User blog:Staraptor Kwan/Why no OVA (side-stories) for Aikatsu Stars?

I've always found it puzzling that compared to most other anime franchises, Aikatsu Stars! has never been given the luxury of airing OVA's (original video animations). Basically, OVA's are ciphers for detailed plots and character-development which can result from the greater creative freedom offered to writers and directors in comparison with other formats. This also allows for animated adaptations of manga/ light novels/ visual novels to reflect their source material more faithfully. Since OVA episodes and series have no fixed conventional length, OVA directors can use however much time they like to tell the story.



Why am I pointing this out? Well, let's just say that the Aikatsu anime adaptation has been going strong for quite a couple of years now, and is currently in its 2nd season of the spin-off series Aikatsu Stars!. Plenty of characters have been introduced ever since then, but while the attention and main spotlight goes to well-established characters like Yume, Laura, Mahiru, Ako and Lilie, the same cannot be said for many other characters who more often than not get scant attention compared to the previously mentioned group of idols. Yes, it is true that Stars! has significantly improved upon its predecessor's mistreatment of side characters (the original introduced too many of them btw) by giving certain individuals like Ashida Yuri, Katsura Miki, Akashi Saya, Haruka Ruka, the M4 (sans Subaru) and various other minor idols some ample screentime, but it still doesn't disguise the fact that at the end of the day, they still lack in terms of reasonable character development as opposed to more prominent ones like Shirogane Lilie.

While this is understandable given that the anime revolves around the main characters undergoing character development by doing Aikatsu alongside their friends, who also often get to be in the spotlight once in a while, the main problem with this situation is that while the bulk of the story revolves around the main character and their friends, others don't really have that luxury.

So following what I just mentioned earlier, it seems to me that there shouldn't be any excuse for BNP not to create and release OVA's that tell side-stories focusing on the Aikatsu of minor/side characters, which could allow us to view the world of Stars! from various different perspectives. Hell, BANDAI sure could profit a lot just from investing in them; I mean, given that they produce OVAs all the time for Mobile Suit Gundam, why not do the same thing for Aikatsu Stars? Also, the OVA's could also be used as a marketing tool to promote DCD-exclusive coords that don't make an appearance in the main anime storyline as well, which can pretty much attract more viewers as well.

So what do you think? Should BNP release OVA's consisting of side stories that offer a much more different insight and perspective into the world of Aikatsu Stars?