Bandai Visual is handling the home video release side of the summer 2016 anime series Love Live! Sunshine!! and the folks at Lantis are doing some big promotion for it. While we’ve got a bit before the first volume debuts, the packaging artwork and design for the second volume arrived ahead of its October 26th, 2016 debut. And now Lantis has put together a fourteen-minute promo for the release that has the voice actresses talking about the show as well as numerous clips frmo it. The series is getting a seven volume release that begins on September 27th, 2016 in both regular and limited edition form. The first volume has just one episode and is priced at 3,500 yen and 4,500 yen respectively. The remaining volumes are priced at 6,000 and 7,000 yen respectively. All the volumes are solicited with English subtitles.
Animated by Sunrise, it was directed by Kazuo Sakai based on the series composition from Jukki Hanada. Yuhei Murota worked on the character designs for it.
The Aquors cast includes Inami Anju as Chika Takami, Rikako Aida as Riko Sakurauchi, Nanaka Suwa as Kanan Matsuura, Arisa Komiya as Dia Kurosawa, Shuka Saito as You Watanabe, Aika Kobayashi as Yoshiko Tsushima, Kanako Takatsuki as Hanamaru Kunikida, Aina Suzuki as Mari Ohara and Ai Furihata as Ruby Kurosawa.
Plot concept: Love Live! Sunshine!! follows the nine-member school idol group Aqours (pronounced “aqua”) at Uranohoshi Girls’ Academy in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Chika Takami, who is a fan of the Otonokizaka Academy’s μ’s school idol group, similarly forms Aqours in order to save her school from being closed down.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09/27/16 | Booklet, Clean opening, Promos, Commercials |
| 2 | 10/26/16 | Booklet |
| 3 | 11/25/16 | Booklet |
| 4 | 12/22/16 | Booklet |
| 5 | 01/27/17 | Booklet |
| 6 | 02/24/17 | Booklet |
| 7 | 03/24/17 | Booklet |
Love Live Sunshine Japanese Volume 2 Cover
Love Live Sunshine Japanese Volume 1 Cover
[Source: Love Live! Sunshine!!]