<s>
Aikatsu	B-Application
Friends	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
anime	O
television	O
series	O
produced	O
by	O
BN	O
Pictures	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Aikatsu	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
series	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
Aikatsu	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
anime	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
Bandai	O
's	O
Data	B-Application
Carddass	I-Application
arcade	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
began	O
airing	O
on	O
TV	O
Tokyo	O
from	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
to	O
September	O
26	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
succeeding	O
the	O
Aikatsu	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
