Aikatsu! 10th STORY - Mirai he no STARWAY

Originally a short movie before last year's Aikatsu Planet movie, the Aikatsu! 10th STORY is now a full-length movie that tops off the franchise's 10th-anniversary celebration since the franchise began in October 2012.

Aikatsu! 10th STORY -
Mirai he no STARWAY

Aikatsu! 10th STORY - Mirai he no STARWAY, originally a short movie shown before last year's Aikatsu Planet movie, is morphed into a full-length movie that is part of the Aikatsu series' 10th-anniversary celebrations. It's also sadly the last Aikatsu movie, as some say, fans are going to see because of the imminent end of the Aikatsu Planet arcade game and the upcoming AIKATSU! MUSIC FESTA FINAL concert, which is presumably the last Aikatsu live concert ever, rest assured that this movie won't be going quiet because this last hurrah is the peak.

Ichigo Hoshimiya and friends are back for this last hurrah as they are going to deliver the greatest performance Starlight Academy has ever witnessed and whatever happens after that is worth a bucket of tears.

While this is not suitable for newcomers to the franchise, it seems that longtime fans of the franchise are not the only ones who think this movie has a soul. Although dry, the producers behind this movie have the sense that before the Aikatsu franchise dies, they actually want to make it come to life and they did. This 10th-anniversary tribute movie transformed it into a completely different story. It's still just like the Aikatsu TV series but it's emotional and spritely at the same time. Not bad for a curtain call.

This movie is proof that even in its dying moments, the Aikatsu franchise became one of the all-time idol anime greats.