User blog comment:Dorayaki/Aikatsu Stars! 2018 predictions?/@comment-26426093-20171215131614/@comment-3487190-20171216132755

Thank you guys :). But as for confirmation, actually in earlier times BANDAI had news for new singer audition for Aikatsu! series, so it did kinda ensure a new series but we don't know if the story would change.

Similiar cases in Pretty Rhythm series are DearMyFuture, KingsOfPrism and IdolTime since the three are all a matter of generation switch under the same story world. In Aikatsu series we had Ichigo/Akari generation switch as an example, but in this series Hime/Yume/Aria would share more senpai/kouhai similiarities with those examples.

Now adding that the new characters would attend a new school, we don't know if the relationships between two series could be connected. Akari chose Starlight simply because her favorite idol is there, but does a new school mean that the new characters are not interested in FS/VA idols? Yes, we know there are other idol schools such as Shiney Academy, so perhaps it's possible for the series to reveal more legend idols or popular ones from other schools...