The First Thrill

The First Thrill (はじまりのトキメキ) is the first episode of the ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' anime series. It was aired on October 3, 2020.

Cast

 * 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
 * Momoyo Koyama as Head of Drama Club
 * Sayumi Suzushiro
 * Tomomi Mineuchi
 * Anna Mugiho

Trivia

 * Ayumu wearing a rabbit onesie as a child is mostly likely reference of her Exciting Animal card in Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS.
 * A front foot piece of the Unicorn Gundam statue can be seen behind Yu Takasaki during Setsuna's performance.
 * Yume e no Ippo plays as a ringtone on Yu's cellphone.
 * A Sasuke plush can be seen in Ayumu's bedroom.
 * The club leader of the Drama Club is voiced by Momoyo Koyama, who is known for voicing Karen Aijou in Revue Starlight, another Bushiroad production.
 * The staircase where Ayumu performs is from the Shinonome Canal Court.

Differences with the ALL-STARS game

 * Both Yu and Ayumu...
 * Were shopping/hanging out at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba.
 * Heard a commotion and checked what it was about, and it was Setsuna performing CHASE! live.
 * Went around the school to look for the school idol club room, with both Rina and Ai's assistance.
 * Found out from Nana that Setsuna had already quit being an idol and the club is now disbanded.
 * Emma never travelled back to Switzerland.
 * Outside of the club, Emma was already friends with Karin prior to the show's events.
 * Ayumu confesses that she also got inspired by School Idols and announced to Yu that she wants to be one too.