# Love Live! Watch Order Also known as: Love Live! School Idol Project, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Love Live! Superstar!!, Love Live! Hasunosora, Yohane the Parhelion Source: https://www.animechrono.com/franchise/love-live Last updated: 2026-10-31 Last checked against current sources: 2026-10-30 AnimeChrono watch orders put every season, movie, OVA, ONA and special in chronological story order, mark optional entries, say where to start, and are maintained by signed-in fans with versioned edits that can be reverted (17 entries in this order). The Love Live! watch order is really five separate stories, one per school idol group, so each path can be watched on its own. Start with μ's in Love Live! School Idol Project: Season 1 (Episodes 1-13), Season 2 (Episodes 1-13) and Love Live! The School Idol Movie, which ends their story; a short 2013 OVA is optional. Love Live! Sunshine!! follows Aqours, a group inspired by μ's: two 13-episode seasons, then the film Over the Rainbow; Yohane the Parhelion is an optional alternate-world spin-off with the same cast. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (two 13-episode seasons, the NEXT SKY OVA and the Finale films, Chapters 1-2) is a separate story about solo idols; Finale Chapter 3 is due in February 2027. Love Live! Superstar!! follows Liella! over three 12-episode seasons. Love Live! Hasunosora's first anime is the 2026 film Bloom Garden Party, and its TV series, due January 2027, will be added once it airs. Shorts such as NIJIYON and Liella no Uta are left out. ## Recommended first watch Start with μ's: School Idol Project (13 + 13 episodes) and The School Idol Movie. Sunshine!! (Aqours) is set after it and best watched next. Nijigasaki, Superstar!! (Liella!) and Hasunosora are separate stories you can start any time. Yohane and the μ's OVA are optional. ## Start here Start with Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! School Idol Project (μ's)). 2 entries are optional: Love Live! School idol project OVA and Episodes 1-13 (Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror). The story still tracks without them. Filler and skip notes: - **Episodes 1-13 (Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror)** — Optional spin-off. - **Love Live! School idol project OVA** — Optional. ## The chronological order 1. Love Live! School Idol Project (μ's): Episodes 1-13 2. Love Live! School idol project OVA (OVA) — optional 3. Love Live! School Idol Project 2 (μ's): Episodes 1-13 4. Love Live! The School Idol Movie (movie) 5. Love Live! Sunshine!! (Aqours): Episodes 1-13 6. Love Live! Sunshine!! 2 (Aqours): Episodes 1-13 7. Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (movie) 8. Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror: Episodes 1-13 — optional 9. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Episodes 1-13 10. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2: Episodes 1-13 11. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: NEXT SKY (OVA) 12. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 1 (movie) 13. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 2 (movie) 14. Love Live! Superstar!! (Liella!): Episodes 1-12 15. Love Live! Superstar!! 2 (Liella!): Episodes 1-12 16. Love Live! Superstar!! 3 (Liella!): Episodes 1-12 17. Love Live! Hasunosora: Bloom Garden Party: Love Live! Hasunosora Jogakuin School Idol Club: Bloom Garden Party (movie) ## Release order Sorted by air date. This follows when each entry aired, which may differ from the chronological watch order. 1. Love Live! School Idol Project (μ's): Episodes 1-13 — aired 2013-01-06 2. Love Live! School idol project OVA (OVA) — optional — aired 2013-11-27 3. Love Live! School Idol Project 2 (μ's): Episodes 1-13 — aired 2014-04-06 4. Love Live! The School Idol Movie (movie) — aired 2015-06-13 5. Love Live! Sunshine!! (Aqours): Episodes 1-13 — aired 2016-07-02 6. Love Live! Sunshine!! 2 (Aqours): Episodes 1-13 — aired 2017-10-07 7. Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (movie) — aired 2019-01-04 8. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Episodes 1-13 — aired 2020-10-03 9. Love Live! Superstar!! (Liella!): Episodes 1-12 — aired 2021-07-11 10. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2: Episodes 1-13 — aired 2022-04-02 11. Love Live! Superstar!! 2 (Liella!): Episodes 1-12 — aired 2022-07-17 12. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: NEXT SKY (OVA) — aired 2023-06-23 13. Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror: Episodes 1-13 — optional — aired 2023-06-25 14. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 1 (movie) — aired 2024-09-06 15. Love Live! Superstar!! 3 (Liella!): Episodes 1-12 — aired 2024-10-06 16. Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 2 (movie) — aired 2025-11-07 17. Love Live! Hasunosora: Bloom Garden Party: Love Live! Hasunosora Jogakuin School Idol Club: Bloom Garden Party (movie) — aired 2026-05-08 ## FAQ **What order should I watch Love Live! in?** Start with μ's: School Idol Project (13 + 13 episodes) and The School Idol Movie. Sunshine!! (Aqours) is set after it and best watched next. Nijigasaki, Superstar!! (Liella!) and Hasunosora are separate stories you can start any time. Yohane and the μ's OVA are optional. **Do I need to watch Love Live! School Idol Project before Sunshine!!?** It helps. Sunshine!! stands on its own, but Aqours is inspired by μ's and the story refers to them, so watching School Idol Project and its movie first adds context. **Are Nijigasaki, Superstar!! and Hasunosora connected to the other Love Live! series?** Not directly. Each follows a new group at a new school, so you can start them without the earlier series. Release order is the simplest way to watch everything. **Is Yohane the Parhelion canon?** It is an alternate-world spin-off with the Aqours cast, not a sequel to Sunshine!!. It is optional and best after the Aqours story. **How many Nijigasaki Finale movies are there?** Three. Chapter 1 came out in 2024 and Chapter 2 in November 2025; Chapter 3 is due in February 2027 and will be added once it is released. **What is the chronological order of Love Live!?** Start with Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! School Idol Project (μ's)), then continue with Love Live! School idol project OVA, Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! School Idol Project 2 (μ's)), Love Live! The School Idol Movie, Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! Sunshine!! (Aqours)), and Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! Sunshine!! 2 (Aqours)), followed by 11 more entries. The full Love Live! watch order on this page has 17 entries across 16 series, listed in chronological viewing order. **What is the release order of Love Live!?** In the order they aired, start with Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! School Idol Project (μ's)), then Love Live! School idol project OVA, Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! School Idol Project 2 (μ's)), Love Live! The School Idol Movie, Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! Sunshine!! (Aqours)), and Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! Sunshine!! 2 (Aqours)), followed by 11 more entries. Release order follows air dates and is not the recommended chronological order. **How many episodes is Love Live!?** Love Live! has 127 TV episodes in this order, plus 5 movies and 2 OVAs. **Where do the Love Live! movies fit in the watch order?** Love Live! The School Idol Movie comes right after Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! School Idol Project 2 (μ's)), Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow comes right after Episodes 1-13 (Love Live! Sunshine!! 2 (Aqours)), Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 1 comes right after Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: NEXT SKY, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 2 comes right after Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Finale Chapter 1, and Love Live! Hasunosora Jogakuin School Idol Club: Bloom Garden Party comes right after Episodes 1-12 (Love Live! Superstar!! 3 (Liella!)). **Can I skip anything in Love Live!?** Yes. 2 entries are marked optional: Love Live! School idol project OVA and Episodes 1-13 (Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror). Everything else is part of the main story. **Is Love Live! finished?** Yes. Love Live! has finished airing, and this order covers everything released so far in chronological viewing order. --- Something wrong or out of date? Anyone can edit this order at https://www.animechrono.com/franchise/love-live. Every change is versioned.