by On October 26, Takara Tomy Arts announced the postponement of the release of the new app “Idol Land PriPara” in the “PriPara” series. The original schedule for the spring 2021 release has been postponed for more than a year and a half, with a specific plan to be announced in December 2022.
The “PriPara” series is a trading card arcade game jointly developed by Takara Tomy Arts and Shin Sophia. We are also doing media mixes such as animation, and Idol Land PriPara is being developed for iOS and Android as a new application. Initially, it was scheduled to be released in the spring of 2021, but on February 15, 2021, the release was postponed to the summer of 2021.
July 5 of the same year, and postponed again to the spring of 2022. On March 31, 2022, it will be delayed again to the 2022 Summer Autumn. Then, on October 26, 2022, the schedule was postponed again and again to December 2022. Also, a web animation linked with the app has been released, but the delivery has also been delayed. Up to now, online advance screenings have been held up to episode 3.
In response to the repeated postponements, users gave words of encouragement such as “I’m waiting forever” and “Please do your best,” as well as “I’d like to see an image or an announcement that shows the contents of the app a little more” and “I knew what to expect, but I cried.”,” and there are voices of dissatisfaction and anxiety about not only the postponement but also the lack of information. Some people recalled “Uma Musume,” which was released after several years of delays.
In addition, in line with this postponement, the official YouTube will distribute the audio commentary by the anime cast performed in the advance distribution screening with special video editing.
