

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club However, participation in the event is very prestigious, and any group that wins the competition is afforded legendary status.įranchise history Year introduced 2010 Due to the highly competitive nature of the Love Live competition, some school idols opt not to attempt entry and simply take part in performing at other events. The size of these groups can range anywhere from solo idols to groups with nine or more members. The ultimate school idol competition featuring the best groups in Japan is called Love Live, and entry into the competition is determined by the popularity of each group. Top-class groups are very popular among fans of school idols, aided in part by exposure in magazines and other media, in addition to merchandise of school idols sold in shops catering to otaku-related items. Other activities include designing their own costumes, as well as filming promotional videos and music videos.

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The rhythm game series Love Live! School Idol Festival features characters across multiple Love Live! titles.Įach title in the Love Live! franchise focuses on groups of teenage schoolgirls who become "school idols" as an extracurricular activity, and their main activities involve singing and choreographed dancing to self- written songs they perform at concerts or other music events. Starting in June 2010 with Love Live! School Idol Project, the franchise has seen multiple anime television series, two anime films, light novels, manga, and video games. Each of the individual titles within the franchise revolve around teenage girls who become "school idols". Love Live! School Idol Project Series is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino and co-produced by Kadokawa through ASCII Media Works Bandai Namco Arts through music label Lantis and animation studio Bandai Namco Filmworks under the "Sunrise" brand.

No location map since the Love Live decorated train is no longer running. Ended up going clockwise on the JR Yamanote outer circle all the way from Akihabara to Yoyogi Station, which actually was the station I saw the train at in the first picture above.
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The ads in the roof had messages thanking all the fans and pictures of that cars idol on one side.Īnd on the other side of the roof ads there were pictures of the whole group.Ĭar 1 and 11 had ads with all the idols plus a collection of ads from the other cars. The JR Yamanote trains got 11 cars in total, so car 2-10 was decorated with a different idol each. The ad space near the doors had lyrics for a song each.Īnd even the video screens showed ads from the Final Live. The night I was going back from Akihabara after checking out Tokyo Anime Center when I finally got a chance to check the train out.Īnd inside I found out that ALL the advertising was for Love Live. I had seen the train earlier while in Tokyo, like here in Yoyogi Station when taking Your Name pictures, but always at a distance or running in the other direction I was going until. While in Tokyo I managed to get on the Love Live decorated JR Yamanote train advertising the Final Love Live! μ'sic Forever Blu-ray Memorial Box, so here's some pictures.
