Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live

Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live
Promotional visual
プリティーリズムレインボーライブ
(Puritī Rizumu Reinbō Raibu)
GenreComedy,[1] drama,[1] sports (Figure skating)[2]
Video game
  • Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live[3]
  • Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live Duo[4]
DeveloperSyn Sophia
PublisherTakara Tomy Arts
GenreRhythm, dress-up
PlatformArcade
Released
  • JP: April 18, 2013
Anime television series
Directed byMasakazu Hishida
Written byDeko Akao
Music bySeikō Nagaoka
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 6, 2013 (2013-04-06) – March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29)
Episodes51 (List of episodes)
Video game
Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live: Kira Kira My Design
DeveloperSyn Sophia
PublisherTakara Tomy
GenreRhythm, dress-up
PlatformNintendo 3DS
Released
  • JP: November 28, 2013
See also

Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live (プリティーリズムレインボーライブ, Puritī Rizumu Reinbō Raibu) is a 2013 Japanese anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Production and Avex Pictures in cooperation with Takara Tomy Arts and Syn Sophia. The series is part of the Pretty Rhythm franchise and is its third animated series, focusing on a group of Japanese idols known as "Prism Stars" that combine song and dance with fashion and figure skating.[2] The anime series was created as a tie-in to promote the arcade game of the same name.

Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live is directed by Masakazu Hishida, with character designs by Okama. The show features a story separate from its preceding seasons, Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream and Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future. During the series' run, each episode ended with a live-action segment titled "Pretty Rhythm Club" hosted by the girl group Prizmmy, along with their sister trainee group Prism Mates.

After the series' run, it was succeeded by Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection in 2014. A sequel spin-off focusing on the male characters, titled the King of Prism series, launched in theaters in 2016 beginning with the film King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm,[5][6][7] followed by King of Prism: Pride the Hero in 2017 and King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars in 2019.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ann 2013-03-18 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Loo, Egan (January 18, 2011). "Takara Tomy's Pretty Rhythm Shōjo Game Gets TV Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "プリティーリズム・レインボーライブ". Syn Sophia (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "プリティーリズム・レインボーライブデュオ". Syn Sophia (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "最初はテレビシリーズ用の企画だった!? 生みの親たちが語る劇場アニメ『KING OF PRISM』誕生の経緯". Animate (in Japanese). December 29, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015.
  6. ^ "「ミュージックコレクションDX」発売記念！ 菱田正和監督らが登壇の『プリティーリズム』アフターパーティーより、公式レポートを公開！". Animate (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "アニメ『プリティーリズム』シリーズより、ボーイズキャラソン（CV：柿原徹也・前野智昭・増田俊樹）がまさかのリリース決定！ 盛り上がれる"熱唱上映"も再演決定！". Animate (in Japanese). June 10, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2019.