Love Live! Sunshine!!
Original Title：ラブライブ! サンシャイン!!
Languages:
- English: Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Chinese: LoveLive! 学园偶像计划 Sunshine!!
- Japanese: ラブライブ! サンシャイン!!
Love Live! Sunshine!! (ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!) is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, the music label Lantis, and the anime studio Sunrise. It is the second series in the Love Live! franchise, set in Uchiura, Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and follows nine schoolgirls, led by Chika Takami, at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy who become school idols to save their school from closing. They form the idol group Aqours and participate in the Love Live school idol contest. The project includes anime, manga, novels, and games, along with numerous songs and music albums. The anime's first season aired in 2016 and the second in 2017, with a theatrical film, Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow, released in 2019. A spin-off anime series, Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror, premiered in 2023, adding a new chapter to the franchise. The series is popular for its vivid characters, catchy music, and energetic stories.