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BanG Dream! バンドリ! (Bandori!) | |
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Genre | Musical fiction |
Created by | Takaaki Kidani (Bushiroad) |
Manga | |
BanG_Dream! Star Beat | |
Written by | Kō Nakamura |
Illustrated by | Aya Ishida |
Published by | Bushiroad |
Magazine | Monthly Bushiroad |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 2015 – December 2015 |
Manga | |
Written by | Kō Nakamura |
Illustrated by | Mami Kashiwabara |
Published by | Bushiroad |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Bushiroad |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | April 2016 – February 2019 |
Manga | |
Yonkoma: Bandori! | |
Written by | Hakuto Shiroi |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Magazine | Dengeki G's Comic |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2016 – 2017 |
Volumes | 2 |
Light novel | |
Written by | Kō Nakamura |
Illustrated by | Hitowa |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Published | April 25, 2016 |
Manga | |
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Roselia Stage | |
Written by | Pepako Dokuta |
Published by | Overlap |
English publisher | Tokyopop |
Magazine | Gardo Comics |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 10, 2017 – September 25, 2017 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
RAiSe! The story of my music | |
Written by | Kō Nakamura |
Illustrated by | Ryū Shihara |
Published by | Bushiroad |
Magazine | Monthly Bushiroad |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 2019 – present |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Yuniko Ayana |
Music by | Elements Garden |
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Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, AT-X |
English network | |
Original run | January 21, 2017 – April 23, 2020 |
Episodes | 39 + OVA |
Video game | |
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! | |
Developer | Craft Egg |
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Genre | Adventure, rhythm |
Platform | iOS, Android |
Released | March 16, 2017 (Japanese) October 19, 2017 (traditional Chinese) February 6, 2018 (Korean) April 4, 2018 (English) May 30, 2019 (China) |
Anime television series | |
Pastel Life | |
Directed by | Tommy Hino |
Studio | Studio A-Cat |
Original network | Tokyo MX |
Original run | May 16, 2018 – June 21, 2018 |
Episodes | 6 |
Anime television series | |
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico | |
Directed by | Seiya Miyajima |
Studio | Sanzigen DMM.futureworks |
Original network | Tokyo MX, Sun TV |
Original run | July 5, 2018 – December 27, 2018 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime film | |
BanG Dream! Film Live | |
Directed by | Tomomi Umetsu |
Written by | Kō Nakamura |
Music by | Elements Garden |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Licensed by |
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Released | September 13, 2019 |
Runtime | 72 minutes |
Anime television series | |
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori | |
Directed by | Seiya Miyajima |
Studio | Sanzigen DMM.futureworks |
Original run | May 7, 2020 – October 29, 2020 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime film | |
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia | |
Directed by | Kōdai Kakimoto (Chief) Atsushi Mimura |
Written by | Kōdai Kakimoto Midori Gotou |
Music by | Elements Garden |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
Released | April 23, 2021 – June 25, 2021 |
Anime film | |
BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage | |
Directed by | Tomomi Umetsu |
Written by | Kō Nakamura |
Music by | Elements Garden |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
Released | August 20, 2021 |
Runtime | 84 minutes |
Anime television series | |
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! | |
Directed by | Seiya Miyajima |
Studio | Sanzigen DMM.futureworks |
Original run | October 7, 2021 – March 31, 2022 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime film | |
BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream! | |
Directed by | Kōdai Kakimoto (Chief) Masanori Uetaka |
Written by | Yuniko Ayana |
Music by | Elements Garden |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
Released | January 1, 2022 |
Runtime | 71 minutes |
Anime television series | |
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! | |
Directed by | Kōdai Kakimoto |
Written by | Yuniko Ayana |
Music by | Elements Garden |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
Original network | TV Asahi, ABC, Tokyo MX |
Original run | June 29, 2023 – September 14, 2023 |
Episodes | 13 |
Anime film | |
BanG Dream! Spring Sunshine, Lost Cat | |
Directed by | Kōdai Kakimoto |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Released | September 27, 2024 |
Anime film | |
BanG Dream! Sing, Songs That Become Us & Film Live | |
Directed by | Kōdai Kakimoto |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Released | November 8, 2024 |
Anime television series | |
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica | |
Studio | Sanzigen |
Original run | January 2025 – scheduled |
BanG Dream!,[b] also known as Bandori! (バンドリ!), is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before expanding to other media. In addition to other manga, BanG Dream! includes an anime television series, live concerts, singles and albums, VTubers, and the mobile rhythm game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! by Craft Egg.
The franchise's premise is based around all-female bands whose members are also voice actresses in the anime and mobile game; as of 2023[update], the project has eight groups, five of which are capable of playing their respective characters' instruments. The first band, Poppin'Party, was formed in February 2015, and further groups were introduced in 2017 with the launch of the mobile game: Afterglow, Pastel Palettes, Roselia, and Hello, Happy World!. In 2018, a backup band called The Third was renamed Raise A Suilen and joined the series, followed by a seventh unit named Morfonica in 2020. Further expansion in 2022 introduced MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica. For live performances, Poppin'Party, Roselia, Raise A Suilen, Morfonica, MyGO!!!!!, and Ave Mujica's voice actresses play their own music, while the others are limited to vocals.
The anime, which follows fictional representations of the bands, has three seasons of 13 episodes each. The first season, produced by Issen (OLM with Bushiroad) and Xebec, aired from January to April 2017. Sanzigen took over production duties for the second and third seasons, which were respectively broadcast in winter 2019 and 2020. A concert-centric movie BanG Dream! Film Live was released in 2019, followed by a sequel Film Live 2nd Stage in 2021. Three band-focused films have also been produced: the two-part Episode of Roselia series premiered in 2021, followed by BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream! premiered in 2022. Spin-off anime series include BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico and its sequels Pico: Ohmori and Pico Fever! by Sanzigen with DMM.futureworks and Pastel Life by Studio A-Cat. An anime following MyGO!!!!! titled It's MyGO!!!!! aired in summer 2023.
The series has enjoyed international popularity for its live performances and mobile game, while the anime has seen mixed but improving reviews with later seasons. In 2018, the franchise expanded to include a male-based counterpart Argonavis from BanG Dream!, which was spun off into an independent brand From Argonavis in 2021.
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