Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Movie Features Exclusive Song Performances

The official YouTube channel for the Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club franchise has started streaming a “director’s cut” promotional video for the second film in the Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen finale trilogy. The video, released on Monday, showcases the song segments featuring Shioriko, Mia, Rina, Setsuna, and Ai.

The film opened in Japan on November 7. There were two special screenings at Marunouchi Piccadilly on November 9, with cast members in attendance. These screenings were also broadcast live in other theaters across Japan. Additionally, cheer screenings, which encourage audience participation, will begin in 27 theaters starting November 14. Seven different versions of the retrospective and ending videos will be shown before and after the film. The first and eighth weeks will feature the same versions, while the six weeks in between will showcase different ones. Attendees can receive one of four exclusive gift sets.

In the film, Karin, Ai, Setsuna, Rina, Shioriko, and Mia embark on a journey to the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe in Japan’s Kansai region.

The first film in the trilogy opened in September 2024. Crunchyroll began streaming the film on October 30. This trilogy marks the conclusion of the anime’s story.

The film trilogy is set after the two previous television seasons and the Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Next Sky original video anime project. The main cast and staff are returning for this trilogy.

The anime takes place after Isla returns to her home country. The club receives an invitation to the “School Idol GPX” contest, where contestants compete individually through performances distributed via an app. Six members from the club—Ayumu, Kasumi, Shizuku, Kanata, Emma, and Lanzhu—travel to Okinawa to compete. While many of them experience new encounters, Ayumu grapples with complex feelings about competing against her fellow club members.

The first season of the main Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club anime premiered on the Tokyo MX channel, as well as on the Bandai Channel, Line Live, and YouTube Live streaming services in October 2020. The second season premiered in April 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan and later provided an English dub.

Nijiyon Animation, the short television anime of Miyakohito’s four-panel manga spinoff Nijiyon ~Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Yon-Koma, has a second season that debuted in April 2024.

The franchise’s staff introduced the members of Nijigasaki Academy’s Idol Appreciation Club in 2017 as part of KLab Games and Bushiroad’s Love Live! School Idol Festival smartphone game’s “Perfect Dream Project” (PDP).

The Love Live! school idol franchise launched in 2010 and has since spawned several spinoffs, including Love Live! Sunshine!!, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Love Live! Superstar!!, Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jōgakuin School Idol Club, and most recently, Ikizu Live! Love Live! Bluebird project.

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