore. I'm glad Aikatsu didn't use his past works anymore for their new contents.

[@cureice]

Aikatsu did the right thing by removing his songs and credits from the anniversary albums

[@user-ruze666]

​​@@cureicetrue, i respect Aikatsu for doing that. I'm sorry for my sudden rant. I only watch aikatsu anime and don't play aikatsu arcade so i learnt many things from your video, thanks for that

[@mewmewpowergirl1625]

Watch Shining star to the end I leave spoilers below Aikatsu Season three turns out this is a sequel to what Aikatsu should have been the mc idol is literally Akari not Ichigo you will learn why below who makes friends to defeat her idol who disappeared her idol to defeat motif is the Sun and Partner motif is the Moon is literally ichigo and kanzaki Mizuki this show is what Akari should have been

[@leahdrook5161]

Wait where Korean dub and the other dubs?

[@cureice]

I forgot 😅

[@princessrosia2592]

Shining star is definitely NOT a ripoff of aikatsu, it's its own thing

[@AlexaUniverse]

Hey cure ice, i found this youtube account who posts aikatsu arcade games, but the aikatsu friends arcade is landscape? I thought the rest of aikatsu games were supposed to be portrait from Stars to On Parade (and before Planet), and some parts of the game is in english, i've never seen that before in an aikatsu game. Am I the only one unaware of this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZDMdWahgLuNeLcsi=bIiCO_WzcrWPc81s

[@cureice]

I dont know much about the arcade, but it might be the screen size of the Friends arcade.

[@leahdrook5161]

21:00 actually they did but not for songs

[@EddricVanguard]

21:24 Made aikatsu TCG But good money sell is digimon is ok

[@Hana.K_Hana]

Kinda hoping bandai will sell the arcade game to public now but knowing how most, if not all aikatsu card game machine in Indonesia were repurposed to another game under bandai... my hope is diminishing 🥲🥲

[@cureice]

I wish they would just release an art book with beta designs