Other parts of the franchise, such as the manga and novel series, feature some variations in the storyline.

Where appropriate, plot descriptions mentioned below refer to the anime television series. Despite winning the competition, the girls from μ's disband soon after for their own personal reasons, and because the third-years are graduating. They participate in Love Live, the ultimate school idol competition featuring the best groups in the country. Once they successfully prevent Otonokizaka Academy from closing, the girls from μ's set their sights higher.

Learning that school idols are popular, Honoka and her friends follow A-Rise's footsteps and start their own school idol group called μ's ( ミューズ, Myūzu, pronounced 'muse') to attract new students. Honoka goes to UTX, where her little sister planned to go for high school, and sees a crowd watching a music video of A-Rise, UTX's school idol group. When the school is scheduled to be closed due to a lack of applicants, Honoka becomes determined to save it. Honoka Kōsaka is a girl who attends Otonokizaka Academy ( 音ノ木坂学院, Otonokizaka Gakuin). A follow-up project focusing on a new set of idols, titled Love Live! Sunshine!!, launched in 2015. An animated film titled Love Live! The School Idol Movie was distributed by Shochiku and released in June 2015. Both anime series and film are licensed in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand by Funimation, MVM Entertainment and Madman Entertainment, respectively. It launched in the August 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, and went on to produce music CDs, anime music videos, two manga adaptations, and video games.Ī 13-episode anime television series produced by Sunrise, directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku, and written by Jukki Hanada aired on Tokyo MX in Japan between January and March 2013, with a second season airing between April and June 2014.

The project revolves around a group of nine schoolgirl friends who become idols in order to save their school from shutting down. It is the first multimedia project in the Love Live! franchise. Love Live! School Idol Project is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. Love Live! The School Idol Movie (film).Love Live! School Idol Festival (video game).

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