A special promotional video for the Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club television anime was unveiled at the “Love Live! Series 15th Anniversary Love Live! Fes” event on Saturday. The video marks the first public look at newly animated TV footage and also previews the song “Dream Believers (106th Class Start Ver.)”, performed by the in-story 106th class of the Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club.

Story and New Characters

The TV anime will follow the characters of the 106th class during the April-to-June period of their school year — expanding beyond the game and anime film, which had previously focused solely on characters from the 103rd through 105th classes.

Staff

The anime is being produced at Sublimation under the direction of Gō Kurosaki (Shikizakura). The full core staff is as follows:

• Series Composition: Fumiaki Maruto (Engage Kiss, SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes, White Album 2)
• Character Design: Haruko Iizuka (Ensemble Stars!, Tamayura)
• CG Direction: Kaito Hamakawa
• Sound Direction: Keiichi Nozaki (Ongaku Shōjo, L/R: Licensed by Royalty)
• Music: Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Apocalypse Hotel, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation); music production by Lantis
• Design Works: Yū Kisaragi
• Art Director: Yasuhiro Okumura
• Stage Concept Art: Marina Manode
• Color Key Artist: Hikari Komiya
• Compositing Directors of Photography: Fumika Takahashi, Hiroshi Tanaka
• Editing: Manabu Kamino

The crew is largely carried over from the Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party anime film, with Hikari Komiya stepping in as color key artist in place of Emi Chiba, and Fumika Takahashi joining returning cinematographer Hiroshi Tanaka in the compositing director of photography role.

Broadcast Schedule

The seven-episode series premieres on January 10 at 10:30 p.m. JST (8:30 a.m. EST) on Tokyo MX, followed the same day by BS11, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and Shizuoka Broadcasting System. Hokkaido Broadcasting will air the series on January 11, and Hokuriku Broadcasting on January 17.

Project Background

The Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party 3D anime film opened in Japanese theaters on May 8, depicting the final day before graduation of the 103rd class at Hasu no Sora Girls’ Academy.

The Hasu no Sora Jōgakuin School Idol Club idol group — featuring Kaho Hinoshita, Sayaka Murano, Kozue Otomune, Tsuzuri Yugiri, Rurino Osawa, Megumi Fujishima, and others — is the central act of the Link! Like! Love Live! smartphone game, which launched on April 15, 2023, published by Odd No. Inc. The game ended service on June 30, and Odd No. filed for bankruptcy on August 5. The group’s debut album Dream Believers was released on March 29, 2023, and a manga adaptation began serialization in Shueisha’s Ultra Jump magazine in November 2023.

The Love Live! school idol franchise launched in 2010 and has since expanded to include Love Live! Sunshine!!, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Love Live! Superstar!!, and the newly announced Ikizu Live! Love Live! Bluebird project.