Aikatsu Friends!

Aikatsu Friends!
	Anime key visual
アイカツフレンズ！; (Aikatsu Furenzu!)
Genre	Musical
Manga
Written by	Chihiro Komori
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Ciao
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	April 5, 2018 – September 26, 2019
Anime television series
Directed by	Shishō Igarashi
Written by	Yūko Kakihara
Music by	Digz Motion Sounds
Studio	BN Pictures
Licensed by	SA / SEA: Muse Communication;
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo), BS TV Tokyo, AT-X
Original run	April 5, 2018 – September 26, 2019
Episodes	76
Video games
	Aikatsu Friends! (Data Carddass, 2018); Aikatsu Friends! Brilliant Jewel (Data Carddass, 2019);
Other series
	Aikatsu! (2012); Aikatsu Stars! (2016); Aikatsu Friends! (2018); Aikatsu on Parade! (2019); Aikatsu Planet! (2021); Aikatsu Academy! (2024);

Aikatsu Friends! (アイカツフレンズ！, Aikatsu Furenzu!) is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which launched on April 5, 2018. It is the successor to the Aikatsu! and Aikatsu Stars! series of arcade games. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions.

An anime television adaptation by BN Pictures aired from April 5, 2018, to September 26, 2019, replacing the Aikatsu Stars! series. A manga adaptation by Chihiro Komori began serialization in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine Ciao from April 3, 2018. On October 5, 2019, the series was followed by a spin-off titled Aikatsu on Parade!.