The official Love Live YouTube channel has uploaded a new 7.31-minute video for the upcoming music slice of life anime film Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow. The first 7 minutes of the film have been streamed. The project started its nationwide road show on January 4.
The film launched this weekend and opened up at the number 8 spot in Japan's box office for total tickets sold. The movie's premiere date was January 4, 2019. The other anime film competing with Love Live! is Broly. The Saiyan flick landed on the third spot for its fourth weekend.
Cast
Arisa Komiya as Kanan Matsuura
Saito Zu summer as Dia Kurosawa
Aika Kobayashi as Yoshiko Tsushima
The original draft is up to Sakurako Kimino, Yuhei Murota is under character design, Tatsuya Kato produces the music and Sunrise animates the project. The previous season of the series aired from October 7, 2017 to December 30, 2017 and has 13 episodes. The producers are the following: Bandai Visual, Lantis, ASCII Media Works and Bushiroad. Funimation holds the North American license and has released both seasons in their English version.
The first film in the franchise, Love Live! The School Idol Movie, hit the number one spot with tickets sold in June 2015. The film earned close to $3,240,900 dollars in just two days, it premiered on a Saturday. The manga series that inspired all of the media formats is written by Sakurako Kimino and has been published by ASCII Media Works in the Dengeki G's Magazine since May 2016 and has 2 volumes out.
A sequel to the main series and follows the Aqours girls as they prepare to enroll at a new school. While the first and second years run into some unexpected trouble, the third years end up going mysteriously missing on the way to their graduation trip. Separated, the girls begin to realize the value of their friendships as they attempt to find a solution to their various crises.
Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow is out now