×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

PriPara (TV)

Have you seen this? seen all

Alternative title:
PuriPara (Japanese)
プリパラ (Japanese)
Genres: tournament
Themes: music
Plot Summary: Laala Manaka is a 5th-grader at Paprika Academy. Like most girls, she ires the world of PriPara, a sport that tests idol girls on song, dance, and fashion. Unfortunately for her, her school does not allow elementary school students to participate in PriPara. However, through miraculous circumstances, Laala es the audition to become a PriPara idol.
Watch PriPara on:Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelCrunchyroll Amazon Channel
Ratings: 15 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Good: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 41 s, rank: #7101 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.600 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.1541, rank: #5624 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.377 (Decent+), rank: #6323 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.43 / seen some: 6.14 / won't finish: 3.64)
Bayesian estimate: 6.887 (Good), rank: #4016 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 38
Episode titles: We have 38
Vintage: 2014-07-05
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
#1: "Make it!" by i☆Ris (eps 1-13)
#2: "Miracle☆Paradise" (ミラクル☆パラダイス) by i☆Ris (eps 14-26)
#3: "Realize!" by i☆Ris (eps 27-)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Jumpin'! Dancin'!" by Prizmmy☆ (eps 1-13)
#2: "Kirakirunway" (キラキランウェイ☆;Sparkling Runway) by Prism☆Box (eps 14-26)
#3: "I Just Wanna Be With You ~Virtual to Real no Hazama de~" (I Just Wanna Be With You ~仮想と真実の狭間で~; ~In the Space Between Virtual & Reality~) by Prizmmy☆ (eps 27-)
Insert song:
"0-week-old" by Chinatsu Akasaki (eps 26,28,30-31,33-35)
"CHANGE! MY WORLD" by Saki Yamakita & Azuki Shibuya & Yuki Wakai (eps 22-23,28,30,33)
"EZ DO DANCE" by Prizmmy☆ (ep 29)
"GoGo! PriPara Life" (GoGo!プリパライフ) by Himika Akaneya & Yu Serizawa & Miyu Kubota (eps 14,21,30)
"Gyappuri Purippuu" (ぎゃっぷりぷりっぷー) by Himika Akaneya & Yu Serizawa & Miyu Kubota (eps 13,16)
"Happy Pa Lucky" (HAPPYぱLUCKY) by Himika Akaneya & Yu Serizawa & Miyu Kubota (eps 2,24,27,29,30,32)
"Kimi 100% no Jinsei" (君100%人生;A Life That's 100% You) by Nozomi Yamamoto (ep 31)
"Love friend style" by Himika Akaneya, Yu Serizawa, Miyu Kubota, Saki Yamakita, Azuki Shibuya, Yuki Wakai (ep 35)
"Make it!" by i☆Ris (eps 1-6,8-9,11,33)
"Marble Make up a-ha-ha!" (ま〜ぶるMake up a-ha-ha!) by Himika Akaneya & Yū Serizawa (eps 6-8,10-12,33)
"No D&D Code" by Saki Yamakita & Azuki Shibuya & Yuki Wakai (eps 14-15,18,20-21,33)
"Otome Puzzle ~Koi Suru Everyday~" (オトメパズル~恋するEVERYDAY~;Maiden Puzzle ~In Love Everyday~) by Satomi Akesaka (ep 4)
"Pretty Prism Paradise!!!" by Himika Akaneya & Yu Serizawa & Miyu Kubota (eps 12-21,33)
"Realize!" by i☆Ris (eps 25-26)
"Samui Yoru Dakara..." (寒い夜だから…;Because It's a Cold Night...) by TRF (ep 24)
"Shooting STAR" by Satomi Akesaka (ep 5)
"StarLight☆HeartBeat" by Satomi Akesaka (eps 1,33)
"Taiyou no flare sherbet" (太陽のflare sherbet;Flare Sherbet of the Sun) by Miyu Kubota (eps 3,5,6-8,11,21)
"To-Ki-Me-Ki Days (と・き・め・きDays;Ex-cite-ment Days)" by Satomi Akesaka (ep 16)
Trivia: We have 2
News: Show:
You can contribute information to this page, but first you must

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Makoto Moriwaki
Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya
Script:
Hiroko Fukuda (8 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 16, 21, 26, 29, 35
)

Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 17, 22, 27, 32, 36
)

Michihiro Tsuchiya (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 20, 25, 30, 33
)

Sayuri Ōba (7 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 19, 24, 31, 37
)

Yoshiko Nakamura (8 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 18, 23, 28, 34, 38
)

Storyboard:
An Jai Ho (10 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-9, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 32
)

Chi Man Park (8 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 37
)

Hoon-Chul Choi (5 episodes
eps 2, 13, 21, 29, 38
)

Ki Chual Na (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 25, 34
)

Miwako Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 15, 20, 26, 31, 38
)

Miyana Okita (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 21
)

Shinichi Watanabe (8 episodes
eps 7, 10, 14, 17, 22, 27, 32, 35
)

Won Yong Sung (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26
)

Episode Director:
Sumito Sasaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 17, 35
)

Yoshinobu Tokumoto (7 episodes
eps 1, 13, 21, 23, 29, 33, 37
)

Unit Director:
Masao Ōkubo (OP1-3,ED1-3)
Original Character Design: Yukiko Kanatani
Character Design: Shōji Hara
Animation Director:
Song Seung Taik
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Cgi Director: Yoshihiro Otobe
Director of Photography: Tae Hee Huh

2nd Key Animation: Emi Nakano (OP2)
Animation: Rie Saitou (ED1-3)
Animation Assistant:
Shingo Mogi (eps 14, 16, 18)
Animation Cooperation: Takehiro Suwa (ep 31)
Animation producer:
Yasuhito Mizobuchi
Animation Supervisor:
Emi Honda (20 episodes
eps 1-19 odd, 20-21, 23-31 odd, 34, 36, 38
)

Mai Matsuura (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 18, 20
)

Rie Saitou (20 episodes
eps 1-19 odd, 20-21, 23-31 odd, 34, 36, 38
)

Risa Suzuki (18 episodes
eps 2-32 even, 35, 37
)

Yūsuke Isōchi (eps 22, 33)
Animation Unit Director:
An Jai Ho (10 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 37
)

Byung Chul Jeon (12 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 33, 35
)

Chi Man Park (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 36-37
)

Hoon-Chul Choi (13 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 34, 38
)

Jin Gu Kim (9 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 36
)

Ki Chual Na (13 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 34, 38
)

Sung Min Nam (10 episodes
eps 16, 20, 24-32 even, 33, 35, 37
)

Art Setting:
Tomoyasu Fujise (eps 1-5)
Background Art:
Tsutomu Momonai (eps 27-38)
Background Design: Lee Won Gu
CG:
Naoki Atsumi (Tatsunoko Production; 7 episodes
eps 1, 6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 22
)

Tatsuhiko Taishiyaku (5 episodes
eps 6, 12, 22, 26, 31
)

Yoshito Takemoto (Tatsunoko Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 13, 15, 25-26
)

Yūya Shiraishi (Tatsunoko Production; eps 25-38)
Color Coordination: Mariko Kawai (OP1-3)
Color Coordination Check: Sun Ho Choi (eps 1-38)
Color design: Yang Min A
Color setting: Misako Akama
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto
Final Checking:
Sun Ho Choi (eps 1-37 odd)
Finish Animation:
Yang-Sook Kwon (eps 1-38)
In-Between Animation:
Su Jeong Mun (eps 1-38)
In-Between Check:
Jin Seob Song (eps 1-38)
Insert Song Performance:
Yūki Wakai (i☆Ris)
Key Animation:
An Jai Ho (9 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32
)

Bu Young Kang (7 episodes
eps 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 37
)

Byung Chul Jeon (11 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 30, 33, 35
)

Byung Gon Jeon (35 episodes
eps 1, 3-9, 11-13, 15-38
)

Chi Man Park (12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 34, 36-38
)

Du Hyung Oh (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 19-20, 23
)

Hee Jae Kwon (8 episodes
eps 17, 20, 23, 25, 29, 34-35, 38
)

Hoon-Chul Choi (9 episodes
eps 1, 8-9, 12-13, 17, 21, 25, 29
)

Jae Hyun Jo (9 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 33, 35
)

Ji Na Hwang (4 episodes
eps 23-24, 34, 38
)

Ki Chual Na (9 episodes
eps 1, 8-9, 12-13, 17, 21, 25, 29
)

Ki Yeop Kim (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 10-11
)

Mi Kyung Lee (11 episodes
eps 8, 15-16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 29, 34, 37-38
)

Mi Young Hwang (18 episodes
eps 2, 15, 17-23, 25-31 odd, 34-38
)

Mi Young Lee (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-6, 9, 12-13, 17
)

Nak Jin Choi (12 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 10, 12, 15-16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 37
)

Soo Hyun Kwak (18 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 10-11, 14, 18, 22-23, 26-27, 30-31, 33, 35-36
)

Sun Hee Choi (8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 9, 12-13, 17, 20
)

Sun Ja Jeong (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23
)

Sung Min Nam (6 episodes
eps 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 35
)

Tae-Jung Kim (6 episodes
eps 4-6, 10, 14, 26
)

Yong Sun Kim (10 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22-23, 26, 30, 33, 35
)

Young-Beom Kim (6 episodes
eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29
)

Yurie Kuniyuki (OP1,3)
Layout:
An Jai Ho (12 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 34, 37-38
)

Bu Young Kang (6 episodes
eps 20, 22, 24, 28, 32, 37
)

Chi Man Park (12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 34, 36-38
)

Du Hyung Oh (10 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19-20, 23, 27, 31, 36
)

Duk Ho Lee (5 episodes
eps 7, 11, 15, 19, 23
)

Hoon-Chul Choi (14 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 17, 21, 24-25, 29, 34, 38
)

Jae Hyun Jo (9 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 33, 35
)

Jin Gu Kim (9 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 36
)

Ki Chual Na (13 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8-9, 12-13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 34, 38
)

Nak Jin Choi (11 episodes
eps 4-5, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 37
)

Sung Min Nam (11 episodes
eps 16, 20-32 even, 33, 35, 37
)

Tae-Jung Kim (8 episodes
eps 4-6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26
)

Yong Sun Kim (13 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22-23, 26-27, 30-31, 33, 35-36
)

Young-Beom Kim (6 episodes
eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29
)

Young-Hee Choi
Photography:
Dong Phil Gu (23 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-25 odd, 26-38 even
)

Eun-Joo Choi (14 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18-24 even, 27, 29, 33, 35, 371
)

Hye Won Seo (23 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-25 odd, 26-38 even
)

Jin Young Lee (15 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18-24 even, 27-37 odd
)

Jong Su Choi (23 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-25 odd, 26-38 even
)

Joo-Hee Yang (15 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18-24 even, 27-37 odd
)

Mi Kyung Lee (15 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18-24 even, 27-37 odd
)

Yusuke Hara (Asura Film; OP1-3,ED2-3)
Photography Team Chief:
Kang-Ok Kim (15 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18-24 even, 27-37 odd
)

Tae Hee Huh (23 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-25 odd, 26-38 even
)

Production Advancement:
Masae Sano (18 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19-33 odd, 34, 36, 38
)

Yûji Tokuno (4 episodes
eps 9, 12, 15, 18
)

Yuki Tanaka (16 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20-32 even, 35, 37
)

Prop Design:
Young-Beom Kim
Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
Texture Design: Kosuke Shuto
Theme Song Performance:
Yūki Wakai (i☆Ris;OP1)
Video Editing:
Hitomi Kimura (Q-Tec; 32 episodes
eps 1-8, 12-34, 36
)

Yurino Nishina (Q-Tec; ep 11)
Kōki Nagayoshi (eps 1-5)
Himika Akaneya as Laala Manaka
Miyu Kubota as Sophy Hōjō
Yū Serizawa as Mirei Minami

Azuki Shibuya as Dorothy West
Chinatsu Akasaki as Falulu
Nozomi Yamamoto as Cosmo Hōjō
Saki Yamakita as Sion Tōdō
Urara Takano as Gloria Ogata
Yūki Wakai as Reona West

Ai Orikasa as Mirei's Mother (ep 12)
Aimi Tanaka as
Girl (ep 18)
Idol (ep 9)
Aina Kusuda as Eiko (27 episodes
eps 2, 5-18, 20-23, 26, 29-30, 35-37, 42-43
)
Anna Mugiho as
Girl (ep 47)
Goat (eps 48-51)
Kero (ep 46)
Asami Yano as Customer (ep 39)
Azuki Shibuya as Girl (eps 8, 10)
Azusa Enoki as New (5 episodes
eps 11-12, 25, 38, 44
)
Chinatsu Akasaki as Chanko (17 episodes
eps 5-12, 14-15, 18, 20, 22-23, 36, 42-43
)
Emiko Takeuchi as
Female Student (ep 15)
Female Teacher (ep 45)
Girl (12 episodes
eps 7-8, 13, 18, 22-26, 28, 32-33
)

Hina (ep 16)
Pedestrian (ep 19)
Sophy Fanclub Leader (eps 1-2, 7-8)
Store Clerk (ep 19)
Teacher (eps 34, 36)
Emiri Tachibana as Girl (ep 41)
Haruka Jin'ya as Customer (ep 39)
Ikue Ōtani as Uni-con (eps 17, 21, 26)
Isamu Yūsen as
Station Attendant (ep 21)
Teacher (ep 18)
Junichi Suwabe as Meganii Akai
Kana Uetake as Keiko (ep 11)
Kanae Itō as Meganee Akai
Katsuhiro Tokuishi as
Boy (ep 21)
Store Clerk (ep 5)
Kent Itō as Man (ep 19)
Kiyono Yasuno as Anko (ep 46)
Kozue Harashima as Sachiko (ep 11)
Madoka Yonezawa as Himeka (eps 24-25)
Marie Ōi as Rika (ep 19)
Masaru Hamaguchi as Old Man (from Yoiko; ep 1)
Miki Hase as
Idol (ep 9)
Mai (ep 19)
Minako Saitō as Pedestrian (ep 19)
Minami Takahashi as
Girl (ep 39)
Mew (5 episodes
eps 11-12, 25, 38, 44
)
Minami Tanaka as
Kotone (ep 21)
Nodoka (ep 7)
Non Manaka (13 episodes
eps 1-4, 7-8, 10, 12, 17, 20, 22-23, 25
)
Minami Tsuda as Sugar (eps 24-25)
Misa Ishii as
Female Student (ep 15)
Granny (eps 21, 42)
Neko (ep 26)
Mitsuki Saiga as Hibiki Shikyoin (eps 50-51)
Miyu Kubota as Girl (ep 1)
Nanami Haruno as Sei (ep 19)
Nanami Yamashita as Girl (ep 20)
Naomi Shindoh as Twins' Mother (ep 20)
Noriko Shitaya as Hanana (ep 13)
Noriko Ueda as Customer (ep 39)
Nozomi Yamamoto as
Girl (eps 14, 33)
Nagisa (eps 7, 17, 26)
Rei Sakuma as Laala's Mom (11 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 19-20, 23-25
)
Rumi Okubo as Iroha Kagawa (ep 30)
Saki Yamakita as Girl (eps 1, 8, 10)
Sarah Emi Bridcutt as
Eiko (8 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 10-11, 16-17, 26
)

Female Customer (ep 1)
Girl (11 episodes
eps 18, 20, 23-26, 28, 33, 44, 50-51
)
Shiina Natsukawa as Milk (ep 46)
Shunsuke Takeuchi as
Ashika (eps 26, 33)
Koga-senpai (ep 16)
Man (ep 19)
Sumire Morohoshi as Usacha (ep 49)
Takaaki Uchino as Customer (ep 39)
Takeshi Kusao as Laala's Dad (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-8, 20, 25
)
Takuya Iwabata as Boy (ep 18)
Tetsu Inada as Sophie's Father (ep 42)
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Mirei's Father (ep 12)
Wataru Komada as Man (ep 19)
Yoshiki Nakajima as
Announcer (eps 13-14)
Manager (ep 3)
Yoshino Nanjō as
Ami (ep 21)
Girl (ep 14)
Nanami (eps 9, 29, 43)
Nao (11 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 10-11, 17, 22-23, 25-26
)

Nene Tokuda (ep 16)
Sophy Fanclub Leader (ep 13)
Yū Fukaya as Boy (ep 18)
Yū Wakabayashi as Judge (ep 4)
Yui Makino as Aroma Kurosu
Yui Watanabe as Mikan Shiratama
Yuka Inokuchi as Ran-tan (ep 17)
Yuki Minami as
Clerk (ep 46)
Girl (6 episodes
eps 20, 39, 41, 44, 47, 51
)
Yuki Sorami as Idol (ep 9)
Yūki Wakai as Girl (eps 1-2, 8, 10)
Yukiko Morishita as Ai Tochiotome (9 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 29-32, 35, 38
)
Yurie Mikami as Aoi (ep 16)
Yūta Kasuya as
Amamiya (13 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 17-18, 22, 29, 31-32, 35, 37, 40-41
)

Male High School Student (ep 13)
Yūta Odagaki as Usui (ep 23)
Yutaka Aoyama as Twins' Father (ep 20)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Rising Force (OP3)
Animation Production:
Tatsunoko Production
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip (OP1-3)
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Finish Animation: CL Corporation (OP1-3)
In-Between Animation:
Tatsunoko Animation Room (OP1-3)
Original Creator:
Takara Tomy
Photography: Asura Film (OP1-3)
English cast
English staff
Editing: Bradford Hill
Sound Recording Engineer: Bradford Hill
Theme Song Lyrics: William Winckler
Theme Song Performance:
Fiona Huxley
Voice Direction: William Winckler
Debbie Gatton as Mireille Minami
Elyse Bertani as Lala Manaka
Fiona Huxley as Sophie Hōjō

Adam Sartain as Usagi
Beth Ann Sweezer as Cosmo Hōjō
Frank Gerrish as Kuma/Klaus
G. Larry Butler as Panda
Kristin Morris as
Dorothy West
Leona West

Amy Lyndon as Principal Gloria
Anisa Vong as
Chanko (ep 12)
Non Manaka (eps 1, 12)
Annie Knudsen as
Team Sophie Girl (ep 1)
Young Girl (ep 1)
Beth Ann Sweezer as
Mew (ep 12)
New (ep 12)
Bonnie Butler as School Girl
Bradford Hill as School Boy
Jay Dee Witney as Panda 2
Jodi Davis as Lala's Mom (ep 1)
Lisle Wilkerson as Sadako
Valerie Rose Lohman as
Clerk
Nao (ep 1)
William Winckler as Mr. Minami (ep 12)
English companies
ADR Production: William Winckler Productions (Pilot)

This encyclopedia is collaboratively edited by the s of this site
DISCLAIMER add information report an error lookup sources

Compare this anime's credits with others

Anime anthology