Audience reviews
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JayremyTM
This is one kind of anime that you wouldn’t expect to be great but end up enjoying it a whole lot, and Love Live! Superstars is one of them. I love μ’s and all the bands prior to Liella, but Love Live! Superstars is a different breed of school idol anime that pretty much tells you it didn’t just sell music and cute girls; there are depths and layers in the story that the audience can relate to and enjoy. No disrespect to the OG, and I’m still grateful to them for introducing me to this series completely, but there’s so much about the Love Live! Superstars writing and character treatment, down to plot importance and quality, that just elevates the standard of this kind of series. While I think this anime is as easy to understand as the OG Love Live!, I also think they did a good job digging…
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This show came and made itself different from other Love Live iteration. Atleast for the first season, Love Live! Superstar!! delivered an idol anime where its not just "cute girls doing cute things".
The expectation for these type of shows are "we watch it, laugh, forget about it". The show is not about that at all, it delivers on character development where on this type of show, its usually just a one-time thing. That's what differs this season from the rest of the Love Live! iterations. The show managed to keep viewer wondering about something in the first half of the season.
In all the previous Love Live! iterations, there has always been a premise (Nijigaku aside) for the main character's school closing down. I'd say the show managed to stray from that pattern, where the show didn't…
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Five girls overcome their insecurities and self doubt through making music together. This premise, remarkable in its simplicity, sets the stage for one of the most surprisingly heartwarming anime in recent memory, one that touched my heart just as I was becoming cynical about anime in general.
There's no dark magic involved, no convoluted lore. You don't need to know anything about Japanese idols or even the previous Love Live series to dive into this one. Though the story deals with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues, it is overall an optimistic one that doesn't get any darker than Rosalina's storybook from Super Mario Galaxy. Speaking of which, the visuals, Liella's soaring orchestrated vocal songs (Wish Song, ED theme Mirai wa Kaze no You Ni, and Watashi no Symphony be…
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"Subarashi Koe no hito"(What a beautiful voice) -- This is my review of all the girls singing. I enjoyed the anime from the start to the end. Since there are only 5 characters in the group instead of 9 as in previous love lives, each of the characters got better developement. Thus it is one of the best idol animes I watched. Now a breakdown (spoilers ahead):
1. story 8/10:
The story is about Kanon, who likes singing and has a beautiful voice but can't sing in important moments and thus didn't went into the music program of the school. Keke who dreamt of building up a school idol club, tried to persuade Kanon to open up a school idol club with that the school idol club, which grows up to 5 members during the series, want to do their best in Love Live, a tournament for school idol club. A l…
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This is my first ever Love Live anime seasons I've ever watched. To be honest I am not familiar with this series or any idol/music anime in general. After watching this anime however, it make me appreciate the use of music in anime even more. The theme of this anime is "music connecting people" and the show does delivered this theme in many aspects.
The story structure in Love Live Superstar is very simple: a main character has their own struggle, work their way to solve the issue, and then overcome it at the end of the episode/arc. Well...most storytelling follow this structure anyway, so how does this anime make the journey interesting?
1). The Characters:
In this show, the audience are spent with 5 main characters most of the time and all of them are filled with over-the-top person…
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With Superstar being the franchise's fourth and latest adventure, it's understandable that some may be reluctant to watch once more a series seemingly treading familiar roads. Coming less than a year after the third Love Live series, Nijigasaki, I was worried of the fatigue that may come from yet another shuffling of the cast.
Those fears, however, were misguided.
Superstar revealed itself not just as an excellent anime in its own right, but also the most fresh the franchise has been in nearly a decade. Contrary to expectations, Superstar is actually a slice-of-life anime first, and an idol anime second. Where the previous series opted for a more dramatic approach to the storytelling, Superstar looks instead to comedy and catharsis as a means of connecting with its audience. There is no…
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As a fan of love live, this was probably the most boring love live I've seen. The story was okay but kind boring. Average at best. The art is your every day love live art style, taking after the original and sunshine. The character designs aren't great, this was probably the poorest designs I've seen so far from the love live series, the worse looks being sunny pas and rens design overall, the only thing that makes it work while is the personalities for 4 outta the 5 main group, ten being the most poorest of personalities. The outfits aren't amazing there very poorly designed especially the opening outfits which didn't look like they knew what they were doing with it. The music was average and just sounded like things I've heard before to the point of the first ending looking visually and…
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I started watching Love Live! Superstar!! with the expectation that the smaller cast of 5 would allow more time to explore each character's dreams and worries, strengths and flaws, past failures and present efforts. Exploring their character, in other words.
Well, yes, but actually no.
While each character certainly had more screen time and lines compared to some idol anime, the additional attention was squandered. The anime eventually became formulaic again. Most character development and progression was made in service to the overbearing and repetitive Love Live formula.
The best episodes were the first 4. Each one focused on the three starting cast of characters, Kanon, Keke, and Chisato. The in-universe Love Live competition was but the lofty dream of Keke; the fuel that drove her a…
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This is such a refreshing anime from Love Live franchise. For you who doesn't know, we usually get a lot of main character in the anime. But this one is different, there are only 5 MC here. And because of that, every character can have their development perfectly and didn't look rushed. I'm not saying all the previous anime is bad, it just feels something different.
Story 10/10
As always, even though Love Live Superstar is a music anime doesn't mean they throw off the story. The story is also as amazing as their music. Heartwarming and sometimes emotional, the story is a mix beetween those two. How they create their own school idol, how they recruit their member, how they make their music. It all packed perfectly. Not only that, this anime also has a laughable moment. Those make all the t…
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Anyone who's seen Hibike Euphonium knows that one scene in S1E12. Kumiko walks, then breaks into a desperate run, tearfully galvanising her competitive spirit into action. One sentence stands out in that outburst.
"Umaku Naritai!"
"I want to improve!"
As Kanon proclaims, in front of her entire school and town who've been standing behind her all this time, that "I want to win!", the same chill went down my spine. It's a pity I'll have to wait more than a year for this story to continue.
Episode 1 immediately hooked me, not just because of Kanon's wonderful solo, or Keke's antics. What really got me was its final 4 minutes. A gleaming quill settles into Kanon's backpack, as cherry blossoms dance in her wake, and she spontaneously breaks into passionate song. I've rewatched this clip way t…
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Gusokumushi
Gusokumushi
Gu-soku soku soku Gusokumushi.
That's it. That's my review for this masterpiece. I have nothing more to say. Just Gusokumushi every day, all day long. When you listen to this, believe me, this is what's gonna happen in your next dream (or nightmare.)
Have a good anime, a good night, and a great rest of life. (Please someone save me)
Jokes aside, i think Love live Superstar has surpassed the other love lives. The art is stunning, the characters are lovely, and being a group of 5, they are lucky each member has more screen time. Some people might not liked the ending, but i have to say it really got me. Was waiting for something, received another. Not complaining tho. I have high hopes that 2nd season will be even better.
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I’ve been in Love Live hell for 5 years, and after watching Superstar I’m certain I’ll be stuck here for at least 5 more, even if there are flaws in the upcoming vision.
I have a devoted, but tumultuous, relationship with Love Live. I actively listen to the songs, follow the artists, and play the games, but I always have issues with the lifeblood of the franchise: the anime. I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t entertained, but I’m not one to idolize Muse as some fans do, and I wasn’t as impressed by last year’s NijiGaku anime. However, I had such a fun time with Love Live! Superstar!! that it reminded me why I keep coming back to this franchise - it’s full of optimism, heart, and good vibes. Superstar delivers more of that wholesome Love Live content we’ve come to know and love, and while it’s…
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Well I'm starting this review by saying that I used to be a huge fan of this franchise and series.
With that in mind, I have to say that Love Live Superstar has to be the most wasted Love Live yet. Most of my struggles with this series are about how they mishandled so many situations, Love Live is also known for having some musical moments that will melt your heart, but aside of the animation (that we know that it only gets better and better), none of the performances transmitted anything to me really, I would only rescue one (which I will not say because I'm not gonna make spoilers) but it's kinda forgettable tho.
The problems that girls face are very redundant and some of them don't make sense in my opinion (I feel that there're contradictions throughout the series), actually in previo…
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Firstly, I would like to tell you that I'm a huge fan of Love Live! series, and even though it comes with a 99th generation with the same plots and story I would accept and enjoy it.
So, have I enjoyed "Love Live Superstar!!"? Yes, but from the half of the anime on I haven't had so much like on the beginning. The 3 first episodes, like all the other 3 Love Live's were perfect, they were even better than the otters, I loved the characters personalities, the story's premise, the songs, everything! I was really into it, and was so ansious for each episode.
However, the anime starts to get a little boring because it's only idol, idol, idol and a few slice of life, I missed so much funny, silly or chill moments and, imo, the ones inserteds were short and few. And even the plots and difficulties…
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Superstar is a step down from the previous love lives. What do I mean by "a step down"? Unlike your previous love lives where there are altleast 9 girls, here we get 5. The story and plot is way more down to earth and simple. The 5 girls are all freshmen unlike from previous LLs where we ususally get three per year level. it kinda gives off this fresh and new feeling even though superstar is quite similar to the previous installations. Despite of it being a step down, Superstar might be the best one out of all. crazy am i right?
Before we actually review Superstar, let's first understand what are its intentions. Season 1 really focused on Liella's growth as individuals and as a group so what we got was full of character moments and interactions. Its as if that season 1 was not really abou…
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If you haven't watched other Love Live series yet, I recommend starting from the first series (Love Live School Idol Project).
I will give my honest thought after completing all 12 episodes. Although this series is new and refreshing compared with the previous LL series, LL Superstar is #3 for me based on the character/story and songs. The 1st and 2nd episodes are the only enjoyable for me. The story kinda messes up for me as the episode goes on and some characters make me confused (I have to rewind many times at certain scenes to understand what is going on).
The arts and songs are great but the story and characters are average, not too great and not too bad. Overall, I find this series is good to watch but did not give some impact like the first series. You guys can watch it but if y…
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So...yeah. It's official, I'm in the Love Live fandom now. Kinda. After being blown away by how good Love Live Nijigasaki turned out, and for the fact that it seems like the creators have gotten rid of the whole boob groping shtick that plagued other seasons (Which everyone knows is a huge turn-off for me personally), I figured maybe it'd be good to give Love Live Superstar a try. Being a completely new series that doesn't require knowledge of the other seasons, I figured this would be a good jumping point into the fandom as a whole, since the Nijigasaki anime is based on a cellphone game and is considered more of a spin-off than anything, and to tide me over before season 2 of that comes out. Though as you can tell by the rating, I do happen to like the Nijigasaki anime a little more for…
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Recommendation: From the perspective of someone that does not really care for J-Pop or idols, this series was surprisingly good. It is legitimately excellent as slice of life comedy, but stumbles when it tries to do dramatic storytelling. Even so, there is enough here to enjoy even for those who are inherently skeptical of idol anime.
Story: We primarily follow Kanon, a girl relegated to her music school's general course after an acute bout of stage fright causes her to fail her entrance exam to the music course. She soon meets idol-obsessed Chinese transfer student Keke, who overhears Kanon's singing voice and decides to form the school's first idol club with her. The entire series feels like the opening act of an uplifting sports movie. The team comes together, they overcome obstacles,…
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This anime is surely great and can be an option to start the franchise.
Not about winning after the struggle like Muse [School Idol Project], not a depressing story like Aqours [Sunshine!], nor Nijigasaki who has tons of member which truly represents a school club. Superstar is different, more like slice of life-ish idol story with only 5 members in it. That's what I thought when watching this show for like the first half season (?)
Let's talk about this first half that I was excited for. First thing you will notice is how good Sayurin's [Date Sayuri] voice when singing. The anime will let you listen to her singing at the very beginning of the first episode. More like 'Beautiful', rather than 'Unique' like how Love Live! characters always supposed to be.
Again the protagonist comes with…
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Thank you for joining me on this trip. I have no words to explain everything that this anime was able to convey to me, so I will do it with numbers, 10/10.
Everything is perfect, I have no complaints, not to mention that they have not confirmed the second season of course.
The best love live of all time.
Tiny stars! <3
Now I will explain why this anime is the best ever:
Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke, Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,Chisato, Ren, Sumire, Kanon, Keke,no more to say.
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