 Monday's Love Live! Sunshine!! Niconico Live program announced that the Love Live! franchise continuation will receive a TV anime in Summer 2016. Love Live! Sunshine!! is part of the multimedia Love Live! project co-developed by Dengeki G's Magazine, animation studio Sunrise, and music label Lantis. The new project was announced last February and revealed in the June 2015 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine. The new series follows the nine-member school idol group Aqours (pronounced "aqua") at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Chika Takami, who is a fan of Otonokizaka Academy's μ's school idol group from the original Love Live! series, similarly forms Aqours in order to save her school from being closed down. Aqours' first single, "Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?," was released on October 7, 2015, with the music video animated by Sunrise. The group's second single was announced at the Niconico Live broadcast for release on April 27, 2016. Kazuo Sakai, who directed the music video for the first single, will direct Love Live! Sunshine!! with character designs by Yuuhei Murota. Official site: http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/ Official English site: http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/ Source: Official website Love Live! Sunshine!! on MAL |
NaruleachJan 11, 2016 8:14 PM
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Sunrise in a nutshell, Gonna milk it while it's hot Anyway I hope it can match the legacies of its previous predecessors and not end up as *cough* Cinderella Girls *cough* |
MizunashiJan 11, 2016 8:39 AM
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| Oh dear god, Aquors is a mixed bag as a group, music wise it's alright and I have no worries there but I'm afraid this may end being like Cinderella Girls, another disasterpiece with great music. |
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| ANIME IS SAVED but seriously, I hope we'll get the same director and a new screenwriter who can create better drama. |
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| Strike while the iron's hot. |
| Dear Sunrise. Please don`t turn Sunshine into Cinderella Girls v2.0 We need a decent script writer who knows how to write a good drama. |
| Do you play Azure Lane? Then please join my fanclub https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=74907 |
| *kerching* Can understand why those involved want to keep a successful franchise running. Is there any precedent for changing the line-up in successful long running ensemble shows? As far as I can recall the only long running shows I've seen completely ignore the passing of time (As do most western cartoons) so they have no need to change the characters. |
Stark700 said: The new series follows the nine-member school idol group Aqours (pronounced "aqua") at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Chika Takami, who is a fan of the Otonokizaka Academy's μ's school idol group from the original Love Live! series, similarly forms Aqours in order to save her school from being closed down. sheesh, they're not being very original with the plot are they... I guess they really want to get the same boom in popularity the first season did for µ's. |
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| B!tch please...just another Cinderella Girls. Pass. |
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| quite a news to see love live show i just hope its not a letdown if it comes? |
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| This franchise was practically screaming anime so it was inevitable. I kinda feel it might be a bit early but guess we'll see what happens. Really enjoyed the latest Love Live! movie so I hope so I'll definitely watch this even though the cast is new. |
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Tensho said: Stark700 said: The new series follows the nine-member school idol group Aqours (pronounced "aqua") at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Chika Takami, who is a fan of the Otonokizaka Academy's μ's school idol group from the original Love Live! series, similarly forms Aqours in order to save her school from being closed down. sheesh, they're not being very original with the plot are they... I guess they really want to get the same boom in popularity the first season did for µ's. Yeah, they should've waited a little longer before announcing an anime, it's way too soon, and it may rub fans the wrong way. |
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| Gotta milk that cash cow for all its worth. Might check it out anyway. |
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Hoppy said: uh no Tensho said: sheesh, they're not being very original with the plot are they... I guess they really want to get the same boom in popularity the first season did for µ's. Yeah, they should've waited a little longer before announcing an anime, it's way too soon, and it may rub fans the wrong way. lol do u know what marketing is there is a reason why disney can announce a star wars movie every year |
| yes, it might just be a way to carry on grabbing the money but if the script is as decent as the original it might just win another place in my heart.. i guess i'll be spending more of my money on merch. i have high hopes, do your best sunrise!!! |
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| I hope to god it won't be as bad as Cinderella Girls was.. |
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moodie said: Hoppy said: uh no Yeah, they should've waited a little longer before announcing an anime, it's way too soon, and it may rub fans the wrong way. lol do u know what marketing is there is a reason why disney can announce a star wars movie every year It is way too soon, marketing isn't everything, having an actual good product is very important, this is why they need to wait and also it gives time for people to get over the loss of Muse, to get their minds fresh and ready for a new group. |
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| Just hope it's not as cringe. |
| Seems like they are deserting the originals, and moving on to a new unit :'( |
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| Loved both seasons of Love Live!, so count me in. I'm hype. Can't wait to see what adventures Aqours girls have! |
“Victor can’t be satisfied by anyone but me.”  |
| Cant wait!! I just hope this isn't a total disappointment like Im@s Cinderella Girls turned out to be |
| Aqours is also being added to the School Idol Festival mobile game on iOS and Android as well, cards and stories starting this month without stories, proper stories voiced by the seiyuu coming later (but soon). Details on the official site's news page. |
| We all knew this was coming. Sunrise wants to make another Gundam don't they :P Although I don't like how they chose complete unknowns to voice the characters, the original at least had some recognizeable names in the cast. And for the love of god don't let Mari Okada have anything to do with this. The first season's infrequent melodrama was cringy enough. Personally, in 20 years I foresee my daughter watching the 26th entry in the Love Live franchise featuring a middle-aged Eli coaching another group of moeblobs wanting to save their school from closing, and being able to tell her that I was there when it all started. Good times. |
| LOWKEY CRYING RIGHT NOW I love this franchise so much, hopefully it turns out to be just as good, especially in the music department. |
| I'm quite excited for this, but I'm not expecting it to be as good as the original. -Mastergold |
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| Looking forward!! FedeBankai said: implying Cinderella girls was a bad show smhB!tch please...just another Cinderella Girls. Pass. |
| Well.....this probably would be interesting even if it's a product of milking. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| Yeah, don't think I'm gonna bother. It'll just end up as bad as Cinderella Girls anyway, if not worse. |
| Yay! I liked the first 2 Love Lives, so I will watch this. |
Seems like a lot of people (165,845) tuned in to watch the Aqours Nico Nico Live tonight. Originally it was going to run from 21:00 to 22:00, but Nico Nico Live extended it to run from 21:00 to 22:45, but it still went overtime up to 23:04. I wish Aqours every success in the future as a Love Live fan, but I also know the immense pressure the Aqours seiyuu will be under since they have an extremely high bar to reach if they aim to surpass Muse. This is what Muse has achieved so far: ・シングル最高売上13万(ゴールドディスク計6) ・アルバム最高売上14万(ゴールドディスク計2) ・アルバムオリコン1位＆アニソン史上初の月間総合1位 ・シングル初動9.6万枚で深夜アニメ歴代最高初動枚数記録樹立（※シリアル、イベチケ無し） ・同一名義のキャラクターによる3作同時週間TOP10入りは史上初の快挙 ・5thライブ円盤初動4.9万枚、アニメイベント円盤歴代最高初動でオリコン週間総合１位 ・NHK Rの法則出演（3曲、トークあり）※アンコール放送でPrintempsの追加メッセージ ・MJ出演（3曲、単独トーク、金爆のバックダンサー） ・NHK1時間単独特番制作（8曲、NHK本気のカメラワークと演出） ・多数企業とのコラボ商品展開（神田祭、ねぶた祭、七夕祭り、パワーパフガールズなど） ・劇場版動員3週連続1位＆公開150日で観客動員数200万人突破、興行収入28億で深夜アニメ歴代１位 ・TOKYO MXで特番放送 ・来年1月2日（土）からNHK全国でTVアニメ1期再放送決定 ・第66回NHK紅白歌合戦に初出場決定 ・声優ユニット初となるミュージックステーション出演決定 ・劇場版BDが初動20万越え ・μ’s 紅白前半2位の視聴率 |
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| Guess it only makes sense they'd want to do the anime as soon as possible. After all that is what sky-rocketed Love Live's popularity in the first place. Looking forward to it. Also there is absolutely no way this is going to screw up as bad as Cinderella Girls. I mean the movie didn't suck like Idolm@ster's so that's already a good sign. More to the point unlike Cinderella Girls which was handled by a completely different team than the original Idolm@ster anime (Despite both being animated at A1) I think this is going to be mostly the same staff. FreedChickens said: Sunrise in a nutshell, Gonna milk it while it's hot JayBlue said: Strike while the iron's hot. SchwingBoner said: For fuck's sake stop. We get it guys, you are intelligent free thinking individuals who know what capitalism is.Gotta milk that cash cow for all its worth. Mayuka said: It was though. The girls were almost all bland as shit, some of them just completely lacked distinctive personality traits altogether, Mio is a complete cunt of a human being and the drama was horrendous.implying Cinderella girls was a bad show smh Also what in God's name was Kirarin even supposed to be? It's like this weird mish-mash of 5 different character types. danieltortoisee said: You'd really have to try to be worse than Cinderella Girls.Yeah, don't think I'm gonna bother. It'll just end up as bad as Cinderella Girls anyway, if not worse. |
SeibaaHomuJan 11, 2016 9:04 AM
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Mayuka said: Looking forward!! FedeBankai said: implying Cinderella girls was a bad show smhB!tch please...just another Cinderella Girls. Pass. It was a disasterpiece, it has a terrible cast, and the second season was ruined by far too much drama, it's like they were pulling a WUG but failed to see why WUG is decent in the first place. |
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| This will end up like Cinderella girls - trash compared to the original. Of course when you have a franchise that sells insanely well, especially Love Live, selling even 20% of what the original sold ( in terms of BD sales alone ) would be a huge success. Makes complete sense why they're doing this. |
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| And here we go *in Joker's voice* You already know I already fucks with the new girls. |
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| Anime is saved for another year. |
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| Keep the "Cinderella Girls" comments coming, we need more of those. Also the "milking cashcow" comments, it ain't enough yet people. |
| Guess I'll watch it before I judge it. |
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| I'm still pretty bummed out that the old characters are getting ditched. I'd like to see Nico and the rest doing their idol thing after high school. None of these new girls aside from maybe Ruby look appealing to me. |
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| Cinderella Girls 2.0? If they manage to achieve a similar drop in quality, I'm in. |
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| Y O U C A N T E S C A P E T H E A N I M E G I R L S |
| Seeing more idol anime being made only cause me to hate this type of anime even more. Why bother watching idols in anime when there are real idols out there? |
| Meh The characters look younger than the original love live |
| What is this? I want ma μ's, not this crap. Don't tell me they are disbanding μ's so they can bring in Sunshine to the spotlight? SMH. Give me a Love Live afterstory series pls. |
MMMacross said: Sterben0022 said: And the hopes and dreams of many Horizon fans died.... Still waiting!! Maybe next year, provided that no more "Love Live!" or a new "Gundam". Fortunately Studio 8 doesn't work on Gundams. |
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