Just in time for the official Japanese airing which began on the 6th April 2014, Nippon Ichi Software America have announced their acquisition of Love Live! School Idol Project‘s second season.
As you would expect, this acquisition announcement means that NIS America will be running an anime simulcast through the Crunchyroll online streaming service. A physical Premium Edition release of this will also be released at a date yet to be confirmed, but with the first season not being physically released yet it may be many months or even years until it is available for purchase.
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 journey continues…