Love Live School Idol Project

love Live! (ラブライブ! Rabu Raibu!^?) School Idol Project is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works'Dengeki G's Magazine, music label Lantis and animation studio Sunrise. The project revolves around a group of fictional school girls who become idols in order to save their school from shutting down. It launched in the August 2010 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, and went on to produce music CDs, anime music videos and a manga adaptation. A 13-episode anime television series produced by Sunrise and directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku aired in Japan between January 6 and March 31, 2013. The anime is licensed in North America by NIS America. A second season will air in Q2 2014. Honoka Kōsaka is a girl who loves her school, Otonokizaka Academy. When the school is planned to be closed down due to a lack of applicants, Honoka becomes determined to save it. Learning that school idols are popular, Honoka and her friends start up a school idol group called μ's (pronounced muse) in order to attract new students.