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List of BanG Dream! episodes 
Summary
BanG Dream! is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad that includes an anime television series. The anime currently has three seasons, five films, one OVA and one spin-off.
The first season was produced by Issen and Xebec, while the main production staff included director Atsushi Ōtsuki and composer Yuniko Ayana. The season follows the creation of the band Poppin'Party by first-year high school student Kasumi Toyama, who wishes to find a heart-pounding sound known as the "Star Beat" that she felt as a child. Spanning 13 episodes, it aired from January 21 to April 22, 2017, on Tokyo MX, and was streamed by Anime Network and Crunchyroll.[1][2] An original video animation episode was released on November 22, 2017, on the seventh Blu-Ray/DVD volume.[3]
A second season developed by Sanzigen aired from January 3 to March 28, 2019. Also 13 episodes long, it continues Poppin'Party's story as the band members enter their second year of high school, while also focusing on fellow all-girl bands Afterglow, Pastel Palettes, Roselia, and Hello, Happy World!.[4] Kōdai Kakimoto replaced Ōtsuki as director for the second season, while the rest of the cast reprised their roles.[5]
Sanzigen returned to produce the series' third season, which follows the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge and the growth of Raise A Suilen.[6] It was originally scheduled for October 2019, but it was delayed to January 2020. The third season aired from January 23 to April 23, 2020,[7] though the first episode was released on January 7 as it was bundled with a limited-edition Blu-ray release with the season's theme music.[8]
The main series features eight pieces of theme music. Season 1 respectively uses "Tokimeki Experience!" and "Sparkling Dreaming: Sing Girls",[a] both by Poppin'Party, as the opening and ending themes.[10] The second season's themes are performed by Poppin'Party and Roselia: the former's "Kizuna Music" and the latter's "Brave Jewel" are used as openings, while "Jumpin'" and "Safe and Sound" are the endings.[11][12] Poppin'Party performs Season 3's opening "Initial" and ending "Straight Through Our Dreams!",[b][14] for the final episode, the ending was a collaboration between Poppin'Party, Roselia, and Raise A Suilen.
In 2018, two chibi spin-off series titled Pastel Life and BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico began broadcast in May and July, respectively;[15][16] both are three-minute shorts, with the former following Pastel Palettes and the latter covering every band.[17] For its theme song, Pastel Life's subject group plays "Shuwarin Dreaming".[18][19] A second season to Pico titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori aired from May to October 2020.[20] BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! aired from October 2021.[21]
Various movies have also been produced by Sanzigen. BanG Dream! Film Live, directed by Tomomi Umezu and written by Kō Nakamura, premiered on September 13, 2019.[22][23][24] A sequel, Film Live 2nd Stage, came out August 20, 2021.[25][26] Story-driven films include the two-part Episode of Roselia series released on April 23 and June 25, 2021, and Poppin'Dream! on January 1, 2022.[27][28][29]
In 2022, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! mobile game, Sanzigen released a two-part series titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation: CiRCLE Thanks Party!.[30] Later in the year, a Morfonica-focused series called Morfonication was released online on July 28 and 29.[31]
An anime television series adaptation centered around MyGO!!!!! was announced on April 9, 2023. The series will be animated by Sanzigen and directed by Kodai Kakimoto, with Yuniko Ayana writing and supervising series scripts. It premiered on June 29, 2023, with three episodes premiering on the same day.[32][33] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[34]
A sequel, titled Ave Mujica, was announced after the airing of the thirteenth episode in September 2023.[35] It will premiere in January 2025.[36]
Series overview edit
Episode list edit
Season 1 (2017) edit
| No. | Title [c] | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "We Met!" "Deatchatta!" (Japanese: 出会っちゃった！) | January 21, 2017 | |
| Kasumi Toyama starts her life at Hanasakigawa High, where she joins numerous clubs in her search for a "sparkling, heart-pounding" feeling she once had when she looked up at the stars as a child called the "Star Beat". Along the way, she quickly befriends classmate Sāya Yamabuki. While heading home, Kasumi is led by a trail of golden stars towards a pawn shop owned by Arisa Ichigaya's family and discovers a star-shaped guitar. After hearing Glitter Green perform at the live house Space, which causes her buried feeling to emerge, she decides she wants to form a band. | |||
| 2 | "We Did It!" "Yatchatta!" (Japanese: やっちゃった！) | January 28, 2017 | |
| Kasumi is determined to form a band, and she begins asking her friends to be members. Arisa is insistent on not joining and puts the guitar up for sale. Kasumi ends up breaking the guitar by accident, but upon seeing her attachment to it once it gets fixed, Arisa lets her keep it for a cheap price. | |||
| 3 | "I Ran Away!" "Nige chatta!" (Japanese: 逃げちゃった！) | February 4, 2017 | |
| Rimi Ushigome, one of Kasumi's classmates and the younger sister of Glitter Green's lead vocalist Yuri, is reluctant to join her band due to her social anxiety. Glitter Green is late to their performance, prompting Kasumi to go onto stage and buy time by singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with Arisa in tow, prompting Rimi to join in with her bass. When Glitter Green arrives, they perform a cover of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with Kasumi, Arisa, and Rimi. Rimi formally joins Kasumi's band. | |||
| 4 | "I Got Angry!" "Okotchatta!" (Japanese: 怒っちゃった！) | February 11, 2017 | |
| Kasumi is put in supplementary classes with guitarist Tae Hanazono, and the two become close. As Kasumi begins to skip practice with Rimi and Arisa to get private guitar lessons from Tae, Arisa begins expressing jealousy. Upon realizing Arisa is upset, Kasumi begins inviting Tae to Arisa's house, to her annoyance. Although Kasumi recruits Tae to join her band, she refuses. | |||
| 5 | "My Heart Was Racing!" "Dokidoki shi chatta!" (Japanese: ドキドキしちゃった！) | February 18, 2017 | |
| Kasumi's band is challenged by Tae to put on a performance that will make her heart flutter. Rimi shows the others a song about chocolate cornets that she once wrote with her sister, and they begin practicing it, with Tae's occasional aid. While watching their practices, Tae becomes inspired to join their performance of "My Heart is a Chocolate Coronet" with them. | |||
| 6 | "I Made It!" "Tsukutchatta!" (Japanese: 作っちゃった！) | February 25, 2017 | |
| Kasumi is the president of the school's cultural festival planning committee and appoints Sāya as the vice president. Arisa attempts to come up with a name for their band and eventually comes up with Poppin'Party, and Sāya runs across one of her old bandmates, Natsuki. | |||
| 7 | "We Fought!" "Kenka shi chatta!" (Japanese: ケンカしちゃった！) | March 4, 2017 | |
| Sāya is revealed to have left her old band CHiSPA when her mother was hospitalized with anemia just before their debut live. Poppin'Party learns of Sāya's past when they meet Natsuki, and Kasumi attempts to convince Sāya to join her band. Sāya refuses, not wanting to neglect her family or hold the band back, leaving Kasumi heartbroken. | |||
| 8 | "I Ran!" "Hashitchatta!" (Japanese: 走っちゃった！) | March 11, 2017 | |
| The cultural festival is underway, and Poppin'Party prepares for their performance without Sāya. Sāya's mother is admitted to the hospital; although Sāya is adamant about staying by her side, she insists her daughter goes to the festival when she sees her crying over the lyrics of Poppin'Party's new song, left to her in a note from Kasumi. She arrives just in time and performs the song "Star Beat! Hoshi no Kodou" with everyone else. | |||
| 9 | "I Got a Job!" "Baito shi chatta!" (Japanese: バイトしちゃった！) | March 25, 2017 | |
| Sāya buys a new drum kit while Kasumi purchases a distortion pedal. Tae learns Space is understaffed for an upcoming performance due to an influenza outbreak, and Poppin'Party volunteers as part-time workers to gain experience. The band parlays the work into an audition, but fail to impress the owner Shifune Tsuzuki. Shifune then tells Poppin'Party that Space is closing down soon. | |||
| 10 | "I Got Surprised!" "Odoroi chatta!" (Japanese: 驚いちゃった！) | April 1, 2017 | |
| When CHisPA passes their audition at Space, Poppin'Party wonders what they differently, and Kasumi becomes adamant about practicing as much as possible for their next attempt. She approaches Shifune about auditioning again but is told that she performed the worst of the five, greatly affecting her. Kasumi elects to practice more often, but the accumulated stress causes her to lose her voice on stage during their audition. | |||
| 11 | "I Couldn't Sing Anymore" "Utaenaku natchatta" (Japanese: 歌えなくなっちゃった) | April 8, 2017 | |
| Kasumi is devastated over losing her voice, while the rest of Poppin'Party agree to practice without her until she recovers. She admits to her sister Asuka and Yuri that her lost voice was a product of overcompensating for being the worst member by practicing too much. The other members of the band strive to help her overcome her struggles, including agreeing to split their audition song's lyrics by member. | |||
| 12 | "I Sparkled?!" "Kirakira shi chatta!" (Japanese: キラキラしちゃった！) | April 15, 2017 | |
| As school finals come around, Poppin'Party prepares for their final chance to impress Shifune. Despite several members believing they messed up their parts, the owner passes them and grants them the chance to play at Space. | |||
| 13 | "We Sang!" "Utatchatta!" (Japanese: 歌っちゃった！) | April 22, 2017 | |
| At Space's final show, Kasumi and her friends prepare themselves for their first proper live performance. After listening to Glitter Green and CHiSPA, they perform to a positive reception, kick-starting their road to popularity as Poppin'Party. | |||
| OVA | "We Had Some Fun!" "Ason jatta!" (Japanese: 遊んじゃった！) | November 22, 2017 | |
| Poppin'Party and Roselia head to the beach to take a break from homework and band practice respectively, and eventually meet up to have fun. At the end of the day, Poppin'Party performs a song at a beach cafe as part of a sound check. This inspires Roselia vocalist Yukina Minato on a new guitar phrase and Roselia to practice their new song. | |||
Season 2 (2019) edit
| No. | Title [d] | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | "Happy Party!" | January 3, 2019 | |
| Kasumi and Poppin'Party enter their second year of high school. While returning from Arisa's house with her bandmates, Kasumi expresses interest in performing live again. This opportunity is granted when first-year student Rokka Asahi asks them to play at the reopened Galaxy live house alongside fellow girl bands Afterglow, Hello, Happy World!, and Roselia. At the conclusion of the live show, Poppin'Party and Roselia announce they will host their own self-sponsored live shows. | |||
| 15 | "BLACK SHOUT" Transliteration: "Kuroki Hōkō" (Japanese: 黒き咆哮) | January 10, 2019 | |
| Poppin'Party starts organizing their self-sponsored show, but become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of planning behind a live event. They are invited by Roselia to perform as a guest band at their respective concert which Asuka and Rokka attend. After the show, when Roselia and Poppin'Party come together, Yukina judges that Poppin'Party is not ready to put together their own show. | |||
| 16 | "Sing Girls" | January 17, 2019 | |
| Discouraged by Yukina's words, Kasumi and her friends feel doubtful about the likelihood and success of their show. Later, Kasumi meets Rokka in town and they visit Rokka's room before they attend Poppin'Party's band practice. Rokka recounts her life, including her wishes to form her own band, which prompts Poppin'Party to perform a song. This motivates both parties to pursue their respective goals. Meanwhile, Chiyu Tamade (CHU2) approaches Yukina about becoming Roselia's producer, but is denied; angered, she vows to destroy Roselia with her own band. | |||
| 17 | "Magnificent! Dynamic!! A Carefree World!" Transliteration: "Gōka! Gōkai!? Nobbi no Wārudo!" (Japanese: ゴーカ！ごーかい!?のっびのびワールド！) | January 24, 2019 | |
| After Kasumi suggests flying at the self-sponsored show, Kokoro Tsurumaki seeks to prove the absurd idea is possible and to make Poppin'Party smile. To do so, Hello, Happy World! invites Poppin'Party to Kokoro's cruise ship, where they put on a concert before going on a hot air balloon, where Kokoro and Michelle jump off the balloon to fly in the sky after some initial mishaps. The show motivates Poppin'Party to do their best in planning their show. | |||
| 18 | "Rainy Ring-Dong-Dance" Transliteration: "Ame no Ring-Dong-Dance" (Japanese: 雨のRing-Dong-Dance) | January 31, 2019 | |
| Pastel Palettes prepares to perform in the World Idol Festival. However, bassist Chisato Shirasagi has to attend to other commitments, making practicing together difficult. On top of that, Chisato feels doubtful about singing and playing the bass at the same time for a duet song, but is motivated by vocalist Aya Maruyama and the other members of Pastel Palettes to practice together. In the end, Pastel Palettes' performance in the World Idol Festival goes smoothly with both Aya and Chisato singing their song. | |||
| 19 | "You Only Live Once" | February 7, 2019 | |
| Afterglow and Poppin'Party are invited to play at the shopping district festival. However, the show is delayed due to rain, during which Afterglow recounts their formation. Once the rain subsides, the two bands perform. Poppin'Party concludes the show by announcing their self-sponsored concert will be at Galaxy, to Rokka's surprise. | |||
| 20 | "I Won't Cry, I Won't Cry" Transliteration: "Nakana Ina Kanai" (Japanese: ナカナ イナ カナイ) | February 14, 2019 | |
| Thanks to Pastel Palettes guitarist and Haneoka High student council president Hina Hikawa, her school and Hanasakigawa prepare for a joint cultural festival. Hina also forms a band of students from both schools (made up of Aya, Afterglow's Moca Aoba and Tsugumi Hazawa, Roselia's Lisa Imai, and Hello, Happy World!'s Kanon Matsubara) to perform at the festival. Poppin'Party prepares for their performances at both the cultural festival and their live show, with Tae choosing to gain additional experience with impromptu street performances. During one session, she reunites with her childhood friend Rei Wakana (LAYER). Rei recalls the two promising to form a band together and brings up the idea, to which Tae hesitates. | |||
| 21 | "You're Not Alone" Transliteration: "Hitori Janaindakara" (Japanese: ひとりじゃないんだから) | February 21, 2019 | |
| Tae talks to Poppin'Party about becoming a support guitarist for Rei's new band in order to improve her skills. Despite their worries about Tae's increased workload, they give their blessings and she is introduced to Raise A Suilen, led by Chiyu. Meanwhile, the culture festival band write a song and do an open rehearsal in front of students from both schools. | |||
| 22 | "School Festival Symphony" Transliteration: "Sukūru Fesutibaru Sinfonī" (Japanese: スクール・フェスティバル・シンフォニー) | February 28, 2019 | |
| The joint cultural festival begins as each class runs their own booths. Meanwhile, Tae continues practicing with Raise A Suilen in preparation for their first live shows, forgoing practicing for the festival. Consequently, Poppin'Party delays their performance. However, Raise A Suilen's debut concert leads to them playing a three-song encore, forcing Rokka and Roselia to stall for Poppin'Party by performing. Kasumi sets out to find Tae, and although the two run back to the school together, they arrive too late. | |||
| 23 | "R·I·O·T" | March 7, 2019 | |
| Poppin'Party go around and thank members of the other bands and Rokka for covering for them during the concert. A discouraged Tae announces she would leave Raise A Suilen, which Rei accepts while Chiyu does not. Tae practices and plays with Raise A Suilen in her last live with the band, with Poppin'Party and the other groups in attendance. After the show, Chiyu proclaims her intention to take Tae away from Poppin'Party. | |||
| 24 | "Star Tears" Transliteration: "Hoshi no Namida" (Japanese: ホシノナミダ) | March 14, 2019 | |
| Chiyu meets with all five members of Poppin'Party and reiterates her desire to have Tae in her band. After she leaves, Poppin'Party expresses doubt about their future after the self-sponsored show. The next day, Kasumi meets Tae after finishing preparations for the day and plays a song for her, which inspires Tae to write the lyrics for a new song that she plays in front of Kasumi and the others. To her bandmates' joy, Tae re-affirms her desire to play with Poppin'Party. | |||
| 25 | "Returns" | March 21, 2019 | |
| Poppin'Party prepares for their live show at Galaxy and works to refine Tae's song, while the other bands (sans Raise A Suilen) accept their invitation to perform and provide their set lists. The bands have their dress rehearsals the day before the performance, where Poppin'Party plays their new song in front of the others. | |||
| 26 | "Kizuna Music" Transliteration: "Kizuna Myūjikku" (Japanese: キズナミュージック) | March 28, 2019 | |
| The five bands set up Galaxy for Poppin'Party's self-sponsored show. Poppin'Party opens the concert with their new song, to the others' surprise. The other four bands follow suit, starting with their newly-created pieces. As the live comes to an end, Kasumi thanks the audience for supporting the band before performing a new song that she wrote; afterwards, Poppin'Party returns for an encore to sing one last song. While leaving Galaxy, the five encounter Chiyu, who declares she will destroy them and Roselia. | |||
Season 3 (2020) edit
| No. | Title [e] | Original air date [f] | [g] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | "It's The Ultimate Dream, Don't You Think!?" Transliteration: "Saikō no yume - desu yo ne!" (Japanese: 最高の夢一一ですよね！) | January 23, 2020 | January 7, 2020 | |
| Three months after Poppin'Party's self-sponsored live show, the local live house owners, including CiRCLE's Marina Tsukishima, organize the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge, a tournament with the final taking place at the Nippon Budokan. Poppin'Party and Afterglow express their interest in participating, and although Kasumi invites Rokka to join them, she declines as she is still searching for a band. Meanwhile, Chiyu struggles to find a new guitarist for Raise A Suilen until she watches Rokka's performance at the cultural festival. Chiyu invites Poppin'Party, Roselia, and Rokka to her band's concert, where she announces the band's entry into the Girls Band Challenge and openly offers Rokka an audition, much to her dismay. | ||||
| 28 | "Scared to Death" Transliteration: "Obieteru janai" (Japanese: おびえてるじゃない) | January 30, 2020 | January 14, 2020 | |
| Although she immediately declines Chiyu's offer, Rokka continues to be scouted for Raise A Suilen, including being chased by her and RAS keyboardist PAREO in school and around town. In the meantime, Chiyu reiterates her challenge to Yukina; seeing similarities in the bands' philosophies, Yukina decides to have Roselia enter the Girls Band Challenge. Later in the night, after seeing Rokka practice her guitar in the Galaxy live house, RAS drummer Masuki Satō (MASKING) takes Rokka to Chiyu's studio, where she performs alongside RAS. Unimpressed with Rokka's lackluster performance, she decides not to include her in RAS, explaining she cannot accept those withholding their skills to satisfy her. | ||||
| 29 | "I'm Not Leaving!" Transliteration: "Kaeran!" (Japanese: 帰らん！) | February 6, 2020 | January 14, 2020 | |
| The preliminaries for the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge begin with the top two teams in vote count going to the finals at the Budokan. Roselia and RAS begin performing their live shows while a zoned-out Rokka comes to terms with her failed RAS audition. Meanwhile, Poppin'Party plays a new song for their first preliminary show in front of Rokka. Motivated by Poppin'Party's song, she quickly rushes to RAS' studio where she is given one last chance to audition. Rokka's passionate performance pleases Chiyu, who adds her as a "(temporary) guitarist" on the terms that she becomes a guitarist worthy of RAS. | ||||
| 30 | "Them Lil' Octopus Sausages" Transliteration: "Tako-san uin'nāda giya a" (Japanese: タコさんウインナーだぎやあ) | February 20, 2020 | January 21, 2020 | |
| With Rokka becoming the temporary guitarist of Raise A Suilen, the band heads to a film studio to shoot a music video of their new song. Afterwards, they return to the studio to play said song, but Rokka struggles to play together with the other band members. After a chat with Masuki in a ramen shop, Rokka keeps practicing until the song is perfected. The next day, the band is impressed by the video they put together, and Chiyu removes the interim label from Rokka's title, giving her the nickname LOCK. | ||||
| 31 | "PoPi-V!" Transliteration: "Popibui" (Japanese: ポピブイ) | February 27, 2020 | January 21, 2020 | |
| Inspired by Raise A Suilen's music video, Poppin'Party decides to make an MV of their own (dubbed PoPi-V). Taking cues from Pastel Palettes' video and Rokka's testimonies of the video production process, Poppin'Party invites their friends to participate. Rimi and Arisa spend many sleepless days and nights working on the video, which includes photos and videos of the bands. Amazed by the final product, Poppin'Party uploads the video online and are excited by the likes they immediately receive. Later in the night, Chiyu confronts Roselia and proposes a band battle with RAS, which Yukina accepts. | ||||
| 32 | "This is it." Transliteration: "This is it." (Japanese: This is it.) | March 5, 2020 | March 3, 2020 | |
| RAS and Roselia prepare for the band battle at the Dub live house. Although Roselia had been preparing for the Over the Future concert, a precursor event to their ultimate goal Future World Fes, Yukina is adamant about playing in the battle. Roselia guitarist Sayo Hikawa expresses her doubts as she believes her band is overworking themselves by practicing for two events at once. However, after talking to Chiyu and finding out why she wanted to set up RAS, Sayo comes back, intent on beating them. After a vote, RAS wins the band battle with Chiyu proclaiming her band is better. | ||||
| 33 | "Save Them In The Music" Transliteration: "Oto ni nokoshite okitakute" (Japanese: 音に残しておきたくて) | March 12, 2020 | March 3, 2020 | |
| Reeling after their defeat, Roselia reflect upon their performance and prepare for Over the Future. Sayo practices intensely for the concert but collapses during a break from practice due to overwork and fever. As she recuperates in her bedroom, her bandmates visit and Yukina chats with her about why she accepted the band battle challenge: to learn from RAS and grow as a band. After Sayo's recovery and one last practice session, Roselia performs at Over the Future; Yukina thanks the fans for their ongoing support before starting their performance. | ||||
| 34 | "Should We Be Lounging Around Right Now?" Transliteration: "Non biku shite ite yoi nodesho raka" (Japanese: のんびクしていてよいのでしょラか) | March 19, 2020 | March 10, 2020 | |
| All the old shopkeepers from the Jizo-dori shopping district break their backs just before their trip to the hot springs, so everyone (except Chiyu and PAREO) go in their place. After settling into their rooms, the girls socialize with their peers from other bands. In particular, Rei and Kasumi meet, where they praise each other's performances as RAS and Poppin'Party respectively. Others relax in the hot springs, though some like Arisa and Yukina end up overheating from staying for too long. During the evening, Afterglow informs Kasumi and the others that Poppin'Party's music video gained over 10,000 views, which they celebrate before tending to the overheated. | ||||
| 35 | "Let's Go, PoPiPa" Transliteration: "Iku zo popipa" (Japanese: いくぞポピパ) | March 26, 2020 | March 10, 2020 | |
| Hoping to gain more votes, Poppin'Party plans a three-week schedule of live performances. In addition to Galaxy, they play at CiRCLE and Dub alongside Roselia and RAS, respectively; although they receive fewer votes than both bands, they enjoy their newly-gained momentum as they reach sixth in the polls. Although RAS offers their support to Poppin'Party, including baking a cake for Tae's birthday, they fall behind Roselia in the voting. In response, Chiyu calls an impromptu meeting in which she announces that RAS will play in other venues to force other bands to withdraw. She also takes control of everyone's calendars and instructs the band members to follow her orders and to not socialize with other bands. After an argument where Chiyu questions everyone's commitment to RAS, an incensed Masuki walks away. PAREO attempts to console Chiyu but is rebuked and deemed useless. | ||||
| 36 | "Vocalists are... Like Stars..." Transliteration: "Bōkaru wa...... hoshi..." (Japanese: ボーカルは......星...) | April 2, 2020 | March 17, 2020 | |
| Worried about her band's future, Rokka looks for Masuki but to no avail. The next day, after receiving advice from Kasumi, Rokka searches for her again, finally finding her at her school. Meeting in front of the Budokan, Rokka praises Masuki for helping her and tells her to meet with Chiyu to make up. Meanwhile, Rei meets Tae and ponders about her feelings toward RAS; Tae tells her that as the vocalist of RAS, she has the power to change what her band will do in the future. RAS, sans PAREO, reunite as a band to perform, but feel anxious and distracted due to her absence and do not perform well. While Rokka and Masking head to Chiba to find her, Rei talks to Chiyu about needing to work together in the best interests of the band. After finding out that Chiyu wrote PAREO off for being useless, the two also head out together to find her. | ||||
| 37 | "Pareo No Longer Exists" Transliteration: "Pareo wa mō imasen" (Japanese: パレオはもういません) | April 9, 2020 | March 17, 2020 | |
| In Chiba, Masking and Rokka search for PAREO by visiting her school. When they show her classmates a photo of her, they learn of PAREO's true identity as Reona Nyūbara. The two spot Reona as she is walking home, prompting her to run away and them to give chase. Upon catching up to her, they learn of her background as an academically successful but meek girl who regularly posts keyboard covers of Pastel Palettes songs online. Despite Rokka and Masuki's efforts, a disillusioned Reona proclaims PAREO no longer exists until she spots Chiyu and Rei running up to them. After Chiyu asks for forgiveness and is accepted, the band performs a song for her birthday back in the studio. Eventually, the Girls Band Challenge voting closes with Roselia leading, while Poppin'Party and RAS are tied for second. | ||||
| 38 | "A Concert With POPIPA!" Transliteration: "Popipa-san to kyōen'ya" (Japanese: ポピパさんと共演や一一一一一一！) | April 16, 2020 | April 7, 2020 | |
| Bringing Poppin'Party and RAS together at Galaxy, Marina announces that both bands will proceed to the finals at the Budokan, to everyone's relief and excitement. Each band then prepares to perform in the Budokan which includes a dress rehearsal at CiRCLE. Along the way, Poppin'Party prepares a new song that they want to play with Roselia and RAS, both of whom accept. Meanwhile, Asuka volunteers to help in the Girls Band Challenge, including creating a poster for the finals and interviewing the bands for her blog. The night before the finals, Kasumi sees Asuka proofreading her blog post. Asked to explain how she finds sparkling, heart-pounding moments in her life, Kasumi recounts how she found these moments by forming Poppin'Party and meeting and making new friends over the past year. | ||||
| 39 | "This... This Right Here is the Girl Band Generation!" Transliteration: "Kore ga...... Kore ga koso ga, daigāruzu bando jidai ya" (Japanese: これが......これこそが、大ガールズバンド時代や！) | April 23, 2020 | April 7, 2020 | |
| The Girls Band Challenge finals arrive as Poppin'Party, RAS, and Roselia assemble at the Budokan, where they help set up the stage. Before Poppin'Party's performance, Rimi confides to her band that she is hesitant to play as the finals symbolize the end of their journey up to that point. However, she and the band are uplifted when they hear the crowd recite their pre-performance chant. Poppin'Party and Roselia perform new songs, while RAS play a rendition of Chiyu's birthday song. The audience votes for the winner, with Roselia claiming the Grand Prize; to the others' surprise, RAS receives the Best Performance title while Poppin'Party is named Best Band. The three bands close out the event by playing their collaboration song. | ||||
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! (2023) edit
| No. | Title [h] | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Haneoka's Quirky Girl" Transliteration: "Haneoka no Fushigi-chan" (Japanese: 羽丘の不思議ちゃん) | June 29, 2023 | |
| Anon Chihaya transfers into Haneoka Girls Academy late, just before Golden Week. Realizing that almost everyone at school is in a band, she hurriedly begins building one of her own. After overhearing a piano performance by Sakiko Togawa, Anon proposes forming a band with her but is rebuked. She approaches her classmate Tomori Takamatsu, hoping to befriend her after being informed of her past in a band and reading her notebooks of lyrics. Tomori expresses hesitance due to the hostile nature of her previous band's breakup before running away. Anon chases her to live house RiNG before being stopped by Tomori's friend Taki Shiina. | |||
| 2 | "I Won't Invite You Anymore" Transliteration: "Mō Sasowanai" (Japanese: もう誘わない) | June 29, 2023 | |
| While trying to recruit band members at RiNG, Anon encounters Soyo Nagasaki, a student from Tsukinomori Girls' Academy who broke up her confrontation with Taki. As the two talk at RiNG's café, during which Taki begrudgingly serves them, a girl named Rāna Kaname appears for an open mic and begins playing the guitar over their conversation. Anon mentions approaching Tomori about the band, catching Soyo's interest as a former bandmate of hers. Soyo agrees to join Anon's band, while a later visit to RiNG reveals Taki was also in Soyo and Tomori's old band CRYCHIC. | |||
| 3 | "CRYCHIC" | June 29, 2023 | |
| In an episode told exclusively from Tomori's first-person point of view, she recalls her childhood and upbringing. Much of her youth and middle school life had been spent alone. While reaching over a bridge for a flower in the wind, she was tackled by Sakiko, who misinterpreted her action as a suicide attempt. The two became friends over music before Sakiko suggested forming a band with her classmates Soyo and Mutsumi Wakaba, while Taki joined as her older sister is the president of Soyo's brass club. Sakiko's optimistic nature motivated Tomori as the lyricist and vocalist, culminating in a successful debut concert for CRYCHIC. However, Sakiko abruptly quit the band days later without explanation, and its disbandment caused Tomori to revert to her isolated nature upon entering high school. | |||
| 4 | "For Our Whole Lives?!" Transliteration: "Isshō da yo!?" (Japanese: 一生だよ!?) | July 6, 2023 | |
| Soyo attempts to reconcile with Sakiko upon discovering she had transferred to Haneoka following CRYCHIC's breakup, but fails. Anon brings Soyo and Tomori to RiNG to reconnect with Taki, where they recount the disbandment and Tomori claims her singing drove Sakiko away. Soyo suggests trying again with Anon, of which everyone agrees in favor. At their first practice, Anon admits to having limited guitar experience before Rāna appears. | |||
| 5 | "I'm Not Running Away!" Transliteration: "Nigetenai!" (Japanese: 逃げてない！) | July 13, 2023 | |
| Rāna impresses the group by playing their song despite no prior familiarity, though Anon is distressed about no longer being the band's lead figure. The group is invited to perform at Poppin'Party and Afterglow's joint concert, though Tomori refuses out of fear of repeating the events that led to CRYCHIC's demise. Taki and Anon argue over whether they should play until the former criticizes her poor work ethic. Offended, Anon runs away with Tomori following. At the aquarium, Anon admits she had studied in England after graduating middle school, but secretly returned to Japan after realizing she was unable to keep up with her peers overseas. Tomori reassures Anon that running away from her fears is natural and simply another means to find her calling, as Tomori had done before joining Anon's band. | |||
| 6 | "Why, When It's Too Late?" Transliteration: "Nande Imasara" (Japanese: なんで今更) | July 20, 2023 | |
| Tomori and Taki write a new song, though Anon struggles to play it while Rāna does so with ease. Unsatisfied with the lack of progress, Taki relegates Anon to practicing basic chords while Rāna's inconsistent appearances at practices prevents the band from operating cohesively. Taki's frustrations boil over as a byproduct of overworking herself while trying to mimic Sakiko's band leadership, and she begins skipping practice. Anon and Tomori visit Taki at Hanasakigawa about her absence before encountering Rāna, a Hanasakigawa junior high school student. | |||
| 7 | "Even After Today's Concert Ends" Transliteration: "Kyō no Raibu ga Owatte mo" (Japanese: 今日のライブが終わっても) | July 27, 2023 | |
| The day of the band's debut show arrives, though they are nervous while awaiting their turn to perform. Once on stage, they struggle through their opening song before Tomori starts to sing with more confidence. As part of her emceeing between songs, Tomori confesses her fears for performing again after CRYCHIC broke up but wants to continue as her music are messages of her feelings, which Rāna segues into a rendition of CRYCHIC's original song. A shocked Sakiko flees the venue after hearing the song, and Soyo confronts the band after the show about playing it. | |||
| 8 | "Why?" Transliteration: "Dōshite" (Japanese: どうして) | August 3, 2023 | |
| Soyo has not attending school or practice since the concert, which Tomori assumes is her fault. Meanwhile, Sakiko reunites with her childhood friend Uika Misumi while Soyo's attempts to text her fail. After coaxing Mutsumi into giving Sakiko's address, Soyo visits her to apologize about performing the song before admitting the band was part of her ploy to reunite CRYCHIC. Sakiko rejects her offer as rash and ignorant of the other CRYCHIC members' personal agency before leaving her behind. | |||
| 9 | "Disbanding" Transliteration: "Kaisan" (Japanese: 解散) | August 10, 2023 | |
| In a flashback, Soyo recounts moving to a new neighborhood with her mother and attending Tsukinomori's middle school, where she became a double bass player in the school's brass band. Her performance attracted Sakiko's interest and she is approached about joining what would become CRYCHIC. Distraught about the band's collapse and Sakiko's words, Soyo reasons her actions have been selfless. Anon, Taki, and Tomori try to reach out to Soyo but are repeatedly ignored. After Taki intercepts Soyo at an upcoming brass band event, Soyo reveals her plan to reform CRYCHIC at all costs including discarding Anon and Rāna once necessary. Taki invites her friend and support musician Umiri Yahata as the interim bassist, though she quickly leaves upon noticing their disconnect. When Taki discloses Soyo's intentions, Anon departs as well. | |||
| 10 | "Always Lost" Transliteration: "Zutto Maigo" (Japanese: ずっと迷子) | August 17, 2023 | |
| With the band fragmented, Tomori is unable to talk to a despondent Anon and begins writing her troubles as poems in her notebook. She uses the poems to conduct solo spoken word performances at RiNG, which become popular as Rāna joins in as background music. Rāna urges Taki to follow suit before Tomori convinces Anon to do the same. Anon follows Soyo to her home, where Soyo declares she would break up the band at their next show. Instead, Tomori drags Soyo from the audience onto the stage and the full band performs Tomori's poem-turned-song. | |||
| 11 | "Even So" Transliteration: "Soredemo" (Japanese: それでも) | August 24, 2023 | |
| Following the show, Soyo makes amends with the band. They begin scheduling their next concert despite not yet having a name or new song written. The five convene at Soyo's house to brainstorm while Anon also sets up a social media account for them. While they finalize the song and costumes the night before the show, Anon—using a page of Tomori's notes—suggest calling the band "Maigo" (迷子, Japanese for "Lost Children"). | |||
| 12 | "It's my go!!!!!" | August 31, 2023 | |
| Before they go up, Anon notices the band name has been shortened due to an input error. As another play on words, she turns the phrase "Itsumo Maigo" (いつも 迷子, "Always Lost") into "It's My Go", which she proposes as the final band name. After a successful show, the band agrees to use the name MyGO!!!!! with five exclamation marks to symbolize each individual member. When Soyo notices a bag of cucumbers left in their dressing room, she tracks down Mutsumi to return the gift. Mutsumi quietly meets with Umiri, who urges her to take her time considering a major decision. Beauty influencer and drummer Nyamu Yūtenji conducts a live stream at CiRCLE with Ako that goes viral before meeting with Sakiko, who invites her to join her new band along with Mutsumi and Uika. | |||
| 13 | "The Only One I Can Trust Is Myself" Transliteration: "Shinjirareru no ha Waga Mi Hitotsu" (Japanese: 信じられるのは我が身ひとつ) | September 14, 2023 | |
| On the one hand, the band MyGO!!!! celebrates the success of their previous public performances and believes that they can participate in the band activities for a lifetime. On the other hand, Sakiko ends up recruiting Nyamu as the drummer for her new band, and she leads the first public performance of her new band Ave Mujica. After the success of the performance, Sakiko returns to her home, showing her poor family. | |||
Other series edit
Pastel Life edit
| No. | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 17, 2018 | |
| While taking a break from practice, Aya and Chisato visit the shopping mall to buy headphones. Due to their celebrity status, they decide to wear disguises, though Aya is quickly recognized. | ||
| 2 | May 24, 2018 | |
| Maya and Eve notice a magazine article covering Hina's acting debut. Hina presents Chisato with the read-through for the film as she doesn't understand the younger sister character she has to play, to the band's confusion considering her actual sibling relationship with Sayo. Chisato provides tips to help her, but she still fails to realize. | ||
| 3 | May 31, 2018 | |
| Chisato abruptly leaves Pastel Palettes' practice for other obligations, which raises suspicion from Hina as her television show had already finished filming. Before she leaves with the band, Hina spots a bag of cookies that she bluntly criticizes. On their way to lunch, they encounter a dog that Chisato reveals to be hers; she explains her sudden departures have been to spend time with him, while the cookies were intended for the dog. | ||
| 4 | June 7, 2018 | |
| After arriving early for practice, Maya is testing the band's equipment when she notices small gaps in the room that she decides to squeeze between. While laying below a couch, the rest of the band arrive, with the situation being exacerbated when they sit on said couch. When she drops her pen, Chisato discovers Maya underneath. | ||
| 5 | June 14, 2018 | |
| Eve's face becomes masculine after an excessive effort into preparing for an interview with a samurai magazine. Aya's initial attempt to stretch her face fails, prompting Hina to use her "ultimate technique": a group tickle. However, the tickling causes Eve to laugh too much, leading to her face molding into such an expression. | ||
| 6 | June 21, 2018 | |
| During a Pastel Palettes concert, Hina's guitar string snaps and technical problems plague the performance; regardless, Aya continues to sing and amaze the crowd. As it turns out, it was merely a dream Hina had, which she promptly proclaims is too boring. Although Aya argues otherwise, the band agrees they enjoy her the way she is. | ||
CiRCLE Thanks Party! edit
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation -CiRCLE THANKS PARTY!- #1"[30] Transliteration: "Bandori! Gārusu Bando Pāti! 5th Anivāsarī Animation - Sākuru Sankusu Pāti! - Dai Ichi" (Japanese: バンドリ！ ガールズバンドパーティ！ 5th Anniversary Animation -CiRCLE THANKS PARTY！- ＃1) | March 10, 2022 | |
| Marina suggests hosting a thank-you party for CiRCLE's supporters, which the seven bands agree to join. While Chiyu writes a song that everyone will perform together, the girls discuss how they would practice and contribute to the party, as well as how music has changed them: Poppin'Party plans to sell themed chocolate cornets; Masuki and Rokka reflect on their personal growths since joining Raise A Suilen while Tae and Rei express their gratitude for reuniting; and Sayo and Hina, both of whom have professional obligations preventing them from practicing the song with the others, promise to have their bands play together in the future. After submitting their lyrics to Chiyu, the girls head to CiRCLE, where an outdoor stage has been constructed, and help set up for the event by painting its logo, advertising, and create teru teru bōzu of themselves in response to rain being forecasted. On the day before the show, Pastel Palettes and Roselia arrive in time to hold a joint rehearsal with everyone. As they rehearse, raindrops begin to fall. | |||
| 2 | "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation -CiRCLE THANKS PARTY!- #2"[30] Transliteration: "Bandori! Gārusu Bando Pāti! 5th Anivāsarī Animation - Sākuru Sankusu Pāti! - Dai Ni" (Japanese: バンドリ！ ガールズバンドパーティ！ 5th Anniversary Animation -CiRCLE THANKS PARTY！- ＃2) | March 17, 2022 | |
| A powerful overnight storm damages the stage and its centerpiece logo. Although crushed, the girls resolve to repair the stage along with rehearsing. The bands rotate between practicing with Chiyu, cleaning up the stage, and setting up booths for the festival. The event begins with Hello, Happy World! performing tricks before participating in Morfonica's ring toss carnival game, Poppin'Party and Afterglow respectively operating a bakery and café, Pastel Palettes running a photo booth, and the others continuing work on the stage. At nightfall, the girls perform their collaboration song, to the delight of the crowd. As the performance ends, Marina commends the bands and her fellow staff member (the player character in Girls Band Party!) for their hard work. | |||
Morfonication edit
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Summer Morfonica Plan"[37] Transliteration: "Natsu Monika Keikaku" (Japanese: 夏モニカ計画) | July 28, 2022 | |
| With summer break nearing, Mashiro attempts to write a summer-themed song after daydreaming of sea creatures and seeing a butterfly that follows her. Tōko proposes organizing a special summer event with Nanami and Tsukushi as her accomplices, and the latter suggests a training camp on Tsukinomori's campus. Mashiro encounters her middle school classmates; she musters the confidence to talk after spotting the butterfly, but when the classmates recall her doing the same in middle school, she runs away. After abruptly departing a practice session, Mashiro notices the butterfly and her surrounding world blurring and turning to black. | |||
| 2 | "Shining days"[37] | July 29, 2022 | |
| After summer break begins, Morfonica attempts to talk to Mashiro but fails. Tōko and Tsukushi drag her from her house to Tsukinomori for the training camp to help her write the song, but she hesitates and calls her daydreaming childish. After exploring the campus, an inspired Mashiro resumes writing lyrics before her darker thoughts frighten her into stopping. Despite Mashiro snapping at her bandmates and leaving the camp, the others bring her out to play with fireworks. Mashiro reveals her lyrics come from her daydreams, but the conversation with her classmates made her believe she has not matured since; Nanami theorizes she had misinterpreted the classmates' comments, and she and Tsukushi agree they appreciate her regardless of her self-improvement. Touched by their words, Mashiro's colorful daydreams return and inspire her to complete the song "Yorube no Sunny, Sunny". | |||
Films edit
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film | "BanG Dream! FILM LIVE"[38] Transliteration: "Bandori! Firumu Raibu" (Japanese: バンドリ! フィルムライブ) | September 13, 2019 | |
| Poppin'Party, Afterglow, Pastel Palettes, Roselia, and Hello, Happy World! perform in a live outdoor concert. | |||
| Film | "BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise" Transliteration: "Bandori! Episōdo of Roselia I: Yakusoku" (Japanese: BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: 約束) | April 23, 2021 | |
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The movie follows Roselia's two Band Stories and first "Noble Rose" event story from the BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! game.[39] Despite their childhood friendship, Yukina and Lisa have grown distant as the former pursues music with the hope of redeeming her father who quit the industry in disgrace after being unable to create his own music and having to sell out. She recruits Sayo, Lisa, Ako, and Rinko to form Roselia, and the five develop a camaraderie with each other as they aim to perform at the prestigious Future World Fes. However, a poor performance at the Sweet Music Shower prompts Yukina to revert to her original harsh attitude, resulting in an argument with Ako and Rinko. While Yukina receives motivation from Poppin'Party after attending a show, the other four express their love for the band and make amends. Following a successful concert, Lisa ponders her role in the band and attempts to write lyrics elaborating on her feelings. After Yukina rejects her initial draft, Lisa recalls her youth with Yukina and writes new lyrics, which Yukina sings and proclaims will be played by the band at their next show. | |||
| Film | "BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am." Transliteration: "Bandori! Episōdo of Roselia II: Song I am." | June 25, 2021 | |
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The movie follows the second and third "Noble Rose" event stories from Girls Band Party!. As Roselia prepares for the qualifying concert for Future World Fes, Rinko writes a new song that Ako urges her to turn into an actual piece. Despite her enthusiasm for the event, Ako is uneasy about Roselia's future following FWF. When she voices her concerns the day prior to the show, the others reassure her by explaining that although FWF is the band's closest immediate goal, the uncertainty of the future presents more heights for them to pursue. At the qualifiers, Roselia performs Lisa's and Rinko's songs and ultimately win. Ahead of FWF, Yukina pens a song that draws comparisons to "Louder", which her father had written and was co-opted by Roselia as a trademark of its discography, prompting her to declare FWF would be the final time it is performed as it represents the past. At FWF, Roselia also plays "Neo-Aspect", which symbolizes the present, and the new track "Song I am.", highlighting the future. After the show, Yukina thanks her father for supporting her career, and he gives his best wishes for the band's future endeavors. | |||
| Film | "BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage" Transliteration: "Bandori! Firumu Raibu 2nd Stage" (Japanese: バンドリ! フィルムライブ) | August 20, 2021 | |
| The original five bands, joined by Raise A Suilen and Morfonica, perform in a larger arena. Depending on the version that the viewer watches, the collaboration song in the post-credits scene varies: Poppin'Party, Pastel Palettes, and Morfonica play "Kizunairo no Ensemble" together; "Kyouen Red x Violet" is a joint piece between Roselia and Afterglow; and "RASHAPEOPLE!" is between Hello, Happy World! and Raise A Suilen. | |||
| Film | "BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream!" Transliteration: "BanG Dream! Poppin'Dorīmu!" (Japanese: バンドリ! ぽっぴん'どりーむ！) | January 1, 2022 | |
| After the Girls Band Challenge finals, the participating bands are invited by Sora Uzaki, a friend of Masuki's parents, to the Save the Dream charity concert at Paseo Stadium in Guam; Poppin'Party and Raise A Suilen accept the offer, while Roselia turns it down as they are focusing on Future World Fes. Upon arriving, a delay in Poppin'Party getting their luggage results in their hotel-bound bus leaving with just RAS. While RAS encounters and spends time with Morfonica, who is also playing at the show, Poppin'Party is picked up by a festival staffer and brought to Governor Joseph Flores Beach Park, where they host an acoustic jam session. Emotional from the performance, Masuki goes to the beach with Tsukushi watching, but sprains her foot when she steps on a sea cucumber. She hides her injury on the day of the show before being spotted by Sāya, who takes her to a nearby hospital. Morfonica agrees to perform first to stall until Masuki and Sāya return, and the former arrives in time for RAS' final song. During Poppin'Party's closing act, the stadium lights shut off and the crowd revels in the starry sky akin to what Kasumi saw when she discovered the Star Beat. In a post-credits scene, Sora sends off Poppin'Party and RAS, adding she is open to bringing them back for future performances. | |||
Notes edit
- ^ Japanese title: "Kirakira da toka Yume da toka ~Sing Girls~" (キラキラだとか夢だとか ～Sing Girls～); English title is from the English-language website.[9]
- ^ Japanese title: "Yume wo Uchinuku Shunkan ni!" (夢を撃ち抜く瞬間に！); English title is from the English-language website.[13]
- ^ All English titles are taken from Anime Network.
- ^ All English titles are taken from HIDIVE.
- ^ All English titles are taken from HIDIVE.
- ^ Release date of episode in TOKYO MX
- ^ First release date of episode in HIDIVE and limited-edition albums in Japan.
- ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
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