ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!

Love Live! Sunshine!!

Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, a private school in the seaside neighborhood of Uchiura at Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture. A small high school in a corner of Suruga Bay, it is home to nine teens, led by second-year student Chika Takami, driven by one seriously big dream: To become the next generation of bright, sparkling “school idols”! As long as we don’t give up, any dream can come true... All we have to do now is keep pushing hard for fame and glory! Now their “School Idol Project” begins to make their dreams come true! (Source: Official Website)

Original	ラブライブ！サンシャイン!! (japanese)
Romaji	Love Live! Sunshine!!
English	Love Live! Sunshine!!
Also known as	Love Live! School Idol Project Sunshine!!

Format	TV series · 13 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2016-07-02 → 2016-09-24 (Summer 2016)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Sunrise
Source	Multimedia project
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Music Slice of Life
Themes	Idol Primarily Female Cast School Club Dancing Primarily Teen Cast Female Protagonist Cute Girls Doing Cute Things School Ensemble Cast Coastal Rural
Streaming	Crunchyroll · Tubi TV

Community score	7.34 / 10
Bayesian score	7.35 / 10
Composite	56.9
On lists	59,940
Favourited	1,818 (3.0%)
Completion	86.1%
Drop rate	4.7%
In backlog	26.2%
Score spread σ	1.73
MyAnimeList	7.40 / 10

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Source material	Multimedia project	B	18 of 106
Broadcast season	Summer 2016	B	19 of 93
Studio	Sunrise	B	59 of 254
Year	2016	B	66 of 418
Genre	Music	C	112 of 428
Season (all years)	Summer	B	328 of 1,662
Era	Late 2010s	B	381 of 1,863
Genre	Slice of Life	C	444 of 1,578
Length	Single-cour	B	628 of 2,668
Format	TV series	C	847 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	1,420 of 7,157

Director	Kazuo Sakai, Junichi Higashi
Series composition	Jukki Hanada
Character design	Yuuhei Murota
Original creator	Hajime Yatate

Relation	Year	Title
prequel	2015	Love Live! The School Idol Movie
sequel	2017	Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2
character	—	Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM
character	—	HAPPY PARTY TRAIN
character	—	Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?
character	—	Mitaiken HORIZON
character	—	KOKORO Magic "A to Z"
character	—	Dazzling White Town
alternative	2020	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
character	—	Never Giving Up!
character	—	Cotton Candy Ei-Ei-Oh!
character	—	Perfect SEKAI
character	—	Motto ne!
character	—	Akogare Ranraran
character	—	Shiny Racers
character	—	KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller!
alternative	2021	Love Live! Superstar!!
character	—	Tatehoko Tsubasa
character	—	smile smile ship Start!
character	—	BANZAI! digital trippers
spin off	2023	YOHANE THE PARHELION -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-
character	—	Waaai Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai!
character	—	Ai♡Scream!
alternative	2026	Love Live! Hasunosora Jogakuin School Idol Club: Bloom Garden Party

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