Nijiyon Animation

Now I wasn’t going to be expecting too much from a series of chibi, 3D-animated shorts, but Nijiyon Animation is very skippable. Animation-wise, it doesn’t get too much mileage out of the 3D models, I really feel like they could have gone 2D chibi and not used any more resources – except maybe the Fall Guys episode which was a snoozefest like most of them. We can see here one of the reasons why Love Live fans are resistant whenever one of the generations expands their cast: when every character is forced to have an appearance and say their bit, every situation and line starts tofeel very samey and predictable - especially when doing just that takes up half the runtime of every episode! [I actually wrote this before the most recent Liella reveal] It gets better in the second half, but the overall writing leaves an impression that it is very basic and simple, and not in an endearing way. There are maybe one or two decent jokes, but it’s lacking all of the things that I loved in the main show. The Nijiyon “series” on Love Live’s Youtube channel is far funnier and more interesting - I would check that out instead.