Series synopsis
Love Live! School Idol Project, also known as ラブライブ! School idol project is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on January 6, 2013. It ended on June 29, 2014. It stars Emi Nitta, Suzuko Mimori, Aya Uchida and Pile.
Otonokizaka High School is planning to close within three years. However, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. 'In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do...become pop stars!'
Premise
Otonokizaka High School is planning to close within three years. However, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. 'In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do...become pop stars!'
Premise: I'll do my best no matter what. I won't give up on saving our school. I'll make it happen!!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Emi Nitta as Honoka Kōsaka (voice)
- Suzuko Mimori as Umi Sonoda (voice)
- Aya Uchida as Kotori Minami (voice)
- Pile as Maki Nishikino (voice)
- Yurika Kubo as Hanayo Koizumi (voice)
- Riho Iida as Rin Hoshizora (voice)
- Yoshino Nanjo as Eli Ayase (voice)
- Aina Kusuda as Nozomi Tōjō (voice)
Guest cast
- Sora Tokui as Nico Yazawa (voice)
- Sachiko Okada as Japanese Teacher (voice)
- Fumi Hirano as Eli's Grandmother (voice)
- Tomo Muranaka as Math Teacher (voice)
- Yumi Uchiyama as English Teacher (voice)
- Kumiko Nakane as Squirrel (voice)
- Shizuka Ishigami as Art Club Member (voice)
- Masumi Asano as Honoka's Mother (voice)
- Nao Toyama as Yukiho Kosaka (voice)
- Megu Sakuragawa as Tsubasa Kira (voice)
- Maho Matsunaga as Erena Todo (voice)
- Ayuru Ohashi as Anju Yuki (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 55 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 29 | December 31, 2012 | September 19, 2018 |
| Season 1 | 13 | January 6, 2013 | March 31, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 13 | April 6, 2014 | June 29, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tokubetsubangumi "Mo Gyutto Sekkin! Love Live! Special episode narrated by Emi Nitta, which aired a week before the anime started and was also included in the first volume of the DVD/Blu-ray. It introduces the characters, tells about origin of the Love Live! franchise and shows bits of music videos and live shows. |
December 31, 2012 |
| 2 |
Special Anime A special anime shown at the 66th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, prior to μ's' performance of the 2nd Season opening theme song, "Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki". |
December 31, 2015 |
| 3 |
Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars Special short to promote the release of the Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars game. |
September 19, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
May Our Dream Come True! In Tokyo's Chiyoda-ku is the traditional school Otonokizaka High. Second year student Kosaka Honoka discovers the school will be closed in three years. In order to avoid being closed, the school must increase its number of prospective students. |
January 6, 2013 |
| 2 |
Let's Be Idols! Honoka and friends form a school idol group to entice more students to attend. When pointed out their group could have the opposite of their desired effect, Honoka becomes dispirited. |
January 13, 2013 |
| 3 |
First Concert! Honoka's group idol name is "µ's" and the group debuts their first song. Their popularity grows at school, and they have their first concert. |
January 20, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Another Love Live! Having avoided the closure of Otonokizaka High, the members of μ’s return to their everyday lives. News of a second Love Live reaches the girls. This time teams that win their regional preliminaries move onto the finals. |
April 6, 2014 |
| 2 |
Aiming for Victory Once again μ's begins pursuing the Love Live. Just as they're getting started, a new rule is announced declaring only previously unperformed songs can be sung at the regional preliminaries. In order to write a new song in just under a month, the girls head to the mountains on a camping trip! Naturally, they stay at Maki's cabin. |
April 13, 2014 |
| 3 |
Door of Dreams The Love Live regional preliminaries are just before the girls. Because the group is free to choose any location for their performance, Honoka suggests they perform at school, but Nico and Hanayo insist they cannot win unless they choose a location with greater impact. |
April 20, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 6, 2013 |
| Last aired | June 29, 2014 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:30:00 |