Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -Deai no Kiseki!- Anime Film Previews Main Theme Song in Trailer Video

"Happy Tuning" main theme specifically written for October 10 film

The staff for the Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -Deai no Kiseki!- (Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -The Miracle of Encounters!-) anime film, the 10th anniversary "dream project" collaboration between the Aikatsu! and PriPara idol franchises, revealed the film's trailer promotional video on Wednesday. The video previews the film's main theme song "Happy Tuning" performed by Ruka (Ruka Endō), Rie (Rie Fujishiro), Miki (Miki Mirai), Laala Manaka (voiced by Himika Akenaya), Mirei Minami (voiced by Yū Serizawa), and Sophie Hōjō (voiced by Miyu Kubota). The song was specifically written for the film.

The film will debut on October 10. The project is a collaboration between the Akari generation of Aikatsu! and the PriPara franchise, which both launched in 2014, and have thus already marked their 10th anniversary.

The film stars:

• From Aikatsu!

  • Shino Shimoji as Akari Ōzora

  • Yū Wakui as Sumire Hikami

  • Yui Ishikawa as Hinaki Shinjo

  • Aya Saitō as Juri Kurebayashi

  • Yūki Takada as Rin Kurosawa

  • Chihiro Kawakami as Madoka Amahane

  • Kotori Koiwai as Nono Daichi

  • Sanae Fuku as Risa Shirakaba

  • Akira Sekine as Miyabi Fujiwara

  • Kanae Itō as Kokone Kurisu

  • Asami Yano as Nina Dōjima

  
  

• From PriPara

  • Himika Akenaya as Laala Manaka

  • Yū Serizawa as Mirei Minami

  • Miyu Kubota as Sophie Hōjō

  • Saki Yamakita as Shion Tōdō

  • Azuki Shibuya as Dorothy West

  • Yūki Wakai as Reona West

  • Yui Makino as Aroma Kurosu

  • Yui Watanabe as Mikan Shiratama

  • Asami Sanada as Gaaruru

  • Mitsuki Saiga as Hibiki Shikyōin

  • Chinatsu Akasaki as Falulu

  • Azusa Satō as Fuwari Midorikaze

Takahiro Ōkawa (Aikatsu on Parade!, Aikatsu Friends! ~Kagayaki no Jewel~ episode director) is directing the film at BN Pictures. Michihiro Tsuchiya (Cinderella Boy, Kaleido Star) is writing the scenario, and Hiroko Yaguchi and Shōji Hara (four seasons of Aikatsu!) (Idol Time PriPara, Idolland PriPara) are designing the characters. Ryuichi Kimura and Makoto Moriwaki are supervising the film, and Tatsunoko Production is handling the 3D CG. Bandai Namco Pictures and Avex Pictures are distributing the film.

Additional staff include:

• Chief Animation Director: Tatsuya Akitsu (Aikatsu Friends! animation director)

• CG Director: Yoshihiro Otobe (PriPara)

• Color Design: Masumi Ōtsuka (Aikatsu!)

• Art Directors: Natsuko Komatsu (Aikatsu! background art), Kenichi Tajiri (Aikatsu Stars!)

• Compositing Director of Photography: Yōichi Ōgami (Aikatsu Stars!)

• Editing: Kazuhiro Nii (Aikatsu Stars!)

• Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta (Aikatsu!)

• Music: Shunsuke Takizawa (TRYTONELABO)

Ruka (Ruka Endō), Rie (Rie Fujishiro), Miki (Miki Mirai), Laala Manaka (voiced by Himika Akenaya), Mirei Minami (voiced by Yū Serizawa), and Sophie Hōjō (voiced by Miyu Kubota) also perform the film's ending theme song "Pretty x Activity."

Source: Press release