Himitsu no AiPri
Himitsu no AiPri is a Japanese dress-up rhythm arcade game developed by syn Sophia and published by T-ARTS Company. It is the successor to Waccha PriMagi! and the fifth entry in Takara Tomy's Pretty Series, An anime television series co-produced by OLM and DongWoo A&E began airing from April 2024.
Story
An "AiPri" is a secret idol who sings and dances in concert performances inside the virtual world known as AiPri Verse.Season 1: Secret Arc
Himari Aozora, a first-year student at Private Paradise Academy, admires the popular AiPri idol, Mi-chan, but by chance, she finally finds an AiPri Bracelet in the girls' dormitory and puts it on; she passes through the Secret Door and makes her AiPri idol debut, and has to keep this fact a secret. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Mi-chan's true identity is Mitsuki Hoshikawa, Himari's childhood friend who has been keeping a secret from everyone around her, including Himari. The two of them both have secrets and have both broken their childhood promise to debut in AiPri together. So, their relationship is about to become strained, but they reveal to each other that they've become AiPri idols. Thus, the two of them bring their school life and AiPri idol activities while carrying their secrets.Season 2: Ring Arc
A new semester has begun! Mitsuki Hoshikawa and Himari Aozora are now in their 2nd year at Paradise Private Academy! With the arrival of new students full of unique personalities, life at school promises to be more exciting than ever.In AiPri Verse, new AiPris continue to appear to bring all surprising experiences with an all-new Buzzlume Change! But then, a mysterious princess named Ring Clover and her butler, Shitsumu, announce that an "AiPri Contest" will be held! A contest to decide the world's best AiPri that will make Princess Ring's heart sparkle, they will receive an eternal coord and become the long-awaited "Eternal AiPri." However, it seems that Princess Ring is hiding a big secret...
Himari and Mitsuki are excited after hearing that if they participate to enter the AiPri Contest, they are all ready and full of fighting spirit! As their friends increase, so does the mysteries of the ring, with the journey that will expand the bonds of friendship and secrets, the "Ring Arc" will finally begin!
Characters
Playable characters
Secret Friends∞
A group that consists of Himari, Mitsuki, and Tsumugi, and is the main team of this work. The initials of their names spell out "Himitsu".;Himari Aozora
;Mitsuki Hoshikawa
;Tsumugi Suzukaze
Quartet Star
A group that consists of Sakura, Tamaki, Airi, and Rinrin, originally two separate musical duos before their merger: Ruby=Lazuli and AISMIRIN.;Sakura Ichijōji
;Tamaki Nikaido
;Airi Mitsuba
;Rinrin Shinomiya
Love JurieL
;Juria Igarashi;Elle Rokudo
Jumping Rocket
;Subaru Nanaura;Otome Nanaura
VIVI & CHII
;Chii Mamiya;Vivi Hachioji
Luminous Flora
A duet that consists of Ring and Tsumugi.;Ring Clover / Wako Sarashina
AiPriverse
;Meganee Akai;Meganii Akai
;MC Imuu
;Spicy P
;Miss Macaron
;DJ Hot
Imuu
;Himari's Imuu;Mitsuki's Imuu
;Tsumugi's Imuu
;Sakura's Imuu
;Tamaki's Imuu
;Airi's Imuu
;Rinrin's Imuu
;Chii's Imuu
;Juria's Imuu
;Elle's Imuu
;Subaru's Imuu
;Otome's Imuu
;Vivi's Imuu
;Shitsumuu
Paradise Academy
;Victoria Ōsuga;Shoma Sarashina
;Neppa Matsuoka
;Patricia Nonose
;Yakumo Hoshikawa
;Hinata Aozora
;Kaoru Amo
;Mei Ogawa
;Yuko Hanazono
;Komachi Saotome
;Chime Tamura
;Yuuma
AiPri's family members
;Tomoki Aozora;Hinano Aozora
;Hiiro Aozora
;Fuku
;Seiun Hoshikawa
;Kei Hoshikawa
;Comet
;Akane
Other characters
;Kahochi;Ato
;Wakana
Crossover Characters
;Love & Berry;My Melody & Kuromi
Media
Arcade game
AiPri games: Himitsu no AiPri and AiPri Verse were released on April 4, 2024. Both games were developed by syn Sophia and published by Takara Tomy.Anime
An anime adaptation was first announced in December 2023. In January 2024, it was announced that Junichi Fujisaku and Kentaro Yamaguchi would co-direct the series at OLM and DongWoo A&E, with Park Chi-man, Nam Sung-min, Choi Hun-cheol, and Shin Gi-cheol as co-chief directors, Gigaemon Ichikawa handling the series' scripts, Yuki Nagano designing the characters from original character concept by Yumi Mashimoto, and music composed by Izumi Mori. In February of that year, more cast members were announced. The series premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2024.A second season was announced during the "Pretty Series Crossing Live 2024" event. Titled as the Ring Arc, it premiered on April 6, 2025.