History Anime / LoveLiveNijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub

* ScaryShinyGlasses: The Student Council all have shiny glasses as they look over [[spoiler:the School Idol Festival application form]]. Amusingly, Nana's glasses become transparent as she falters after the Vice President comments on her knowledge of school idols. Toward the end of the episode, Nana also dons the shiny glasses look as she nervously listens to the Vice President [[spoiler:gushing over Setsuna.]]

** In ''NEXT SKY'', the Club visits Akihabara while showing Aira around town and briefly stops by UTX, the boarding school that A-RISE attended in the original ''Anime/LoveLive'', with Yu remarking that it is home to the most famous school idol club. Aira gets distracted by a nearby shop that happens to sell products imported from Numazu, with Ayumu and Aira purchasing Noppo Pan, a local brand that Hanamaru is often seen eating in ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine''.

** In ''NEXT SKY'', the Club visits Akihabara while showing Aira around town and briefly stops by UTX, the boarding school that A-RISE attended in the original ''Anime/LoveLive'', with Yu remarking that it is home to the most famous school idol club.

* ContinuityNod: A school club bakes cookies shaped like the 9 performing members in Season 1 Episode 11. They make them again, shaped like the 12 members, in Season 2 Episode 12.

** The post credit of ''NEXT SKY'' has the board in the club room written as "Next to..." and the scene cuts to ''an invitation of the School Idol GPX''.

** The Crunchyroll stream of ''NEXT SKY'' averts the BlandNameProduct, with many stores and malls retains the original name.

''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' is an anime in the ''Franchise/LoveLive'' series and the third anime series after ''[[Anime/LoveLive Love Live! School Idol Project]]'' and ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine''. The first season premiered on October 3rd, 2020 as part of the Fall 2020 anime season, a second season premiered in April 2022 following ''Anime/LoveLiveSuperstar'', with an OVA announced for Summer 2023. The show prominently features the titular club originally introduced in the video game ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars''.

* AscendedExtra: Himeno Ayanokoji, an extremely minor character from ''School idol festival'', is given a voiced supporting role in the anime as the main representative for the Touou Academy School Idol Club.

* BoardingSchool: Nijigasaki Academy is one of these, with dormitories for students who do not live in the surrounding city. In particular, Emma and Karin live in the dorms, the former because she is from Switzerland and came to Japan to be a school idol.

** Most of the detail on Mia's jacket was removed, and her PeekABangs on the right side of her face have been extended substantially to completely cover up her right eye, rather than just partially.

** Similarly, the title of season 2 episode 8, it is translated as “The Place Where the Rainbow Begins”, but it can be read as [[spoiler: TOKIMEKI Runners.]]

** Hanpen the stray cat's gender is unknown; Hanpen [[GenderNeutralWriting isn't referred to with any gendered wording in Japanese]], and the English subtitles use they/them pronouns.

* [[https://youtube/ZnyCC_UCzCw OVA trailer]]

* NoAntagonist: The first ''Love Live'' series to introduce this where the group has no rival groups in contrast to ''School idol project'', ''Sunshine'', and ''Superstar'' due to the group's intention not to compete in a titular competition and instead hosting their own festival.

* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: The anime can be considered a Recognizable Adaptation as there are enough similarities with the story of ''ALL STARS'' Season 1, but it strips out almost all of the plot and only leaves in a few key details from both the beginning and end of the game's season. Almost all the characters, while bearing ostensibly similar personalities, are rewritten significantly from their game counterparts, and the focus of the show is changed to almost exclusively focus on the characters themselves. Many key characters from the game are AdaptedOut, changing how the show approaches some plot details, and the fact that Yu Takasaki is a similar but distinctly different enough character from the PlayerCharacter of ''ALL STARS'' significantly changes how some character dynamics are handled.

''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' is an anime in the ''Franchise/LoveLive'' series and the third anime series after ''[[Anime/LoveLive Love Live! School Idol Project]]'' and ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine''. The first season premiered on October 3rd, 2020 as part of the Fall 2020 anime season, and a second season premiered in April 2022 following ''Anime/LoveLiveSuperstar''. The show prominently features the titular club originally introduced in the video game ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars''.

** Season 2 Episode 13 features shots of actual worldwide theatres (with the names altered) that played theatrical viewings of [[spoiler:the real "First Live with You!" concert in 2019]].

* RetCanon: In TheStinger to Season 2 Episode 12, the club's live concert name is revealed to be [[spoiler:"Nijigasaki First Live with You!", the name of an actual concert in 2019. It even uses the same logo]].

** The character designs in the second season are more polished from the first season to look more consistent for the rest of the characters.

* AlternateAlbumCover: The solo {{Insert Song}}s throughout both seasons are released on [=CDs=] in groups of three. The last CD of Season 1 is in a group of two. However, there are multiple cover art versions for each CD release, one for each song included on a release. [[https://www.lovelive-anime.jp/nijigasaki/cd.php (They can be seen here.)]] The actual musical contents of these [=CDs=] are identical regardless of cover art. Completionist fans who want all the covers would thus need to buy multiple copies of each release.

* VariantCover: The solo {{Insert Song}}s throughout both seasons are released on [=CDs=] in groups of three. However, there are three cover art versions for each CD release, one for each character whose solo is found on the release. [[https://www.lovelive-anime.jp/nijigasaki/cd.php (They can be seen here.)]] The actual musical contents of the solo [=CDs=] are identical regardless of cover art. Completionist fans who want all the covers would thus need to buy three copies of each release.

* SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters: On the ''Characters'' end, [[UpToEleven even more so]] than the [[Anime/LoveLive previous]] [[Anime/LoveLiveSunshine entries]] in the franchise. The conflict introduced at the start of the series is concluded by episode 3, and no new overarching conflict is introduced until the last four episodes. This means half of the series consists of character-centric episodes without any overarching plot connecting them besides the basic premise of the show. And even the few conflicts lasting more than an episode are driven entirely by the emotions and desires of the cast, without any external force interfering.

* RealPlaceBackground: Aside from the locations already mentioned in the ProductPlacement section, a lot of spots shown are parks, streets and train stations in Odaiba proper (which includes many [[SceneryPorn scenic shots of the Rainbow Bridge]]). Most notably, the school building is based on the Tokyo Big Sight, with some flourishes to make it look more like an actual school, making it positively ''massive'' for its supposed function.