The voice actresses for the characters are also a visible and prominent part of the franchise, being marketed as somewhat real life versions of their respective characters. Most notably, many portions of the franchise involve heavy Audience Participation through reader voting games held in Dengeki G's magazine, such as the names of schools and groups, subunit members, centers for upcoming singles, and more.
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Originally starting out through animated music videos and fictional biographies in Dengeki G's magazine, the series initially failed to garner popularity, but has since blossomed into a massive multimedia franchise with short stories, music videos, music CDs, actual live performances by the voice actresses behind the main characters, anime, manga, light novels, and video games.ĭue to its heavy focus on the multimedia aspect, the franchise carries some multiple unique traits distinguishing it from standard idol anime. Each series follows a different group of school idols at various fictional high schools across the country, with each group starring a unique and colorful cast of girls.
The franchise revolves around the concept of "school idols" note Not to be confused with a School Idol, ordinary schoolgirls in Japan who become amateur Idol Singers and bond together to make their hopes and dreams come true through heart, friendship, and music. The original concept is credited to Hajime Yatate (the collective pseudonym for Sunrise's animation staff) and Sakurako Kimino (best known as the creator of Strawberry Panic! and Sister Princess).
Love Live! (ラブライブ!) School idol project series (or simply Love Live!) is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's magazine, music label Lantis and anime studio Sunrise that started in 2010.
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