Love Live! School Idol Project

Idol / Slice of Life / MusicTV13 EP/6 Jan 2013

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Synopsis

When her beloved high school faces closure because nobody wants to enroll anymore, Honoka Kousaka hatches a plan: start a school idol group to make the place popular again. She has zero experience, her best friend Umi is painfully shy about performing, and the student council president actively tries to shut the whole thing down. It's not exactly a smooth start. But that's kind of what makes it work: watching these nine girls slowly come together, each with their own reasons and hangups, figuring out how to actually pull this off. The 13-episode TV series from Sunrise gives each member of μ's enough room to feel like a real person rather than just a character archetype filling a roster slot. The musical performances are genuinely catchy and well-animated, and the show earns its emotional moments instead of forcing them. It's youthful and wholesome without being saccharine. If you liked K-On! for the found-family dynamics but wanted something with a clearer narrative goal, this scratches that itch. Fans of The Idolmaster will feel at home with the idol industry angle, though Love Live keeps things grounded in the school setting. And if Wake Up, Girls! appealed to you for the underdog story, μ's journey hits similar beats with a lighter touch. It's comfort food anime done right: warm, earnest, and harder to put down than you'd expect going in.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Maki Nishikino

Tsundere composer Maki Nishikino is skilled at piano, photography, and surprisingly, believes in Santa.

Glass Caitlin

Niko Yazawa

Self-proclaimed best idol Nico Yazawa is initially aggressive but transforms into a cheerful, caring idol with her iconic "Nico Nico Nii!" pose.

Mendez Erica

Nozomi Toujou

Wise and supportive μ's vice-president, known for fortune-telling and... unique disciplinary methods.

Post Laura

Kotori Minami

Kind and talented fashion designer for μ's, Kotori is indecisive but cares deeply for her friends.

Valenzuela Cristina

Umi Sonoda

Reserved yet strong-willed, Umi is a talented lyricist and skilled in traditional arts, despite a dislike for short skirts.

Buckland Kira

Honoka Kousaka

Optimistic and determined, Honoka is a risk-taking idol who leads μ's to success.

Herington Marieve

Rin Hoshizora

Athletic tomboy, skilled in sports and dance, known for her cat-like mannerisms and 'nyan~!' catchphrase.

Mata Faye

Eri Ayase

Stern student council president, Eri is initially skeptical of school idols but later becomes a supportive strategist.

Lindbeck Erica

Hanayo Koizumi

Shy and quiet, Hanayo's passion for school idols ignites her reserved personality, revealing an enthusiastic and creative side.

Huynh Xanthe

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 1-40 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 1.

Manga cover

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Someone and 4 others rated 9.3
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iustinmakihigeAnime

__1.Plot I finished the first season of love live, and I thought I'd write a review. Well that's the main idea in love live the first season__ ----- __ 2.Animation The animation was good, I liked how good it was at times, but there were some phases with the 3D phases when they sang, the one that makes me give a lower grade, at least it was the 3D phases only when they sang and it was far away. I felt that they were using 3D, that they were also using 2D when they sang what was making a change from 2D to 3D so that it seemed interesting in 2D the way they did I liked it. Like I said most of the anime is 2D so don't worry. The songs and edinges have some very good animations, so to speak. __ ---- __ 3.Sounds The sounds were wonderful from funny phases, to songs to openings and endings that I already put on my phone. What to do when you come to like it. example:__ youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyKJ359c5Ds) youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOR3GvjFuzM&t) ---- __ 4.Caracters As for the characters / characters, I could say that they are well characterized, you might like it or not, it depends on you.I liked a lot of characters from there, there are many choices between characters you get to understand them after their stress when they sing, it's cute ex Niko (who reminds me of a colleague) or Umi who is very cute an extremely good archer, they are many and funny phases with them. It is very well characterized, each has an extremely good and cute design that you like each one but as I said I liked Umi and Niko the most __ ------ __5.Enjoyment The fact that I finished it quickly is also a good thing. That means it was good.Lately I seem to be happy to see anime or maybe I see good anime lately, I'm going to go to the second phase.I'm honestly glad I liked it had a lot of fun phases that are good.Lots of great characters, and like I said it made me say how cute it was to watch the anime.well the last 3 episodes were darker because it was basically the incident and the ending but I liked it.I expected not to like it because in general I don't like to watch an anime only about music but that was good and I really recommend it that's why I do a review + because I haven't done a review for a long time __ ------ __6.Overall It's a very good anime that is worth a try.But give it a try and I'll tell you it won't disappoint, unless you're an elitist who thinks most anime is stupid.__ __Plus the series love live is known by the phrase "Nico Nico Nii" a nice and funny phrase that you hear many times in the first season.__ __I could also say a conclusion why you should watch this anime, it's because it's a mainstream that deserves to try it even if it's not the first time you try something anime with music genre or tag.__