Ranked #1096

Love Live! School Idol Project

Allow me to start with quite possibly the worst thing about this anime: the CG. It's pretty shocking, not as bad as some other anime, but still bad. The girls' skin color is way too bright and their movements seem a little too unnatural. It's not too noticeable, luckily.

Now onto the good things. Outside of the CG, the animation is generally pretty good. I know that Sunrise aren't the best studio when it comes to animation quality, but I haven't been able to see anything glaringly bad so far. The speaking animation isn't perfect, but given that it would take much more time to perfect something so fiddly, I'd say it's worth the compromise.

The main three girls don't stray particularly outside of some common archetypes. You have the lively and energetic MC Honoka, the shy girl Umi, and the kind, clever one Kotori. However, each of them has their own little quirks that make them different from other characters of the same archetype, and that's one of the things that I like the most about this show. More characters are introduced right off the bat in the third episode, each sporting their own unique traits. My personal favorite character is Nico, her wittiness and superiority complex make for quite the laugh for me.

The songs are really well done. Being an idol anime, the music obviously plays a key part in the entirety of the show. They're catchy and upbeat, the two things that they need to be.

Overall, I really enjoy Love Live. The story, while not spectacular, is good enough to keep me consistently entertained. The artwork is nice (bar the CG), the characters and their subsequent development are really well done and the music accompanying it all sounds great. If Sunrise had spend a little more time on the CG dancing, then this would have probably been a 9 or a 10 out of 10 from me.

I realise that shows like this are not for everyone, I was very skeptical at first with this being my first idol anime, and as someone who enjoyed it from minute one I recommend that if you haven't seen a show like this before, and you want to try it, Love Live! is a great place to start. read more

This show is a sad guilty pleasure of mine. I shouldn't like this, but I did.

It shows what hard work can really achieve. Especially with so much competition out there. It can really motivates you to be successful. With all that aside the show is very shallow and simple.

Cute girls dancing and singing to save their beloved school.

Story: Based around nine girls working to become idols and save their school. The initial story is okay, but nothing ever goes past that. The plot is weak and suffers from this, but what can you expect from a 13 episode series. The story can only be comparable when you take a slice-of-life. Each episode itself has it's own story. Don't expect much from it. I simply watched it for fun, nothing more or less.

Put aside potential flaws it gave a calming and easygoing atmosphere. This made the show feel comfortable. Like laying in your bed at night, nothing really changes, but it doesn't ever feel uncertain.
Sorry fans of this show but I'm going to give the story a 6.

Art: It wasn't bad at all. I didn't even know sunrise could make this high of quality. All aspects of the girls stage, and clothing were unique and changed often. This kept me waiting to see the next outfit.
Watching in HD i could tell some of the drawings during performances almost looked 3d. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing. At times it got weird to watch and i almost wished it would just stay 2d. It was more likely done because of budget. Much better than other shows *cough cough* .
Art is an 8.

Sound: I can't say much since i watched it in subbed and not many emotions were expressed through the characters. Other than that as far I could tell they fit the characters, nothing oddball my ears could hear.
Who could forget about the music. Most of the songs picked were very catchy and often found myself bobbing my head.
This deserves an 8.

Character: This is where the show failed to deliver on. For the first couple of episodes I didn't even know Kitori's mom was the principle. By this time almost the whole group had been already established.
when looking back at it most of the group was very 2 dimensional. Backgrounds never spoken, wondering even if some of the girls said a word after wanting to join Muse.
Although the ones that were shown some light had different personalities. All these differences make them very lovable. You could basically read all these characters, like the back of your hand.
This was very traumatizing to characters, and made it almost boring.
What could be more wrong? The fact that not once did they develop really in much of a way.
-The over dramatic sad scene at the end didn't prove anything.
Character, gets a 5.

Enjoyment: Like i said i really enjoyed this. Probably much more than I should have. Just the cuteness of everything kept me going. What does that say about me? I am a sucker for cute girls dancing in cute costumes. Hell Yeah!
A 7 for enjoyment.

Overall: Don't set goals high, at best don't set any. With that type of thinking you might like it.
Their are many shows of this variety, that said the originality is near zero. I don't recommend this if you look for deep plot inducing anime. I am forewarning you that their is not one guy in this. The rest is your choice at this point, is it worth watching or not? I would respond with yes. My hormones kept me going. I conclude my official first review with a 7. read more