Aikatsu!

Aikatsu! or Aikatsu! Idol Activity (アイカツ! アイドルカツドウ, Aikatsu! Aidoru Katsudō!) is an arcade collectible card game in Bandai's Data Carddass line of machines, which launched in October 2012. The game revolves around using collectible cards featuring various clothes to help aspiring idols pass auditions. An anime television adaptation by Sunrise, Telecom Animation Film (and later by Sunrise's subsidiary Bandai Namco Pictures) began airing on TV Tokyo from October 8, 2012 (Tokyo MX is rebroadcasting the anime in 2019). Two films were released in December 2014 and August 2015 respectively. Three manga adaptations have been published by Shogakukan, along with four Nintendo 3DS games published by Bandai Namco Games. The series was succeeded by Aikatsu Stars! on April 7, 2016.

Plot
Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend Aoi invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.

Why it Rocks
Cute and wonderful animation.

It had 4 spin-offs, Aikatsu Stars, Aikatsu Friends, Aikatsu on Parade and Aikatsu Planet.

Amazing plots and stories.

Great transformations.

Cute backgrounds.

Likeable characters such as Ichigo, Aoi, Ran, Seira, Kii, Hinaki, Sumire, Otome, Maria, Mikuru, Mizuki, Akari, and Sora.

Bad Qualities
Madoka is the only unlikeable character.