Computer-readable storage medium having stored therein reception status display program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and reception status display method

An exemplary reception status display apparatus receives a series of data transmitted thereto, and displays, in a stepwise manner, a corresponding image, which is an image corresponding to the series of data, in a predetermined region in a screen, in accordance with a progression of reception of the series of data. Furthermore, during the reception of the series of data, the exemplary reception status display apparatus continuously generates, outside the predetermined region, movement objects each having a color selected from component colors of the corresponding image and moves each movement object toward the predetermined region.