The fall 2020 anime series Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is one that went over pretty well as this franchise expanded this year and saw the short-form series Nijiyon. Those shorts played out well and it did well enough that a second season saw an April 5th, 2024 premiere.
The home video side in Japan is again being handled by Bandai Namco and they’ve gone for the imited edition Blu-ray box set route. It’s scheduled for a June 26th, 2024 release priced at 10,000 yen and will have the twelve-episode run plus three additional episodes exclusive to the set. On-disc extras include the clean closing and the promos and commercials for it. Check out the packaging below.
The series has Tomoyuki Kawamura directing based on the scripts overseen by Jin Tanaka while Takumi Yokota is handling the character designs. Sunrise returns to work on the animation production itself.
The Japanese cast includes Aguri Ōnishi as Ayumu Uehara, Akari Kitō as Kanata Konoe, Chiemi Tanaka as Rina Tennōji, Kaori Maeda as Shizuku Ōsaka, Maria Sashide as Emma Verde, Mayu Sagara as Kasumi Nakasu, Miyu Kubota as Karin Asaka, Natsumi Murakami as Ai Miyashita, Tomori Kusunoki as Setsuna Yūki, Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune, Shū Uchida as Mia Taylor, and Akina Hōmoto as Zhong Lanzhu.
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Plot Concept: Nijigasaki High School is located in Odaiba, Tokyo. The school is popular due to its free school style and diverse majors. The story centers on the members of the school idol club in Nijigasaki and their attempt to prevent the club from being abolished.
