I saw merchandise for One Piece, Attack on Titan, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball during my adventures around Tokyo, but I couldn’t go a day without hearing or seeing something from Love Live! School Idol Project

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Love Live! School Idol Project features nine girls that form an idol group, μ's, in order to gain popularity for their school that’s about to be shut down due to a lack of applicants. Their story has been told through numerous volumes of manga, light novels, a movie, CDs, video games, and over two seasons of an anime.The mobile game, Love Live! School Idol Festival, had a massive stage at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. In addition to bringing out three of the Love Live voice actresses for a special presentation, TGS attendees were also invited onstage throughout the show to play a gigantic version of the rhythm game. As of the presentation at TGS, the rhythm game has over 20 million users worldwide.In Akihabara, stores had displays that nearly resembled shrines and there was even a limited time Love Live collaboration shop in the fashionable department store LaForet in Harajuku. In just about any arcade we entered, no matter the district or location, there were plenty of UFO crane games filled with different Love Live merchandise. I also spotted Love Live blind boxes, charms, and even some Love Live-themed food items in convenience stores.Much of the promotional material posted was either for Love Live! School Idol Festival or for the Love Live! School Idol Movie upcoming Blu-ray release. The film was also shown for a limited time in theaters around the world.The next big release in the Love Live franchise actually takes the spotlight away from μ's. Love Live! Sunshine was announced earlier this year and focuses on a new idol group that was fictionally inspired by μ's, Aqours. According to Anime News Network , Aqours' first single is set to debut in October.For more news and features from Tokyo Game Show, be sure to head over to the TGS 2015 hub

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