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| i'm so excited!!! the animation and art style is rlly rlly good so far and the first song was a banger, can't wait for the next ep bc i see there's more chisato in there |
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| Fantastic. Straight up fantastic. Nothing like NijiGaku, This is THE shit. Ahhhhhhhh I'm so happy |
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| Damn, this instalment is a really different vibe. A nice, refreshing start. I'm excited to see what Superstar means for the franchise going forward besides even more money. |
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| wow. I think Kanon might be my favourite of the orange hair main girls of the bunch. |
| love this been back on with LL with sunshine and this instantly was more interesting because there isn't like dozen members sunshine while good suffered in it's first season by not having enough time for all of the girls. enjoy that our orange main lead isn't a genki type for once also her va is great for a newbie zoomer shes sounds close to Takahashi Rie like the new art style again anything that doesn't ties it's self to the older LL is a plus in my books though the plot feels like the back to basics premise they've used over and over but hopefully it isn't the case |
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| Love Live is back with a new cast!! I'm loving Keke and Kanon so far more than aqours. The artstyle is glorious as well. |
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New season - New hope, let's go |
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| The warmer colour palette is really pretty. I think this installment will be a bit more mature compared to its predecessors, so I hope it doesn't trudge the realm of frustrating melodrama and stick with its strengths. If it succeeds to do drama right, this might become my favorite Love Live anime. I also like that there's a smaller cast this time around, too. Music good. Visuals good. Overall a fantastic first episode. Can't wait for more! |
| Love Live Superstar. New Love Live series, very good the first episode. And the final song(the thing is if it is the opening) very good and the ending was nice. |
| Melodrama; slight yuri undertones; typical "anti-Idols" as well as "Idols enthusiast" characters... pretty standard LL start overall. Kanon seems to be a pretty decent MC and I think the "stage fright" handicap she has was a nice addition as well. Keke's character is a bit too pushy for my taste tho. Anyways, hoping this new LL installment can be as good as Niji was. Will miss not having a gyaru Idol to simp for tho. |
| I’m starting to realize after watching every LL anime until this point that they all follow the same formula, which I guess is granted considering there’s not much else to school idols |
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| Great start, the plot is of course very basic with the girls attempting a new school and wanting to be school idols + the student council being against it, but that's love life and it's fine xD so far it has some really beautiful backgrounds, the main girl Kanon is also interesting in how she couldn't sing before in front of people but managed to do it at the end with that hallelujah song, that was impressive, I also like the girl from Shanghai, it's great when she speaks chinese xD well now next they'll probably introduce more members, they'll also have to convince the student council, otherwise it will be hard for them. |
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| I HAD NO DOUBTS THIS WAS GONNA BE GOOD. BUT HOLY SHIT, THAT BLEW ME AWAY. TAKAHIKO KYOUGOKU, YOSHIAKI FUJISAWA, JUKKI HANADA... WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU BOYS ON. THIS IS SET TO BE THE BEST LOVE LIVE EVER. |
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| I just finished the first episode of Superstar today and...I liked it! It turned out a lot better than I expected. I was sure Kanon was going to be another Honoka or Chika, but I'm surprised they took her personality in the direction that they did. I am curious to learn more about Sumire and Ren, and what the latter has against school idols. If there's one thing I DON'T like about this, it's one thing: Keke's voice is ANNOYING AS HELL!!! Dear God, who thought it a good idea to make her sound like a broken squeak toy that inhaled too much helium?! Her voice is so ear-splittingly chirpy that it makes my ears bleed! Of course, it's not going to stop me from watching this, but Keke really needs to dial her voice back A LOT. |
| Besides the obligatory "no school idols" character who everyone knows will eventually do a complete 180 and join the group anyway (does Love Live always have to go back to that well? aren't there other character baselines they could use?), this was a decent start to this latest iteration of the Love Live franchise. Kanon is a refreshing change for a Love Live protagonist, not being aggressively pushy and having some actual talent to work with rather than the mere desire to work hard; the "stage fright" subplot also gives her some depth right out the gate and an obstacle to overcome. I'm not so sure about Keke yet: she's taken the protagonist's role of being aggressively pushy in trying to put the group together and that does make her come across kind of annoying, and her jumping to speaking Chinese when she gets excited is such an obvious meme gimmick for her (hopefully, unlike Sunshine, this iteration remembers to develop its characters rather than just turning them into memes). Haven't seen enough of the other three yet to judge, but Chisato's character design really reminds me of Yuna from SAO Ordinal Scale. Musically, this is already shaping up to be my favourite iteration of Love Live so far: Kanon has by far the best voice of the centre characters in the franchise (way better than both Chika and Honk), and that song in the second half (what is it called?) was excellent both musically and visually (it was kind of weird to see the other three in the "music video" though when they haven't joined yet). Having the translated lyrics on screen also helps big time, and hopefully that remains the case throughout the show. Honestly, that was probably my favourite opening episode to a Love Live series. Hopefully that's a good sign going forwards. |
| that ending song is really good, but why there is a word / caption a god of christian !! ruined wtf |
| Wow this season looks soooooo good!!! I absolutely loved the first episode. Animation, art style, music... everything was great! The girls are very cute. I liked their introductions. Their voices were good as well. Chisato is the best girl. |
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| Was it just me. Or was the art a little off? Or the way the animation moved sometimes. It's still good, just felt off at parts lol. As for the episode, loved it. Even if it's usual cookie cutter stuff in terms of characters. But still enjoyable. |
| After this episode getting me this excited, I swear, if they pulled a shit like Nijigasaki I will get so pissed. And wouldn't be a Love Live first episode if they didn't dance in the middle of the street. |
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| First impression: There are many changes in the setting, but it still feels like a typical Love Live story. But this time, some roles are modified. The oraange haired girl, Kanon, is the main char of the first episode and presumably the center of the group. But she is not the one, who starts to gather the group and she is not dumb as hell. Keke can partly fit into the dumb part, but she doesn't seem to be dumb, too, just completely naive. For Kanon I really like, that she plays acoustic guitar. Hazuki fits fully to the part of the late member who firstly fight against the foundation of the group. For Chisato and Heanna lets see. They hadn't enough screen time measure them up. For the music: The ending doens't really impress me. Liella!'s first single was completely better with every of their song. It is not bad, But Liella! itself had set the stakes very high! But the song in the beginning (I am not sure, if this will be the opening) was good, even when I still not know, how it will sound when sung with the full group and full instruments. And one last thing: Did the Kosaka family expand their business area and let her well known daughter have an own Cafe? In the ending we see "Coffee HoNoKA" in the background |
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animefantgn said: yeah i know, that's why i was wondering if the reason she came to japan was to become an idol just like the character she's voicingyvsei said: was wondering why i couldn't understand kuku but then realized she was speaking chinese lmao. her seiyuu's japanese is really good though, wonder if the reason kuku came to japan is the same reason she did? i really like how there are only 5 characters this time, now they can have more screen time individually and i will actually be able to remember their names. might be my favourite character design in a love live so far, cgi also improved and damn! that ed was fire! Keke's seiyuu is also chinese |
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| This is the first orange haired center ive liked so far from LL. She's my fave right now. |
| After Nijigasaki totally surprised me with how different and just straight up good it was, I was really looking forward to Superstar especially since it seemed to be going in an even different direction than Niji went, and let me say so far it's totally delivered with what I was expecting! I really enjoyed the more somber tone (well, as much as happy idols can be) this episode took. Where as I loved Niji for being just a super comfy slice of life, I could definitely see this being great as a somber melodrama. I'm really enjoying the way this franchise is going! The music in this episode I really enjoyed, and the characters are an absolute joy so far (Keke's Chinese was adorable). Only thing I kinda had a problem with is that the animation seemed kinda... off? but this seems kinda like a smaller release so it really didn't bother me much. |
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| i really like nijigasaki, and i think this anime gonna be even better. |
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| Great episode.I already like the kanon/keke dynamic. |
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| Pretty fun episode. Loving the visuals and setting for this one and the humor was spot on. Interested in seeing how things will develop for the characters with a smaller cast. |
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| Already a huge improvement over the flop that Nijigasaki was (IMHO) Great character animation, truly moving musical performances, an actual plot and a character to root for to surpass her weaknesses, great comedy (something that was missing since LL Sunshine). I'm already digging the subversion of gatekeeping the student school prez with a character with a lineage of reknown singers. Hopefully this time with just 5 main characters there will be more quality time for character arcs. |
| Great start, had such classic Love Live feeling to it. Very promising given that I haven't really followed much of LL in the last few years. The art and animation is great, faces are very expressive especially on Kanon. Am I the only one who thought that Kanon is basically a cross between Honoka and Chika? You can't have Love Live without that one character who doesn't accept school idols at the start, all the characters seem great so far. I think Sumire, Hazuki and Chisato easily beat out Keke and Kanon in terms of design. I'm looking forward to see who becomes my favorite though, my money is on Sumire or Hazuki. I loved the moment when Kanon just turns back at the school gate and runs up the stairs as the dramatic music plays. It ain't Love Live if you don't run up stairs after all, the song was great too. |
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| Solid start, met my expectations for episode 1 Going in, one of the things that I was concerned was how the VAs would sound, and in episode 1, they all sounded alright. Not amazing, but nobody sounded out of place, which is good to hear. I like the music school setting, which is different from past ones. It'll be interesting to see how the dynamic of a quintet will work. Animation, at times, looked a little off, but once the MV part came, you can tell that they are putting their work there, as the animation and the CG looked great. With Kyougoku/Hanada pair back, I'm hoping this ends up being another good series. |
| Funimation finally put the episode up so I have now appeared lol. It was worth the wait tho, that was a damn good first episode, I really like Kanon as the MC, her stage fright is pretty relatable, and I love Keke and her chipper mood as well as her enthusiasm for school idols, and I also thought it was cool that she’s Chinese. The other girls also look great, interested to learn more about them. One thing I noticed that was stunning in this show is the backgrounds and scenery, absolutely love those. The song at the end was really good too, loved the dancing as well. I haven’t seen any other Love Live yet besides Nijigasaki from Fall 2020, so I’m really excited to see some more from this franchise. |
| this is the first time i've watched this type of genre and it's great that i've watched this I'll probably add now those alternative setting with related by this anime and I think they were great too, this episode has a stunning visuals/sceneries and a great artstyle can't wait to see what will happen next! |
| lolz how pretentious! why did they made the title "Superstar!!" are they even sure that this new LL franchise would beat all the previous LL series!?!? LOLZ 4/5. |
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