Series bout new school idol group Aqours premieres in Japan on July 2

The official website of the Love Live! Sunshine!! television anime began streaming a promotional video and two commercials for the anime on Saturday.

Promo Video



15-second TV ad



30-second TV ad



The series will premiere on Tokyo MX and other channels starting on July 2 at 10:30 p.m. The anime will also air on Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS11, TV Aichi, Shizuoka Broadcasting, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. The anime will stream online on Bandai Channel, LINE LIVE, and Niconico starting on July 2.

Kazuo Sakai (Mushi-Uta director, episode director for Love Live! School idol project, Gundam Build Fighters) is directing the series at Sunrise, and Jukki Hanada (all previous Love Live! School idol project anime) is handling the series composition. Yūhei Murota returned to design the characters, and Tatsuya Katou (Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) is composing the music at Lantis.

The show's cast includes (from front to back and left to right for picture at right):

Shuka Saitō as Yō Watanabe

Anju Inami as Chika Takami

Rikako Aida as Riko Sakurauchi

Nanaka Suwa as Kanan Matsuura

Arisa Komiya as Dia Kurosawa

Ai Furihata as Ruby Kurosawa

Kanako Takatsuki as Hanamaru Kunikida

Aina Suzuki as Mari Ohara

Aika Kobayashi as Yoshiko Tsushima