CATDOLL: The director of Love Live! reveals his true feelings: I want the work to be full of positive energy

If we were to ask which animation has been the most popular in recent years, then Love Live! would definitely be one of them. This influential animation went from having dismal ratings at the beginning to becoming a huge hit later on. Only animation directors can understand the ups and downs of this process. Director Naohiko Kyogoku has made an indispensable contribution to this fruitful result. On March 7, Director Kyogoku posted a tweet about the note he wrote four years ago, which was very touching to read.

"Love Live!" Director Kyogoku Naohiko (right) and voice actor Nitta Emi (left)

Naohiko Kyogoku is a Japanese animation director who has directed two seasons of the TV animation Love Live! and the recent new series Fantasy Self-Defense Force. Love Live! is his first TV animation as a director, and as it is his first time directing, he must have many different ideas in mind.

Director Naohiko Kyogoku's Twitter

In Director Kyogoku's Twitter account, he recounted a small but extraordinary event: "I found a note at home where I wrote down my expectations for the animated version of Love Live! four years ago when it aired. At the end of the note, I saw 'I want to make a work that everyone who sees it can work hard to succeed.' It seems that I have not deviated from this original intention until now."

As if foreseen, Love Live! became more and more popular and even became a well-known social phenomenon.

This tweet also touched many netizens. It has been three years since the broadcast of the animation "Love Live!", and the animation "Love Live! Sunshine! !" centered on the new group "Aqours" will also be broadcast this year. After comparing the feelings at that time with the current feelings, it must be very emotional.

After Love Live! premiered in January 2013, its popularity has soared at an alarming rate. Not only has the animation been very popular, but many related projects such as music, games and concerts have also enjoyed great business opportunities, creating an extraordinary social phenomenon in Japan. In 2015, it was selected as the fifth in the animation category of the Yomiuri Shimbun "SUGOI JAPAN Award 2015" for "Japanese pop culture that most wants to be introduced overseas".

In fact, in addition to the interesting daily plot of beautiful girls, the story itself is also very inspiring and full of positive energy. In this regard, Director Kyogoku has indeed always been committed to his original intention...

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