Love Live! Sunshine!! (TV series)

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'Love Live! Sunshine!!
File:Love Live! Sunshine!! anime promotional art.jpg
Promotional artwork
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network Tokyo MX
Original release July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) – December 30, 2017 (2017-12-30)
Season chronology
List of Love Live! episodes

Love Live! Sunshine!! is a 2016 anime television series produced by Sunrise and is the follow-up to the 2013 anime series, Love Live! School Idol Project. Taking place at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy, Chika Takami, a girl who became a fan of the school idol group μ's, decides to follow in their footsteps and form her own school idol group, Aqours. The first season aired in Japan between July 2 and September 24, 2016 and was simulcast by Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Madman Entertainment.[1][2][3] An English dub by Funimation began streaming from July 30, 2016.[4] The opening and ending themes are "Aozora Jumping Heart" (青空Jumping Heart Blue Sky Jumping Heart?) and "Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou" (ユメ語るよりユメ歌おう Let's Sing About Dreams Instead of Talking About Them?) respectively, both performed by Aqours (Anju Inami, Rikako Aida, Nanaka Suwa, Arisa Komiya, Shuka Saito, Aika Kobayashi, Kanako Takatsuki, Aina Suzuki, and Ai Furihata). A second season aired from October 7 to December 30, 2017 and was also simulcast by Crunchyroll and dubbed by Funimation. The opening and ending themes respectively are "Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo" (未来の僕らは知ってるよ Our Future Selves Know?) and "Yūki wa Doko ni? Kimi no Mune ni!" (勇気はどこに?君の胸に! Where is Courage? In Your Heart!?), both performed by Aqours. "Aozora Jumping Heart" is used as the opening theme for the final episode.

The first Blu-ray disc of the series, containing the first episode of the anime, was released on September 27, 2016. The limited edition contained a balloting ticket for Aqours' first concert, an original song CD, a newly written novel by Sakurako Kimino, a Love Live! School Idol Festival themed UR rarity sticker, a card for Love Live! School Idol Collection, a PR card, and an 8-page booklet.[5] An anime film, Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow, was released in Japan on January 4, 2019.[6]

Episode list

Season 1

Overall Episode Title [7][lower-alpha 1] Insert song(s) Ending theme singer(s) Original air date [8]
27 1 "I Want to Shine!!" "Kimeta Yo - Hand in Hand" (決めたよHand in Hand It's Decided - Hand in Hand?) by Anju Inami, Rikako Aida, and Shuka Saito
"Start:Dash!" by μ's
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)
28 2 "Catch the Transfer Student!" "Yume no Tobira" (ユメノトビラ Door of Dreams?) by Rikako Aida Chika Takami (Anju Inami), Riko Sakurauchi (Rikako Aida), You Watanabe (Shuka Saito) July 9, 2016 (2016-07-09)
29 3 "First Step!" "Daisuki Dattara Daijōbu!" (ダイスキだったらダイジョウブ! I Love You, So It'll Be Fine!?) by Anju Inami, Rikako Aida, and Shuka Saito Aqours July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16)
30 4 "Their Feelings" Hanamaru Kunikida (Kanako Takatsuki), Ruby Kurosawa (Ai Furihata) July 23, 2016 (2016-07-23)
31 5 "Yohane Descends" Yoshiko Tsushima (Aika Kobayashi) July 30, 2016 (2016-07-30)
32 6 "Let's Make a PV" "Yume de Yozora o Terashitai" (夢で夜空を照らしたい I Want to Light Up the Starry Sky With Dreams?) by Aqours Kanan Matsuura (Nanaka Suwa), Dia Kurosawa (Arisa Komiya), Mari Ohara (Aina Suzuki) August 6, 2016 (2016-08-06)
33 7 "Tokyo" Yoshiko Tsushima (Aika Kobayashi), Hanamaru Kunikida (Kanako Takatsuki), Ruby Kurosawa (Ai Furihata) August 13, 2016 (2016-08-13)
34 8 "Isn't It Frustrating?" "Self Control!" by Saint Snow (Asami Tano and Hinata Satō) Chika Takami (Anju Inami), Riko Sakurauchi (Rikako Aida), You Watanabe (Shuka Saito), Yoshiko Tsushima (Aika Kobayashi), Hanamaru Kunikida (Kanako Takatsuki), Ruby Kurosawa (Ai Furihata) August 20, 2016 (2016-08-20)
35 9 "Young Dreamer" "Mijuku Dreamer" (未熟DREAMER Young Dreamer?) by Aqours August 27, 2016 (2016-08-27)
36 10 "We've Got Stewshine" Chika Takami (Anju Inami), Riko Sakurauchi (Rikako Aida) September 3, 2016 (2016-09-03)
37 11 "Aye Aye, My Friend" "Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare" (想いよひとつになれ Our Feelings Become One?) by Anju Inami, Nanaka Suwa, Arisa Komiya, Shuka Saito, Aika Kobayashi, Kanako Takatsuki, Aina Suzuki, and Ai Furihata You Watanabe (Shuka Saito) September 10, 2016 (2016-09-10)
38 12 "It's Time to Fly" Aqours September 17, 2016 (2016-09-17)
39 13 "Sunshine!!" "Mirai Ticket" by Aqours September 24, 2016 (2016-09-24)

Season 2

Overall Episode Title [9][lower-alpha 1] Insert song(s) Ending theme singer(s) Original air date [10]
40 1 "Next Step" Chika Takami (Anju Inami), Riko Sakurauchi (Rikako Aida), You Watanabe (Shuka Saito) October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07)
41 2 "The Sound of Rain" Aqours October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)
42 3 "Rainbow" "My Mai Tonight" (MY舞☆TONIGHT?) by Aqours
"Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?" (君のこころは輝いてるかい??, lit. "Is Your Heart Shining?") by Aqours
October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21)
43 4 "Don't Be So Formal with Me" Dia Kurosawa (Arisa Komiya) October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28)
44 5 "Taking in a Dog" "Crash Mind" by Saint Snow Riko Sakurauchi (Rikako Aida), Yoshiko Tsushima (Aika Kobayashi) November 4, 2017 (2017-11-04)
45 6 "Aqours Wave" "Miracle Wave" by Aqours November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11)
46 7 "The Time Left" "Miracle Wave" by Aqours
"Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru Kara" (空も心も晴れるから?, lit. "Because Our Heart Will Clear Up Just Like The Skies") by Aqours
Aqours November 18, 2017 (2017-11-18)
47 8 "Hakodate" "Drop Out!?" by Saint Snow Yoshiko Tsushima (Aika Kobayashi), Hanamaru Kunikida (Kanako Takatsuki), Ruby Kurosawa (Ai Furihata) November 25, 2017 (2017-11-25)
48 9 "Awaken the Power" "Awaken the Power" by Saint Aqours Snow December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02)
49 10 "Finding a Way to Shine" Kanan Matsuura (Nanaka Suwa), Dia Kurosawa (Arisa Komiya), Mari Ohara (Aina Suzuki) December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)
50 11 "Uranohoshi Girls' High School" Aqours, Shima Takami (Kana Asumi), Mito Takami (Kanae Ito), Yoshimi (Risae Matsuda), Itsuki (Hisako Kanemoto), Mutsu (Yu Serizawa), Shiitake (Anna Mugiho), Answerer A (Saki Yamakita), Answerer B (Sayaka Senbongi), Other Schoolgirls (Haruka Miyake, Tomomi Mineuchi, Naoko Komatsu, Miho Okasaki, Tomoko Tsuzuki, Runa Onodera, Shoko Haraguchi, Asumi Yoneyana, Aiko Ninomiya, Momo Higuchi, Kurumi Kimoto, Masae Naruoka, Karin Oda, Mami Uchida, Taeko Morinaga) December 16, 2017 (2017-12-16)
51 12 "Sea of Light" "Water Blue New World" by Aqours December 23, 2017 (2017-12-23)
52 13 "Our Own Shine" "Wonderful Stories" by Aqours December 30, 2017 (2017-12-30)

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 All English titles are taken from Funimation.

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