The second season of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club has received a trailer ahead of its upcoming April 2 premiere in Japan. The trailer previews new characters Shioriko Mifune (Moeka Koizumi), Mia Taylor (Shuu Uchida), and Lanzhu Zhong (Akina Houmoto) in addition to the first season’s returning cast.
Like the first season, the staff includes Tomoyuki Kawamura as director, Jin Tanaka as series composer, Takumi Yokota as character designer, Misako Akama as color designer, and Daiki Sugiyama as photography director, with Mebachi in charge of design works. Other staff include Yuuya Horiuchi (Love Live! Nijigasaki episode director) as assistant director, Yasutoshi Kawai (The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon’s Judgement) as art director, and Gou Kurosaki (Love Live! Nijigasaki CG supervisor, Love Live! Sunshine!!) as CG director. SUNRISE is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the returning cast includes Hinaki Yano as Yu Takasaki, Aguri Onishi as Ayumu Uehara, Mayu Sagara as Kasumi Nakasu, Kaori Maeda as Shizuku Osaka, Miyu Kubota as Karin Asaka, Natsumi Murakami as Ai Miyashita, Akari Kitou as Kanata Konoe, Tomori Kusunoki as Setsuna Yuki, Maria Sashide as Emma Verde, and Chiemi Tanaka as Rina Tennnoji.
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is part of the Love Live! multimedia project, which includes other anime as well as various games. The first season aired in 2020.
Crunchyroll describes the first season as:
Nijigasaki High School is known for their diverse subjects and the freedom they give to students. Second-year student Yu Takasaki has been turned on to the charms of school idols, so she knocks on the door of the School Idol Club with her friend, Ayumu Uehara. Sometimes friends, sometimes rivals, the members of this club each contribute their own thoughts and motivations to the group.
Source: (Love Live! series) YouTube channel
