Underplayed Gems

Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016)

Love Live! Sunshine!! poster
Original title
ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!
Genre
animation, comedy, drama, Music, Slice of Life
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes
Rated
6
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A girl named Chika is inspired by famous school idols and starts her own group at a coastal school. She recruits seven classmates to form Aqours and work toward performing together.

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What happens

Love Live! Sunshine!! is a 2016 anime television series produced by Sunrise and is the follow-up to the 2013 anime series, Love Live! School Idol Project. Taking place at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy, Chika Takami, a girl who became a fan of the school idol group μ's, decides to follow in their footsteps and form her own school idol group, Aqours. The first season aired in Japan between July 2 and September 24, 2016, and was simulcast by Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Madman Entertainment. An English dub by Funimation began streaming from July 30, 2016. The opening and ending themes are "Aozora Jumping Heart" (青空Jumping Heart, Blue Sky Jumping Heart) and "Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou" (ユメ語るよりユメ歌おう, Let's Sing About Dreams Instead of Talking About Them) respectively, both performed by Aqours (Anju Inami, Rikako Aida, Nanaka Suwa, Arisa Komiya, Shuka Saito, Aika Kobayashi, Kanako Takatsuki, Aina Suzuki, and Ai Furihata). A second season aired from October 7 to December 30, 2017, and was also simulcast by Crunchyroll and dubbed by Funimation. The opening and ending themes respectively are "Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo" (未来の僕らは知ってるよ, Our Future Selves Know) and "Yūki wa Doko ni? Kimi no Mune ni!" (勇気はどこに？君の胸に！, Where is Courage? In Your Heart!), both performed by Aqours. "Aozora Jumping Heart" is used as the opening theme for the final episode. The first Blu-ray disc of the series, containing the first episode of the anime, was released on September 27, 2016. The limited edition contained a balloting ticket for Aqours' first concert, an original song CD, a newly written novel by Sakurako Kimino, a Love Live! School Idol Festival themed UR rarity sticker, a card for Love Live! School Idol Collection, a PR card, and an 8-page booklet. An anime film, Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow, was released in Japan on January 4, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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