Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会 Rabu Raibu! Nijigasaki Gakuen Sukūru Aidoru Dōkōkai) is an anime television series, produced by anime company Sunrise in association with the music label company Lantis. It began airing in Japan on October 3, 2020 and is being simulcast by Funimation and Crunchyroll. The first season concluded on December 26, 2020 with a total of 13 episodes. On May 9, 2021, during Day 2 of the 3rd Live, the second season was announced. On October 3, 2021, the second season was announced to be airing in April 2022. The second season began airing in Japan on April 2, 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, an English dub was produced by OkraTron 5000 and premiered on October 30, 2021.
On September 18, 2022, during Day 2 of the 5th Live, Nijiyon Animation was announced. Later on November 24, 2022, it was announced that it would start airing on January 6, 2023. It began airing on January 6, 2023 in Japan and is being simulcast by Funimation and Crunchyroll.
On November 24, 2022, an OVA episode was announced, with the release date being in Summer 2023. On March 25, 2023, it was announced that the OVA will air on June 23, 2023. A trailer for it was also revealed.
During AnimeJapan 2024 on March 23, Part 1 of the Movie Trilogy was announced to be coming out in theatres on September 6, 2024.
Staff[]
- Japanese
- Original Story: Hajime Yatate
- Original Plan: Sakurako Kimino
- Director: Tomoyuki Kawamura
- Series Organization: Jin Tanaka
- Original Character Design: KlabGames
- Character Design: Takumi Yokota
- Design Works: Mebachi
- Set Design: Kazumi Kataoka
- Art Director: Chikara Nishikura
- Color Planning: Misako Akama
- CG Director: Yuki Iinuma
- Director of Photography: Daiki Sugiyama
- Editor: Rina Koguchi
- Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
- Music: Naoki Endo
- Music Production: Lantis・SUNRISE Music
- Animation Production: SUNRISE Inc.
- Presented by:
- 2020 PROJECT Lovelive! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- SUNRISE Inc.
- BANDAI NAMCO Arts Inc.
- Bushiroad Inc.
- KADOKAWA CORPORATION
English[]
- English Version: Funimation Global Group LLC
- Executive Producer: Gen Fukunaga
- Producer: Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt, Christopher R. Sabat
- ADR Director: Megan Shipman
- ADR Script: Jessica Slyus
- Assisstant Producer: Zach Bolton, Samantha Herek
- ADR Engineer: Brianna Villarreal, Kellen Voss
- ADR Script Supervisior: Tyler Walker
- Linguistic Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
- Materials Coordinator: Trenton Jons
- Mix Engineer: Rawly Pickens
- Production Assistant: Jordan Dreasher, Victoria Keller
- Production Manager: Nazeeh Tarsha
- Senior Video Editor: Daniel Mancilla, Jeremy Jimenez
- Talent Coordination: Nazeeh Tarsha
- Video Editing: Aya Spann, Emma Moore, Issa Currie, Josh Tyler
- Recording Studio: OkraTron 5000 — Plano, Texas
- Licensed by: Crunchyroll, LLC — A Sony Company
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
- 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
Supporting Characters[]
- Momoyo Koyama as Head of Drama Club
- Kaede Hondo as Haruka Konoe
- Manaka Iwami as Christina
- Sayaka Senbongi as Kasane Hasekura
- Kana Motomiya as Misaki Shidou
- Natsumi Hioka as Himeno Ayanokouji
- Anna Mugiho as Hanpen
- Aimi Terakawa as Jennifer
- Saki Yamakita as Rakshata
- Yui Ishikawa as Misato Kawamoto
- Yoko Hikasa as Kaoruko Mifune
- Nichika Omori as Sakura Kurobane
- Reina Kondo as Sakuya Kurobane
- Ryoko Shiraishi as Setsuna's mother
- Natsumi Takamori as Akiba Reporter
Videos[]
Theme Songs[]
Season I[]
- Nijiiro Passions! (虹色Passions!) by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- NEO SKY, NEO MAP! by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- CHASE! by Setsuna Yuki
- Dream with You by Ayumu Uehara
- Poppin' Up! by Kasumi Nakasu
- DIVE! by Setsuna Yuki
- Saikou Heart by Ai Miyashita
- La Bella Patria by Emma Verde
- Tsunagaru Connect by Rina Tennoji
- Butterfly by Kanata Konoe
- Solitude Rain by Shizuku Osaka
- VIVID WORLD by Karin Asaka
- Awakening Promise by Ayumu Uehara
- Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo (夢がここからはじまるよ) by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Season II
- Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles! by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Eutopia by Lanzhu Zhong
- ENJOY IT! by QU4RTZ
- Eternal Light by DiverDiva
- Infinity! Our wings!! by A・ZU・NA
- Dream Land! Dream World! by A・ZU・NA (not credited)
- EMOTION by Shioriko Mifune
- Queendom by Lanzhu Zhong
- TOKIMEKI Runners (TV Anime Insert Song ver.) by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Stars we chase by Mia Taylor
- Love U my friends (TV Anime Insert Song ver.) by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Ye Mingzhu by Lanzhu Zhong (not credited)
- ☆Wonderland☆ by Kasumi Nakasu (not credited)
- My Own Fairy-Tale by Kanata Konoe (not credited)
- Koe Tsunagou yo by Emma Verde (not credited)
- Teletelepathy by Rina Tennoji (not credited)
- Toy Doll by Mia Taylor (not credited)
- Wish by Karin Asaka (not credited)
- Yuu & Ai by Ai Miyashita (not credited)
- Aoi Canaria by Shioriko Mifune (not credited)
- Audrey by Shizuku Osaka (not credited)
- MELODY by Setsuna Yuki (not credited)
- Kaika Sengen by Ayumu Uehara (not credited)
- Future Parade by Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Episodes[]
| No. | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The First Thrill" (はじまりのトキメキ "Hajimari no Tokimeki") |
October 3, 2020 |
| Ayumu and Yuu are hanging out just outside Nijigasaki High School when they discover a concert by none other than Setsuna Yuki. When they realize Setsuna is a member of the "School Idol Club" which is a part of their school, the duo set out to achieve the school idol dream and join the club, until the student council president Nana Nakagawa shuts the club down. Despite this, Ayumu decides to become a school idol, with Yuu supporting her. | ||
| 02 | "Cutest♡Girl" (Cutest♡ガール "Cutest♡Gāru") |
October 10, 2020 |
| The club is now shut down. Furious, Kasumi decides to revive the club with herself as president. She turns to an eager Ayumu and Yuu as the next members of the club, and explains to them why the club went on hiatus and ultimately shut down. She then proceeds to film a PV with Ayumu only for her to later realize that she's been forcing Ayumu to become something she wasn't, not unlike what Setsuna did to her back then. She then learns her lesson and films Ayumu's PV without forcefully directing her. | ||
| 03 | "Shout Out Your Love" (大好きを叫ぶ "Daisuki o Sakebu") |
October 17, 2020 |
| Karin and the others find out about Setsuna's real identity, and when they tell Kasumi and the others they act confused. Yuu isn't discouraged by this as an avid Setsuna fan, so she calls her to the rooftop to talk. Nana complains that all her dreams have been shattered and there was no way her club could have entered the Love Live given the state it was in right before it shut down. Yuu responds by telling her not to join the Love Live because it didn't matter to her anymore. With this new profound knowledge Nana changes into Setsuna and performs DIVE! on the balcony. She, along with Shizuku, Emma, and Kanata, the previous members of the club, all join back in along with the current members. | ||
| 04 | "The Uncharted Path" (未知なるミチ "Michi Naru Michi") |
October 24, 2020 |
| The girls had just finished setting up the clubroom when Ai and Rina ask to join. When the two ask what a school idol does, nobody can seem to answer. Everyone has their own ideas, and when Ai is asked for her idea of a school idol, she said that as long as she had fun it'll be alright for her. The girls then start practicing their singing and dancing. Throughout the rest of the episode Ai figures out what it means to be a school idol, and realizes she must follow her own path to shine. | ||
| 05 | "Something I Can Only Do Right Now" (今しかできないことを "Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o") |
October 31, 2020 |
| Everyone decides to create their own promotional videos as solo idols to introduce themselves. Having been assisted to wear costumes as part of her PV, Emma Verde tries to convince Karin Asaka to join the School Idol Club, which she rejected at first. Later on, Emma found out that Karin is actually interested in school idols, then she sings a song for her which inspires Karin to join the School Idol Club. | ||
| 06 | "The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)" (笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃) "Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)") |
November 7, 2020 |
| 07 | "Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond" (ハルカカナタ "Haruka Kanata") |
November 14, 2020 |
| 08 | "Shizuku, Monochrome" (しずく、モノクローム "Shizuku, Monokurōmu") |
November 21, 2020 |
| 09 | "Friends but Rivals" (仲間でライバル "Nakama de Raibaru") |
November 28, 2020 |
| 10 | "Summer Begins." (夏、はじまる。 "Natsu, Hajimaru.") |
December 5, 2020 |
| 11 | "Everyone's Dream, My Dream" (みんなの夢、私の夢 "Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume") |
December 12, 2020 |
| 12 | "Blossoming Feelings" (花ひらく思い "Hanahiraku Omoi") |
December 19, 2020 |
| 13 | "The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True" (みんなの夢を叶える場所 "Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho") |
December 26, 2020 |
| No. | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Brand New Thrill" (新しいトキメキ "Atarashii Tokimeki") |
April 2, 2022 |
| 2 | "Overlapping Colors" (重なる色 "Kasanaru Iro") |
April 9, 2022 |
| 3 | "sing! song! smile!" | April 16, 2022 |
| 4 | "Ai Love Triangle" (アイ "Love Triangle") |
April 23, 2022 |
| 5 | "Dreamland Is Now Open!↑↑（＊'▽'）" (開幕!ドリームランド↑↑（＊'▽'） "Kaimaku! Dorīmurando↑↑（＊'▽'）") |
April 30, 2022 |
| 6 | "Choose Your "Love"" (“大好き”の選択を "'Daisuki' no Sentaku o") |
May 7, 2022 |
| 7 | "The Memory of Dreams" (夢の記憶 "Yume no Kioku") |
May 14, 2022 |
| 8 | "The Place Where the Rainbow Begins" (虹が始まる場所 "Niji ga Hajimaru Basho") |
May 21, 2022 |
| 9 | "The Sky I Can't Reach" | May 28, 2022 |
| 10 | "Kasumin☆Wonder Tour" (かすみん☆ワンダーツアー "") |
June 4, 2022 |
| 11 | "The Past, the Future, and Now" (過去・未来・イマ "Kako, Mirai, Ima") |
June 11, 2022 |
| 12 | "Cheer!" (エール！ "Eru!") |
June 18, 2022 |
| 13 | "Let This Thrill Resonate—." (響け! ときめき—. "Hibike! Tokimeki—.") |
June 25, 2022 |