Crunchyroll has made one of the more expected pickups for the spring 2014 anime season with the announcement that Love Live! School Idol Project season two will debut on the service. Having simulcast the first season, following through on the second makes a lot of sense. The show is set to debut on Crunchyroll on Monday, April 7th at 2pm ET for premium members while free members will get to see it a week later. The first season of the series is still available for viewing as well. NIS America has picked up the home video rights for the first season for North American release.
The series will be available to viewers in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Central, South America, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Andorra, Luxembourg, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Guiana, Polynesia, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Wallis & Futuna Islands, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Denmark.
Plot concept: Otonokizaka High School is planning to close within three years. However, nine female students come together with one thing in mind— to form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. ‘In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do…become pop stars!’
Their goal is simple: Become an overnight sensation and use their nationwide media exposure to promote their school and bring in a wave of new students to the ailing area. A simple but solid plan, they figure. Naturally, they’re nervous and wonder if this plan can really succeed, but for better or worse their new journey has begun…