
Details
- 38
- TV
- 74
- 7817
- FINISHED
- SUMMER 2014
- 23m
- JP
- Comedy, Music, Slice of Life
The anime is set in the PriPara world, filled with girls' dreams and yearnings for fashion, dance, and music. Seemingly every day, there are auditions that send top idols to worldwide fame on television and online. Laala and her friends are all fascinated with this world. However, Laala's school prohibits PuriPara for elementary school children. An unexpected chance leads Laala to make her first entrance into the world of PriPara, where she just might make her debut.<br> <br> (Source: Anime News Network)
Episodes

EP 1
1. I Became an Idol!
Upon finding a bag dropped by PriPara idol Mirei, Lala enters the world of PriPara for the first time and ends up performing alongside her.
Air Date: 7/5/2014Rating: 3.81

EP 2
2. Breaking Promises Is Pri-Bad!
Lala, paranoid that she has broken her school's rules, tries to avoid having her ticket stolen by headmistress Gloria and join Mirei in time for an audition.
Air Date: 7/12/2014Rating: 3.41

EP 3
3. Team Breakup? No Way-kuma!
After discovering Mirei is actually the head disciplinarian of her school, she wonders if they can really stay partners.
Air Date: 7/19/2014Rating: 3.78

EP 4
4. Capisce! Cheer for You
A fan of Lala's named Eiko approaches her about giving a performance to help her face up against a tough tennis opponent, but Lala has trouble finding a way to get to PriPara in time.
Air Date: 7/26/2014Rating: 4.16

EP 5
5. I Wanna Sing with Sophy!
Lala attempts to get top PriPara idol, Sophie, to join her and team, but is met with resistance from Sophie's groupies.
Air Date: 8/2/2014Rating: 4.25

EP 6
6. Objection? Laala`s Coming to My Place-pri!
Wanting to come up with a new Making Drama for their performances, Lala comes over to Mirei's house and meets her lawyer parents.
Air Date: 8/9/2014Rating: 6.99

EP 7
7. Seek the Red Flash...
Encountering one of her regular customers in PriPara, Lala tries to find her some pickled plums, unaware she is actually Sophie.
Air Date: 8/16/2014Rating: 6.29

EP 8
8. Excitement! Summer! Swimsuits! Capisce at the Pool!
Lala tries to tell her friend, Nao, about PriPara who doesn't know that the idol she admired was her best friend.
Air Date: 8/23/2014Rating: 6.00

EP 9
9. The Exciting Idol Meeting!
Lala is paired up with Sophie in an idol quiz show, during which she learns of her true identity.
Air Date: 8/30/2014Rating: 5.95

EP 10
10. Autumn Colours Lovely Live
Whilst looking for inspiration for an autumn-themed contest, Lala and Mire help Eiko's tennis rival, Love Tochiotome, make her first trip to PriPara. Meanwhile, Sophie attempts to make her way to PriPara with her own strength.
Air Date: 9/6/2014Rating: 7.35

EP 11
11. What to Do? How to Deal? Third Member!!!
Determined to find out why Sophie declined to join their team, Lala and Mirei hear about her situation from her sister, Cosmo. Refusing to accept any replacement, Lala takes on several solo performances to increase her idol rank and reach the same class as Sophie.
Air Date: 9/13/2014Rating: 7.51

EP 12
12. Spread Your Wings, Sophie!
Despite Mirei's suggestion that she move on and work with a different third member, Lala remains determined to give Sophie the push she needs to free herself from her emotional cage.
Air Date: 9/20/2014Rating: 6.38

EP 13
13. Look at the Sky and Laugh, Team Name Announcement!
Mirei is jealous with Lala and Sophie because the get really closer.However,in this episode,Lala,Mirei, and Sophie will get their team up names.
Air Date: 9/27/2014Rating: 5.52

EP 14
14. The Rivals Enter! Good Luck!!
With her decision to become an idol, Shion is thrust into PriPara with no pre-set plans. She is soon met and promised the revenge she wishes to gain and joins the twin unit of Dorothy and Leona, which is led by the once-defeated Usagi.
Air Date: 10/4/2014Rating: 5.87

EP 15
15. Going Critical? Shion VS Mireille-pri!
Shion and Mirei both argue. A lot. Because of this, they try to settle their differences in every (and any) way they can. So when they bring in their unitmates into this, who will win this fierce battle of pride?
Air Date: 10/11/2014Rating: 3.94

EP 16
16. Exclusive Scoop! Lala`s Secret Revealed!?
Nene Tokuda has been tasked with discovering the reasons behind Laala's strange behaviour lately. But will the girls be able to convince her not to report what she discoveres to Headmistress Gloria?
Air Date: 10/18/2014Rating: 4.50

EP 17
17. Halloween Terror! Jack-OH! Ran-tern!?
Its Halloween in Pripara, Laala meets a girl called Ran who is trying to be scary but everyone thinks is cute. Laala decides to help Ran to scare some of the idols.
Air Date: 10/25/2014Rating: 3.42

EP 18
18. Leona, All Out Dash!
Leona and Dorothy transfer to Paprika Private Academy.
Air Date: 11/1/2014Rating: 4.47

EP 19
19. Mireilla and Kuma, a Destined Meeting!
It's been one year since Mirei became an idol, Laala learns that Mirei became an idol while she was still in elementary school! This shock suddenly leads Mirei to tell the story about how she first became an idol and met Kuma.
Air Date: 11/8/2014Rating: 5.75

EP 20
20. Pasta vs. Ninja!
Now that the headmistress is closer to finding out Laala's secret, Laala finds herself in a crisis, meanwhile a new omonoyaki shop opens, causing competition for Papa's Pasta, will Laala's secret be safe once more? And who will win the great promotion war?
Air Date: 11/15/2014Rating: 4.24

EP 21
21. Break Up!? Lady Sophie`s Royal Guard
Now that Sophy is part of SoLaMi Smile, the royal guards feel they've outlived their purpose and disband. However Sophy feels it is her fault all her friends are feeling down so goes fishing for red flash in an attempt to cheer them up. Her disappearance causes Laala and Mirei concern, but its thanks to the royal guard's resourcefulness that Sophy is finally found. Still feeling they have no place in Sophy's life, the royal guard still decide to dispand. But before they do Sophy performs a live with a new making drama involving all her friends to show them how much their support means to her. Touched by the performance the royal guard continue to support Sophy.
Air Date: 11/22/2014Rating: 3.66

EP 22
22. Live at the School Festival-kuma!
It's school festival time at Paprika Private and Mirei decides to have SoLaMi Smile and Dressing Pafé perform at the festival. But, a new rule banning events from PriPara at the school rises, canceling the event! Will the show go on as planned?
Air Date: 11/29/2014Rating: 4.31

EP 23
23. The Last Day of PriPara!
As a result of the school festival, Headmistress Gloria decides to take revenge into her own hands by banning PriPara by not only elementary school children, but to all students! Is this really the final time our heroines shine on the PriPara stage? Can they convince Headmistress Gloria that everyone can be an idol?
Air Date: 12/6/2014Rating: 5.92

EP 24
24. Goodbye, PriPara
Laala finds and old priticket in Gloria's office and shows it to Mirei, Sion, Dorothy and Reona, while Gloria finds one of Laala's friend tickets and one of Mirei's in her stash of confiscated pritickets. Gloria confronts the girls, saying she knows they are part of SoLaMi SMILE and attend PriPara against her ruling, but the girls demand to know about the priticket and why she hates PriPara. She tells the girls that when she was their age, she attended PriPara as an idol named Sugar. She also met a friend named Himeka, whose friend ticket Laala found in her office. Gloria and Himeka promised to meet outside PriPara one day, but to Gloria's disappointment Himeka didn't show up. Feeling abandonded Gloria vowed to hate PriPara for the rest of her life. Laala feeling saddened by the story, tells the headmistress she'll perform a live show to remind her of the good times she spent in PriPara. Feeling remorse from SoLaMi SMILE's performance, Gloria makes her way to Prism Stone, breaking her vow never to step within 100 meters of PriPara. To everyones suprise, Gloria finds Himeka waiting outside the shop, who is revealed to be Laala's mother.
Air Date: 12/13/2014Rating: 9.15

EP 25
25. Christmas Present for You!
Gloria and Himeka meet outside Prism Stone much to the suprise of everyone. Himeka explains that she did go looking for Gloria but they kept missing each other due to them not being able to recognise each other outside of PriPara. They both reconcile and the next day Gloria calls a school assembly, where she recinds her ban on PriPara and gives everyone their pritickets back. Laala attends PriPara with her friends who are suprised to find out she is the famous SoLaMi SMILE idol Laala. SoLaMi SMILE start practice for the Christmas Idol Grand Prix, where the winner will receive the first part of the Paradise Coord, the Paradise Shoes. Dressing Pafe also exchange friend tickets and officially form their group. As the Grand Prix starts, Gloria and Himeka are seen entering PriPara to watch Laala perform, and it is reveal that Dressing Pafe and SoLaMi SMILE have combined into one idol unit, SoLaMi Dressing, who win the event and gain the Paradise Shoes.
Air Date: 12/20/2014Rating: 7.54

EP 26
26. It`s Finally Her Debut!
After winning the first part of the Paradise Coord, the competition for the next part of the coord, the Paradise Tiara, is revealed to take place on new years eve. The girls also discover that if they lose the competion, they will lose their part of the coord to the winner, who will receive both the Tiara and the shoes. Laala again meets Falulu and both go to fortune telling tent at the sugggestion of Akai, where a cat mascot predicts Falulu's debut before her unicorn mascot takes her away. At the competition SoLaMi Dressing perform, but before they announce the winner, Akai tells the audience of a late entry. To the suprise of everyone it is Falulu. She makes her debut performance, jumping straight to the top rank of debut class, and wins the competition. Kuma also discovers she has the prism voice and Falulu's mascot introduces herself. As the girls leave PriPara, they decide to go back to their friendly rivalry, and Laala is left contemplating the events of the day as the new year's bell sounds.
Air Date: 12/27/2014Rating: 5.95

EP 27
27. Happy New Year Capisce!
As the new year starts, the anouncement for the event to win final part of the Paradise coord is made, with a suprise twist - only one idol may win the full coord. Laala comes down with a cold and is forced to stay in bed the following day, while here mother and little sister look after her. Mirei and Sophy come to visit her, as do Dressing Pafe, and many of her friends in Pripara. Laala gets better the following day but discovers her sister has come down with her cold. She also see's that Non is a fan of Falulu so decides to get her autograph to cheer Non up. In Pripara, Laala finds out from Chanko that Falulu has an appartment in the Paradise tower and go to visit her, much to the annoyance of her unicorn mascot. Falulu gives Laala her autograph for Non, and mentions the Prism voice as the girls leave. Laala asks Kuma about the prism voice, he explains that it's a legendary voice only held by an idol like Falulu, he also explains to Sophy and Mirei that only Laala has it. Laala gives Non Falulu's autograph, her sister is grateful but says that some day she really wants to go to Pripara and watch her big sister perform live. Moved by this, Laala performs a show with Sophy and Mirei, to show her sister how much her support means to her.
Air Date: 1/10/2015Rating: 3.86

EP 28
28. PriPara Go Panda
Another idol challenges Shion to a game of Go live on Pripara TV, the winner of which will win a new cyalume coord for themselves and each member of their team. But there's a twist; the game is played with black and white panda mascots.
Air Date: 1/17/2014Rating: 3.43

EP 29
29. Ez Do Gloxercise
With only a week until the Paradise Prize competition, Laala, Sophy and Mirei are faced with a lack of training. That is until Gloria and Love put them into shape at a training camp! Will the girls survive?
Air Date: 1/24/2015Rating: 2.99

EP 30
30. Excitement! Who Claims the Paradise Coord!?
It's finally time for the decisive battle for the final piece of the Paradise Prize!! It's SoLaMi Smile vs Dressing Pafe vs Faruru! The question is, who will win?
Air Date: 1/31/2015Rating: 4.74

EP 31
31. Smile! SoLaMi Smile
After the shocking results of the last ParaPri, Laala, Mirei and Sophy along with Sion, Dorothy and Reona feel down at their defeat. It's up to their friends, family and fans to cheer them up. Sophy's sister Cosmo performs a live involving all of the girls friends in order to show them how much they mean to each other. The girls are touched and vow to continue to make everyone smile. Meanwhile Unicorn announces the Miracle Live performance by Falulu to show off the abilities of the Paradise Coord. However when Falulu attempts to Cylaume change the coord refuses to shine. Panicked Unicorn cuts the lights and drags Falulu off stage, and to buy more time, announces a special competition for a second chance to win the Paradise Coord.
Air Date: 2/7/2015Rating: 4.10

EP 32
32. Mirei Stopping the Pri
Valentine's Day is coming up, as is the Valentine's Day Live and Mirei feels that as long as she has her PriPara character, she can't win. Mirei reveals that she decided to announce that she's SoLaMi♡SMILE's Mirei, but Amamiya ruins the announcement during the morning assembly. Mirei drops her character and attempts to be herself, but this results in her being thrown off in her personality. Worried Amamiya decides to take matters into his own hands. During the Valentine's assembly Amamiya gives Mirei chocolate as a present before giving her her first warning ticket. Amamiya tells Mirei that even though her bubbly character was just a reason to hide her true self to begin with, it is just as much apart of her character now as her disciplinarian character. Mirei sees the error of her ways and finally embraces both sides to her personality.
Air Date: 2/14/2015Rating: 4.90

EP 33
33. Tell Me About Yourself, Lala
With a second chance at obtaining the Paradise Coord only weeks away, everyone is training hard. Laala leaves training early and is asked to sign autographs by her fans. She also witnesses Falulu doing the same and is astonished at how fast she does them. Meanwhile Unicorn prevents Falulu trading friends tickets saying that all her fans need to do is support her to the fullest limit, however Falulu witnesses Laala trading with her fans. Falulu begins to wonder more about Laala and asks her all about her idol story up until now.
Air Date: 2/21/2015Rating: 3.37

EP 34
34. Falulu`s Friends
Laala wants to show Falulu the outside world using her PriPass. However Unicorn is determined to keep Falulu locked away and takes her PriPass from her. But Falulu disobeys Unicorn, steals back her PriPass and runs off. Laala continues to show her the outside world including her little sister Non. Falulu, deciding she would like a little sister christens one of her robot toys as Falulu's Non. Non also asks Laala to give Falulu a poppy flower. Then next day the girls visit Falulu to give her the flower, but unicorn catches them. Furious unicorn attemts to punish Falulu only to have Dressing Pafe intervene and the girls escape. Falulu's robot becomes damaged but all the girls manage to fix it for her. When Falulu asks why they are helping her Laala says its because they are friends and thats what friends do. Falulu then performs a live with a new making drama, much to the dismay of Unicorn.
Air Date: 2/28/2015Rating: 7.29

EP 35
35. The Last Battle on Stage!
SoLaMi Dressing reforms, with a new song for the last battle against Falulu. The competition takes place on a special stage atop Pripara Hills. Before the concert the girls ask Meganii and Meganee if they have discovered anything about Falulu. Meganii states that when she next scans her ticket during the concert they will be able to analyse her data. SoLaMi Dressing performs first, followed by Falulu, with both Laala and Falulu excited to be competing as friends. SoLaMi Dressing wins by a margin and gain the paradise coord. After the concert Falulu approaches the winners podium and attempts to trade friends tickets with Laala. Unicorn attempts to stop them but its too late. When she snaps her ticket a system error occurs and Falulu collapses.
Air Date: 3/7/2015Rating: 9.38

EP 36
36. Falulu, Wake Up!!
Falulu suddenly collapses and the blame is all on Laala. Meganii appears and explains that Falulu was created from the wishes of girls from all over the worlds wanting to become idols, which is why Falulu possesses such amazing skills. Also as her priticket contains all her data, snapping it would corrupt the data, which is why she has collapsed. Desperate to save her friend, Laala wonders if she can use her prism voice to awaken the paradise coord. Unicorn scofts at her saying her prism voice is a million years too early to do that. Determined to success Laala attempts to strengthen her voice by performing as many lives as she can.
Air Date: 3/14/2015Rating: 4.18

EP 37
37. Come On Miracle! Miracle Live
Falulu's only chance is a miracle. SoLaMi Dressing prepare to perform their Wake Up Live, but Laala begins to feel nervous. With all of Pripara watching she wonders if she'll be able to do it. Encouraged by her friends they begin to perform, everyone holds their breath as they cylaume change but it works and the paradise coord shines. However they are unable to keep it up and the light fades. Laala feels that she has let everyone down and tries to apologise only for the audience to burst into song. The prism sparkle suddenly appears and Kuma theories that the prism voice doesn't belong to one person alone, but is the collective harmonisation of everyones voices. Everyone snaps friends tickets and throws them to Falulu, the paradise coord bursts into light and the girls continue their performance. Falulu finally awakens, her coord transforms and she performs in the concert with the other girls. At the end of the concert everyone in Pripara receives silver pritickets and their very own Paradise Coords.
Air Date: 3/21/2015Rating: 6.76

EP 38
38. Everyone`s Friends, Capisce!
With Falulu awakened, everyone decides to celebrate her first birthday. Kuma and Usagi announce that all members of SoLaMi dressing have reached the major class idol rank, but Unicorn seems distant. It is later revealed that with her mission to make the Paradise Coord shine complete, she must leave. However, Falulu refuses to say goodbye and, in attempting to board Unicorns helicopter, nearly falls from the roof of PriPara Hills. Unicorn suddenly transforms into a pegasus and saves her, and the two decide to travel away together. SoLaMi Dressing performs a farewell concert with Laala and Falulu promising to meet again soon as Pegausus flies away. The next day, the girls go to register for a performance only to have Meganii Akai inform them that SoLaMi Dressing and its sub units are disbanded.
Air Date: 3/28/2015Rating: 7.91

EP 39
39. I Became an Idol Again!?
Laala sends a message to Fuwari telling her about the events leading up to the Winter Idol Grand Prix, before joining Mirei, Aroma, Dorothy and Reona to begin training. Laala's team wish Sion, Falulu, Sophy and Mikan good luck as Hibiki takes them up to a room in Pripara Hills where she tells the other girls how they will be preparing for the competition. Both teams have different approaches to their training regimes, while Laala's team work hard and have fun practicing their dancing and deciding on their coords and making drama, Hibiki has her team attending the cinema and listening to opera while eating fine cuisine. Hibiki believes that a successful idol should enjoy the finer things in life, like proper celebrities, and hopes to bring the whole of Pripara to her way of thinking. As the day of the competition arrives, its down to two teams, Laala's and Hibiki's. Laala's team performs first but is unable to cyalume change into the Winter Dream Parade Coord. Hibiki's team, Celepara Opera Company, takes their turn and manage to win the coord and ring the winter bell, Sion, Sophy and Mikan also produce golden airies. The audience raise the roof of the Dream Theatre with their applause. As Meganii lost the bet with Hibiki he reluctantly hands over his glasses to her, giving Hibiki control of the Pripara system. Hibiki then announce that Pripara will be renamed Celepara and begins planning her rule over the world of idols.
Air Date: 1/4/2016Rating: 3.90

EP 40
40. Angel and Demon-nekoon
As Laala, Mirei, Dorothy, Reona and Aroma express their disappointment at losing the Winter Idol Grand Prix, Hibiki makes an announcement on Pripara TV about the reformation of Pripara to Celepara. The idols decide to go to Celepara and find out what Hibiki has planned. They are shocked to discover that Hibiki has completely transformed Pripara, turning Pripara Hills into a giant castle that dominates the park. Castle is full of entertainment and refreshment facilities, but as Laala and the others look around, Dorothy comments that not everything is an improvement, expressing her dislike of sparkling water over still water. Meanwhile Hibiki contemplates her victory at the Winter Grand Prix, and begins looking towards the Spring Grand Prix and the Dream Parade itself. Andou then reminds her that Celepara Opera Company are having their debut concert for the Winter Dream Parade Coord, but that Mikan seems to have disappeared. Mikan has been having doubts about the events proceeding the Winter Grand Prix, after failing to talk to Aroma about it she becomes depressed and watches pigeons eating bread in Pripara. Hibiki arrives and tries to get her to come to the debut concert, struggling at first before consulting the guide book Aroma gave her for how to deal with Mikan. Celepara Opera Company perform the concert but afterwards Mikan goes to find Aroma, deciding she doesn't want to be part of Hibiki's Dream Team anymore. Mikan gives Hibiki her Priticket containing her copy of the Autumn coord before leaving with Aroma. As Laala watches Hibiki leave, she notices an idol refusing to trade Pritickets with another idol. When questioned, the girl said its against the rules to trade with an idol of a lower rank than yourself. Shocked Laala, Dorothy, Reona and Mirei attempt to register for a live, realising their managers are missing. Both Kuma and Usagi turn up pushing a box on a trolley, while wearing manual labour clothes, and tell the idols that all mascots have been made re
Air Date: 1/11/2016Rating: 7.68