is a Japanese arcade game by Takara Tomy and the successor of the Pretty Rhythm series of arcade games and the second entry in the Pretty Series. An anime television series adaptation by Tatsunoko Production and DongWoo A&E, comprising three seasons, aired from 2014 to 2017. A second animation adaption, Idol Time PriPara, premiered in 2017 and a mobile game, Idol Land PriPara, was released in 2023 along with a web anime. PriPara also inspired four anime films.
Anime-series plot
Season one
Every girl finds a mysterious PriTicket which grants them entrance to the world of PriPara, where aspiring, up-and-coming idols perform to pass an audition. At the Paprika Private Academy, PriPara activity is prohibited for elementary school students. Fifth-grader Laala Manaka finds a lost PriTicket bag belonging to an idol, Mirei Minami, leading her to PriPara, a virtual world where people transform into their idol alter ego. There, she makes her idol debut with Mirei.
Laala forms SoLaMi Smile, a 3-person idol unit, with Mirei and Sophy Hojo (an idol with a weak body who relies on pickled plums for energy). This unit is managed by Kuma, a bear-like character who was formerly Mirei's manager. Eventually, Sion Todo (a world-renowned Go player) and Canadian-Japanese twins Dorothy and Reona West, form Dressing Pafe, a rival idol unit managed by Sophie's former manager Usagi. Both units had the goal of earning the Paradise Coord.
Later on in the season, Laala encounters Falulu, a robotic vocal doll born from the desire of many girls to go to PriPara. SoLaMi Dressing competes against Falulu for the Paradise Coord in several idol competitions. SoLaMi Dressing wins and Laala exchanges PriTickets with Falulu, who falls into a coma. After performing a concert in their Paradise Coords, SoLaMi Dressing revives Falulu, who becomes more emotional, expressive, and human-like. Falulu goes to PriPari in France, and SoLaMi Dressing disbands back into SoLaMi Smile and Dressing Pafe.
Season two
In PriPara, the Dream Theater has opened and the PriPara Dream Parade is being held. The idols compete in the four seasonal Dream Idol Grand Prix in five-person teams for a Dream Parade Coord. While reforming SoLaMi Smile and Dressing Pafé, the six idols encounter Aromageddon, an angel-devil idol duo consisting of Mikan Shiratama and Aroma Kurosu. After some tension, they become friends.
Another girl, Fuwari Midorikaze, is sent to Parajuku from The Palps in EuroPara by the mysterious Hibiki Shikyoin to join PriPara. Fuwari forms Dressing Flower, a team with Laala and Dressing Pafe, and wins the Summer Dream Idol Grand Prix; however, their Summer Dream Idol Coords are taken away by the Masked Genius.
Ajimi Kiki, from EuroPara, debuts in PriPara but she is later revealed as Paprika Academy's art teacher. She and Cosmo form a dream team with the PriPara Police (Laala, Dorothy, and Mikan) and win the Autumn Dream Idol Grand Prix, but their Autumn Dream Idol Coords are taken by the Masked Genius.
During the Winter Dream Idol Grand Prix, the Masked Genius is revealed to be Hibiki Shikyoin, who gives a concert, becomes a rival to Meganii Akai, and reveals herself as a female. She enforces a law that only certain idols can perform, and the other girls form an underground PriPara in an old theater. A spoiled, mischievous vocal doll, Gaaruru joins Aromageddon, which is renamed Gaarmageddon. The FriendAll team (Laala, Dorothy, Mirei, Mikan, and Aroma) won the Spring Dream Idol Grand Prix and restored PriPara and Hibiki, Fuwari, and Falulu return.
Season three
The Divine Idol Grand Prix is announced, and each idol receives a jewel that upgrades their microphones. During the announcement, Meganii realizes that the Goddess, Jewlie, who is the special judge of the Divine Idol Grand Prix, has gone missing. After giving a tour to newcomer Chili Tsukigawa, Laala finds a mysterious baby named Jululu who thinks she is her mother. Laala raises Jewlulu with the help of her younger sister, Non.
As the Grand Prix continues, Laala encounters Triangle (Junon, Pinon, and Kanon), a new extremely talented idol group managed by Usagi's sister Usacha. Laala shows Jewlulu to her friends, and Meganii reveals that the baby is Jewlie. In the first Divine Idol Grand Prix, SoLaMi SMILE and Dressing Pafè are both the winners due to a tie. Not having expected to lose, Triangle reveals they are all one person using holograms, Laala's little sister Non.