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Aikatsu Planet! Arcade Game Enters '3rd Stage' in October Before End of Service

The official Aikatsu! Planet game will enter the "third stage" on October 20, as it moves toward ending its service. The game will not end service on October 20, but the "third stage" will be the final stage for the game.

The arcade card game launched in December 2020 as part of the larger Aikatsu! Planet project, which also involved a television anime. Aikatsu! Planet was the Aikatsu! idol combined animation, 3D CG, and live-action.

The story revolves around "Aikatsu Planet," a world where anyone can assume the role of an avatar and become an adorably cute idol. Mao -otoha-, an ordinary first-year student at the private academy Seirei High School, becomes the #1 idol Hana when Hana's previous alter ego Meisa Hinata suddenly disappeared. However, Mao's new role as the avatar Hana is a secret to everyone else. The tagline of the project is, "To become the 'me' I want to be, I enter the mirror."

The Aikatsu! Planet seires film that will open in early 2023.

The Aikatsu! franchise film in August 2016.

The third entry in the Aikatsu! franchise, premiered in April 2018 with its own aracde game tie-in. The sequel is set two years after the story of Aikatsu Friends!, with the main character Aine Yūki now in high school.

The Aikatsu on Parade! television anime premiered in October 2019 with the new lead character Raki Kiseki and characters from the previous Aikatsu! anime series.

Source: Aikatsu! games' Twitter via Otakomu