Love Live! School idol project OVA

'''Love Live! School idol project OVA''' is a 15-minute special episode. It was aired on November 27, 2013.

Summary
After sharing a dream to Hanayo, Maki ends up absent from school the next day. As the others decide to go visit her, Eli returns to the school to pick up a textbook and follows a mysterious shadow. She winds up back outside with the others, where it suddenly turned nighttime. There, they are approached by a younger version of Maki, who expresses how she's always known of the others. She then returns to the normal-aged Maki. Afterwards, the girls performed the song Music S.T.A.R.T!!.

Cast

 * Japanese
 * Emi Nitta as Honoka Kosaka
 * Yoshino Nanjo as Eli Ayase
 * Aya Uchida as Kotori Minami
 * Suzuko Mimori as Umi Sonoda
 * Riho Iida as Rin Hoshizora
 * Pile as Maki Nishikino
 * Aina Kusuda as Nozomi Tojo
 * Yurika Kubo as Hanayo Koizumi
 * Sora Tokui as Nico Yazawa


 * English
 * Marieve Herington as Honoka Kosaka
 * Erica Lindbeck as Eli Ayase
 * Cristina Vee as Kotori Minami
 * Kira Buckland as Umi Sonoda
 * Faye Mata as Rin Hoshizora
 * Caitlin Glass as Maki Nishikino
 * Laura Post as Nozomi Tojo
 * Xanthe Huynh as Hanayo Koizumi
 * Erica Mendez as Nico Yazawa

Members of μ's

 * 1) Honoka Kosaka
 * 2) Eli Ayase
 * 3) Kotori Minami
 * 4) Umi Sonoda
 * 5) Rin Hoshizora
 * 6) Maki Nishikino
 * 7) Hanayo Koizumi
 * 8) Nozomi Tojo
 * 9) Nico Yazawa

Video
Music S.T.A.R.T!! =

Trivia

 * This is the only Love Live! School idol project episode not to receive an English dub.
 * So far, this was the shortest episode in the Love Live! School idol project anime, mainly for the reason that OVAs usually aren't as long as normal episodes.
 * This episode marks the first animated appearance of Maki Nishikino's younger self, which was introduced in Maki's chapter of the School Idol Diary novel.
 * The outfit that the younger Maki wears is the outfit that ends up being on her R card for the "Children" set released in LLSIF.

Continuity Notes

 * Due to trainer outfits that girls use in the OVA this could be settled in some point of Second Season between third episode and forth episode.