I can't deny that Aikatsu' CGI has improved over the years, but at what cost? All the texture and sparkle and prints are gone, replaced by basic flat colours and vague checkers. There's no struggle, no growth, no personality to make me care about them. The girls of Planet, on the other hand, have everything simply handed over to them. As much as Ichigo's naivety could frustrate me, she was always up for a challenge. As much as Raki's catchphrase annoyed me, she was at least sassy sometimes. In all honesty, the characters just aren't that interesting or unique. The acting makes the poor girls look either shocked or horrified rather than happy sometimes. Overall, it feels like a cut-and-paste idol with none of the charm the animated series had, most of which was due Honestly, it feels like a half-hearted rip of early Pripara at times. The new Aikatsu system is initially intriguing and fun, but is so underused it's easy to forget that anything has actually changed. This season does feature a mild mystery but, like AiParade before it, fails to actually make it matter or be at all interesting. Aikatsu Planet is, quite frankly, the perfect example of why most anime just do not work in a live action format.
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