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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 at Sunrise; the first season aired between July and September 2016 while the second season aired between October and December 2017. Both seasons are licensed in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand by Funimation, Anime Limited and Madman Entertainment, respectively. An anime film titled ''Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow'' was released on January 4, 2019 in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Live!
is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino and co-produced by Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa through ASCII Media Works; Bandai Namco Music Live through music label Lantis (company), Lantis; and animation studio Bandai Namco Filmworks#Sunrise, Sunrise. Each of the individual titles within the franchise revolve around teenage girls who become "school Japanese idol, idols". Starting in June 2010 with ''Love Live! School Idol Project'', the franchise has seen multiple anime television series, three anime films, light novels, manga, and video games. The rhythm game series ''Love Live! School Idol Festival'' features characters across multiple ''Love Live!'' titles. Overview Each title in the ''Love Live!'' franchise focuses on groups of teenage schoolgirls who become "school Japanese idol, idols" as an extracurricular activity, and their main activities involve singing and choreographed dancing to self-songwriter, written songs they perform at conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine In The Mirror
is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the ''Love Live!'' series fantasy musical anime series. It is a fantasy re-imagining of '' Love Live! Sunshine!!'', and follows Yohane, a failed idol turned fortune teller in the quiet city of Numazu, and her exploits with the other members of the community and her talking wolf Lailaps. ''Yohane the Parhelion'' originated as a series of fantasy illustrations included in the monthly '' Love Live! Days'' magazine starting in October 2020. In February 2022, these were adapted into ''Genjitsu no Yohane -Unpolarized Reflexion-'', a manga published in ''Love Live! Days''. On April Fools' Day 2022, the ''Yohane the Parhelion'' anime series was teased, ostensibly as an April Fools' joke, before eventually being confirmed as a real production and airing for 13 episodes from July to September 2023 on Tokyo MX and BS11. The anime was produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and animated by its division Sunrise, directed by Asami Nakatani, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Kato
is a Japanese anime composer and arranger. He is known for his works on many anime series, including ''Future Diary'', '' Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma'', ''Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'', '' Love Live! Sunshine!!'' and '' Free!''. He is currently represented by the music production company APDREAM. Biography Kato was born in Funabashi, Chiba. He graduated from the film scoring program at the Tokyo College of Music and majored in composition and conducting. While there, he studied composition and arrangement under Shigeaki Saegusa, Katsuhisa Hattori, Reijiro Koroku, and Kentaro Haneda. Works Anime * ''Spider Riders'' (2006) – with Fumitaka Anzai, Nobuhiko Nakayama, and Tomomasa Yoneda * '' Kämpfer'' (2009) * '' Miracle Train: Welcome to the Oedo Line'' (2009) * '' Needless'' (2009) * '' Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom'' (2009) – with Hikaru Nanase * '' The Qwaser of Stigmata'' (2010) * '' Demon King Daimao'' (2010) * ''Goulart Knights'' (2010) * '' Hyakka Ryōran Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese popular culture, Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by Talent agent, talent agencies, while maintaining a parasocial relationship with a financially loyal consumer fan base. Japan's idol industry first emerged in the 1960s and became prominent in the 1970s and 1980s due to television. During the 1980s, regarded as the "Golden Age of Idols", idols drew in commercial interest and began appearing in commercials and television dramas. As more niche markets began to appear in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it led to a significant growth in the industry known as the "Idol Warring Period." Today, over 10,000 teenage girls in Japan are idols, with over 3,000 groups active. Japan's idol industry has been used as a model for other pop idol in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Live! School Idol Project
is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. It is the first multimedia project in the ''Love Live!'' franchise. The project revolves around a group of nine schoolgirls who become idols in order to save their school from shutting down. It launched in the August 2010 issue of ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', and went on to produce music CDs, anime music videos, two manga adaptations, and video games. A 13-episode anime television series produced by Sunrise, directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku, and written by Jukki Hanada aired on Tokyo MX in Japan between January and March 2013, with a second season airing between April and June 2014. Both anime series and film are licensed in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand by Funimation, MVM Entertainment and Madman Entertainment, respectively. An animated film titled ''Love Live! The School Idol Movie'' was distributed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lantis (company)
is a Japanese music label owned by Bandai Namco Music Live. Originally a company, it was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of Bandai Visual in May 2006, itself a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. In February 2018, it was announced Lantis would be merged with Bandai Visual into a new company called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect on April 1, 2018. Lantis only remains as a label from the new company. Lantis merger with Bandai Visual In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Music Live. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company. Sublabels Lantis is composed of five labels: * Lantis (main label, formerly distributed by King Records (Japan), King Records, currently self-distributed) * Glory Heaven (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan) * Kiramune (self-distributed) * Purple One Star (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Broadcasting System
, or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, headquartered near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group. Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings and both companies are affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group. Reportedly the most listened-to radio station in the world in 1990, Nippon Broadcasting System was instrumental in the creation of several companies including Fuji Television in 1957, Pony Canyon in 1966 and the Fujisankei Communications Group in 1967. Nippon Broadcasting System is also the home of the long-running radio program ''All Night Nippon''. History Founded in 1954, it is together with Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, the flagship station of the National Radio Network. From July 15, 1954, to September 30, 1967, the station used the abbreviation "NBS" derived from Nippon Broadcasting System. Since October 1, 1967, it has used the call sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numazu, Shizuoka
is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 189,486 in 91,986 households, and a population density of 1,014 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Numazu is at the northwestern end of the Izu Peninsula, which is a leisure destination known for its numerous hot springs. Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, may also be seen from Numazu on clear days. Numazu is located west of Tokyo and is on the Tōkaidō Main Line, the main railway line from Osaka to Tokyo. Warmed by the Kuroshio Current, the area enjoys a warm maritime climate with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters. The Kano River runs through the middle of the city. Mount Ashitaka (1188 meters) is the highest point in the city. Neighboring municipalities Shizuoka Prefecture *Mishima * Fuji * Izu * Izunokuni * Shimizu * Nagaizumi *Kannami Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Numazu has been in slow decline over the past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funimation
Funimation was an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service. Launched in 2016, the service was one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America. It streamed popular series, such as ''Dragon Ball'', ''One Piece'', ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', ''YuYu Hakusho'', ''My Hero Academia'', ''Attack on Titan'', ''Fairy Tail'', ''Black Clover'', ''Fruits Basket'', ''Assassination Classroom'' and ''Tokyo Ghoul'' among many others. The service and its parent company were acquired by Sony, who ran the service through Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment from 2017 to 2019 and then through SPE and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex from 2019 to its closure in 2024. In 2021, Sony acquired Crunchyroll. In March 2022, Funimation Global Group, the service's parent company, was rebranded as Crunchyroll, LLC and a large ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
