This Yet Unknown Feeling

This Yet Unknown Feeling (まだ名もないキモチ) is the first episode of the ''Love Live! Superstar!!'' anime series. It was aired on July 11, 2021.

Cast

 * Sayuri Date as Kanon Shibuya
 * Liyuu as Keke Tang
 * Nako Misaki as Chisato Arashi
 * Naomi Payton as Sumire Heanna
 * Nagisa Aoyama as Ren Hazuki
 * Akane Matsunaga as Aria Shibuya
 * Mamiko Noto as Kanon's mother
 * Romi Park as Chairwoman
 * Azumi Waki as Nanami
 * Miyu Tomita as Yae
 * Haruka Shiraishi as Kokono
 * Anna Mugiho as Manmaru

Notes & Trivia

 * NHK-E broadcast exclusive End Card: Kanon Shibuya
 * The plate number (27-71) on a vehicle where Kanon hid herself are a reference to both Anju Inami and Naomi Payton's birth dates (February 7 and July 1st).

Callbacks to previous Love Live! series

 * The prologue had Kanon (in her middle school years) singing in vein to Honoka Kosaka performing Susume→Tomorrow in the opening sequence in Come True! Our Dreams!.
 * Keke's reaction to Kanon singing had a similarity with Hanayo Koizumi seeing Tsubasa and Honoka passing by in The Door to Our Dreams.
 * A White Feather appears from the sky and lands on Kanon's bag.

Errors & Goofs

 * Kanon had irregular animations at 00:55 and 00:58.
 * 04:34 Kanon is shuffling in place instead of properly moving.
 * 05:46 Kanon's right thigh is misaligned upon hiding from Keke.
 * 11:23-11:28 Keke is standing behind Kanon, however in the next scene she just showed from the left; Keke's eyes appears broken.
 * 13:06 A red stuffed toy appears on the sofa instead on the side.

Changes in the BD/DVD release
TBA