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Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream is a 2011 anime series and the first entry in the Pretty Rhythm animated franchise. The series includes Rizumu, Serena, and Kanon, characters from the original Pretty Rhythm: Mini Skirt arcade game, as well as Aira, a new character developed for the Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream edition of the game. After the series' end, the characters make appearances in other Pretty Series spin-offs.
MARs (an acronym for its members) is a Prism Star unit composed of Aira Harune, Rizumu Amamiya, and Mion Takamine.
Callings is a Prism Star unit composed of Sho, Hibiki, and Wataru, who are all first-year high school students. Their Prism Act is "Super Galaxy Love" and their song is "Eien no Bigaku."
In Episode 39 of Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future, they were called Serenon with K. They were also trying to get MARs back from the "Symphonia Company", but they lost. They and ended up moving to the "Symphonia Company" along with Serenon with K. They returned to "Pretty Top" in Episode 42. Their unit song in Aurora Dream is called "Never Let Me Down", which was first heard in Episode 21.
Aira's father. He is also the owner and pâtissiere of "Haru no Soraoto" cake shop. He is very protective of Aira, especially when she is around boys or when she first started to do Prism Shows and constantly buys clothes that Aira doesn't like.
Aira's mother. She was the former Prism Star Stylist of Kanzaki Sonata and is good friends with Rizumu's family. She is always the one to understand Aira and help her in her troubled times with her father.
Aira's younger sister and Eru's twin sister. She is five years old. She helped Aira keep her secret from her dad. She and her sister Eru love frilly dresses, unlike Aira.
Aira's younger sister and Uru's twin sister. She is five years old. She helped Aira in keeping her secret from dad. She and her sister Uru love frilly dresses, unlike Aira.
* Itsuki Harune (春音 いつき, Harune itsuki)Aira's younger brother. He might be around 10 years old. He pretends to be the most mature in whole family and loves teasing aira every time. But deep down he loves her a lot.
Rizumu's Family:
Sonata is the Legendary Prism Queen who performed the Aurora Rising, twelve years before Aurora Dream started. She disappeared suddenly after saying she had not completed the Aurora Rising. It was said that she lost her memory after she got out of the hospital. She is Rizumu's mother and Amamiya Ryutaro's wife. She was very good friends with Aira's mother, Omi Harune and President Kyōko. She is Kaname Chris's coach helping her to perfect her Aurora Rising. It is later revealed in a flashback that she met Chris Kaname in a circus in Russia. Sonata gave her a banana, seeing that Kaname might be hungry. Then they started performing at the circus, until one night Sonata asked Kaname a favor. Sonata wanted Kaname to learn and perfect the Aurora Rising. Kaname agreed even though she did not know what the jump is. Sonata smiles which made Kaname smile, saying that she finally saw her smile outside the circus. She is the one who made Andy, Rizumu's beloved stuffed bear.
Amamiya Ryutaro is Rizumu's father, and also Sonata's husband, and by the series' end, Kaname's adoptive father. He once wanted to become a superstar, which is reflected in his current attire. Because of Sonata's rising success, he had to quit and became a home-maker instead. He is still very hurt by Sonata's leaving the house when the story begins, and protects his daughter at all costs to make sure the same trauma does not happen to her.
Mion's Family:
Anna Takamine is Mion's mother, and Pietro Takamine's wife. She plays a small role in Pretty Rhythm:Aurora Dream, but helps Mion find how to shine for her new Prism Jump by giving her some advice. She often had to leave Mion alone, as both she and Pietro were always on the move due to business. However, they both dearly love their daughter. She is a very energetic person, and will not hold back to jump. She has some puppy-like tendencies.
Mion's father and Anna Takamine's husband. He plays a small role in Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream, but helps Mion learn how to shine for her new Prism Jump by giving her some advice. Pietro Takamine often had to leave Mion alone, as both he and Anna were always on the move due to business. However, they both dearly love their daughter.
Serena's family:
Steven Jounouchi is the father of Prism Star Serena Jounouchi and Karen Jounouchi's husband. He is also the president of the Jounouchi Group. Although usually a very energetic businessman, he is extremely intimidated by his wife who often phones him to voice her complaints.
Karen Jounouchi is the mother of Prism Star Serena Jounouchi Steven Jounouchi's wife. She is never seen on screen and her voice is never heard, but is known to be very intimidating, as she is feared by her husband. She voices her complaints to her husband at any time by calling him and his security team.
Kei is revealed to be Sonata's coach when she was aiming to do the Aurora Rising. She later trained Rizumu. She is also Kyōko's mother, and Jun's adoptive mother. She divorced Kyōko's father because of his obsession with the Grateful Symphonia. She used to be a Prism Star herself.
Asechi is the boss of the "Symphonia Company", the creator of the Symphonia Series, Romantic Night Wedding and the Pure White Wedding. He is obsessed with Grateful Symphonia and is willing to do anything for it. Kintaro is also known as the world's top designer. He is later revealed to be Kintaro Asechi, Kyōko's father and Kei's divorced husband. In episode 25, he cooks for Kyoko as a final goodbye before he fully loses his memories of his daughter. In episode 50 he finally recovers and regains all of his memory and his good side back.
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