A Brand New Thrill

A Brand New Thrill (新しいトキメキ) is the first episode of the ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2'' anime series. It aired on April 2, 2022.

Summary
After the School Idol Festival, the girls are getting ready for them to have their PV shown. Shioriko gets a text from Lanzhu, saying she will come to Nijigasaki. At the club, Rina is making last-minute changes to the PV before they showcase it. They accidently get the wrong video, and the audience leaves. Lanzhu preforms Eutopia, before the club begins their PV. Afterwards, they ask Lanzhu if she wants to join. Lanzhu declined, saying she thinks working with others is pathetic.

Cast

 * Japanese
 * Hinaki Yano as Yu Takasaki
 * Aguri Onishi as Ayumu Uehara
 * Mayu Sagara as Kasumi Nakasu
 * Kaori Maeda as Shizuku Osaka
 * Miyu Kubota as Karin Asaka
 * Natsumi Murakami as Ai Miyashita
 * Akari Kito as Kanata Konoe
 * Tomori Kusunoki as Setsuna Yuki
 * Maria Sashide as Emma Verde
 * Chiemi Tanaka as Rina Tennoji
 * Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune
 * Shu Uchida as Mia Taylor
 * Akina Homoto as Lanzhu Zhong


 * English
 * Madeline Dorroh as Yu Takasaki
 * Suzie Yeung as Ayumu Uehara
 * Kayli Mills as Kasumi Nakasu
 * Jill Harris as Shizuku Osaka
 * Shara Kirby as Karin Asaka
 * Daisy Guevara as Ai Miyashita
 * Lindsay Seidel as Kanata Konoe
 * Laura Stahl as Setsuna Yuki
 * Lisa Reimold as Emma Verde
 * Hayden Daviau as Rina Tennoji
 * Caitlin Myers as Shioriko Mifune
 * Lindsay Sheppard as Mia Taylor
 * Courtney Lin as Lanzhu Zhong

Trivia

 * Yu's ringtone on her phone is a sample of Kaika Sengen.
 * The teaser for the 2nd School Idol Festival uses an instrumental version of Nijiiro Passions!.
 * The episode marks the first animated appearance of Rakshata and Jennifer from School Idol Festival.
 * The title for this episode is a reference to a past episode from season 1. Coincidentally, both episodes show Yu waking up in her bed, with Ayumu calling her.
 * A student resembling Nozomi Tojo can be seen at 15:19, with her uniform somewhat resembling the unidolized card from the February (Valentines/Chocolate) event in 2014

Callbacks to previous Love Live! series

 * Kasumi does the draw for the lottery, however she loses in a similar vein to Nico Yazawa in The Greatest Live Performance and Yoshiko Tsushima in Aye-aye, My Friend.
 * This episode starts with Yu waking up in her bed, just like Season 1 Episode 1.

Continuity Notes

 * Various souvenirs from School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True) were displayed in the School Idol Club's booth.
 * The Flowing Bamboo Noodles Club reappears since the first and thirteenth episodes of the first season.

Errors & Goofs

 * 11:50 Yu and Lanzhu showed up immediately after the photoshoot.
 * 13:24 Kasumi doesn't move her mouth while grinning.
 * 13:52 Karin's tights shading goes over her skirt shadow.
 * 23:19 The signboard is mispelled as "Nizigasaki".

Changes in the BD/DVD release
TBA