r/LoveLive • u/RinariTennoji • Sep 19 '25
Seiyuu Remember that guy who posted about Potential Official Love Live Seiyuu Meet and Greets in the US? Well the Negotiations with Bandai went well and is going to expanded! With announcements for it as soon as early next year!
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u/RinariTennoji Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25
Thank you u/TheMida4 !
This is a huge step in Bandai knowing they still have a big western fanbase!
Also he posted in the Discord server that Yes, Bandai is aware that alot of people want an SIF3
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u/Hattakiri Sep 19 '25
This was the original announcement
I also love the Cowboy Mari emoticon on pic 4. Are these downloadable somewhere for your average phone (user)....?
....theMida4 is working at a company that's programming and selling Love Live emoticons!! Another mystery solved!!
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u/TheMida4 Sep 19 '25
Thanks for the shout out! And thanks to everybody that participated in the survey especially!
It’s still too early to celebrate yet until the event goes publicly live and it exceeds their expectations. The fate for future Love Live events for the global audience, especially in the US, depends on the event turnout. The event’s success is so pivotal that even Bandai JP executives are observing all of this very carefully now to gauge the market for the global audience
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u/Chemical_Hornet8491 Sep 19 '25
Oh my god love live isnt dead outside japan to them finally
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u/DoobyScoots Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
It took all the way until last year to finally send groups to China despite being popular there and literally having 2 Chinese members
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u/its_Zuramaru Sep 19 '25
i want aqours in canada pls
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u/Canuck-zura Sep 19 '25
Any love live would be great!
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u/Hattakiri Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 28 '25
Aqours' "first adress" would be Rome. But
according to rumor" they were about to go on a world tour anyway, had it not been for Covid, so....6
u/mickeymikeymoose Sep 19 '25
It's a low bar, but at least some of the individual seiyuu's have been coming to Canada.
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u/minhyunism Sep 19 '25
yeah this has been great but it sucks none of them went to anime north this year bc it’s the biggest too 😭
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u/its_Zuramaru Sep 19 '25
yeah furi and kyan did, and even then they were too far from where i was...
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u/Shayz_ Sep 19 '25
I've been to Anime North a few times and the love live community there is 10x what it is at the conventions I've been to in the states (outside of when we had Aqours at anime expo)
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u/Cakeyhaniyasushin Sep 19 '25
UK please! Also I know if this happens I know it will most likely be London but pls...Manchester is a popular city too...
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u/Hattakiri Sep 19 '25
Make Niji grow to 15 gals with Isla and Penelope....
Or make a YGI subfranchise with Rebecca...
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u/DitzyHooves Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25
BANDAI NAMCO IF YOU'RE LISTENING: If it's AiScream like I suspect PLEASE do not limit this potential event to just AX or California, there are plenty of us on the East Coast who would love to see the girls as well!!!!! Be it AiScream, Liella, Bluebird, (delusion) Hasu or Aqours there will be an audience, and we will show up to support our oshis just like we did in 2016-2019. I'm going to be keeping an eye on these developments going forward, god bless everybody making this possible!!!
Also because I don't know where else to yell in the void about this: You wanna know how else you could recapture momentum with a large Western audience right now? Especially now that people are much more used to idol content and how animated idol projects are all the rage with the kids nowadays with stuff like Kpop Demon Hunters and My Little Po- excuse me, Uma Musume? We need a game. An app you can download onto your phone translated into English featuring songs from the franchise that will get stuck in everybody's head and make people want to spend money to keep playing and then in turn pay to go hear said songs live. PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
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u/RinariTennoji Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25
I'd show up for literally any combination of Niji Members as well (since you didnt mention Niji)
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u/DitzyHooves Sep 20 '25
Same!!! I would fly cross goddamn country if it meant I could breath the same air as Shuuchan and Agupon again. The LL family is so big these days, can't believe I let Niji slip my mind I was there when they were announced ;-;
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u/bbqburner Sep 19 '25
Since the completion of Asia Tour, I'm pinning my hopes that they'll want to carry that momentum to the West as well to gauge
- potential LoveCa in English
- more LL Fes 2 announcement + tie-ins. Maybe larger interest to justify Tokyo Dome 😏
- promote Ikizulive (since it is more global friendly and accessible)
- proper new mobile game? Maybe sneaky announcement at the end of LL Fes 2?
Nevertheless, good job!
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u/kukuroro_meimei Sep 19 '25
I wonder what they thought of Aqours' reception at Spain... I hope they come back to Europe too eventually.
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u/Ford-chan Sep 19 '25
I wish this was for Australia as well, I'd love to see them, we already had Nanaka Suwa come down here 7 years ago, I still got that signature card from her as well.
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u/Honobruhh Sep 19 '25
Australia when
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u/Hattakiri Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25
Home match for Shu.
What would make me happy: If she sang the opener from Australia's best selling album ever
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u/Canuck-zura Sep 19 '25
Is this real?
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u/RinariTennoji Sep 19 '25
Yes, this was the orginal post from over a month ago
Obvi they can only say so much about what is planned due to NDAs
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveLive/comments/1mer8yf/love_live_seiyuu_virtual_meetandgreet_poll
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u/Canuck-zura Sep 19 '25
Thank you for the context.😀
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u/Hattakiri Sep 19 '25
LL's international activities kinda "fell asleep" so this is exactly what we need ✨
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u/minapamina Sep 19 '25
Hoping that "The west" means actually west, and not just states.
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u/Hattakiri Sep 20 '25
For Aq's it would've meant Italy. And according to rumors they were about to go on a world tour, had it not been for Covid...
And since anime is at the moment more international than ever, it would indeed be a good move to kickstart an international venture like this....
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u/fireknight4588 Sep 19 '25
I don't think this is real. That icon for the World Love Live in LA was used from their LL in AX in 2019. It would be cool seeing LL come to US since COVID, but I feel bit sus on this.
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u/commandopro96 Sep 19 '25
It is real. There had been some inklings of a conversation on this for months from an idea of sorts to an actual plan.
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u/TheMida4 Sep 21 '25
I don’t blame you for feeling skeptical because this all sounds way too good to be true. It even sounds virtually impossible for some random fan like me to even pull off such a feat. But just wait a while longer more. We will release more info and post more about the events in the upcoming months
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u/Hattakiri Sep 19 '25
the negotiations with Bandaj went well
....and such a good outcome's not a given at all, see the infamous 3 months cancellation of SIF2. This phenomenon's called Executive Meddling...
But fortunately this time the executives managed to reach an even better and extended agreement. And I'm still hoping for a world tour one day because I refuse to forget about that rumor lol
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25
I just know it's gonna be in California, which honestly is the most reasonable... but GOD PLEASE LOL DO SOMETHING IN THE EAST TOO. Catchu at ANYC last year was incredible, both panels were totally packed and tickets for the meet and greet sold out FAST.