Long Live! School Idol Project Coming to the West

<p><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Nippon Ichi Software" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;nisamerica&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage noopener noreferrer">NIS America<&sol;a> has announced that they have acquired the rights to the brand new anime series <em>Long Live&excl; School Idol Project<&sol;em>&comma; and will be announcing a packaged product for the series in a few months&period; Coinciding with the news is that <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Crunchyroll" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage noopener noreferrer">Crunchyroll<&sol;a> will be simulcasting the show every Tuesday starting on January 8th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;long-live-school-idol-project-nisa-new&sol;lovelivekeyart&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-33610"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-33610" alt&equals;"Long Live&excl; School Ido Project Key Art" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;12&sol;06070855&sol;lovelivekeyart&period;jpg" width&equals;"360" height&equals;"510" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; what is <em>Log Live&excl; School Idol Project <&sol;em>about&quest; Here is the basic premise of the show&comma; as provided by NIS America&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">With the school planning to close within three years&comma; nine female students<br &sol;>&NewLine;come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the<br &sol;>&NewLine;school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In order to protect our<br &sol;>&NewLine;beloved school&comma; there’s only one thing we can do&&num;8230&semi;become pop stars&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Looking to capitalize on the idol craze that is going on in Japan the show is going to have guest features from actual&comma; real life idols in the show&period; Whether <em>Long Live&excl; School Idol Project <&sol;em>can match the popularity of <em><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"The Idolmaster" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;The&lowbar;Idolmaster" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia noopener noreferrer">The Idolm&commat;ster<&sol;a> <&sol;em>is yet to be seen&comma; but until then you can catch the premier at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;">Crunchroll<&sol;a> to find out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;ae4936d7-e2e9-4d6c-a253-58fb0118c627" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;