Love Live! School Idol Project
| Love Live! | |
| ラブライブ! (Rabu Raibu!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sakurako Kimino |
| Illustrated by | Arumi Tokita |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Magazine | Dengeki G's Magazine |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | January 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original run | 2013 – present |
Love Live! (ラブライブ!, Rabu Raibu!) School Idol Project is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, music label Lantis and anime studio Sunrise. The project launched in the August 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, and went on to produce music CDs, anime music videos and a manga adaptation. An anime television series will begin airing in Japan in Spring 2013. The project revolves around a group of fictional school girls who become idols in order to save their school.
Characters
- Honoka Kōsaka (高坂 穂乃果, Kōsaka Honoka)
- Voiced by: Emi Nitta
- Eri Ayase (絢瀬 絵里, Ayase Eri)
- Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjō
- Kotori Minami (南 ことり, Minami Kotori)
- Voiced by: Aya Uchida
- Umi Sonoda (園田 海未, Sonoda Umi)
- Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori
- Rin Hoshizora (星空 凛, Hoshizora Rin)
- Voiced by: Riho Iida
- Maki Nishikino (西木野 真姫, Nishikino Maki)
- Voiced by: Pile
- Nozomi Tōjō (東條 希, Tōjō Nozomi)
- Voiced by: Aina Kusuda
- Hanayo Koizumi (小泉 花陽, Koizumi Hanayo)
- Voiced by: Yurika Kubo
- Niko Yazawa (矢澤 にこ, Yazawa Niko)
- Voiced by: Sora Tokui
Production
Since the first issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine was published, the editors of the magazine have hosted reader participation games whose development is directly influenced by the people who read the magazine. The project was first announced in the July 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, which revealed that the magazine would be collaborating with the anime studio Sunrise and the music label Lantis to co-produce the project.[1] The project officially began with the August 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, which introduced the story, characters, and a more detailed explanation of the project. The original plan for the story was written by Sakurako Kimino, who also writes the short stories for Love Live! featured in Dengeki G's Magazine. Original character design and illustrations are provided by Yūhei Murota.
Starting in August 2010, online mobile phone popularity contests have periodically been held to rank the characters, which influences the positions of the idols in the anime music videos produced by Sunrise. For example, the idol who ranks first in a given contest will be in the center position in the front row in the music video that follows. Other polls are used to determine different aspects of the idols, such as hairstyles and costumes.[2] Starting with the November 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, readers were polled to determine name of the idols' group. After the editors narrowed down it down to the five most popular names, readers were polled for a final time, ultimately choosing the name μ's. A similar polling system was used to determine the names of the three mini units Printemps, BiBi, and Lily White.
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation, written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Arumi Tokita, began serialization in the January 2012 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine. The first tankōbon volume was released on September 27, 2012.[3]
Anime
An anime television series produced by Sunrise will begin airing in Japan in Spring 2013.[4][5]
Music
The idol group μ's (pronounced muse) contains nine members: Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta), Eri Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō), Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida), Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida), Maki Nishikino (Pile), Nozomi Tōjō (Aina Kusuda), Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo), and Niko Yazawa (Sora Tokui). Their first single "Bokura no Live Kimi to no Life" (僕らのLIVE 君とのLIFE) was released on August 25, 2010.[6] Their second single "Snow halation" was released on December 22, 2010. Their third single "Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump!" (夏色えがおで1,2,Jump!) was released on August 24, 2011. Their fourth single "Mogyutto 'love' de Sekkenchū!" (もぎゅっと"love"で接近中!) was released on February 15, 2012. Their fifth single "Wonderful Rush" was released on September 5, 2012. Each of their singles was released with an anime music video.[6]
There are three mini idol units μ's is divided into: Printemps, BiBi, and Lily White. Printemps is composed of Kōsaka, Minami and Koizumi; BiBi is composed of Ayase, Nishikino and Yazawa; and Lily White is composed of Sonoda, Hoshizora and Tōjō. Printemps' first single "Love marginal" was released on May 25, 2011. BiBi's first single "Diamond Princess no Yūutsu" (ダイヤモンドプリンセスの憂鬱) was released on June 22, 2012. Lily White's first single "Shiranai Love*Oshiete Love" (知らないLove*教えてLove) was released on June 27, 2011.[6]
Other singles are released as duos or trios. The single "Mermaid festa vol.2 (Passionate)" was released on April 25, 2012 sung by Kōsaka and Hoshizora. The single "Otome Shiki Ren'ai Juku" (乙女式れんあい塾) was released on May 23, 2012 sung by Yazawa and Tōjō. The single "Kokuhaku Biyori, desu!" (告白日和、です!) was released on June 27, 2012 sung by Minami and Koizumi. The single "Soldier Game" was released on July 25, 2012 sung by Nishikino, Sonoda and Ayase.[6]
An album titled Umiiro Shōjo ni Miserarete (海色少女に魅せられて) featuring songs sung by Sonoda was released on November 23, 2011. A second album titled Kotori Lovin' you (ことりLovin' you) featuring songs sung by Minami was released on December 14, 2011. A third album titled Honnori Honokairo! (ほんのり穂乃果色!) featuring songs sung by Kōsaka was released on January 25, 2012.[6]
References
- ^ "Dengeki G's, Sunrise's Love Live Project Revealed". Anime News Network. May 29, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "Sunrise, Dengeki G's Love Live Project Gets Anime DVD". Anime News Network. June 28, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "ラブライブ!(1)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
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- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2012-11-16/animator/love-live-anime-to-air-next-spring
- ^ a b c d e "CDリリース情報" (in Japanese). Project Love Live!. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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External links
- Official website Template:Ja icon
- Love Live! School Idol Project (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia