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Voice actor Naomi Payton , best known as Sumire Heanna in the Love Live! Superstar!! series, will release her first book titled "Naomi Payton Personal Photo Book Watashi" from Japanese publisher Ichijinsha on April 4, 2025. After making a voice actor debut in March 2020, she was chosen as the role of Sumire Heanna in December 2020. While performing as a member of Liella! , the voice actor unit for Love Live!! Superstar!! , she started her solo artist activities releasing her first single "Mahou" in March 2023. New photographs for the book were shot by the sea and in Saitama Prefecture, her hometown, capturing her pursuit of the "ideal heroine image." Additionally, outtakes from her photo and interview serialization "Heikou Tagen Heroines" ("Parallel Multidimensional Heroines") on the website Febri are also included. Check out sample photos below: "Mahou" Performance Clip from "1st Live 'Mahou'" on March 21, 2023 Sourc e: Febri editorial department official X (formerly Twitter)...

A teaser website opened today announced that the multi-faceted Love Live! franchise, which boasts anime, manga, video games, novels, music and more, is adding a brand-new medium to its repertoire in "New Year 2025": an official trading card game! Furthermore, 5% of proceeds from the first booster pack shipment will be donated to the Noto Pensinula earthquake relief fund. Further details about the game were not revealed at the time of reporting. Related: Love Live! Series Members Aika Kobayashi, Mayu Sagara and Sayuri Date on the Anime’s 12 Year Legacy Crunchyroll streams a comprehensive range of Love Live! anime, including Love Live! School Idol Project , Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club , Nijiyon Animation , Yohane The Parhelion -Sunshine in the Mirror and the most recent Love Live! Superstar!! series, which is heading into its third season this October . The latter is described like so: The first students have arrived at Yuigaoka Girls’ High School,...

Love Live! Superstar!! is returning to Japanese airwaves soon, and now a new trailer and a new piece of key art (below) have been revealed for the series. The series will broadcast in Japan on Nhk E TV on Sundays at 5pm Jst beginning on October 6, 2024. Crunchyroll currently streams the two previous seasons. Takahiko Kyogoku directs Love Live! Superstar!! at animation studio Sunrise. Jukki Hanada provides the series composition, Yuhei Murota provides the original character designs, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa provides the music. Love Live! Superstar!! Season Three key art Related: Voice Actor Nagisa Aoyama Releases 1st Album “Kaihou” in October 2024 Crunchyroll describes Love Live! Superstar!! : The first students have arrived at Yuigaoka Girls’ High School, a new academy built on the crossroads of Omotesando, Harajuku, and Aoyama. With no history, no upperclassmen to rely on, and no name to speak of, this school’s totally starting from scratch! In the midst of this,...

Voice actor Nagisa Aoyama , best known as Ren Hazuki in the Love Live! Superstar!! series, will release her first album "Kaihou" ( Liberation ) from Live Viweing Japan on October 16, 2024. She revealed the news during a live-stream on her official YouTube channel last night. While performing as a member of Liella! , the voice actor unit for Love Live! Superstar!! , Aoyama made her solo singer debut with the release of her first digital single "Kaihou" on May 16, 2024. Her second digital single "Kimito" ( "With You" ) followed on June 17. The album "Kaihou" contains 10 songs in total, including the two digital singles that were released earlier. Aoyama wrote the lyrics for all the songs. "I am happy to be able to present many songs to the world in the form of my first album," said Aoyama. "I was in charge of writing the lyrics for all the songs in the album. It was a challenge that...

Voice actor Nagisa Aoyama , best known as Ren Hazuki in the Love Live! Superstar!! series, made her singer debut today, May 16, with the release of her first digital single "Kaihou" ( Liberation ). The song's music video is now also streamed on her official YouTube channel . The lyrics of the song were written by Aoyama herself, while Yasuhiro Obata , who has been working on various unit and solo songs for Love Live! Superstar!! , served as composer. Aoyama says, "The lyrics express the struggles and true feelings of those moments when you release the emotions that you have kept hidden inside your heart for a long time. We are very particular about details such as costumes and music videos, so we hope you will enjoy it with your eyes and ears." Nagisa Aoyama "Kaihou" music video Nagisa Aoyama was born in Tokyo on May 16, 1998. In December 2020, she made her voice actor debut as Ren Hazuki in Love Live!

Late last year, it was announced that Liella! would be returning to the spotlight for a new season of Love Live! Superstar!! Today, fans of the school idols got lots of information about the faves—including a starting month for the upcoming season. A new video lists off major group activities for the coming months, including lives shows for Liella!'s subunits and a fan meeting tour. It's what's at the end, though, that has everyone the most excited: Related: Love Live! Superstar!! Returns for Season 3 in 2024 The Love Live! Superstar!! anime is confirmed to be returning in October 2024 , airing on Nhk eTele. Love Live! Superstar!! is directed by Takahiko Kyogoku at animation studio Sunrise. The series also features series composition by Jukki Hanada, original character designs by Yuhei Murota, and music by Yoshiaki Fujisawa. Crunchyroll currently streams the first two seasons of Love Live! Superstar!! , describing it thus: The...

"Shekira☆☆☆," the 13th CD single of the Love Live! Superstar!! anime series' 11-member voice actor unit Liella!, released in Japan on January 10, 2024. The song was produced as theme song for their upcoming concert tour "Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 5th LoveLive! ~Twinkle Triangle~" scheduled for January to February 2024. According to Oricon's latest report , the single sold 14,000 copies in its first week of release, ranking #1 in Oricon's weekly single charts. Additionally, the single also ranked #1 in Billiboard Japan's Top Single Sales charts for the week of January 8-14 by selling 13,948 copies. This is the first time the unit reached number one on the weekly charts when they were formed in 2020. The song also became the Love Live! franchise's first weekly number-one single in five years since Aqours' "Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa... / Next Sparkling!!" ( Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow theme songs) in January 2019. CD jacket As...

First published way back in 2004, Honobu Yonezawa's "Shoshimin" series of novels are officially getting a TV anime adaptation. A teaser visual featuring the English title "How to Become Ordinary" was revealed, along with a trailer, cast and staff details and a July 2024 premiere window. As previewed below, Shuichiro Umeda (Akira in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead ) voices Jogoro Kobato and Hina Yomiya (Anna in The Dangers in My Heart ) voices Yuki Osanai. Teaser Visual Related: Feature: 6 Anime Series That Give Off Comfortable Autumn Vibes Mamoru Kanbe is directing the adaptation at studio Lapin Track, alongside Toshiya Ono as series composer, Atsushi Saito ( Love Live! Superstar!! ) as character designer and Takahiro Obata ( The Promised Neverland ) as music composer. The story follows two students — a cynical boy shunned for his deductions and a shy but insightful girl who also struggled to fit in — seeking to start a new, peaceful...