The cast of Aqours, the school idol group which stars in the TV anime Love Live! Sunshine!! that debuted worldwide in July, took the stage recently at the China International Comics Festival (CICF), which attracted 225,000 visitors to the city of Guangzhou in early October. The group took the chance to look back at their past activities and discuss the now-concluded anime series.

 

The special event featured thee of Aqours members Arisa Komiya, who plays Dia Kurosawa; Shuka Saito, who plays You Watanabe; and Aika Kobayashi, who plays Yoshiko Tsushima.

 

The event began with an anime music video for “Aozora Jumping Heart,” the show’s opening tune. The crowd kept up with the action, shouting out all the Japanese-language audience calls and showing just how passionate the local fans really were. The cast was greeted with thunderous applause as they came on stage and introduced themselves with trademark lines of the members they play. The Chinese-language greetings that came from them next made the crowd erupt into cheering once again, and when they taught the crowd how to do the Japanese responses to onstage shout-outs during performances, they were amazed by how well the crowd answered the call so perfectly that almost no practice was needed. “Yi, er, Sunshine!!” the crowd went, bringing the “1, 2, Sunshine” slogan to the Chinese language in style.

 

 

When asked about Guangzhou during the opening segment, Saito revealed her love for the buttery melon bread she ate the previous day, something she’d be overjoyed to try again. Kobayashi discussed the shrimp dumplings she also had the other day, while Komiya revealed that she got to try pigeon for the first time.

 

 

The proceedings began in earnest with the Aqours group looking back at the anime series, which just broadcast its 13th episode a little bit ago. When asked about their favorite anime moments, Komiya and Saito brought up the concert scene in Episode 9, “Mijuku Dreamer,” while Saito mentioned the scene where all Aqours members stood in a circle oceanside in Episode 12, “It’s Time to Fly”—both choices earning agreement from the audience.

 

The cast were then asked about the cutest scene featuring the members they played in the anime. Komiya replied with the scene where Dia went nuts in the beach house during Episode 10, “We’ve got Stewshine!”; Saito brought up You’s flight of fantasy on the balcony in Episode 11, “Aye aye, My Friend!”; and Kobayashi mentioned the scene toward the end in Episode 8, “Isn’t It Frustrating?”, when Yoshiko trips and falls into the sea while Chika lets out all her pent-up frustrations. This was accompanied by the scenes in question playing on the video screen, making the reasoning behind the guests’ choices crystal-clear to the crowd.

 

Next up, the team tried their hand at the Love Live! School Idol Festival mobile game, popular not just in Guangzhou but all over the world. The game passed the 30-million-user mark a bit ago, and the crowd cheered the team on as they attempted and completed in style “Aozora Jumping Heart,” the opening theme from the TV show.

 

 

The final segment of the event was a drawing quiz contest, featuring everything from a panda to the emblem of Uranohoshi Girls’ High, the school all the Aqours members attend. The Aqours trio had trouble drawing all the details of some of the trickier topics, but after the audience voted for their favorite with their applause, Kobayashi emerged the victor. The grand prize: A stuffed panda bear.

 

 

 

After giving away a poster featuring autographs from the Aqours cast, the trio waved their final goodbyes to the crowd, promising to return to China—and bring the entire Aqours group next time, too. The hour-long event wrapped up with the fans singing along to the non-lyrical version of “Yume Kataruyori Yume Utaou,” the anime’s closing theme, ensuring that things ended on a high-energy note.

 

 

 

 

今年7月起在全世界同步播放，并且倍受关注的动画片《Love Live! Sunshine!!》中的学园偶像组合Aqours成员们来到中国广州的CICF EXPO（参观人次约22万5千人）活动中，在舞台上进行了特别演出，其中还包括了回顾目前为止的活动及动画相关内容的谈话环节等精彩内容。

 

这次特别舞台活动的演出嘉宾是Aqours组合中饰演黑泽黛雅的小宫有纱，饰演渡边曜的齐藤朱夏，以及饰演津岛善子的小林爱香三位成员。

 

活动刚开始，动画片头曲《青空Jumping Heart》的动画视频宣告拉开了帷幕。现场就像在日本一样，粉丝们随着歌曲节拍打call，一开场就非常直观地感受到了当地粉丝的热情。而成员们也在现场的热烈欢呼中登场，并表演了各自饰演成员的经典对白，尤其在用中文做自我介绍时更是获得雷鸣般的好评。

 

当成员们在给现场粉丝说明如何和日本一样互动喊call的环节时，对于中国粉丝都仿佛无需练习能够完美回应这一点十分感动。平时惯用的口号‘1，2，Sunshine!!’也改成用中文‘一，二，Sunshine!!’顿时和粉丝们一起将全场气氛嗨到高潮。

 

 

开场环节当谈到广州相关的事情时，齐藤表示昨天吃到的黄油菠萝包好吃到希望可以再吃一次。小林则对于昨天的虾饺念念不忘，小宫也说了第一次吃烤乳鸽的事情。

 

 

开场后最初环节是对于刚播放完第１３集的这部动画的回顾环节。提及自己喜欢的场景，小宫和齐藤都提到第９集（《不成熟的DREAMER》）中的live场景。齐藤对于第１２集（《振翅飞翔之时》）中最后大家在海边站成圈的那场戏印象最深，并得到了现场粉丝们的共鸣。

 

当被问及自己饰演的角色中最值得推荐的可爱镜头时，小宫回答是第１０集（《开始Shiny》）中在海之家里黛雅一反常态脱线的场景，齐藤的回答是第１１集（《友谊直直前进》）中的曜在阳台上妄想的场景，最后小林则回答在第８集（《不懊悔吗？》）的最后，千歌说出心声之后善子一个人跌进海里的场景。成员们回答后还现场播放了相应场景的动画片段，也引得观众们不断认可。

 

接下来的环节，就是远在中国广州也相当受欢迎，而且前不久刚宣布全球用户数突破了３０００万的《Love Live！学园偶像祭》手游的体验环节。现场挑战歌曲正是动画片片头曲［青空Jumping Heart］。成员们顺利完成了演奏挑战，响应了观众热烈的欢呼。

 

 

最后环节是绘图答题。

问题中包括需要画出Aqours成员所在的［私立浦之星女学院］的校徽和在中国大人气的大熊猫。3位成员虽然在细节描绘上陷入了苦战，但是在通过现场观众掌声判断谁的画功最好时，小林成功取胜，而作为获胜奖励她也得到了熊猫布偶。

 

 

 

在成员亲笔签名海报抽奖活动后，成员们还分别向观众表示，想再来中国，并且下次可以是Aqours９个人一起来。大概１个多小时的活动临近尾声，随之响起的背景音乐是片尾曲［比起诉说梦想更想歌唱梦想］，观众也跟着节奏齐声合唱，直到最后现场气氛依然热烈。