September 2, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOVE LIVE! SCHOOL IDOL PROJECT 1ST SEASON PREMIUM EDITION OUT TODAY! Santa Ana, CA (September 2, 2014) – It’s time to take the mic and sing along with your favorite high school idols! NIS America is excited to announce that Love Live! School Idol Project 1st Season Premium Edition is out today. Love Live! School Idol Project is a show about nine girls who form a school idol group to keep their school from shutting down. And as they will soon learn, being a school idol might be hard work, but it will help to prepare them for the challenges that await them throughout life.

It will be available at the following select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, and NIS America Online Store.

Love Live! School Idol Project 1st Season Premium Edition

About the show: The traditional school Otonokizaka High is situated between the three towns of Akihabara, Kanda, and Jimbocho. This school is also in imminent danger of closing. Because of this crisis, the second year student Honoka Kosaka takes center stage with eight others to do something about it! "To protect the school we love so much, we have to do all we can... We have to become school idols! By becoming idols and advertising how great our school is to the world, more students will want to apply!" About the extras: - Hardcover art book (full color, approx. 28 pages) with episode guide, character info, and gorgeous full color illustrations Cast Emi Nitta as Honoka Kosaka Pile as Maki Nishikino Yoshino Nanjo as Eli Ayase Aina Kusuda as Nozomi Tojo Aya Uchida as Kotori Minami Yurika Kubo as Hanayo Koizumi as Umi Sonoda Sora Tokui as Nico Yazawa Riho Iida as Rin Hoshizora

Staff Original Story: Original Plan: Sakurako Kimino Director: Takahiko Kyogoku Series Organization: Jukki Hanada Character Design/Animation Director: Asako Nishida Character Designs & Animation Animator: Yuhei Murota Music Production: © 2013 PROJECT Lovelive! Animation Production: Inc. TITLE: Love Live! School Idol Project 1st Season Premium Edition MSRP: $64.99 RELEASE DATE: September 2, 2014 ITEM #: LLI1-BRD-US-PE UPC: 813633014043 AGE RATING: Everyone LENGTH: Approx. 307 mins/13 eps FORMAT: 2 Blu-rays LANGUAGE: Japanese audio, English subtitles

For more information, visit NISAmerica.com/lovelive

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