Is Your Heart Shining Bright?
LoveLive! Sunshine!! is a TV Anime Series. It is a second entry to the franchise or Anime series, called the LoveLive! Series.
Series Info
| Title | LoveLive! Sunshine!! Aqours Anime ラブライブ！サンシャイン!! |
| Genre | Drama, School Life, Musical, Japanese Idol |
| Creator(s) | Project LoveLive! Series Sakurako Kimino (Dengeki G’s Magazine, Lantis, Sunrise) Hajime Yatate (Story) |
| Director | Kazuo Sakai |
| Music | Tatsuya Kato |
| Animation Studio | SUNRISE INC. |
| Original Airing (First Episode) | July 2, 2016 (First Season) October 7, 2017 (SEASON TWO) |
| Episodes | 13 (First Season) 13 (SEASON TWO) |
| Official Website | https://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/ |
Story
Just few years later, when after the Legendary School Idol Group, μ’s, has won the LoveLive! Finals, as well as disbanding and leaving wonderful memories around Tokyo, this sophomore high-schooler from the Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, Chika Takami, has become fascinated with the School Idols, after seeing them on a wide jumbotron screen.
When Chika decides to form her own School Idol Group, along with her friend, You Watanabe, this is where their path of becoming School Idols has begun. While there are obstacles that can hinder their goal, such as finding new members to their newly-established School Idol Club, Chika wants to find out what that Legendary School Idol Group has traversed along before — She is in her quest, along with her friends, on finding their own eternal radiance that shines over the endless seas of dreams.
Episodes List and Reviews
See Anime Streaming Guide page for more info on how to stream and watch this Anime.
As of this moment, there are no Episode Reviews existing within this Anime Series in this web blog.
Contained in this list are the Episodes within this Anime. The series is divided on at least two seasons, containing 13 Episodes each. And the third one is a featured Anime film, in which its story shall be continuing directly from the last Episode of the SEASON TWO.
First Season
| EPISODE # | EPISODE TITLE |
|---|---|
| 1 | I Want to Shine!! |
| 2 | Catch the Transfer Student! |
| 3 | First Step |
| 4 | Two Girls’ Feelings |
| 5 | Yohane Descends |
| 6 | Let’s Make a PV |
| 7 | TOKYO |
| 8 | Isn’t It Frustrating? |
| 9 | Young Dreamer (Mijuku DREAMER) |
| 10 | We’ve Got Stewshine |
| 11 | Aye aye, My Friend! |
| 12 | It’s Time to Fly |
| 13 | Sunshine!! |
SEASON TWO
| EPISODE # | EPISODE TITLE |
|---|---|
| 1 | Next Step |
| 2 | The Sound of Rain |
| 3 | Rainbow |
| 4 | Don’t Be So Formal with Me |
| 5 | Taking in a Dog |
| 6 | Aqours WAVE |
| 7 | The Time Left |
| 8 | HAKODATE |
| 9 | Awaken the Power |
| 10 | Finding a Way to Shine |
| 11 | Uranohoshi Girls’ High School |
| 12 | Sea of Light |
| 13 | Our Own Shine |
Featured Film
Related post: LoveLive! Sunshine!! Movie Mission Report!
The featured film is subtitled as The School Idol Movie ~Over the Rainbow~. It continues directly from the final Episode of the SEASON TWO of the Anime series itself. It premiered on Japanese theaters last January 4, 2019.
Cast
| CHARACTER | VOICE ACTRESS |
|---|---|
| Chika Takami | Anju Inami |
| Riko Sakurauchi | Rikako Aida |
| Kanan Matsuura | Nanaka Suwa |
| Dia Kurosawa | Arisa Komiya |
| You Watanabe | Shuka Saito |
| Yoshiko Tsushima | Aika Kobayashi |
| Hanamaru Kunikida | Kanako Takatsuki |
| Mari Ohara | Aina Suzuki |
| Ruby Kurosawa | Ai Furihata |
Other Info
LoveLive! Series
The LoveLive! Series is a Japanese Anime multimedia project. This was produced by the collaborating companies, the Japanese Anime music label Lantis, animation studio Sunrise, and Dengeki G’s Magazine, a magazine by ASCII Media Works (KADOKAWA Group label).
This project began somewhere in 2010 and it starts as a multimedia project, where it introduces female high school characters who were grouped and formed a band together. This project was dubbed as the ‘School Idol Project’. The girls will produce music and singles, as well as making a full music animation video out of that music.
Updated since March 27, 2023