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 »
Well, there’s a headline I never expected to write. William Shatner, the Golden Globe-winning actor best known for his role as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, has been tweeting up a storm about an unexpected topic: the idol series Love Live!. It all began when a …Read more »
Who's ready for more Love Live! Sunshine!! anime? The second season is officially set to debut this October, and a new promo is here to preview what the returning cast and staff have in store.
Chichibu, the city used in anohana , is a popular pilgrimage spot. When fans travel to a city or specific location used in their favorite anime series or film, it’s known as an anime pilgrimage. These pilgrimages have brought in a ton of cash to …Read more »
The Love Live! Sunshine!! TV anime is set to deliver more idol fun this summer, and a new promo is here to introduce all nine members of Aqours, the new school idol unit on the block. Love Live! Sunshine!! is directed by Kazuo Sakai ( …Read more »
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