The fall 2021 series in the Pretty Series franchise with Waccha PriMagi! arrived to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project. The show wrapped up in the fall of 2022 and ended the run that across multiple properties had been going since 2011 but we knew more was coming. We knew previously that a new project is getting underway with a planned April 2024 debut and those details have now arrived in the form of Himitsu no AiPri.
The latest update is an expansion of the cast below, a new visual, and the reveal of an April 7th, 2024 premiere date.
The project has Junichi Fujisaku directing it with Kentaro Yamaguchi while Gigaemon Ichikawa is handling the scripts. Yuki Nagano is handling the character designs with OLM handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Minori Fujidera as Himari
- Sae Hiratsuka as Mizuki
The newly announced cast includes:
- Minori Fujidera as Himari Aozora
- Sae Hiratsuka as Mitsuki Hoshikawa
- Anna Suzuki as Tamaki Nikaidō
- Kanae Itō as Meganee Akai
- Misaki Watada as Rinrin Shinomiya
- Showtaro Morikubo as MC Aimu
- Sora Tokui as Airi Mitsuba
- Yō Taichi as Chii Mamiya
- Yurika Kubo as Mysterious Girl
- Yuriko Hibi as Sakura Ichijōji
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The main leads are Himari Aozora and Mizuki Hoshikawa, first-year middle school students who just enrolled in the private Paradise Academy. The story is set in motion when Himari, who is shy but yearns to make 10,000 friends, comes upon an AiPri Bracelet. She then makes her surprising debut in an AiPri performance, as she has long dreamt of.
[Source: ANN]
