PriPara

2014TVFINISHED74% Score

Synopsis

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.

(Source: Anime News Network)

EP 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.

EP 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.

EP 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.

EP 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.

EP 5

I Wanna Sing with Sophie!

Lala attempts to get top PriPara idol, Sophie, to join her and team, but is met with resistance from Sophie's groupies.

EP 6

Objection? Lala`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.

EP 7

Search for the Red Flash...

Encountering one of her regular customers in PriPara, Lala tries to find her some pickled plums, unaware she is actually Sophie.

EP 8

Excitement! Summer! Swimsuits! Capische 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.

EP 9

Exciting Idol Meeting!

Lala is paired up with Sophie in an idol quiz show, during which she learns of her true identity.

EP 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.

EP 11

What To Do? What'll Happen!? The 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.

EP 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.

EP 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.

EP 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.

EP 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?

EP 16

Exclusive! Laala's Secret is Out of the Bag!?

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?

EP 17

Halloween Terror! Jack・OH! Ran-tan

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.

EP 18

Leona, Dash at Full Force!

Leona and Dorothy transfer to Paprika Private Academy.

EP 19

Mirei and Kuma, A Fated Encounter-Pri-Kuma!

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.

EP 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?

EP 21

Disbandment!? Sophie-sama's Bodyguards

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.

EP 22

Live at the School Festival-kumā!

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?

EP 23

The Last Day of PriPara-dessu wa!

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?

EP 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.