(はばたきのとき Habataki no Toki)

Aqours сумели пройти отборочные на Love Live, а Рико выиграла приз на конкурсе. Несмотря на популярность, количество заявок на поступление в школу по-прежнему равно нулю. Чувствуя, что между ними и μ’s все еще много отличий, девушки возвращаются в Токио, чтобы встретится с Рико и узнать, что сделало μ’s прекрасными. Там они встречают Сару и Лию, которые также прошли отборочные на Love Live и заявляют о решимости победить. После этог девушки посешают старшую школу Отонокидазка, где одна из студенток говорит им, что μ’s решили не оставлять никаких воспоминаний о своей деятельности в школе. Размышляя над этими словами, Чика понимает, что μ’s были хороши не потому, что они стремились стать лучшими, а потому, что действовали вольно. Чика решает, что они должны стремиться поступать так же, а не гнаться за μ’s.

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Love Live Sunshine is the successor to the popular Love Live, which recently ended with a movie. This continuation to the series really got me excited, since love live is one those anime that I don’t get tired or re-watching (I probably re-watch it twice a year or so.) and also at some point I religiously played the mobile game every single day. But still, in the end, little by little I got disappointed of the show throughout the season. Spoilers ahead for those who haven’t finish them yet.

The way they recruit their members feels forced, this got painful for me to watch when Yoshiko joined in specific. The setting is somewhat a rehash to the first LL the way I see it. There’s too many to point out but the point is that they basically just used the same plot points, which seems like lazy writing. The only part where it felt original was the third year drama.

The most annoying part that really irked me is the constant mention of μ’s. I feel like they mention them too much, mentioning them a few times is okay and all but mentioning them literally all episodes except the last one is a little bit too much.

Should you watch it because you’re a Love Live fan? Sure why not. Overall it’s not that bad of a show, I still enjoyed watching it on time every week, but I felt like they could do better, since the characters and the songs are pretty solid. But I guess to me this feels like more a last minute cashgrab to pander to the hardcore love live fans.

I had very mixed feelings when I heard Love Live would be starting again with a new cast of characters. Muse had finally gotten to the point where each member had earned their place, and while it made sense for their story to end, I always felt a desire for more. I wanted it to be the beginning rather than the ending.

But Sunshine isn’t without issues. It follows the footprints of the original series a bit too closely— the flaws and missteps of its first half included and ever more so apparent.

Sunshine, like the first season of the original, moves too fast and swims a bit too deep in the drama, rather than giving the audience the main thing they are looking for: reason to like and care for the girls. It sets a nice stage for the inevitable second season, but at the same time, it’s hard to not feel a little bit bummed out when Sunshine starts with the same stumbles rather than learning from the original’s excellent second season. If it sounds like I am being a harsh critic, you may be right, but part of that is because I have a strong attachment to the original series and want to see its successor reach the same highs. If it can’t, wouldn’t it be reasonable to lament that there is not just more Muse instead?

Sunshine actually does a pretty admirable job with its drama. It never aims to be something more or different from what it truly is, and what is there is handled with meaning and clarity— even if its themes are something we have heard a hundred times before— and its bittersweet and well-timed background music consistently amplifies its message. Sunshine’s heart is in the right place. The problem is just that there is just too much of this drama, too soon. Assuming there is to be more of Aquors (and I will bet my non-existent heart that there will be), the climax of their story is not now, but then. This isn’t the time to bring them on the big stage, but to prepare them for it. They aren’t ready, and neither is their audience.

While Nico’s «Nico Nico-nii» catchphrase was silly (and adorable), the original series did not ever attempt to paint that as a genuine part of her character; it was a joke even to herself, and entirely contrary to her personality. Yoshiko, and to a lesser extent, Mari and Hanamaru, are defined to varying extents by these sorts of catchphrases, without the same sort of depth or rationale to it that Nico’s character had. Some may find Yoshiko’s terminal autism to be amusing (and indeed it can be!), but these sorts of gimmicks do little else but make them feel somewhat artificial, at times even empty. And empty is the last thing a character from Love Live should be.

But nine main characters is a lot to deal with in only thirteen episodes. The original series had yet to accomplish the same by that point, so, I suppose, it is only fair to expect Sunshine will also start hitting those strides from here on. Most of the girls (particularly Ruby) are cute and interesting enough in their own right, even if they have done little yet to stand out from the more outgoing characters. I’m just worried that Sunshine has turned Yoshiko into such a joke that there may be no way of ever doing anything meaningful with her character. Making a serious character into a joke is an easy thing, but a joke into a real character is a much harder process.

Aquor’s rival group, Saint Snow, is certainly more interesting than the original’s counterpart. Ria and Seira aren’t successful because they are ‘perfect’ idols, but rather because they have their own unique thing going on. There’s a neat contrast between the traditional, idol-y nature of Aquors, and Saint Snow’s more eclectic Babymetal leanings. Ria and Seira have reason to be hostile— Aquors is the exact opposite of what they want to be.

If you were to ask me why I have spent so much time comparing Sunshine to the original series, rather than discussing it solely on its own merits, it is because Sunshine itself does so on a regular basis. It doesn’t try or even want to disconnect itself, and instead recognises and pays respect to Muse. The girls of Aquors started their group precisely because they were fans of Muse. It’s the appropriate turn to take the franchise; if it attempted to be entirely its own thing, never making a reference to the original, it would feel a bit distasteful, considering just how similar a road the two shows travel. The only troubling part of it all is that it makes you long for Muse all the more.

Sunshine continues the tradition of having some of the best music in the entire idol industry. I would argue that songs like «Todokanai Hoshi datoshitemo» and «Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagaiyaiteru kai?» are better than most of what real idol groups (Momoiro Clover et al.) produce. There may not be any real bangers like Start:Dash or Snow Halation, but I do find Aquors sneaking their way onto my playlist every now and then, too. Ruby’s voice also may not be quite as lovely as Nico’s or Kotori’s, but she’s still hella cute regardless.

If it weren’t being compared to its predecessor, Love Live Sunshine would still be one of the better idol anime produced. I have no problem with it, stumbles and tumbles aside, and can see both Love Live fans and newcomers to the franchise having a great time with it.

Aquors just have yet to convince me that they are capable of standing on the same stage that Muse once did. I’m open to being convinced otherwise— heck, I want, and I expect to be convinced otherwise. There are certainly worse ways to start.

Now that it comes to an end with its finale being aired last night. Let’s go!

Note: In LL!, story, is NEVER ever the selling point. Same goes to LLSS.

Reusing and referencing the good ol’ stuff from μ’s isn’t a bad thing if the series is executed well. As a fan of the original LL! I sincerely hope that LLSS!! is better, or at least on par, with the original. Surely, the beginning looked promising and didn’t disappoint me, and the rest of the series didn’t either. A good beginning makes a good ending, eh? Not happening in LLSS. unfortunately.

I am here just going to say, the ending. is not meant for everyone. The way the series ended was, not something I will rate 1/10 but still, bad. It could be done better but man, imagine you are sitting on the LLSS!! hype train all along the journey just to reach a cliff and everything goes downhill and bam.

One thing you can never complain in LL! and LLSS!! is their art. It’s really good, and the art improves so much coming to LLSS. (tho the CG dance may be pretty annoying from time to time)

For OP, OST and ED, they are really good. VAs did their amazing work too.

My only concern goes to the inserts. They ARE good, but not impacting enough in their respective episodes.

I have a mixed feeling about the characters itself. 3rd years’ (Mari, Kanan, Dia) chemistry is great even though I am not a fan of either one of them. 1st years (Ruby, Hanamaru, Yoshiko) did a great job too though I never like Yoshiko (sorry but chuuni isn’t to my liking). 2nd years (Chika, You, Riko) tho, they have the same problem as μ’s (Kotori, Honoka, Umi) had. There’s too much focus for them, and they aren’t that great either.

I swear I really enjoy everything up to the 12th episode, but the finale is. wew. Let’s not talk about the weird skit which I think it’s actually okay-ish, I am disappointed by the absence of «Step ZERO to ONE» after being referenced so much in the anime. The question «Why do you not perform it and instead using a new song that doesn’t give that much impact as a finale?» will always be in my head from now on.

Overall: 7/10 (Revised score: 8/10)

The series is good, but nowhere better than the original LL! first season imo.

TL;DR: A good start, with a badly executed ending.

Love Live is back with another fresh cast of characters who, let’s be real here, are all waifu-worthy judging by their looks alone. I myself was skeptical at first, incredibly worried this may be a case of «milking the cash cow». Thankfully, no. Sunshine has even surpassed the first season of the original Love Live in my eyes. Honestly, I’m quite surprised with the outcome.

It certainly is hard to make a good anime with this many main characters in such a short amount of time. Love Live Sunshine is no different. Just like its predecessor, the girls did not receive an enormous amount of development. What do you expect from a show with nine main characters and just thirteen episodes? Things could’ve been handled differently. Sunshine, unfortunately, repeats the same mistakes. A future second season would set things straight, probably, though. Yes, again, similar to the original. Then, why did I give Sunshine a much higher rating? I’ll get to that in a bit.

I don’t blame anyone with a huge attachment to Muse to doubt the new series, with the introduction of complete new characters. Aware of that, though, I think they should still give Aqours a chance, a chance to shine. And, it sure did shine. Sunshine’s cast is a whole lot more likeable and memorable than its predecessor. I had an easy time liking the characters, and even sympathized with them during emotional scenes— even if I didn’t like them one bit initially. Mari and You, just to note a few examples. The new girls are what made Sunshine so much better for me personally.

Talking a little about my favorites; Chika, pretty much an exact copy of Honoka, the side-ponytail being the only difference. I’m quite fond of her positiveness and leadership ability, and basically being the driving force of the group. Honoka was one of my personal favorites from Muse— it wouldn’t be that strange to have Chika as one of my favorite Aqours girl as well. Hanamaru, or rather Zuramaru as I like to call her, is a fun character, too. Not only is her lack of tech knowledge humorous, her zura’s are also very charming. «It’s the future, zura!» The girls each have their own quirks, some which may be irritating, and some that are genuinely fun. The one character with a disturbing amount of annoyance, though, is Yoshiko. She reminds me of that one Chuunibyou show I didn’t like very much. Yoshiko comes over as obnoxious, and feels completely out of place. I’d much rather have a different girl in her stead. Oh well, it can’t be helped.

What’s more disappointing is the fact that a couple did not receive the screen time they deserved. And by that, I’m actually mostly referring to a certain blue haired, ponytailed goddess. She had so little screen time in the first half of the show, I was starting to question whether or not she’ll become a member of Aqours later. I guess that beach episode made up for it. uh, just a little bit. Kanan is a fine-looking lady for sure!

Now, I do have to mention that none of the new characters have been able to completely fill the gap that’s been left behind by Nico. Ruby, though, is the cutest in the whole wide world and tries her absolute «Rubesty» to make up for it. Her efforts, however, were in vain. I still missed hearing the phrase «Nico-Nico nii,» but, oh well, I guess «Ganbaruby» is a decent enough replacement. I kind of go a little crazy whenever Ruby says it.

Something that was quite bothersome was that there was no audition process of sorts going on. Chika was captivated by the beauty of this natural wonder, named Ruby. She got an invitation right on the spot. Apparently, looking gorgeous and cute is all that’s needed for one to become a true school idol. Singing and dancing skills are irrelevant. Seriously though, this part has been ignored, yet again.

Notable are the outstanding visuals, a huge improvement over the original. The show is very colorful and the background sceneries are very pretty, especially the seaside ones. And yes, there’s still the use of 3DCGI during live performances. However, in Sunshine, it’s less distracting, more fluid, and should now be on a tolerable level, which makes it more enjoyable to watch.

The sound is what you would expect from the Love Live series. The musical performances are outstanding and definitely worthy of praise. The hardships the girls went through, following their dreams— you can actually feel the emotions they put into their songs. Mirai Ticket, sung in the final episode, is especially a good example. The vocals are great and the voices of all Aqours girls fit well with each other, not to mention the regular voice acting is admirable, too. Have I already mentioned Ruby’s angelic voice? Great background music as well.

If you had any doubts about Sunshine, I can assure you, there is little to worry about. It’s certainly an enjoyable show for fans and newcomers alike. Just remember that Ruby is best. I’m very disappointed, though, that the anime did not learn from its past mistakes. Sunshine has the potential of being exceptionally good. And seeing as how popular the Love Live franchise is (especially in Japan!), it will surely get a second season in order to make that happen, and flesh out the characters a bit more. I look forward to the day I see my lovely Ruby animated again.

«Let’s change that zero into a one!»

Love Live Sunshine is a continuation of the original series which I loved very much. But I think Sunshine has its own set of unique strengths. Some have even argued that these strengths make it a better series than the original. But what I find great about Sunshine is that its good points don’t detract from what made the original series great. It’s a fantastic series that stands out on its own merits. I feel like slovenly comparing the two in that way doesn’t do either series justice. As such, I will refrain from making comparisons to the original unless I feel it’s absolutely necessary.

Chika Takami is a normal girl wasting away her days going through the motions like any other high school girl. But she’s no longer content with living that kind of life. When she sees µ’s on the big screen of the UTX building in Akihabara (Which I’ve just recently found out is called the ‘UDX’ building in real life. Pretty cool huh?) something in her mind clicks. She’s finally found a way to break the mould and escape her normal everyday life. That’s the basic setup at least. Obviously their journey isn’t as easy as it initially seems, but what makes Sunshine uniquely interesting is the nature of the potholes on their road to success. Pretty much everyone who heard µ’s was on their side. It was just a matter of getting people to hear them out. As is natural for a series of that nature there are complications along the way but they’re mostly irrelevant to how the people react to their music. The problems they faced were mostly either internal conflict or getting people to notice them. But when µ’s put in their best effort and succeeded nearly every time. Sunshine does deal with those very same themes in its own way, but it also deals with heavily a theme that the original series never really touched upon. Rejection. People who heard what they had to say, considered where they were coming from and just said ‘no’.

I’m honestly not sure if a theme like that would be a good fit in the original series. But this is a completely new series and Sunrise have taken this as an opportunity to try something completely new. While the show also deals with many of the same themes as the original, it does so in a very different way. The show initially lures you into believing that the impact µ’s has had means their journey is gonna be a walk in the park. Right? Right? Wrong! Not only are they outright rejected on a number of occasions, but they have an even harder time getting people to hear them out. School idols are everywhere in this day and age so standing out from the crowd is a lot more difficult. Even their flashy Babymetal-esque rivals Saint Snow have difficulty getting people on their side. Plus unlike µ’s, Aqours don’t live in the heart of Tokyo and getting people to notice them out in the middle of nowhere is a very difficult task.

To put it simply, they’re being brought down by circumstances completely out of their control. You can understand their frustration over being in this situation because these are all problems that everyone has to face at some point in their life. These themes aren’t some super complex analysis of the human condition, but they’re a perfect fit for the type of series that Love Live Sunshine is trying to be. Not only are the themes relatable to a lot of people regardless of cirmustance, but they’re executed really well. at least for the most part. If I had to make a criticism (And I kinda do since this a review and not just a discussion of why I love the show) it’s that it takes a while to get really stuck into the themes. The show is very deliberately paced and every episode is filled with great moments, but it’s not until the final few episodes where the show really flourishes. That’s not to say what comes before it is a waste of time. But even though I thoroughly enjoyed the series from start to finish its finest moments are definitely during the latter episodes. That being said this is admittedly a very weak criticism. I found the show as a whole to be fantastic and I can’t imagine those last few episodes being anywhere near as impactful had it not been for everything that came before it.

A new series brings with it a new set of characters and I was really impressed with what they brought to the table this time around. They’ve all got their cute little quirks and catchphrases as expected but there’s a little bit more to them once you get past all that. In terms of comedy the 9 girls all have a great dynamic and bounce off of each other really well when the show wants to make the viewer laugh. But they’ve also got a wide range of emotions as well as a number of flaws. It’s nothing ultra complicated but there’s enough to them so that they feel more human and believable than what some would argue (Looking at you Yamakan) is necessary in this kind of series.

When I read the character descriptions I was particularly worried about Yohane since Chuunibyou’s are a very stale trope in anime. But the show does a fantastic job of justifying her reasons for being that way and her love of the occult. Ruby is often shy and scared but when the going gets tough she isn’t afraid to get assertive. Hanamaru is kind and pleasant to a fault but she’s also a goofball and an antisocial bookworm who has trouble making friends. I could go on to describe what makes each and every character great and how they evolve over the course of the series but I’m rambling enough as it is. Though I think what’s most important in creating a strong show is a strong lead character and Chika certainly delivers. Chika always wants to do the best she can by her friends but she isn’t without her flaws. As much as she tries she’s not always capable of making a difference. But over the course of the series she becomes more understanding of her own limitations and more reliant on the people around her. Not only does this make her a likeable character, but a believable one too. And the same goes for the rest of the cast too.

Though there is an elephant in the room that I think is worth discussing. Kanan. All things considered she did get a good amount of attention in the later episodes and the buildup to that point was handled very well. But when you’re watching the show weekly you just can’t help but wonder ‘Where’s Kanan?’. Fortunately, the resolution to the conflict between the third years is probably one of the best moments in the entire show. Conflict between characters can make or break a series depending on how it’s handled. In Love Live’s Sunshine’s case, it brings about some of the show’s very best moments. The show’s world is definitely an exaggerated version of reality but every problem they face arises naturally. They’re problems that one can reasonably expect to occur in their situation and they’re always solved in an emotionally satisfying way. Simply put, the characters and their interactions are probably Love Live Sunshine’s greatest strength.

The animation in Love Live Sunshine is a definite strong point of the series but I wouldn’t call it mind blowing. It’s a very good looking show that definitely blows the vast majority of anime out of the water. That being said the production quality isn’t on the same level as something like Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero or a KyoAni production. Just like the original series the show mixes 2D and 3D animation for its performance scenes and they’re an absolute visual treat with a lot of great effects and some very memorable choreography. I’ve come to accept that the CG animation is an intentional design choice so I’m not going to criticise the show just because they use that style. However it definitely does look a bit wonky on occasions and even at its best it never looks as good as the 2D animation. But overall, when it comes to the visuals the positive far outweigh the positives.

Of course another important aspect in a show like this is the sound. I mean, it is an idol show right? The voice acting, the songs, the sound design, the background music, all of this is very important. The show isn’t flawless in every regard but the way the show uses sound is definitely one of its strengths. The songs themselves are plentiful, diverse and very easy on the ears to say the least. The fast paced energy of the opening theme that gets you hyped for the episode, the infectious bouncy melody of Kimeta yo Hand in Hand, the pounding bass drum and soaring vocals in Mijuku Dreamer. Even if you were to detach the songs from the flashy choreography in the performance scenes there’s a lot to talk about. Not every song is as awesome as Mijuku Dreamer, but they’re all great for their own reasons and not one of them is a dud.

On the topic of sound, voice acting! While there are quite a few well known seiyuu playing side characters every single one of the 9 girls is played by a newbie. That being said, they’ve obviously been trained very well. The girls all sound distinctive and their acting is on point nailing both the light hearted comedy scenes and the more dramatic moments of the series. There are a few missed lip flaps and awkward line reads, but in the grand scheme of things these are relatively minor flaws. The seiyuu performances are a key aspect of any show like this and Love Live Sunshine does not disappoint. Just like its predecessor, Sunshine does indeed have an English dub. While NIS America handled the first series in conjunction with Bang Zoom, Love Live Sunshine is entirely a Funimation effort. Moving from Texas to LA means there’s a whole new talent pool to work with and the dub uses this to its advantage with a good mix of newbies and veterans from the area. In an effort to remain consistent with the original series the English dub is directed by Caitlin Glass who played Maki in the original series. However, just like the Japanese version, there are no returning cast members. There’s definitely some awkward line reads and questionable translation choices here and there but all things considered it’s a very solid dub handled by a team of people who evidently enjoy working on the show. However in this case I have to say my preference is with the original Japanese version.

Overall, Love Live Sunshine was an unexpectedly great series that follows up on the original in a very big way. Rather than relying on what made the original series great, Sunshine (And Aqours) establishes itself as something uniquely amazing. I could go on forever talking about everything this show does right yet my issues with the show are relatively minor. It’s obligatory that I mention the things that bothered me in a review, but honestly I could spend way longer talking about why I loved the show. It’s very rare that a show elicits that kind of positive response out of me so obviously they’ve done something right. Love Live Sunshine is undeniably something special and I would be very surprised if anything else can take its place as my favourite anime of 2016.

So i knew this anime from Love Live! School Idol Festival. LLSIF is a mobile rhythm game that feature all character from Love Live. I decided to watch the anime because the story there is great, so after a few weeks playing it i’m interested to watch the anime. And boy oh boy, i’m surprised that the story is more complicated in the anime.

Art 10/10
I really like this artstyle. Its so colorful and because of that it also bring happiness and cheerfulness mood. Which is good, because almost all the song they sing match with the mood. A bonus point for their uniform, now i like sailor uniform because this anime. Sometimes they make a really weird but funny faces, and it became a memes. The background art is really beautiful because the anime take place in a shore area. They draw all of it really good, from the sea to the hill. The animation is also really smooth. The girls here like to jump everytime something happy occuring and they jump so fluidly. Oh yeah they also have CGI, but it didn’t really a big thing because they only use CGI when they are singing.

Sound 10/10
This is a music anime, of course the sound must be good. I already like their music since i was playing LLSIF. And now i knew the story behind the music i was listened, i love them even more. I can’t really describe the music, you should watch the anime to feel it. I also have some of their music in my playlist. Beside from the music, the SFX is also really good. I don’t think it has problem with SFX.

Character 10/10
They really do a great job making all the 9 main characters here a different personality. Not to mention they really consistent with it. Like their personality never change. So if you want to choose your perfect waifu maybe you can pick one from here. Now we’re talk about the side character. In the early episode they just give the spotlight to the first 3 main characters. And the side characters feel so plain because we barely hear anyone talk beside the main character. But as this show progressively move, the side characters is actually as important as main character. They even can make someone personality that didn’t appear in the anime, which mean we can’t see them but we can feel them.

Enjoyment 10/10
Thanks to this anime, now i’m inside idol hell and can’t get out. But i’m not regretting it, even a little bit. I don’t think other anime fans will like it, especially that didn’t really got into this type of Cute Girls Doing Cute Things, because this anime is a little bit over dramatic about almost everything. Even though this anime is like that, it doesn’t stop me from rewatching this series in dub. I’ll definitely remember this series as ‘that school idol anime’. It just so iconic. Oh yeah the group also exist in real life, so you can really enjoy it to the fullest.

If you are wondering why i’m surprised when i watch the anime. It is because the story in the game is so simple, short, funny, and cheerful. While the anime is serious, tense, and more in depth story. But not all the episode like that, usually the first half is filled with comedy and the second half is focused to the story. So yeah, thank you for reading my review.

The second anime installment to the hit music/idol franchise Love Live!, Sunshine follows the story of second year high school student Takami Chika as she chases her dream.

All of her life, Chika has always been normal.

«To have been absorbed in something you love. To have a dream of what you want to become. I never had that.»

Chika thought that she had to be special to be like that. But that changed when she saw µ’s for the first time.

«Even though they were normal high schoolers like me, they were shining!»

Being the most anticipated anime for Summer 2016, many are quick to hate on it. You’ll often hear claims that it’s just a rehash of the first series, that the plot is the same for both. But what makes up a plot, anyways? Is it how things go, the events that happen; or is it the reason, the «why», to the things that happen? I’ll let you decide for your self.

As this is the second anime series under the Love Live franchise, you’d expect it to more or less have the same strengths and weaknesses in the overall animation. Like the clean character designs, and the god awful 3DCG when dancing. Surprisingly, though, Sunshine is all strengths. Sunrise (the animators) delivered an overwhelming upgrade to its aesthetics. The art is really detailed and clean. Characters are refined, and the scenery and background are really spectacular. The animation is smooth and fluid, and the 3DCG now fits into the sequencing with better motion and design. Also, the water is really really marvelous. It resembles more the School Idol Movie than it does the original series.

The sound is understandably outstanding. The voice acting fits the characters personalities, and feels natural to listen to. The sound effects are consistent and doesn’t overpower the main dialogue, and the ambient sounds pay close attention to detail. There’s always the low and soft sound of water moving and waves crashing when they’re near a body of water, and there are random seagull squawks every now and then, as expected of a seaside town. It makes you feel like you»re genuinely there. The background music fits with the atmosphere, and carries the many emotions of the show. As for the songs, you can expect it to be great. The opening and ending themes are catchy and tells the story of them as they start out. The songs are good as it is, but gets even better with the emphasis they put on them.

The concept for the story is pretty straightforward, and that is good for a fun show about girls following their dreams and having fun. This isn’t meant to be a deep and complex story. The pacing is perfect. Events happen and change at a decently slow speed, which gives more time for the characters to interact, and for their feelings to show and intentions to take shape. With this, the development of each character is clear. Also, Sunshine goes to great lengths and makes excellent use of its elements in emphasizing their characters struggles and accomplishments, creating these beautiful and touching moments unexpected to the viewer, making it that much more of an enjoyable and memorable show.

I loved the first series, and I went into Sunshine knowing that I would also love it. It could have just been me being biased, or it could have just been them riding the immense wave of popularity left by µ’s, so I wondering if they could really do it. But I honestly didn’t expect it to be this good. It’s been breaking a lot of my expectations, and I have high hopes for this series. I want to see the heights they’ll take this golden opportunity to and make a name for themselves. Already, they are shining, but I believe they’ll become greater and brighter.

This started and progressed way past my expectations for a idol/CGDCT type of show. The first episode was super well laid out and showed that it was going to be a lot different than its pseudo-predecessor and I really love that shift in tone, it added a lot of depth and sincerity the genre needed. Chika as a main character is a very self-aware and earnest main character and the rest of the group were very detailed and shaped in such a way as to give lots of similarities and parallels to other known characters in the series.

In terms of animation and directing, it was a step up above your standard idol/CGDCT shows. Using really fluid 3D animations in the dancing choreography, alongside great shot composition and narrative structure make for a very enjoyable experience delving into 9 different people’s backstories. As a stickler for «good» 3D animation, this is my cup of tea. It felt almost like it was shot as a drama instead of a funny comedic idol show. It gave the much needed sincerity to each character and made their persona shine even more.

Other than the ending, my only negative critique would be how disconnected some of the song/performances felt. Even though they had the right preparation and setting, without some more «leading up to» scenes, they felt out of place. They themselves were done very well though, just didn’t feel right in context/in the moment.

As for the ending, I wished it was a little more concrete in its resolution and its progress. It felt as though it was written with having a season 2 in mind, but I would have wished they had written a more standalone ending that you can jump off the back of for another season. What we did get didn’t feel very rewarding, compared to all the work they did in changing their motivations and delving into the true reasons for becoming school idols.

Would have rated it higher if the ending was better.

Love Live! Sunshine!! is a slice of life musical anime, about nine high school girls trying their hand at becoming school idols, competing with many other schools nationwide in Love Live! Inspired by their favorite and first school idol Love Live winners, μ’s, they work hard to become this years best school idol group!

Love Live! Sunshine!! takes place on a remote coast in Japan, where our girls come together from a small town to share their love of school idols together, hoping to be recognized like the more popular groups in more populated areas, and ultimately winning the Love Live competition.

The character cast is rather interesting and by that I mostly mean Saint Snow, Aqours’ rival group. Since you could say they are the counterpart to A-RISE in the first season, compared to them, Ria and Seira don’t start out as the biggest idol group and are the performers or characters you’d expect them to be if you know what A-RISE is like. Though Aqours faces the same issue as in the first season of the first series, I find them to be quite lovable and special on their own subjectively.

As expected, Sunshine continues to milk out outstanding idol music that’s another reason to why I find Aqours to be special on their own. »Snow Halation» and »Start:Dash» have been quite the songs but I listen to a lot of Guilty Kiss (I have been doing so way before I got into LL actually) and as I go by more episodes, I can see Aqours clawing themselves in my playlist here and there.

I find myself to be comparing the first Love Live! to Sunshine a lot but it’s not like the series isn’t doing so itself. It isn’t disconnecting itself by any means and, as a matter of fact, the series pays homage to μ’s often and, to be precise, from the character standpoint, Aqours.

This doesn’t exactly appeal to every audience but if you’re willing to give Love Live! a try, watch the first series + the movie and come back here. If you want to see more from the series then certainly watch this!

After watching this show, I knew I had found my favorite anime. I’ll always look back fondly on some moments like when riko and yohane had to take care of a stray dog they found. Or the third years finally making up from a fight; that left them apart for almost two years. And if you wanna cry, then there’s plenty of tear jerking scenes in this show.

The shows graphics are really good, with all the girls looking extra kawaii. If you’ve heard the music then I’m sure you can agree that the songs sound great. And the enjoyment for it is never ending really, there’s basically a whole love live universe to emerse yourself in if you want. They’ve got games, (that unfortunately take up a lot of space on your phone.) two movies, three shows, music to jam too, and a ton of merch to choose from. A lot of people like the original show, while there’s nothing at all wrong with it. I prefer Sunshine’s characters over theirs any day. I’ve fell in love with the likes of kanan, Mari, and my favorite riko.

Riko’s been my favorite waifu of all for a long time now. All in all this show is amazing, and if your ever feeling down then definitely give this a watch. Theirs a whole inspirational idol universe to drag yourself down into. Come on down to idol hell with us, the waters fine.

Idol anime aren’t really something I’ve seen too much of, even though I love watching musicals in general. The original Love Live was actually the first idol anime I have seen, so there isn’t much of a reference for me on if this actually was any good or not, besides my personal enjoyment of things, so my rating for Sunshine comes mostly from that personal point of view on what makes the show enjoyable for me.

Art (8/10):
There isn’t much negative to say about the look of Sunshine. The 3d stuff finally better and the rest is great to look at anyway, so I would have only prefered less of the 3d stuff in the dance numbers, but it’s still really good.

Sound (9/10):
I actually liked most of the songs and the voice actors did a great job. Nothing really to say here.

Characters (9/10):
I believe that the characters are what makes Sunshine better to me. Yes, they don’t seem like more than the original girls, but their interactions and reactions to things feel better to me. While µ’s always had their happy-go-lucky charm, which made them pretty much win anything, Aquors has it much harder and actually loses at most things. They are sad, they cry, but together they never give up. Fitting the title of the show, the girls shine thanks to their faults and instead of going for the top, they are just happy with turning that 0 into a 1. To me this makes Chika a better leader and her group into something I want to follow and see develop. That’s also where most of my enjoyment comes from. Yes there is more drama, but it’s always used to have the characters grow and try to become better. It’s not about being the best school idol group, but about being best friends.

Overall (9/10):
While I would have prefered the story to be more of its own thing, it’s actually used in the end to have the characters grow into their own kind of school idol and I’m looking forward to more of that in Season 2. For now I think that this was just slightly worse than Season 2 of the original, but I was definitely happy with what I got.

First of all, Love Live! Sunshine!! is a show that needs you to pay attention and to understand it, which is kind of interesting considering most of these types of shows are pretty straightforward, but this one needs you to understand the message it starts building up at the very beginning and that it concludes really well. Hopefully this will erase all the misconceptions about this show that you might have seen anywhere else on the internet. I’ll have a TL;DR section at the end if any of you wishes to skip the explicit content.

Contrary to what some believe, Sunshine!! does not follow the journey of Aqours after its creation, the entirety of this season shows us the background of the group, the reason why it is created, their motivations, the relationships the members develop, why they are different from Muse, etc. This is a much more character driven plot than the one in School Idol Project S1, which was a bit more story driven.

It follows Chika Takami, a normal high school girl who finds a dream to follow, and that is to shine as a School Idol being influenced by Muse, our protagonist group from Love Live! School Idol Project. Chika creates her School Idol group in Uranohoshi Girls High School, with the goal of being just like Muse and recreating their story, however. will that really wield any good results.

The story in Love Live! Sunshine!! is simple and yet needs you to understand it. I’m so tired of the «Aqours is just a carbon copy of Muse» thing that makes this show really underrated and that it’s been driving me nuts, so let’s just get that out of the way first.

«Why did they take so long to acknowledge something like that» you ask? Because the purpose of this show never was to show us Aqours journey right after it is created with all 9 members, but rather to have a season where the torch of the Love Live franchise would be passed from the first generation to the second (done symbolically in episode 12 with Chika catching the feather) and to form the bonds of the members of Aqours. The last shot in episode 13 tells us that the TRUE story of Aqours is beginning now (in the really probable second season and onwards), since the shot replicates the picture that marked the beginning of Love Live! Sunshine!! and Aqours as a multimedia project back in 2015. So, this is the message that the show conveys to us, that they are different, the reasons why they are different, that is important to be yourself and that you can still be influenced by someone but you can walk your own path.

This is a huge misconception in the franchise so I wanted to get it out of the way first, that Aqours and Sunshine are just blatant carbon copies of its predecessors, trust me, they are not. The show consciously draws this parallels and breaks all the expectations they created in the first half of the show by showing us that they are indeed really different (I’ll talk about the characters in the later part). That is the reason why I say this show needs you to pay attention and understand it. This plot point can be seen building up since episode 1, and then reaching its breaking point at a certain episode, which is a complete turning point to the series.

This first season servers as a set-up season to kick off with Aqours’ Love Live story in the future.

There’s not much to talk about here, an obvious improvement in terms of animation and art compared to the previous TV Anime seasons and that holds a resemblance with the art used on the movie which is just as good. Granted better budget, more to spend on animation and art, but the experience of the animation team clearly shows here too. Art is subjective indeed, so you can like it or dislike it depending on your standards, but it is clean and crisp.

Kind of the same as the art, another improvement which is to be expected since the team has now experience and a bigger budget. The OST has some quite nice tracks that can convey emotions really well.

One thing to note is how the series captures the sounds of a small and silent seaside town. The squawk of the seagulls, the sound of the waves hitting the shore, it really helps to the immersion and it sounds clean.

In terms of Music and insert songs, is subjective. I like my idol music, so I enjoyed all of the songs, not only here, but on the franchise as a whole. However, Aqours has a distinguishing feature, and is that their singing voices blend together really well and they harmonize a lot.

Coupled with the music and insert songs is the fact that the musical performances are usually linked to character development and plot progression, which is a constant of Love Live that we’ve seen in previous seasons. So, if you haven’t seen it or you thought of them being out of place, I’d recommend you to watch them with subs or look for the lyrics of those songs, since they usually work as an extension or conclusion to a certain topic.

This. This section is probably the most important besides «Story».

Love Live! Sunshine!! is the successor to Love Live! School Idol Project, and Aqours is the successor to Muse, they are part of the same franchise and as such, Dengeki G’s Magazine, Sunrise and Lantis need brand continuity to ensure continued profitability and success. This and the fact that they still have the same artist lets us know why are some of the girls similar in design. Is the same as other brands, for example, how the leader of a Power Ranger’s team is always a really strong guy, and he becomes the red ranger, this applies the same way here. Similar character archetype and design, yet definitely different characters.

The girls are intended to be mirrors and reflections of the girls in Muse so people can remember that even though it is a new season, with a new group, it is still Love Live, it is the same franchise, thus, if you come into it looking for similarities in their characters’ personalities and design, you will find them on the surface.

HOWEVER, that’s all you get, since the show draws parallels between the current cast and the past cast, again, to move past them and then break those expectations and start developing them even further, to the point where they are completely different characters, yet working as a reflection of their predecessors, which is really hard to achieve. And all of them actually have reasons to act how they do which are shown in each girl’s character development episodes.

Character development, although there is just a little bit because, again, this is a set-up season, is clean and easy to relate, the drama is well handled and is not forced since all of it has a proper build up, and the character interactions feel natural (except for two characters). Something that helps to this is how the relationships are formed within this group. We have childhood friends in almost every year group, and even between them. We have a pair of sisters as well, etc. All of them, except for Riko, are connected to at least one of the members even before the creation of their group, and it makes sense since they live in a small seaside town, you know that unlike in the big cities, is more likely that most of the population of a small town gets to know each other.

This kind of story was really enjoyable to me, giving such a nice message of «Be Yourself», with a cast of funny eccentric characters while still making them relatable due to the realistic and harsh situations they are put in that will most likely make us cheer for them or feel sympathy towards them if we had experienced it before. If Sunshine was your first entry into the Love Live franchise, I’d kinda bet that you may have enjoyed it as well.

Love Live! Sunshine!! is a very underated show because it comes after the juggernaut that Muse was (and still is of course), and the huge popularity that they and School Idol Project attained, thus making quite a number of people not wanting to understand it and care for it.

However, that is no reason to just blindly hate on it and give it an unfair, superficial judgement. Its story is sweet and simple, yet it has a really deep meaning to it. Its characters are very lovely, enjoyable and relatable, once you get to know them well on the inside, you can see all the development they go through. The music is on point, the drama is very well handled, and my only complaint with the series would be that they wasted a big chunk of the last episode and how it kept forcing Chika and Riko in our faces, overshadowing and throwing aside the rest of the cast, but it still had some nice touching scenes and musical performances.

Looking and analyzing at how it was handled and executed, Sunshine surpasses School Idol Project S1 in almost every aspect, and that’s not a bad thing, fellow fans, that’s how it should be. With the extra experience and capital the production team has, they are now able to provide better storytelling, better art and animation, better production values on the whole. If they hadn’t grow and learn from their mistakes in the past and improved this second time around, it would have been a big failure for the franchise.

This doesn’t mean that you must enjoy one more than the other because it is better made in terms of production, enjoy whatever you want, both series are similar yet different with its own charm, and both are really, really enjoyable. But you should at least acknowledge the effort put into this series to take the anime adaptations of the franchise to a higher level.

TL;DR: Don’t trust all the negative bias and superficial judgement this series has. It shows a story of self-discovery and self-appreciation with characters that are enjoyable, lovely and very different from their predecessors when you get to know them. It is by no means a carbon copy as some call it out to be, and the series shows this with facts throughout its run, addressing this openly and honestly, drawing parallels to its predecessor to then break them all and develop their cast and plot even further, and get past those comparisons as the series advances.

After having a chunk of my soul firmly ripped out by the ending of the Love Live Movie, I heavily debated whether or not I would be able to bear the pain of knowing that the µ’s we had come to know and love over these past 24 something episodes and a movie would no longer be the group we follow. After several hours on Reddit, I ultimately decided to continue, I haven’t looked back since.

Art and Sound
From the first moment the OP played, it became clear that Aquors was its own thing, while the animation style remained the same, because, duh, its from the same studio. There was an interesting shift of atmosphere. Not because this time the story’s set in a coastal town, but because of the namesake. Everything done in this season reflects the name «Sunshine». Everything’s brighter, and I mean everything.
Of course, you can’t have an idol anime without its music, and this is where Aquors truly shines in its individuality. Their songs are notably brighter, happier, and perhaps shinier than µ’s tracks. It makes sense on a physical level, considering that many of the voice actors in Aquors have higher voice registers or know how to sing higher than most members of µ’s, but also because of the namesake once again, While µ’s specialized in dreamy, sparkling music, Aquors bursts in with such an overwhelming amount of positivity I would honest-to-god recommend their tracks to the more pessimistic people in life. A comparison between the two season’s OPs also proves my point. µ’s Bokura wa Ima no Naka de is an absolute banger, however, when you hear Aquors’s Aozora Jumping Heart, you are instantly filled with more determination than Honoka’s ever had in her time spent with µ’s. It shows how serious Aquors is about setting their own legacy and how much skill they have to back it up.

Characters
The characters of Aquors and µ’s share a lot of similar traits like, a TON of similarities. Here’s a few I noticed before diving into the specifics of each character. A few of the similarities were shuffled between characters, possibly to mix things up a bit, but ultimately they show up in both groups
— An extremely upbeat, overly hyper orange haired protagonist
— A grey haired second year who’s the protagonist’s lifelong friend
— A second year who sacrificed time at her other club to be at the School Idol Club
— An overly shy 1st year
— The best friend of the overly shy 1st year with a signature catchphrase
— A third wheeling 1st year who everyone also likes
— A foreigner 3rd year with a signature catchphrase in their mother tongue
— Another 3rd year who tried starting their own School Idol Group but failed for whatever reason
— A 3rd year who’s the Student Council President
— A pianist who serves as the composer for the group

Those were just a few of the similarities the groups have, of course, these listed traits have been shuffled from person to person, but it still bears an undeniable similarity to µ’s and therefore an even bigger reason for that hole in your heart to open back up.

Overall, I feel that despite being basically a carbon copy of the original Love Live with some uniqueness to them, it still feels reasonable and not bad. The explanation behind this makes sense too, that Aquors is simply trying to find their own path, what makes them different from µ’s, and their own unique musical style. It keeps that hole in your heart open, but at the same time also seals it. Its refreshing knowing that the group that inspired us also inspired them, and I can’t wait to see what this group will do

Have you seen Love Live? Well, then you’ve seen Love Live Sunshine too, without even knowing.

— Characters:
Generally characters have no defined personality, like if they ran out of stereotypes so they made them as plain and vague as possible just to make everyone happy. Rather than taking the opportunity to do something good, events that should help you knowing the characters a bit deeper happen in dumb funny ways.

— Animation and art:
Characters pretty much look as if they were from μ’s but with different hair and eye colors. The animation is decent even if there’s still CGI in some parts of dancing scenes, like in Love Live.

— Sound:
I really like μ’sic and I pretty much like Aqours songs too, it’s the only good point of this anime.

It would have been so easy for them to make this anime good. However, Sunshine takes what made the original series so magical and throws it out the window. If you’ve seen the original Love Live series, you probably shouldn’t watch Sunshine. If you haven’t. maybe you’ll find something enjoyable in it? This review will contain spoilers for the original series, though, as you’re supposed to have seen it already.

The music is also amazing. As much as I love Muse, Aqours just has better singers. However, some songs do tend to bleed together. Yume de Yozora wo Terashitai sounds very similar to Mijuku DREAMER, for example. However, there is a fatal problem related to the music, which I’ll go into in a little bit.

Speaking of Muse, let’s take a moment and remember why we loved that series. The original Love Live anime was a story of nine girls pouring in blood, sweat, and tears to protect the school that their families have been attending for generations. Then they poured in blood, sweat, and tears to be the best idols they could be. Then, once they were standing on top of the world, they poured in blood, sweat, and tears to ensure that school idols would live on forever.

Notice how much I said «blood, sweat, and tears.» There were countless scenes of the characters practicing their dancing, worrying about costumes, asking Eli to coach them, and so on. We saw all the effort they put into their activities, which made their successes all the more rewarding. Sunshine has. maybe two practice scenes? There was one in episode eleven, and I think there might have been one or two brief ones earlier. The original series used the practice scenes for character development (and the performances, which I’ll get to in a second), while Sunshine does character development in other ways. Which is fine, but we still need to see the girls practice. When their performances happen, they don’t feel believable. It doesn’t feel like they’ve earned it.

Oh yeah SPOILER ALERT!

In a parallel universe, where the male population is severely lacking and every girl is a lesbian, comes another tale of 9 of these particular lesbians who believe that their only purpose in life is to become the greatest school idols ever… except in reality 5 of them really wanted to be school idols and the others were just tagging along for the lols. Anyways, watch as these 9 girls, who not only copied the characteristics of their predecessors but even copied their damn grades, try to become the best that no one ever was…

Except there’s like no pros.

Did Sunshine improve on anything over School Idol Project? LOL no. Nothing about Sunshine is better or probably even on par to School Idol Project. Even so, Sunshine did shower the community with glorious memes, and I’m serious, these memes will give you terminal illnesses in all the right ways. While nowhere near as deep as the ones in School Idol Project (who weren’t even that deep to begin with), the characters in Sunshine are super quirky and gimmicky to the point where they were still very amusing. Despite their lack of substantial substance, they are indeed entertaining… most of the time. Let’s do a comparison.

The most common comparison I see is Eri X Nozomi and Mari X Dia. Eri-chi was a killjoy, and I didn’t like her at the beginning, yet she also had a very respectable reason behind her cockblocking, and in the end she was ultimately a very positive experience for Muse. The influence of a professional dancer motivated Honoka to get off her ass and take her idol passion much more seriously. Nozomi secretly supported Muse, but didn’t do it in a way that undermined Eri’s efforts. Unlike Mari. What did Mari do? Mari is definitely more than just a JOKE :3, she’s actually pretty deep. But unlike Nozomi, she was extremely one-sided in supporting Aqours and didn’t show shred of subtlety, putting Dia and Kanan into awkward situations. This does make her somewhat of a more realistic character though. Dia played the role of Eri, but unlike Eri, she didn’t have that reality jarring impact on Aqours. In fact, the characters in Sunshine that really drilled the seriousness of being an idol was a rival group introduced in the second half of the show! Ain’t that great?

Another easy comparison is Nico Nico Nii and the Fallen Angel Yohane. Both are kind of like “joke” characters, except there’s one big difference between the two. Nico is also more than a joke character. She’s super condescending and was also kind of a cockblock like Eri, but she also contributed a lot more to the overall growth of Muse. Much like Eri, Nico cemented the fact that Muse was a serious idol group, and that they were basically aiming to be professionals. What did Yohane do? She showed that Aqours has a high tolerance for retardation. She also… uh… has a lot of funny faces? You can easily take a screenshot of her face and turn it into a reactionary meme. While Yohane is pretty likable, she’s probably the least well written in terms of development.

There are also characters that many people say are essentially copied and pasted. The main character of Sunshine, Chika, is literally just Honoka 2.0. Riko is just two School Idol Project characters in one, Maki and Umi.

There’s also You and ZURAMARU, who kind of act like supports for Chika and Ruby respectively. They are also my favorite characters of the series. Despite usually just being there to push their respective girlfriends on and giving them moral support, they actually ended up being much more likable in my eyes. Zuramaru in particular had a very heartwarming scene where she pushed Ruby on to become an idol, for that was what Ruby always wanted. It had a sense of accomplishment, yet also melancholy, for it felt like Zuramaru accomplished the very thing her character was created for in the first place. So what was the need for her? Indeed, the story then turns her into a comedic sidekick type of character, which despite being detrimental in the long run, it ended up being all good cause she’s adorable af. You kept up her relevance throughout the series because Chika was the main character, so of course they would focus on her more. Even so, You was pretty passive in her support of Chika, and instead of pushing her on with ultra positivity like Kotori or being on top of things like Umi, You kinda just follows Chika around. None of the characters really push Chika on. They kinda just sit there and eventually Chika realizes what she should do, and everyone does a totally heterosexual group hug or something. There’s Riko, who actually gets supported more than she supports. She goes through a very similar situation to Kotori, as well as Mari. There’s Dia, who serves as the first cockblock out of many, who started off as a clean copy of Eri, imouto and all. She then turns into another Umi right after. There’s also Kanan, who at first was an even bigger cockblock than Eri-chi could ever be, only to be revealed as a very good human being who only cared for Mari’s future. She basically pulled a Hachiman/Homura and became a cockblock for the sake of others. SHE’S BATMAN!

Long story short, Sunshine is basically season one of School Idol Project cut in half. It isn’t really about Aqours becoming an idol group, it’s about how Chika’s journey in trying to form an idol group changes those around her for good. That’s exactly what School Idol Project was like, Honoka’s dedication pulling the heartstrings of those around her. The thing is, get this, School Idol Project is ALSO about Muse becoming an idol group! It focuses on the development of Muse as much as it does on the development of the characters. Sunshine only focused on the characters and didn’t even do that as well as School Idol Project did. Maybe it’s cause Sunshine needs a goddamn season 2, but simply being comparable to the first season of School Idol Project ain’t so good, cause the first season was pretty SHIT.

But at least we get more memes and shitty character designs!

Oh yes, ranking the girls. From best to worst.

(Keep in mind that for the most part, I like all the characters)

Yousoro > Rick > Hannahmahroo > Autism 101 > Honk 2.0 > Kananyounot? > I wanna Dia > Mary > Gangstarooby

We all know that Love Live! is an economically successful franchise. I admit, I’ve also sinked some of my money on Love Live! ’cause I’m a big fan of the franchise. So it’s no surprise that this got a spin off. I was really hyped for Sunshine and now that I finished the series, did it live up to my expectations?

(This review will contain SPOILERS)

Just like the 1st Season of Love Live!, the story here is relatively simple and fairly similar to the 1st Season of LL. The difference here is Love Live! Sunshine!! takes place about 5 years after µ’s disbanded and now focuses on a new group called «Aquors» (pronounced as Aqua) which consists of 9 girls aspiring to become the next famous school idol like µ’s. Just like the previous seasons of Love Live though, I don’t really give a shit about the story since the school idols are the main focus of the series and the songs.

The aspect that I found a bit annoying, but nothing major, in Sunshine is the constant references of µ’s and callbacks. Yes, I get it. They won Love Live and they’re very famous but I just found it really annoying that the show constantly mentions µ’s this and that. For example, the episode that introduced us to Hanamaru. I got really irritated at the end of the episode because of how much they were focusing on Rin’s shot. I get it, she’s relating herself to Rin but it was too much. Now, there’s a reason why I didn’t exactly dislike the said aspect that much.

In the first 7 episodes, Chika was basically following µ’s’ footsteps and thinking that if she does exactly what µ’s did, she and her group would become just as popular as µ’s. I’m glad that the 8th episode completely blew my conception of Sunshine being just a «blatant rip-off of Love Live!». I really love the 8th episode because it was reality slapping Chika’s face. Aquors got 0 points in the preliminaries and she realizes that ever since µ’s won Love Live, the idol competition has become way more competitive than before and she also realized that simply copying µ’s won’t get them to where they want to go. Man, I am loving this «From nothing to something» concept that I’ve been seeing in anime lately. Aquors’ song «Step!Zero to One!» now makes perfect sense. Btw, that song is really good.

Love Live Sunshine is also aware of the fact that Aquors is copying µ’s and that’s the reason why I mostly changed my mind about the constant references and callbacks of µ’s in earlier parts of the series. In the 12th episode, Chika realized how µ’s exactly got successful and also realized that she needs to stop copying µ’s, be their own selves and forge a new path, breaking away from µ’s. This whole season is basically about Aquors forming and learning about who they truly are. I’m quite excited for the 2nd Season, now that Aquors is heading on their own path towards success.
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[Art/Animation]: (9.5/10)
The art style of the original Love Live was decent, at best and the character designs looked good but was too moe, for my taste, but I got used to it. Also, just like everyone else, I hated the use of CGI in µ’s Live Shows. However, in Love Live Sunshine, every aspect of the show’s visuals and animation is significantly improved. The art style looks better, the visuals and backgrounds is more superior than the predecessor and the character designs looks like more work was put into it. The Live Shows, for once, doesn’t burn my eyes. It’s looks like Sunrise learned how to utilize and blend the CGI and 2D Animation perfectly. Seriously, watching Aquors’ CGI performance was a lot more bearable than watching µ’s CGI performance.
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[Sound]: (10/10)
As a µ’s fan, I’m sorry for betraying µ’s by saying this but Aquors’ songs sounds A LOT better than most µ’s songs. Aquors songs sounds more energetic and lively as opposed to µ’s dramatic-tune and sometimes melancholic but with a touch of happiness (That’s the best I can explain µ’s songs). In LL 1st Season, the only songs that I liked was START:DASH and Susume Tommorow. In Sunshine, I love almost every song. Some examples are Kimeta yo Hand in Hand, Daisuki Dattara Daijoubu (which completely shits on almost every µ’s song that I’ve listened to in the past few years), Omoi yo hitotsu ni nare, and more because you get what I’m trying say here. I just wished that they used «Step!Zero to One» in the last episode because it would have fit the show’s context.

The OP theme song is «Aozora Jumping Heart» by Aquors. I really love this OP the same reason I love the mentioned songs earlier. It’s better than the 1st OP of Love Live but it’s on par with the 2nd OP of Love Live.
The ED theme song is «Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou » by Aquors. Just like the first OP, I also love this song but if I have to be more specific, I love the version where only Chika and Riko were singing. I think this is better than the 1st ED of Love Live! but the 2nd ED of Love Live! is still better than Sunshine’s ED.

I watched the show in English Dub and Subs but I’m only going to review the Japanese’s VA’s singing talent. Chika, Riko and You’s singing voices are godlike and they’re 50% of the reason why Aquors’ songs are great. Hell, that’s the reason why I think «Daisuki Dattara Daijoubu» is better than most µ’s songs. Their voices are just absolutely amazing and I’d prefer if Chika, Riko and You have their own subunit. I still don’t know why one of Aquors’ official subunit comprises of Chika, You and Ruby. It should have been Riko instead of Ruby :/
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[Characters]: (8/10)
Despite all the good things that I’ve been saying about Aquors, I still like the members of µ’s more than the members of Aquors. It’s not because Aquors is uninteresting. It’s because the characters from Love Live! has way more screentime and character development than Aquors at the moment. Once Sunshine gets 2nd Season and a movie then I’ll love Aquors just as much as I love µ’s.

Like the original Love Live!, Sunshine has 9 characters and evenly split into 3 girls per grade. I just want to say that the difference between Aquors having 9 members and µ’s having 9 members is that µ’s 9 members group had meaning into it and makes perfect sense because of the name of their group while Aquors’ amount of members is just. umm..yea. Who cares, right? Gotta stick with the winning formula and I’m not complaining. Anyways, the first years are Ruby Kurosawa, Hanamaru Kunikida and Yoshiko Tsushima (Yohane). Ruby is Dia’s younger sister and she’s shy and bit of an introvert girl. To make it more simpler, she’s like Hanayo except I found Ruby to be a lot more cuter but Hanayo’s extreme love for rice was what made her more likable. Hanamaru is Ruby’s best friend and she loves to read books and she has little to no knowledge when it comes to technology since she lives at a temple. She says «zura» at the end of her sentence all the time. To make it more simpler, she’s like Rin except she’s a bookworm and she doesn’t get on my goddamn nerves. Then there’s Yoshiko, a chuunibyou girl who thinks she’s the «fallen angel» and she prefers to be called by her persona «Yohane». Honestly, I still prefer Nico over her but I can’t help but love her «Yohane» persona. I wouldn’t mind sacrificing myself to become her little demon.

Then there’s the second years Chika Takami, You Watanabe and Riko Sakurauchi. You (Pronounced as Yo) is Chika’s longtime childhood friend and has a habit of dressing up in a sailor suit since she’s a marine enthusiast. You is currently my best girl of the series. Judging by her appearance, you’d think she’s like Kotori except she’s not. Besides her designing Aquors’ costumes, hers and Kotori’s personality are nothing alike. You is more lively and her voice doesn’t make my ears bleed while Kotori is the cute girl but with an ear-piercing voice. As much as I want to make a You pun right now, I don’t want to because I love «you» and I really don’t want to break «you» ‘re heart by making all these terrible puns xD. Chika is the enthusiastic leader of Aquors. I just want to mention that Chika got way more character development than Honoka did in the 1st Season of LL. In the original LL, it wasn’t until the 2nd Season where Honoka got a character development. Even so, Chika’s character development is already more impressive than Honoka so even though both characters’ enthusiasm and determination to reach their goals are the same, I still prefer Chika over Honoka. Riko is a transfer student from Otonokizaka High (µ’s school) and a girl who plays the piano. Riko is like a mixture of Umi and Maki and I really like her Maki side. In other words, I like it when Riko gets all flattered over something.

Then there’s the third years Dia Kurosawa, Mari Ohara, and Kanan Matsura. Dia (Pronounced as «Daya» or as in Diamond) is the student council president. She’s mostly like Eli, in terms of her being stubborn at times and the way she acts as a student council president. The similarities are there. The difference here is Dia has a legitimate reason for rejecting Chika’s application sheet to form a school idol club. I mean, Eli has a legitimate reason too but both of their reasons are completely different. Mari is a rich girl who decided to come back to Uranohoshi after hearing about someone forming a school idol. I really thought Mari was going to be either Nozomi or Eli but boy, was I wrong. I mean, the only similarities between Mari and Nozomi is they both like to grope someone’s breast but other than that, their personalities are completely different. I also love Mari’s «Engrish» catchphrases. Especially her «It’s joke» quote and my most favourite is her «Oh My God!» quote. Fun fact: Mari’s «It’s joke» quote was kept in the English Dub version but almost every one of her Engrish quotes was changed to an Italian accent. Kanan is that almost non-existent character who barely made an appearance in the first half of the series but had more screentime in the second half. I started liking Kanan more when the third years were getting more focus on the early 2nd half of the series.
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[Enjoyment]: (8.5/10)
Face it people, µ’s time is over and it’s Aquors’ time to shine. The sooner you accept that, the more you’ll enjoy this show like I did. I really enjoyed the characters, especially Chika and her determination to never give up even though she got cornered but managed to got herself out of the position. Plus, the songs are better than most songs from µ’s. Currently, my Aquors-created playlist in my phone is now at over 13 songs and counting.
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[VERDICT]
When Love Live Sunshine and Aquors first got introduced, I was a bit skeptical at first because I thought they wouldn’t live up to µ’s’ greatness. Now that I finished Sunshine, the series blew away my expectations. As of right now, µ’s is still better but Aquors has a lot of potential to overtake µ’s and as time grows on, they’ll either be on par with them or end up being better than them. I mean, most of Aquors’ songs are already better than what the 1st Season of LL offered.
The story is recycled but I kind-of saw this coming since the 2nd Season of LL did the same shit. Also, the µ’s references and callbacks were a bit dragged out. The character is where it’s at though. The character development for the third years and the 2nd year, especially Chika were really good but just like the 2nd Season of LL, their character development will definitely get better (and hopefully more character development for the first years) once Sunshine gets 2nd Season.

Pros:
+Aquors turned out to be a very lovable idol group at the end of the series
+Aquors’ songs are great and better than µ’s songs from 1st and 2nd Season
+Enjoyable characters with amazing character dynamics between two or three Aquors members
+Great character development for Chika and the 3rd years
+Visually Appealing Animation
+CGI in Live Shows is significantly improved

Cons:
-Constant references and callback to µ’s got a bit annoying

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Love Live Sunshine Itasha MEGAPACK Completed 1.0

This pack is finally complete!

These were made with realism in mind, and are loosely based off real Itasha designs from Japan.

Kanan Matsuura on Nismo GT-R

Race inspired design

Note:
For best effect, change sideskirt material from carbon to bodypaint on CM showroom (still looks fine if your leave it as it is)

Yoshiko Tsushima on Nissan Skyline GT-R

A more traditional Itasha style: many stickers layered over one another, utilising the body paint.

Lots of effort went into this one!

(REMADE) Chika Takami and You Watanabe on Mazda MX-5 ND

Modern Itasha style, with decals printed on only 1-2 layers of large sticker sheets.

Remade this one cos the old one was kinda fugly

(NEW) Mari Ohara on BMW 1M S3

Single layer, full body wrap!

(NEW) Hanamaru Kunikuda on Toyota AE86 Drift

Takes some inspiration from 90s japanese drift cars

Riko Sakurauchi on Mazda RX-7 Tuned

Translucent materials are a trend in itasha graphics, and some people even make their entire wraps from those. RX-7 here only has it on base layer.

(NEW) Dia Kurosawa on RUF yellowbird

In Japan, anything with wheels can be an Itasha. Designs on rare cars tend to be simple and easy to remove.

(BONUS) Ruby Kurosawa on Honda Acty

Cheaper Itasha builds have simple designs as well. Skin here has new plate and tinted lights!

(BONUS) Wai Wai Home Meeting Ad truck (for Mule Traffic Truck)

Note:
Making this skin work requires some materials of the truck to be changed on CM showroom. But to make things easier I have already included the correct config with its dupe folder. Just drag and drop into your ‘cars’ folder.

Please download the Collision traffic pack from the SRP discord, or whichever relevant sites.
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Some of the cars have skinned parts like dials, diffusers, badges and steering wheels!

My best skins thus far, spent many hours making these completely from scratch.
Enjoy!

Images used in skins borrowed from https://idol.st/

small issues: R35 and RX7 skins have slightly smaller resolution (only noticeable on very close up/large monitor). 1M wrap doesn’t line up across some panels.

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Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

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Following the closure of Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, the third-year students—Dia Kurosawa, Kanan Matsuura, and Mari Ohara—have just graduated, leaving Aqours with solely the first and second-years. While searching for a new place the remaining members can use to practice, they decide to visit the new school they will soon enroll in. However, to their surprise, the building seems to be abandoned! It turns out that due to the school board’s worries regarding how the freshly transferred Uranohoshi students may burden the clubs, they were instead sent to a branch school. This sets Aqours on a new goal—to prove that Uranohoshi students are serious in their clubs as well. Meanwhile, another problem arises: the third-years have unexpectedly gone missing during their graduation trip!

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow revolves around the remaining Aqours members as they venture out to search for their missing seniors and, at the same time, try to figure out a way to change the new school’s mind.

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Tsushima, Yoshiko

Watanabe, You

Kunikida, Hanamaru

Sakurauchi, Riko

Ohara, Mari

Kurosawa, Ruby

Kurosawa, Dia

Matsuura, Kanan

Takami, Chika

Kazuno, Leah

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Reviews

It’s a heck of a lot better than the second season, but that ain’t saying too much.

And so comes the movie, Over the Rainbow, bringing the series back somewhat to its roots, serving as a reminder of what Sunshine should have been in the first place.

Though there is plenty of drama here as per Sunshine routine, this time around it serves more as a companion to the quieter, sillier moments and the characters’ interactions with one another. Because they no longer have to spend every waking second freaking out about their school potentially shutting down, the girls of Aquors are free to finally do their own thing and focus on their own future rather than that of the school’s. What will happen to Aquors now that the third years are graduating and leaving the group? Is it worth continuing Aquors without the full nine present? Can Rea move forward on her own now that her partner and role model has graduated from Saint Snow? These questions are far more compelling, far more human than something as artificial as «well, the school might be shutting down, so I guess we have to be as popular as we can or whatever and scream about shining every ten seconds or so.»

The result is that the drama hits, because it actually matters this time around. Though Over the Rainbow is still a bit too heavy for its own good (this is an anime about high school pop idols, after all. ), the conclusions the characters come to feel like the natural destination for their story, and the bittersweet ending— the final concert in particular— carries a tinge of emotional weight similar to that of the original Love Live’s ending. If you are easily moved, perhaps you might be on the verge of a tear or two, but in my case it was just too late to feel all that much.

The musical performances (and I do mean ‘musical’ musical, a la Grease or La La Land) are undoubtedly the high point of the movie; notably, the opening sequence near the train station, the girls gradually introducing themselves and speaking to the audience through lyric, was very cleverly choreographed and a catchy little song in itself. The animation is more of a mixed bag, as even with movie treatment the dances are mostly comprised of artificial-looking CG, not all too different from any typical episode of the TV series. The way the camera quickly zooms in and pans around is a lot more enthralling, however, and some of the stills and background shots (especially of the Italian cityscape) are stunning and on par with some of the best the industry has seen. But I guess Love Live has always been pretty palatable to the senses, hey?

So, if, like me, you were critical of Sunshine but enjoyed the original series, Over The Rainbow ain’t too bad. It feels closer to the original, better balancing the drama with the comedy and focusing more on what the viewers want— music and girls— rather than trying to wax philosophical and change your life through the sheer force of melodrama.

If ever there is a third Love Live anime series, I’d like to see them do something slightly different. We’ve done this story twice now, identical format and all, so I can’t really imagine a third time around would get people all that excited. Why not have all the girls start as first years together, so the story can run for longer instead of being reset every time a couple of the seniors inevitably graduate. Things could even continue beyond high school as they would all still be together. Heck, while we’re at it, you could also lower the cast from nine down to five or six so that they all have more screen time and can get more fleshed-out. Just my ten cents.

But if the upcoming All Stars mobile game is any indication, the next iteration of Love Live characters look to be more of the same.

Not that it matters, I suppose, because I will play it, and I will enjoy it solely because there is Nico.

After a long wait, the movie has finally arrived for us to watch!

Love Live! Sunshine!! Over the Rainbow (or in short LLS:OTR) was quite a phenomenal movie. Though it didn’t really do much new when it comes to Love Live’s nature.

If we put the story aspect aside, we get a masterpiece of a movie. The songs and dances in the movie were amazing, especially with the constant switching between CGI and 2D, which I found to be done really well (especially if you compare it to the very first season of LL).

The songs were really good overall, a few bangers, a few mediocre ones, it balances it out.

The setting in general was really nice (Italy!), though it’s quite a shame that like in µ’s movie they didn’t have way too much time abroad and went back to Japan to solve the rest of the series.

The movie gave the finale we needed for the series, and I still have hope to see spinoffs or similar anime adaptations in the Love Live! universe.

Oh, and by the way, if you’re a 3rd years fan, this movie just hits the sweet spot that gives them quite some screen time.

In general, if you’re already a fan of the series, you’re going to love the movie, but if you aren’t really, you’ll meet the same old flaws and problem yet again.

And since I’m a huge fan, I rated it 10/10.

u went to America for their movie, Aquors went to. ITALY. what was Giorno their guide?

Where the u’s movie merely did a cursor glance at any resolutions and pretty much retread of it’s anime series finale just with America added in. Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow gives us the resolutions that the anime series left us and did it BRILLIANTLY.

For characters themselves, Mari has taken focus for the first half of the movie what with Italy and all, but she gets some much needed development aside from being the wacky Engrish girl and sure. her development is to do with her mother thus family issues and as much as it’s cliche, Mari’s development was still decent and a nice foundation and push for the plot to move forward. Yoshiko’s chunni gets her own due, yes for laughs but nonetheless. Hanamaru and Yoshiko seemed to be the comedic relief of the movie Yoshiko. being Yoshiko but Hanamaru gets the running gag of eating EVERYTHING in Italy. Kanan and Dia become essentially satellite characters to Mari for the first half of the movie but what with both of them having development from the anime series it kinda makes sense for Mari to take the spotlight as she needed it. Ruby much like Leah gets the same development with their older sisters but Ruby is at the end of it as she KNOWS and has moved forward whereas Leah is at the middle of it and finally given the resolution she got in this movie. Chika, Riko and You gets oddly enough the least amount of development with once again You getting the least out of the three. Chika being the de facto leader of the 6 remaining Aquors members and really she does most of the decision making for the movie, while Riko and You are the cheerleaders, You does have one other addition that of You’s cousin, Tsuki who is a student of the main school that Uranohoshi’s student have transferred to and much like You helps Aquors, oddly enough Tsuki got the development that You needed as Tsuki tags along with Aquors and later on finds how great being School Idols are and in turn making the main school to show that Uranohoshi is worth being in their school (instead of the branch school they got dumped into). Riko though is similar to You, screentime wise and «yuri shipping goggles-wise» got way more than You, as Riko interacts more with both Chika and Yoshiko. Once again You gets shafted.

The animation done once again by Sunrise, well the background work was AMAZING especially during Aqours’ stay in Italy. The character designs and expressive facial animation was done to great and sometimes wacky results. Character designs-wise, though it’s still consistent as the anime series, the movie gave Aquors are VARIETY of costumes for any time they change locations or a new time of day (seriously, their sets of costumes could fill up a rich mansion’s closet!). The Live’s CGI got better as well from the second season’s anime series, though it’s still obvious when they use CGI, they blended quite well to the point it’s not distracting, just noticeable. All in all, Sunrise went ALL OUT for this movie’s animation and for such a «farewell» movie, it was to be expected.

Voice cast was back and great as always, with some standouts being Aina Suzuki as Mari because come on, while Yoshiko and Hanamaru’s voice actress Aika Kobayashi and Kanako Takatsuki gets to go full ham or comedic and their one liners were great. Tsuki’s voice actress who was uncredited (?) was pretty much the same cadence as Shuka Saitou voiced by You pretty much showing that Tsuki IS very much You’s cousin. But all in all, since they not only voice the characters but the singing was great and with that. Aquors’ voice cast is back and better than ever in this movie so all in all. Great voice cast..as always.

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow did what u’s couldn’t with their movie and that is RESOLUTIONS and Over the Rainbow actually made it a tearful but satisfying resolution and farewell with Aquors and tied up loose ends from it’s anime series and to that end makes it a much better constructed movie, yes it’s similar to the u’s movie at the start (main cast goes somewhere outside of Japan) and the 3rd Years have graduated and having to deal with it and to Over the Rainbow’s end with characters have a mixed development to their resolutions, some little to nothing *cough* You the ever satellite character *cough* but Over the Rainbow nonetheless ENDS tying up ANY loose plotlines with it’s characters the anime series left hanging, whereas u’s movie gave us an open ended farewell and left it at that.

u’s anime series and movie was too happy go lucky, almost coincidental in how things ended up as to be status quo and got the series in a static limbo with its movie’s finale, but to state, LA doesn’t think u’s movie is horrible as a result, that movie did what it did, yes with some flaws but it was a farewell just not a decent one, whereas Aquors from it’s anime series dealt with being an idol group and with it’s 3rd Years gradating soon in a much more logical way and with this movie gave us a proper farewell and resolutions that were established in the anime series.

If you haven’t noticed, LA was very satisfied with this movie as LA can see Aquors moving forward in earnest. Over the Rainbow. well went over the rainbow and once again, gave us a pretty satisfying, yet tearful farewell, what else would you want more for an idol movie than that showing that an idol group can happily move forward with no regrets.

Источник

Живая любовь! Сияние! / Love Live! Sunshine! [1-13 из 13]

Год выхода: 2016

Жанр: музыкальный, школа, комедия

Тип: ТВ

Количество серий: 13 (25 мин.)

Режиссёр: Сакай Кадзуо

Описание: Если вы считаете, что в системе образования передовой Японии не бывает проблем, спешим вас огорчить: бывают, и еще какие. И речь идет не только о бесплатных школах, где хулиганы процветают, прилежные ученики зарабатывают нервные срывы, а учителя отыгрываются на учениках за собственные неудачи. О нет, в престижных частных школах, где, казалось бы, созданы все условия для учебы и отдыха, тоже не все гладко.

Возьмем, к примеру, одну из частных школ города Нумазу, расположившуюся в приморском районе Учиура. Школа стоит в райском местечке, репутация у нее замечательная, ученицы сплошь красавицы и умницы… а тем не менее, школу планируют в скором времени закрывать по самой банальной причине: слишком мал приток учеников. К счастью, ученицы решили сами озаботиться будущим своей альма-матер и придумали изящное решение проблемы. Вдохновившись примером популярной поп-группы школьниц, они собрали собственный музыкальный коллектив и принялись покорять шоу-бизнес. Ведь если они добьются успеха, в школу совершенно точно потянутся толпы абитуриентов!

Источник

Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season

Love Live! School Idol Project: Sunshine!!

Intermission Drama