animelikethis

Anime like Aikatsu!

Mood
Time
Cover of Idoly Pride

Top pick

Idoly Pride

IDOLY PRIDE

2021, TV, 12 eps, 71%, Lerche

Recommended by 3 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

After a successful audition, high school student Kotono Nagase and her best friend move into a dorm with eight other aspiring idols. They quickly realize it takes more than cute choreography and cute outfits to reach the top—it will take blood, sweat, and tears to advance in the…

More anime for fans of Aikatsu!

  1. Cover of Selection Project
    Selection Project

    2021, TV, 13 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 8 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  2. Cover of Idol Memories
    Idol Memories

    2016, TV short, 12 eps, 53%

    Recommended by 3 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  3. Cover of PriPara
    PriPara

    2014, TV, 38 eps, 76%

    Recommended by 71 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  4. Cover of Love Live! School Idol Project
    Love Live! School Idol Project

    2013, TV, 13 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 45 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  5. Cover of Kirarin Revolution
    Kirarin Revolution

    2006, TV, 153 eps, 69%

    Recommended by 12 Aikatsu! fans on AniList.

  6. Cover of The Idol Master
    The Idol Master

    2011, TV, 25 eps, 75%

    Recommended by 37 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  7. Cover of Spellbound! Magical Princess Lilpri
    Spellbound! Magical Princess Lilpri

    2010, TV, 51 eps, 66%

    Recommended by 6 Aikatsu! fans on AniList.

  8. Cover of AKB0048
    AKB0048

    2012, TV, 13 eps, 70%

    Recommended by 3 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  9. Cover of Healer Girl
    Healer Girl

    2022, TV, 12 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 4 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Cute Girls Doing Cute Things.

  10. Cover of Fancy Lala
    Fancy Lala

    1998, TV, 26 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 6 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Fashion, Henshin, Work.

  11. Cover of Glass Mask (2005)
    Glass Mask (2005)

    2005, TV, 51 eps, 78%

    Recommended by 4 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Work.

  12. Cover of Princess Tutu
    Princess Tutu

    2002, TV, 38 eps, 81%

    Both have Boarding School, Dancing, Henshin.

  13. Cover of Kaleido Star
    Kaleido Star

    2003, TV, 51 eps, 76%

    Recommended by 11 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Work.

  14. Cover of SHINEPOST
    SHINEPOST

    2022, TV, 12 eps, 72%

    Recommended by 9 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. The same kind of story: girl idol group anime.

  15. Cover of Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    2026, ONA, 1 ep, 84%

    Both have Cute Girls Doing Cute Things.

  16. Cover of Brave Beats
    Brave Beats

    2015, TV, 22 eps, 64%

    Recommended by 3 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Dancing, Henshin.

  17. Cover of Dream Festival!
    Dream Festival!

    2016, ONA, 12 eps, 61%

    Recommended by 5 Aikatsu! fans on AniList.

  18. Cover of Maebashi Witches
    Maebashi Witches

    2025, TV, 12 eps, 69%

    Recommended by 5 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Fashion, Dancing, Henshin.

  19. Cover of Girls Band Cry
    Girls Band Cry

    2024, TV, 13 eps, 83%

    Band, Female Protagonist, Primarily Female Cast

  20. Cover of Precure
    Precure

    2004, TV, 49 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 4 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Henshin.

  21. Cover of Medalist
    Medalist

    2025, TV, 13 eps, 83%

    Both have Dancing, Work.

  22. Cover of Cardcaptor Sakura
    Cardcaptor Sakura

    1998, TV, 70 eps, 81%

    Recommended by 8 Aikatsu! fans on AniList. Both have Henshin.

  23. Cover of Corrector Yui
    Corrector Yui

    1999, TV, 26 eps, 68%

    Recommended by 3 Aikatsu! fans on AniList.

Manga for fans of Aikatsu!

Girl Crush2020, Manga, ongoing, 77% The Knight Only Lives Today2024, Manga, ongoing, 86% Real1999, Manga, ongoing, 89% Yotsuba&!2003, Manga, ongoing, 89% Lord of the Mysteries2020, Manga, 65 ch, 76% Here U Are2017, Manga, 157 ch, 86% The Fable2014, Manga, 240 ch, 84% Delicious in Dungeon2014, Manga, 111 ch, 88%

About Aikatsu!

2012, TV, 50 eps, 75%, Sunrise

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.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Open Aikatsu! on AniList