While we had the Crunchyroll streaming pickup for Love Live! School Idol Project a few days ago, NIS America has followed that up by announcing that they’ve picked up the rights to the series for home video release. The company picked up the rights to the first season just before it debuted back in December of 2012 but have yet to release it, though it’s on track for this year. NIS America has not announced any information regarding the pickup of the second season beyond that they do have it and directing people to check it out via Crunchyroll.
The series will be available to viewers via Crunchyroll for streaming in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Central, South America, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Andorra, Luxembourg, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Guiana, Polynesia, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Denmark.
Plot concept: Otonokizaka High School is planning to close within three years. However, nine female students come together with one thing in mind— to form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. ‘In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do…become pop stars!’
Their goal is simple: Become an overnight sensation and use their nationwide media exposure to promote their school and bring in a wave of new students to the ailing area. A simple but solid plan, they figure. Naturally, they’re nervous and wonder if this plan can really succeed, but for better or worse their new journey has begun…
