| Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror | |
 Promotional artwork, depicting the ten main characters | |
| 幻日のヨハネ -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR- (Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy[1] |
| Created by | Hajime Yatate Sakurako Kimino |
| Manga | |
| Genjitsu no Yohane -Unpolarized Reflexion- | |
| Written by | Kōta Matsuda |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Magazine | Love Live! Days |
| Original run | January 31, 2022 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Asami Nakatani |
| Written by | Toshiya Ono |
| Music by | Tatsuya Kato |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| Original run | July 2, 2023 – September 24, 2023 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror (幻日のヨハネ -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-, Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror) is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the Love Live! series fantasy musical anime series. It is a fantasy re-imagining of Love Live! Sunshine!!, and follows Yohane, a failed idol turned fortune teller in the quiet city of Numazu, and her exploits with the other members of the community and her talking wolf Lailaps.
Yohane the Parhelion originated as a series of fantasy illustrations included in the monthly Love Live! Days magazine starting in October 2020. In February 2022, these were adapted into Genjitsu no Yohane -Unpolarized Reflexion-, a manga published in Love Live! Days. On April Fools' Day 2022, the Yohane the Parhelion anime series was teased, ostensibly as an April Fools' joke, before eventually being confirmed as a real production and airing for 13 episodes from July to September 2023 on Tokyo MX and BS11.[1] The anime was produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and animated by its division Sunrise, directed by Asami Nakatani, and written by Toshiya Ono, with Yumiko Yamamoto designing the characters and Tatsuya Kato composing the anime's music.[2] In 2023, two video games were released based on the series: Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue, a Metroidvania[3] action-adventure game; and Yohane the Parhelion: Numazu in the Mirage, a roguelike deck-building game.
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (February 12, 2023). "Love Live! Sunshine!! Fantasy Spinoff Anime Genjitsu no Yohane -Sunshine in the Mirror- Announces July TV Debut in Video". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ Loo, Egan (June 26, 2022). "Love Live! Sunshine!! Fantasy Spinoff Genjitsu no Yohane -Sunshine in the Mirror- Gets Anime Series in 2023". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ "Yohane the Parhelion: BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE limited time demo now available for PC". Gematsu. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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