Love Live! School Idol Project

*Love Live! School Idol Project*
Love Live! School Idol Project
	Promotional image featuring the main characters of Love Live! School Idol Project. Clockwise from the center: Honoka, Umi (lower left), Kotori, Maki, Nozomi, Eli, Rin, Hanayo and Nico.
	ラブライブ! School idol project; Rabu Raibu! Sukuru Aidoru Purojekutom
Genre	Comedy; Musical; Slice of life;
Created by	Hajime Yatate; Sakurako Kimino;
Based on	Love Live!; by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino
Written by	Jukki Hanada
Directed by	Takahiko Kyōgoku
Voices of	Emi Nitta; Aya Uchida; Suzuko Mimori; Riho Iida; Yurika Kubo; Eriko Hori; Sora Tokui; Aina Kusuda; Yoshino Nanjō; ;
Music by	Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Opening theme	"Bokura wa Ima no Naka de" by μ's; "Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki" by μ's; ;
Ending theme	"Susume→Tomorrow" by Emi Nitta, Aya Uchida & Suzuko Mimori (S1E1); "Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru" by μ's (S1); "Don'na toki mo zutto" by μ's (S2); ;
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Satoshi Hirayama; Yūki Makimoto; Kaoru Adachi; Shigeru Saito (Season 1);
Cinematography	Daichi Nogami
Animator	Sunrise
Running time	23 minutes
Production company	ASCII Media Works; Bandai Visual; Bushiroad; Lantis; Project Love Live!; Sunrise; ;
Original release
Network	Tokyo MX, TVA, ytv, BS11
Release	January 6, 2013 –; June 29, 2014
Related
	Love Live! The School Idol Movie (film sequel); Love Live! Sunshine!!; Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club; Love Live! Superstar; Love Live! School Idol Festival (video game); ;
Manga
Written by	Sakurako Kimino
Illustrated by	Arumi Tokita
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki G's Magazine; Dengeki G's Comic;
Original run	January 2012 – present
Volumes	5
Light novel
Love Live! School Idol Diary
Written by	Sakurako Kimino
Illustrated by	Akame Kiyose; Natsu Otono; Yūhei Murota;
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Original run	May 30, 2013 – present
Volumes	12
Original video animation
Directed by	Takahiko Kyōgoku
Studio	Sunrise
Released	November 27, 2013
Runtime	15 minutes
Manga
Love Live! School Idol Diary
Written by	Sakurako Kimino
Illustrated by	Masaru Oda
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Magazine	Dengeki G's Comic
Original run	June 2014 – present
Volumes	4
Video game
Love Live! School Idol Paradise
Developer	Dingo Inc.
Publisher	Kadokawa Games, ASCII Media Works
Genre	Rhythm
Platform	PlayStation Vita
Released	JP: August 28, 2014;
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Love Live! School Idol Project is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine, music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. It is the first multimedia project in the Love Live! franchise. The project revolves around a group of nine schoolgirls who become idols in order to save their school from shutting down. It launched in the August 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, and went on to produce music CDs, anime music videos, two manga adaptations, and video games.

A 13-episode anime television series produced by Sunrise, directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku, and written by Jukki Hanada aired on Tokyo MX in Japan between January and March 2013, with a second season airing between April and June 2014. An animated film titled Love Live! The School Idol Movie was distributed by Shochiku and released in June 2015. A follow-up project focusing on a new set of idols, titled Love Live! Sunshine!!, launched in 2015.