Episode 51 - That Rocking Girl is the Dream☆Girl

That Rocking Girl is the Dream☆Girl (ロックなあの娘はドリーム☆ガール) is episode 51 and the season two premiere of Aikatsu! anime series adaption. The episode premiered on October 3, 2013.

The episode's scenario was written by Yoichi Kato, Ryuichi Kimura did the storyboard while Shin'ya Watada directed the episode. The animation directed by Ryō Kodama and Satomi Watanabe.

Story
''A new rivaling Idol school by the name of "Dream Academy" issues a challange to Starlight with their newest debuting Idol. After Aoi is chosen for the Live Concert Duel, she struggles after realizing how much is at stake if she loses. ''

Summary
Aoi Kiriya and Ran Shibuki introduce themselves and the school to the audience as they leave for work. Aoi has been focusing on her career as an actress and was invited to a special event for "Naughty Police Chief: The Movie", while Ran has been focusing on her modeling and has become the representative model for her favorite brand, Spicy Ageha.

Suddenly Otome pushed the door and bursts inside to inform them that she saw a great problem. They are unable to tell what it is, but suddenly

"Ittsu mī! I have returned, I am home!"

This new, bright voice catches the attention of everyone and they stop to see a girl donning a familiar ribbon.

Ichigo Hoshimiya comes inside.



Character Appearances

 * Aoi Kiriya
 * Ran Shibuki
 * Seira Otoshiro (official debut)
 * Kī Saegusa (official debut)
 * Sora Kazesawa (cameo debut)
 * Maria Himesato (cameo debut)
 * Otome Arisugawa
 * Sakura Kitaoji
 * Shion Kamiya
 * Yurika Tōdō
 * Kaede Ichinose
 * Johnny Bepp
 * Orihime Mitsuishi
 * Tiara Yumesaki (official debut)
 * Ichigo Hoshimiya

Trivia

 * KIRA☆Power and Original Star☆彡 begin their debut as the first Opening and Ending for Season 2
 * The story sets 1 year after Ichigo leaves Starlight Academy.
 * This is the second time for the entire Aikatsu! anime adaption that someone other than Ichigo has introduced the show at the beginning. In this case, the opening line was delivered by Otome, Aoi, and Ran.
 * This episode marks the 2nd time someone has worn a Premium Rare coord in their debut performance, the first time this occured was in episode 34 when Kaede Ichinose wore the Clown Carnival Coord in her debut performance.

Major Events

 * The Constellation System has been revealed for public.
 * Ichigo returned from America.
 * This Episode marks the debut of Seira Otoshiro and Ki Saegusa
 * This episode also marks the cameo appearences of Sora Kazesawa and Maria Himesato
 * This Episode marks the debut of the brand Swing Rock
 * This episode marks the debut of the Musical Scorpio Coord
 * The song Idol Activity! (Ver. Rock) appears for the first time

Animation Trivia

 * Starting this episode, the animation style has various changes:
 * The lines on the drawn frames are somehow a bit thicker.
 * The characters' hairs are painted a bit brighter on the top, like a gradient.
 * This is the first episode to start the 3rd generation CG technique in Aikatsu! anime series. The hairs and clothing are all very smooth, and the similarity of the anime and CG is extremely alike.
 * Seira's CG model's movement after the performance isn't as smooth as in the movement.
 * In the Blu-ray release, there were a lot of redrawn and repainted scenes on the A Part could be spotted.
 * Compared from the preview on Episode 50, in this episode Maria's hair when she was walking behind Sora is slightly modified.

Referbacks

 * Events from the Starlight Queen Cup Arc are recalled in the episode.

Cultural References

 * Papasonic, a blunt parody to the technology brand Panasonic can barely be seen in the episode.