Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, Love Live! Sunshine!! is an animation, comedy and drama series.

What it’s about. Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, a private school in the seaside neighborhood of Uchiura at Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture. A small high school in a corner of Suruga Bay, it is home to nine teens, led by second-year student Chika Takami, driven by one seriously big dream: To become the next generation of bright, sparkling “school idols”! As long as we don’t give up, any dream can come true... All we have to do now is keep pushing hard for fame and glory! Now their “School Idol Project” begins to make their dreams come true!

Who’s in it. Love Live! Sunshine!! stars Anju Inami as Chika Takami (voice), Rikako Aida as Riko Sakurauchi (voice), Nanaka Suwa as Kanan Matsuura (voice) and Arisa Komiya as Dia Kurosawa (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Love Live! Sunshine!! has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Apple TV Store. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Love Live! Sunshine!! page.

If you liked it. Fans of Love Live! Sunshine!! tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.