On February 8th, 2015, Lantis began streaming a new short TV commercial for the upcoming Love Live! School Idol Project Movie to promote the movie and to commemorate the release of the pre-reservation tickets. The movie will release on June 13th of 2015.
Text: Schools and idols!
Text: The youth and school drama woven by nine girls is finally adapted to film!
All: Love Live! The School Idol Movie!
The first trailer began streaming a week ago:
The production team includes:
- Director: Kyougoku Takahiko (Love Live! School Idol Project)
- Character Designs: Murota Yuuhei (Love Live! School Idol Project)
- Scripts: Hanada Jukki (Love Live! School Idol Project, Kyoukai no Kanata)
- Art Directors: Okazaki Erika (Psycho-Pass, The iDOLM@STER Background Artist) and Moriyasu Yasunao (Ginga e Kickoff!!, Pokemon: The Origin)
- Music Composition: Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Love Live! School Idol Project, Akuma no Riddle)
- Production Studio: Sunrise (Code Geass, Gintama)
A visual for the Love Live! School Idol Project Movie was also released:
The premier pre-reservation tickets for the movie went on sale on January 7th, 2015. The first round of special pre-reservation tickets each have one of ten special illustrations on both the ticket, as well as a bonus clear file folder for keeping the ticket safe. They have been selling rapidly at various Japanese movie theaters.
Love Live! School Idol Project Movie synopsis from Official Website:
The story of the film begins after the events of the second season, at the graduation ceremony of the third-year students. Knowing that the graduation of the third-year members means the end of μ’s, the nine girls take a walk around the school filled with memories. However, when the students attempt to leave the school gates, a single email is sent to them, and the curtain on a new story for μ’s begins.
Love Live! School Idol Project is an original anime produced by Sunrise studios that aired in January 2013. The conception of the anime project was started in 2010 by Dengeki G’s Magazine. The editors wanted parts of the project to be heavily influenced by fans, parts such as the costumes, hairstyles and names of the idols. While this project was taking place, a manga of the project called Love Live!, written and illustrated by Sakurako Kimino and Arumi Tokita, began serializing. An anime series soon premiered, followed by an app and an OVA. The second season titled Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season aired from April 6, 2014 to June 29, 2014 for a total of 13 episodes.
Love Live! School Idol Project synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:
Otonokizaka High School stands on the border of three cities: Akihabara—a pop culture mecca that’s evolving by the minute; Kanda—a conservative, cultured city where history and tradition reign supreme; and Jinbo—a quiet area reserved for a more mature, sophisticated population. Amidst this culture clash, the school now faces closure due to the enrollment of fewer and fewer students.
With the school planning to close within three years, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—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!”
Source: Love Live Official Website, Love Live Official Twitter
