User blog comment:Halo1081/Quick Greeting/Anime Discussion/@comment-29740360-20170630024045

Other than AiStars, there isn't mutch I personally have been watching recently...

However, around two moths ago I binged watched Show by Rock! and it was amazing. I found myself wanting to listen to the songs over and over, and longing to listen to the english covers, but you have to pay to watch the dub, so I couldn't get access to them. You can find the entire series, Seasons 1 and 2 on Funimation, both with english subs. The first season is also availible for free on YouTube, which is how I watched it.

I've also been getting into Love Live! recently, mostly by marathoning through all of their super catchy songs. While I've only seen Love Live! Sunshine!, the sequel to the original Love Live, what I did see had an extremely touching story about simply being noticed as idols in order to save something that the girls loved, their school. Unlike most idol anime, and music anime in general, Sunshine isn't about being the top idol, but gaining just a single supporter. The characters also go through situations that seem very real, such as the third years starting their own unit years prior to the series, and then breaking up because one member wanted to give another the chance to study overseas, and pretended to be too nervous to sing at the final stage. That, and the characters don't even become idols straight up! They have to convince the school director to let them form the group, after being rejected time and time again! The story is amazing, and I'd say that it's worth finding it on YouTube.

Extra: Love Live! has a super dedicated cover group on YoutTube called Nine Mermaids, who are all amazing! Here, have a link to my favorite cover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoPvYf4k0Rs