Anime 52214 Genjitsu No Yohane Sunshine In The Mirror

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 幻日のヨハネ -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 2, 2023 to Sep 24, 2023

Premiered: Summer 2023

Broadcast: Sundays at 22:30 (JST)

Producers: Lantis, Bushiroad, Kadokawa, Bandai Namco Filmworks, Bandai Namco Music Live

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Other

Genre: Fantasy

Themes: Idols (Female), Music

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.90¹ (scored by 10,822 users)

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Ranked: #4716²

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Popularity: #3665

Members: 37,037

Favorites: 173

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6.90

Ranked #4716Popularity #3665Members 37,037

Summer 2023TVSunrise

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Synopsis

As a spirited young girl, Yohane ventured into the big city with ambitious dreams of becoming a star. Two years later, she has yet to pass a single audition. Since Yohane cannot support herself alone, her mother invites her back home to discover something new that only she can do. With limited options and an empty wallet, Yohane reluctantly returns to Numazu, her hometown.

In the seaside town, Yohane reunites with her canine companion, Lailaps, and slowly settles in, opening a fortune-telling shop. She reconnects with old friends she had forgotten and meets new ones, all of whom help in her search for a unique purpose and meaningful path in life.

Unfortunately, all is not well for Yohane and the people of Numazu: a mysterious power is affecting the town and disrupting nature and wildlife. While forging stronger bonds with her newfound allies, Yohane devotes her summer to finding the magic that may help save Numazu.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror was released on Blu-ray and DVD in seven volumes from September 27, 2023, to March 27, 2024.

Each episode was streamed seven days in advance of the TV broadcast starting on June 25, 2023, on ABEMA. Regular broadcasting began on July 2, 2023.

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Adaptation:	Genjitsu no Yohane: Unpolarized Reflexion
Parent story:	Love Live! Sunshine!!
Character:	Genjitsu no Rimuru: Sunshine in the Slime

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Characters & Voice Actors

Tsushima, Yoshiko

Main

Kobayashi, Aika
Japanese

Watanabe, You

Main

Saitou, Shuka
Japanese

Kunikida, Hanamaru

Main

Takatsuki, Kanako
Japanese

Sakurauchi, Riko

Main

Aida, Rikako
Japanese

Ohara, Mari

Main

Suzuki, Aina
Japanese

Kurosawa, Ruby

Main

Furihata, Ai
Japanese

Kurosawa, Dia

Main

Komiya, Arisa
Japanese

Takami, Chika

Main

Inami, Anju
Japanese

Matsuura, Kanan

Main

Suwa, Nanaka
Japanese

Lailaps

Main

Hikasa, Youko
Japanese

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Staff

Iwata, Yoshihiro

Producer

Ootsuka, Hiroshi

Producer

Nakatani, Asami

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Morita, Yuuichi

Sound Director

Opening Theme

"Genjitsu Mysterium (幻日ミステリウム)" by Aqours

Ending Theme

	1: "Genjitsu Mysterium (幻日ミステリウム)" by Aqours (ep 1)
	2: "Kimi no Tame Boku no Tame (キミノタメボクノタメ)" by Aqours (eps 2-13)

Reviews

Sep 30, 2023

Naneo

Recommended

This anime is a long awaited spin off of Aqours. Aqours is my favorite group out of all the Love Live franchise, and its a real pleasure to see them got animated again after all this time. This anime is what I expected it to be if Love Live become a fantasy magical girl anime. Focusing on the same genre as the main series. Such as friendship, trust, relationship, hardwork. And how can we forget the most important one, songs. They slip the idol genre a little in here. Not as heavy as the main series but I'm glad they keep it.

Story is very great, ... neatly packed. If the story is some kind of painting, it would be very beautiful to look at. Heartwarming feeling every episode makes the viewer comfy watching it. Don't expect a lot of fighting animation. They do have some action scene, but its not really the focus. The story is slow paced so they give us the time to immerse inside the world they build. It feels like you are there yourself inside the small village of Numazu. I always like countryside without all the busyness of a city. People help each other, people know each other, and that's what this anime portray perfectly. Small fantasy village with a wholesome vibe around it.

Every villager personality is very nice. There are no villain, or maybe there is. The villain in this anime isn't clear. They can't see what the villain is, but they can feel it existence. For me tho, I just call it a problem. Because in the end they manage to solve the problem in a very Love Live way. A lot of Love Live reference is here of course. But that doesn't mean this anime is only for Love Live fans. You can enjoy watching as long as you like this kind of thing. I said that because I personally feel this anime is not for everyone. Magical girl thingy, fight with love, not fist.

Animation is unbelievably great. Definitely looks disctinctly different from the original Love Live series. Everyone get a slightly different color pallete design and I love it. I always welcome subtle changes like this. Isn't really obvious but I can feel something is different. The bright lighting also a match with the themes this show bring. Sadly there are no serafuku which I dearly love from LLS. There's barely any action scene. When there is one, they did not let it flop, eyes just glued to the screen because how awesome it is. I swear the studio is just flexing their Gundam animation skills.

All the main characters VA is a top tier of course. Sometimes I even think about how they all can consistently make their anime counterpart voice after all this time. I have already listen to Aqours music and they can't stop to produce catchy songs. I love the OP, the ED, and insert song inside this anime, never skip them. BGM also enhance the mood of the scenes. Not much on I can comment about because I'm speechless its all perfect.

So should you watch this? Well like I said above its not for everyone. Its too girly, yeah I can safely say that. But again, anime like this always reach outside of their target audience. Especially since it have such a big name plus fantasy genre. Little fun fact this anime is originally an April Fools back in 2021. Love Live always give it their all on every April Fools. And this anime is one of them. Everyone wishing it was real and here we are. There's also 2 games plan to be released in the same universe as this anime. Again, these 2 games is a very different genre compared to the usual rhythm games. I think its a good thing that Love Live franchise will grow out of the box with experiment like this. Thank you for reading my review.

Sep 20, 2023

B3MyGuest

Mixed Feelings

Directionless: The anime starts off strong with introductions to Yohane and friends, beautiful artstyle for the animation, and great music. Then comes the middle of the show where each episode just felt like time filler for the next song that will be performed and the main antagonistic force at play is completely forgotten about so much so that the show felt like it was dragging. Fantasy setting? Very underutilized. World building? Not much of it. What danger is there? Just a few deer in 2 eps... While the final episodes finally turned the gears for something to happen in the show, the emotional parts fall ...

Oct 23, 2023

Rhysais

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/13 eps)

Animation and songs are nice.

Characters redesigns are fun, but you won't know their personalities unless you watched Love Live Sunshine!!.

Story beats are a remix of Sunshine!! in worse : girl in small town doesn't think she's special but turns out she's the most special one of them all for... reasons. She met girls who became instantly her friends for... reasons. She struggles because she feels she has to do it alone but turns out she doesn't have to. The end.

Genuinely speaking, it doesn't have the heart you'd find in SIP or Love Live Sunshine!!. The character of Yoshiko / Yohane who could be ...

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Tsushima, Yoshiko

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Sakurauchi, Riko

Ohara, Mari

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Kurosawa, Dia

Takami, Chika

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