'Love Live! Sunshine!!: On The Rainbow' Reveals New Movie Visuals

Love Live! fans have been waiting to find out more about the upcoming Sunshine!! movie, and they [...]

By Nick Valdez

Love Live! fans have been waiting to find out more about the upcoming Sunshine!! movie, and they recently received the best look at the upcoming movie yet with a new teaser trailer and several new visuals.

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow has released new posters for the film featuring more of the Italy setting and new looks at Kanan and Riko.

“Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow” anime poster visual Riko version from r/anime

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow is currently slated for a release in Japan on January 4, 2019. The film will feature a completely new story, complete with new animation. This is great for fans who were worried that the series was going to be a recap film much like most of the anime films that hit theaters.

Fans were broken up over the end of the series as it didn't leave much room for a possible continuation after the final episode aired. The series had won over fans since it was a distinctly different series from its predecessor with a new cast. Fans of Love Live! come from many demographics, and the fandom even includes some more surprising names like William Shatner, who confessed about his love of the show on Twitter.

Unfortunately this tour hasn't been all good news as one student allegedly posted bomb threats to the tour on social media. The suspect even allegedly posted photos and videos of "firecracker-like" objects kept together with tape. Thankfully police responded to the situation, and no one was harmed.

For those unfamiliar with Love Live! School Idol Project, the series is a joint project between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's magazine, music label Lantis, and animation Studio Sunrise. The story follows Honoka Kosaka, a girl who is attending a school that is about to be closed down due to a lack of new applicants. Discovering that school idol groups are very popular, Honoka decides to start a group with friends from school. Soon they enter in the cross-country idol competition, Love Live.

The series first launched in Dengeki G in 2010, and has subsequently released many music CDs, animated music videos, manga, video games, and two seasons of an anime series. The first season ran for 13 episodes in 2013, and the second season aired in 2014 for the same episode count. The series has been licensed for an English language release by NIS America, with a sequel series following a new set of school idols, Love Live! Sunshine!! launching in 2015.

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