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 was aired on April 2, 2022.

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
 * Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune
 * Shu Uchida as Mia Taylor
 * Akina Homoto as Lanzhu Zhong

Trivia

 * Yu's ringtone on her phone is a sample of Kaika Sengen.
 * Two of Yu's many sheet music papers are Pachelbel's Canon (stacked by her pen), and Kinderszenen, Op. 15 "Dreaming", No. 7 "Träumerei" (at the lower left of her phone).
 * The teaser for the 2nd School Idol Festival uses an instrumental version of Nijiiro Passions!.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! series

 * Kasumi draws in a Lottery, however she loses in a similar vein to Nico Yazawa in The Greatest Live Performance and Yoshiko Tsushima in Aye-aye, My Friend.

Continuity Notes

 * Various souvenirs from School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True) were being 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 photoshoot.
 * 13:24 Kasumi's reaction doesn't sync; Shizuku was silenced in her expressions.
 * 20:56 Lightning direction was changed instantly.
 * 23:19 The signboard mispelled "Nizigasaki".

Changes in the BD/DVD release
TBA