On the official YouTube-Kanal of the »Love Live!« franchise was announced today announcedthat a spin-off anime of »Love Live! Sunshine!!, titled Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror, is in the works. You can see a first teaser below.
Anime focuses on Yohane
The series »Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror« is being directed by Asami Nakatani (Unit Director on »The House of the Lost on the Cape«) at Studio SUNRISE. Toshiya Ono (»86 EIGHTY-SIX«) is writing the screenplay, while Yumiko Yamamoto (»Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya«) is providing character design and Tatsuya Kato (»Love Live! Sunshine!!«) is composing the music.
The anime introduces the character Yohane, who, like in »Love Live! Sunshine!!« is again spoken by Aika Kobayashi. All of the other voice actors from the main series are also involved in the spin-off. A date for the broadcast in Japan has not yet been set.
»LoveLive! Sunshine!!« consists of two seasons that aired on Japanese television between July 2016 and December 2017, and a film to conclude the series. In this country the first season is at KAZÉ Anime available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Plot:
Yoshiko Tsushima (Yohane), the school idol suffering from chuunibyou, becomes a magical girl.
The story takes place in Numazu, a picturesque port town surrounded by sea and mountains. Ever since she was little, Yohane has never belonged and always felt excluded from everyone else in town. Their longings and their true place in this world lie elsewhere.
The story follows this girl, who can’t follow the rules, on her journey into the mysterious world.
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