Love Live! Sunshine!! (ラブライブ! サンシャイン!!, Rabu Raibu! Sanshain!!) is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project is the second series of the Love Live! franchise and is a spin-off sequel of Love Live! School Idol Project. The story of this project revolves around a new group of nine schoolgirls who become idols in order to save their school from shutting down. It launched in April 2015 with music CDs and anime music videos, followed by a manga version in 2016.
An anime television series was directed by Kazuo Sakai, animated and produced by Sunrise, series composition by Jukki Hanada, composed by Tatsuya Kato, and the first season aired in Japan from July 2, 2016 to September 24, 2016, consisting of 13 episodes. The second season aired from October 7, 2017 to December 30, 2017.
Both seasons are licensed in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand by Funimation, Anime Limited and Madman Entertainment, respectively. FUNimation Entertainment produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered the first season on their FunimationNow streaming service on July 30, 2016.[1][2] The second season's English Dub premiered as a SimulDub on October 23, 2017.[3]
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season(s). | Ep(s). |
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| Main Characters | |||||
| Chika Takami | Anju Inami | Jad Saxton | 1-2 | ||
| Yō Watanabe | Shuka Saitō | Apphia Yu | 1-2 | ||
| Riko Sakurauchi | Rikako Aida | Jeannie Tirado | 1-2 | ||
| Kanan Matsuura | Nanaka Suwa | Michelle Rojas | 1-2 | ||
| Mari Ohara | Aina Suzuki | Jamie Marchi | 1-2 | ||
| Dia Kurosawa | Arisa Komiya | Morgan Garrett | 1-2 | ||
| Hanamaru Kunikida | Kanako Takatsuki | Megan Shipman | 1-2 | ||
| Ruby Kurosawa | Ai Furihata | Sarah Wiedenheft | 1-2 | ||
| Yoshiko Tsushima | Aika Kobayashi | Morgan Berry | 1-2 | ||
| Secondary Characters | |||||
| Sarah Kazuno | Asami Tano | Trina Nishimura | 1-2 | ||
| Leah Kazuno | Hinata Satō | Amber Lee Connors | 1-2 | ||
| Shima Takami | Kana Asumi | Colleen Clinkenbeard | 1-2 | ||
| Mito Takami | Kanae Itō | Monica Rial | 1-2 | ||
| Recurring Characters | |||||
| Chika's Mother | Rie Kugimiya | Jessica Cavanagh | 1-2 | ||
| Shiitake | Anna Mugiho | Tyler Walker | 1-2 | ||
| Yoshimi | Risae Matsuda | Felecia Angelle | 1-2 | ||
| Itsuki | Hisako Kanemoto | Madeleine Morris | 1-2 | ||
| Mutsu | Yū Serizawa | Alex Moore | 1-2 | ||
| Love Live Reporter | Natsumi Takamori | Kristen McGuire | 1-2 | ||
| Riko's Mother | Nana Mizuki | Janelle Lutz | 2 | ||
| Yoshiko's Mother | Hekiru Shiina | Carli Mosier | 2 | ||
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Moe | Emiko Takeuchi | ¿? | 18 | |
| Moe's Mother | Saki Yamakita | ¿? | ||
| Kanan's Mom | ¿? | Mallorie Rodak | 25 | |
| Kurosawa's Mom | ¿? | Kristy Sims | ||
| Hanamaru's Mom | ¿? | Natalie Hoover | ||
| Prelude | ¿? | Mallorie Rodak | 26 |
Additional Voices[]
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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July 30, 2016 | Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 13 Eps. | United States | 
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| October 23, 2017 | Season 2 | 13 Eps. | ||||||
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January 20, 2023 | Season 1 | 13 Eps. | |||||
| Season 2 | 13 Eps. | |||||||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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2017 |  + 
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Episodes 1-13 | 1 NTSC A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2019 | Episodes 14-26 | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T | ||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2021 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
- Love Live! School Idol Project
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Love Live! Superstar!!
References[]
External Links[]
- Love Live! Sunshine!! on the Internet Movie Database.
- Love Live! Sunshine!! (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
- Love Live! Sunshine!! on Behind The Voice Actors.