The anime Love Live! Superstar!! delays its next episode by COVID-19

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On the official Twitter account of the Japanese television network NHK, it was announced that the broadcast of the eighth episode corresponding to the second season of the anime Love Live! Superstar!! It has had to be postponed due to problems in the production of the series caused by COVID-19 infections among the staff in charge.

This eighth chapter was originally going to be broadcast on September 4 but, with this new movement, its new broadcast date has been moved until next Sunday, September 11.

The first season of the anime premiered in 2021 and had a total of twelve episodes, while the platform Funimation took care of its distribution in the West. This new project was announced in January 2020 during the event “Love Live! party”. On the other hand, the second season of the anime premiered on July 17 in Japan.

Synopsis for Love Live! Superstar!!

Everyone has a dream they want to achieve, and the same goes for Kanon Shibuya, who is musically talented. However, due to her stage fright, Kanon doesn’t get into the music program at Yuigaoka Girls’ High School and ends up in the general curriculum instead. Although Kanon makes a conscious decision to quit music altogether, her classmate Tang Keke reignites Kanon’s passion for music with her own: her passion for school idols. Although Keke and Kanon attempt to form a group of school idols, her endeavor meets strong objections from Ren Hazuki, the daughter of the school principal.

Still, the girls soon visit the principal, who allows them to create their school idol club on one condition: they must win first place at the Yoyogi School Idol Festival. The resilience of these aspiring idols is put to the test as they take on the challenges thrown their way. Along their journey, the girls make new friends and meet new members who join them to become the dazzling idols that others can only imagine.

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