User blog comment:Hielmiez/Aikatsu Friends! Next Aikatsu series?/@comment-26105819-20180101112241/@comment-3487190-20180101124403

Well, we're refering to a different franchise so it's hard to tell. In the example of Pretty series, DearMyFuture and KingsOfPrism both being sequel without hinting on the original subtitle, so I can see this theory can apply to that series.

But for Aikatsu's case, it'd be weird. Since we've seen Akari being the second gen of the original series but it didn't add change to the franchise title, it'd be strange for BANDAI to make it different this time. If this truly a continuation of AiStars, they could do a similiar title such as Superstars or StarFriends.