Assessing the information we have so far.
Popee the Performer Wiki
I found out about Anipara through the Popee the Performer Wiki. It doesn't have much information about it besides a basic description, which is understandable. It did have links to the Anipara website, which will be quite useful.
Popee the Performer Anipara★ App Website
The website for the Popee the Performer services included information on pricing, the features of the service, and how to use it.
Here's a translation of the website. My apologies if it's not the most accurate, I am using google translate.
J-Sky Site where the game of "Popee the Performer" is distributed
Kids Station has opened "Anipara ★ App", a Java app compatible game distribution site for J-Sky with the motif of "Popee the Performer". The monthly fee is 200 yen, and you can download up to 3 books each month. Access from the official menu "Characters / Images"-> "Apps"-> "Characters".
On the site, action games such as "shooting" and "avoid bombs" with the motif of "popee the performer" are prepared. Depending on whether or not the game is cleared and the time until it is cleared, it is possible to train the characters that will appear, and national rankings are also available.
The company will also add a section for "Anipara App Mini", where similar games will be distributed, to the J-Sky site "Anipara ★ J" that it already provides on February 12. The usage fee for this corner is 50 yen per download. However, since communication functions are omitted, character training and national rankings cannot be used.
It seems that the main purpose of the Anipara App was to play the three Popee the Performer games. The monthly fee was 200 yen, which would be $1.83 USD. It also mentions you could download 3 books per month. I'm unsure what the books are about. It could either be a translation error, or there were actually e-books you could download with the service. It also could've been downloadable wallpapers. The website does share a bit of information on the games. The games had time limits and rankings. You were able to train the characters to put them on the national rankings.
There was a link to download the app. However, it now just goes to a "404 Not Found" message on the Kid's Station website.
It also stated there was a "mini" version of the app that was cheaper, but removed internet features.
The Pictures
As I stated in my last post, these are the only photos we have of the games. We don't know much about it when it comes to gameplay. Recently, I noticed that all of the games seem to be based off of scenes in the show, which could possibly help with figuring out what it was like to play the games.
As the website stated, we can see timers in the pictures of the games. The shooting game also seems to have a counter for Kedamono masks and bullets. I'm unsure what the two meters on the side of the In the Mind game are for, but it could possibly be for how far along you are.
Current Info
So far, we know that:
The monthly fee for the service was 200 yen
The Anipara App was mostly used for Popee The Performer related media.
You were able to download up to 3 books per month (wallpapers?)
The games had time limits.
You had to train the characters to get them on national rankings.
There was a limited version of the app that didn't have internet features.
All of the games may be inspired by scenes in the show.
Thanks for reading! Next post I'll be digging deeper into the internet to find more about it.
SOURCES
https://popeetheperformer.fandom.com/wiki/Anipara★
https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/12744.html
