I have the impression they weren't expecting such a big success from Love Live, that's why they really didn't care much for the appearance of the seiyuus. Except for Mimorin, all the girls were on the ugly side.
Now with Sunshine, we have girls like Aida Rikako and she is fucking cute.
None of the Aquors girls are as ugly or fat as Nitta Emi.
To keep baiting the poor otaku.
Makes sense, Sunshine was absolutely shit story-wise so they had to make up for it with cuter girls (hey, it worked)
It's not your imagination, they indeed cherry picked attractive girls to leech off wota and not only animeota. I think the only one who is below average is Shukashuu but her personality compensates it very well, people love her.
Original LL focused more on talented voices than seiyuu appearance, and that's Sunshine's weak point: only three girls have talent as singers. Though that's to be expected as all of them are rookies in the industry.
Difference is I actually cared about the old seiyuu because they were already well-known, like Yoshino Nanjo and Emitsun.
I don't give a shit about these new literally-who seiyuu.
Suwa > AiAi > Ainya > Anju = Rikako > Arisa > Shuka = King = Aikyan
Cute-wise. Arisa is more sexy than cute, Shuka's face is kinda off, and King is okay. Aikyan has a cute face, but she's too scrawny, for lack of a better word.
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shuka is best viewed in motion