characters (left to right)
top row: Maki Nishikino, Nozomi Tojo, Eli Ayase, Rin Hoshizora
middle row: Kotori Minami, Honoka Kousaka, Hanayo Koizumi
bottom row: Umi Sonoda, Nico Yazawa
Storyline
Otonokizaka High School is in a crisis! With the number of enrolling students dropping lower and lower every year, the school is set to shut down after its current 1st years graduate. However, 2nd year Honoka Kousaka refuses to let it go without a fight. Searching for a solution, she comes across popular school idol group A-RISE and sets out to create a school idol group of her own. With the help of her childhood friends Umi Sonoda and Kotori Minami, Honoka forms μ’s (pronounced "muse") to boost awareness and popularity of her school. Unfortunately, it's all easier said than done. Student council president Eli Ayase vehemently opposes the establishment of a school idol group and will do anything in her power to prevent its creation. Moreover, Honoka and her friends have trouble attracting any additional members. But the Love Live!, a competition to determine the best and most beloved school idol groups in Japan, can help them gain the attention they desperately need. With the contest fast approaching, Honoka must act quickly and diligently to try and bring together a school idol group and win the Love Live! in order to save Otonokizaka High School.
Air Date
- Season 1: January 6, 2013 - November 27, 2013
- Season 2: April 6, 2014 – June 29, 2014
Also See
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)
- Love Live! School Idol Project OVA
- Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Love Live! Sunshine!! April Fools Puppet Show
- Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Music Videos
- Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow (2019)
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Sound Effects Used
Note: This anime mainly uses anime and Premiere Edition Volume 1 sound effects. It only uses 2 Hanna-Barbera sound effects, and each is only used once in the entire anime.
- Anime Arrow Shoot Sound
- Anime Bamboo Sound (Heard once in "μ’s".)
- Anime Bird Chirp Sound 1
- Anime Bird Chirp Sound 10
- Anime Body Fall Sound 5
- Anime Body Fall Sound 24
- Anime Bow Draw Sound 1
- Anime Bow Draw Sound 2
- Anime Buzzer Sound
- Anime Camera Sound 4
- Anime Camera Sound 9
- Anime Clapping Sound
- Anime Computer Beep Sound
- Anime Confetti Burst Sound
- Anime Curtain Motor Sound 1
- Anime Door Close Sound 2
- Anime Door Latch Sound
- Anime Door Open Sound 3
- Anime Door Open Sound 4
- Anime Door Sliding Sound 2
- Anime Door Sliding Sound 19
- Anime Door Sliding Sound 25
- Anime Door Sliding Sound 26
- Anime Door Squeak & Close Sound
- Anime Door Unlatch Sound
- Anime Doorbell Sound 1
- Anime Doorbell Sound 4
- Anime Guitar Sound 2
- Anime Horse Whinny Sound
- Anime Keyboard Sound
- Anime Locker Door Close Sound
- Anime Locker Door Open Sound
- Anime Mouse Click Sound 2
- Anime Mouse Click Sound 3
- Anime Plane Sound 1 (Heard once in "μ's Music Start!".)
- Anime Pop Sound 8
- Anime Seagull Sound
- Anime Servo Sound
- Anime Sparkle Sound 10
- Anime Sparkle Sound 11
- Anime Sparkle Sound 25 (Heard during episode intermissions.)
- Anime Sparkle Sound 26
- Anime Squirt Sound 1
- Anime Stagelight Turn On Sound 2
- Anime Stomach Growl Sound 1
- Anime Storm Wind Sound
- Anime Straw Slurp Sound 1
- Anime Stretch Sound 1
- Anime Swish Sound 1
- Anime Swish Sound 39
- Anime Triple Whoosh Sound (Heard once in "Love Live Once Again!".)
- Anime Whoosh Sound 1
- Anime Whoosh Sound 2
- Anime Whoosh Sound 3
- Anime Whoosh Sound 4
- Anime Whoosh Sound 15
- Anime Wind Chimes Sound 2
- Anime Wind Sound 4
- Door Sound
- Elektra Records, Cash Register, Old Crank Type
- HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Cicadas Chirping/Sound Ideas, JUNGLE, NIGHT - NIGHT TIME JUNGLE AMBIENCE: HEAVY CICADA CHORUS, FORESTS, JUNGLES & SWAMPS, INSECTS
- Hollywoodedge, Chickens Clucks Farm AT084301 (The 1st cluck is heard once in "First Live" when Honoka tells Umi to imagine the audience members as vegetables, to get over her stage fright.)
- Hollywoodedge, Fire Medium Wood Roar PE052001
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Stead PE033301
- Hollywoodedge, Large Splash Or DiveW PE127301 (Heard once in "Aim for Victory" when Nico & Rin fall into the water.)
- Hollywoodedge, Penguin Chirps Sever AT076201 (Heard once in "That Which We Decided".)
- Hollywoodedge, Single Camera Clicks TE020505 (Heard twice in "Last Live".)
- Hollywoodedge, Slap 1 PE104201 (Heard once in "Friends" when Umi slaps Honoka across the face. The sound has been modified to sound echoey.)
- Hollywoodedge, Throw Bowling Ball Ro PE122601 (Heard once in a high pitch in "That Which We Decided".)
- Hollywoodedge, Two Large Flash Bulbs PE177501 (2nd flash bulb heard twice in "No. 1 Idol in the Universe".)
- Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Mediu PE032901/Hollywoodedge, Wind Cold Whistle BT022801 (Heard twice in "Aim for Victory".)
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob PE180101
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob Ratt PE180201
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCSqueak PE180401 (Open sound)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - MISSY AND TIM FIGHTING (Heard once in "Nico Strikes" when Nico crashes into the alpaca stable.)
- Sound Ideas, WOLF - LONG HOWL, ANIMAL 02 (Heard once in "Happy Halloween" right before μ’s starts their song.)
Image Gallery
Love Live! School Idol Project/Image Gallery
Audio Samples
The echoey version of Hollywoodedge, Slap 1 PE104201, as heard in the anime:
The high pitched version of Hollywoodedge, Throw Bowling Ball Ro PE122601, as heard in the anime:
Elektra Records, Cash Register, Old Crank Type, as heard in the anime:
