The “beach episode” is an anime tradition. Characters pack up, grab their best swimsuits, and spend a day playing and soaking up sun. (And dealing out fanservice, of course.) But today, we’re not satisfied with the beach episode: we’re looking at whole beach anime! These …Read more »
2020 has been a challenging year for everyone, especially those looking to put on public performances. While Love Live! Sunshine!! VA unit Aqours was aiming to hold a fifth anniversary dome tour this year, all performances have been canceled in light of the ongoing COVID-19 …Read more »
Love Live!, the idol franchise made up of video games, anime series, manga adaptations and more turns 10 years old today, June 30. That’s the day something called Love Live! School Idol Project first appeared in the pages of Dengeki G’s Magazine. The concept? A …Read more »
Everyone wants to do their part to limit the spread of COVID-19, and that extends to Love Live! Sunshine!! idol group Aqours. To contribute in their own way, the idols teamed up with the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan to be featured …Read more »
Let this be a lesson to would-be merchandise bootleggers out there. Someone’s gonna notice those shifty-looking goods you have hanging around in your shop! That’s what happened to a pair of Akihabara, Tokyo shop managers, who were arrested this week for allegedly selling fake Love …Read more »
It’s off to Italy with the members of Aqours in the upcoming feature anime film Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow. The official YouTube channel for the franchise went up with a new full trailer for the film after Aqours’ first …Read more »
This weekend in Numazu, Japan, a female pedestrian was hit and knocked over by a car, which then sped off. The driver didn’t get far, though, because his car was, shall we say, distinct: it was painted with a character from Love Live Sunshine. The …Read more »
The Love Live! Sunshine!! manhole covers in Numazu, Japan are the gift that keeps on giving… just not in the way they were intended. The mere fact that sewer entrances would be used as place to un-ironically celebrate idol anime was weird enough to make …Read more »
A new visual recently popped online for the Love Live! Sunshine!! anime film, Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow. The feature is set to open in Japan on January 4, 2019, with Kazuo Sakai directing at Sunrise. The official website’s latest …Read more »
The plot thickens in the on-going saga of the Love Live Sunshine!! manhole covers in Numazu, Japan. Shortly after being installed in late May, many of the manhole covers were vandalized with spray paint. It was later announced that the city was removing the manhole …Read more »
It’s been a bad month for Love Live! fans, with a bomb threat, vandalism and removal of promotional manhole cover art, and one fan getting kicked out of an event for wearing too much swag. Now it seems some female otaku in Japan have decided …Read more »
What’s with all the Love Live! hate? First it’s vandalized manhole covers in Nuzamu, now this. A third-year high school student has been arrested for allegedly making bomb threats against a series of Love Live! Sunshine!! concerts that took place this past weekend in Saitama. …Read more »
Bright summer weather here in Japan—but no sunshine for the denizens of Numazu, Japan, who are walking around with manhole-sized holes in their hearts. Last week, we reported on a few maniacal Love Live! anti-fans vandalizing Numazu’s Sunshine!!-themed manhole covers—or at least pretending to. But …Read more »
As fans of Love Live! Sunshine!! are aware, the series takes place in the real-life city of Numazu in Shizuoka, Japan. Thanks to Sunshine!!, the city has had a lot of new visitors, and has paid tribute to this new interest by recently installing custom …Read more »
Now that the second season of the Love Live! Sunshine!! TV anime has come to a close, it’s time to figure out what’s next for the franchise. We didn’t have to wait long to find that out, actually, because the official Twitter account followed up …Read more »
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