{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c02f8214a3b4877b2301e72f","clusterId":"c_41982ab7b34368bb1637dde6","slug":"abema-to-marathon-broadcast-aikatsu-tamagotchi-shugo-chara-for-free","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"ABEMA to Marathon Broadcast Aikatsu!, Tamagotchi!, Shugo Chara! for Free","summary":"ABEMA announced on August 14 that it will hold a \"Heisei Girls' Anime Special\" as the third week of its August \"Anime 200 Titles Free Festival Every Week\" project. Starting late on August 16, the streaming service will run marathon broadcasts of Aikatsu!, Tamagotchi!, and Shugo Chara! on its Family Anime 3 channels. Each work will be available for free for one week after broadcast. The Aikatsu! marathon begins at 2:30 a.m. on August 17 and covers all 178 episodes of the first through fourth seasons, plus the first film, Aikatsu! The Movie. The Tamagotchi! marathon starts at 1:00 p.m. on August 17, featuring the first series that aired from 2009 to 2012, including the \"Lovely Tamatomo Arc,\" \"Happy Harmony Arc,\" and \"Collect Tama Heart Arc.\" The Shugo Chara! marathon begins at 11:00 p.m. on August 17, covering the first and second seasons of the anime based on PEACH-PIT's manga from the girls' magazine Nakayoshi. The festival runs four consecutive weeks in August, offering about 200 popular anime titles for free with a different theme each week.","whyItMatters":"The special groups three franchises that defined Heisei-era girls' anime, and the free one-week window after each broadcast makes the full runs accessible to a new generation of viewers on a major streaming platform.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u0026#34;Heisei Girls\u0026#39; Anime Special\u0026#34; is the third week of ABEMA\u0026#39;s August festival, which runs four consecutive weeks and offers roughly 200 anime titles for free. The lineup targets nostalgia for the Heisei era, picking series that were popular with children at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAikatsu! covers the complete TV run of 178 episodes across four seasons, following protagonist Ichigo Hoshimiya in the first two seasons and Akari Ozora in the third and fourth. The first film is included, but only the first film is free; the TV series is the full set. The series is known for its sports-perseverance story of girls aiming to become top idols, with depictions like characters climbing cliffs in an inhuman way that often become topics of discussion.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamagotchi! focuses on the first series that aired from 2009 to 2012, which is one of several anime adaptations of the electronic game that became a social phenomenon. The included arcs are \u0026#34;Lovely Tamatomo Arc,\u0026#34; \u0026#34;Happy Harmony Arc,\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;Collect Tama Heart Arc.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShugo Chara! covers the first and second seasons of the anime based on PEACH-PIT\u0026#39;s manga from Nakayoshi. The opening\u0026#39;s nostalgic line, \u0026#34;All children have an egg in their hearts...\u0026#34;, is highlighted in the announcement.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"ABEMA's Heisei Girls' Anime Special brings back Aikatsu!, Tamagotchi!, and Shugo Chara! for free marathons starting August 16. All 178 episodes of Aikatsu! plus the first film, and the 2009-2012 Tamagotchi! series.","twitterPost":"The \"Anime 200 Titles Free Festival\" third week is all Heisei girls' anime: Aikatsu!, Tamagotchi!, Shugo Chara! Free for one week after each broadcast. Which one are you rewatching?","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"ABEMA is running a Heisei Girls' Anime Special with free marathons of Aikatsu!, Tamagotchi!, and Shugo Chara! starting August 16. Each series is free for a week after broadcast, covering full runs including all 178 Aikatsu! episodes.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/?p=1607330\",\"title\":\"【無料】『アイカツ！』『たまごっち！』『しゅごキャラ！』の一挙放送がABEMAで決定。懐かしの\\\"平成ガールズアニメ\\\"をラインナップ、穏やかじゃない！\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260814v\",\"title\":\"【Free】'Aikatsu!', 'Tamagotchi!', 'Shugo Chara!' Marathon Broadcasts Announced on ABEMA. 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