Love Live!: School Idol Project

One of the most dynamic slice of life/idol anime that I've seen! Definitely my most favorite entry in the Love Live franchise. Truly an amazing series with so many fun and memorable characters!

This was what made me watch anime, the art style is lovely, plot's decent, characters are appealing and I just love their songs so much!

Their my favorite J-POP idol group and sadly they disbanded(also performs irl) but will always be in my heart.

School Idol Project was a really cute show about a group of girls who wanted to create a school idol group to save their school from closing. They had to overcome many challenges along the way, pushing the comfort levels of the members in the group. If there is really one reason you should watch this show though, it would definitely be for the music. The music in this show is amazing and extremely catchy! Don't be surprised if you find yourself adding all of the songs from this show to your playlist. The story isn't amazing, but it does have its moments. It takes a pretty good pace through the story and doesn't rush anything important like many other shows do near the end of the series. Overall, I'd give this show 9.5/10, mostly for the music.

This was the first of several Love Live! TV series and the inspiration for massively popular world idol tours, movies, music albums, and idol related figurines, posters, and products. Promoters and merchandisers have made loads of money from the idols, but that does not change the fact that they are very entertaining. I suspect this show had some inspiration from the series K-On!

Each of the Love Live series is good enough that any one could become your favorite. This original one is my favorite because of the characters and their stories. (However, there are more musical performances in Love Live! Sunshine!) On YouTube you can find several good English covers of the Japanese songs and great samples of the Love Live! World Tours.

The story shows that hard work and determination are necessary, yet do not guarantee success! There are many others out there competing against you, so all you can do is try and find pride in doing your best. Working together and building friendships are a guaranteed reward, but if you can win, then that will be a bonus.

While the show has cute girls in short skirts, it is not focused on boobs and butts or sexual innuendo like many anime. Kids and adults can both enjoy the energy, enthusiasm, dancing and music.

I started watching this show as a joke not really understanding why these types of shows are so popular in Japan right now.. well now I can totally see why, this show is full of fun interesting characters, good music, and decent enough plot.