'' BanG Dream!'' is a Japanese music media franchise owned by

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that includes an

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television series. The anime currently has three seasons, five films, one

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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 Poppin'Party is a Japanese all-female band that was formed in 2015 as part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. The group's members are voice actresses who portray fictional characters in the franchise's anime series and mobile game ''B ...

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

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, and was streamed by Anime Network and

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. An

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episode was released on November 22, 2017, on the seventh Blu-Ray/DVD volume. 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!. Kōdai Kakimoto replaced Ōtsuki as director for the second season, while the rest of the cast reprised their roles. Sanzigen returned to produce the series' third season, which follows the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge and the growth of

Raise A Suilen Raise A Suilen (stylized as RAISE A SUILEN) is a Japanese all-female rock band that is part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. Formed in 2018, the group's members portray fictional characters in the project's anime series and mobile ...

. 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, 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. The main series features eight pieces of theme music. Season 1 respectively uses "Tokimeki Experience!" and "Sparkling Dreaming: Sing Girls", both by Poppin'Party, as the opening and ending themes. 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. Poppin'Party performs Season 3's opening "Initial" and ending "Straight Through Our Dreams!", 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 stylized as ''BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO'' and also known as ''Garupa ☆ Pico'', is a Japanese chibi short anime series by Bushiroad. Animated by Sanzigen in collaboration with DMM.futureworks, it is a spin-off of the main ''BanG Dr ...

'' began broadcast in May and July, respectively; both are three-minute shorts, with the former following Pastel Palettes and the latter covering every band. For its theme song, ''Pastel Life'' subject group plays "Shuwarin Dreaming". A second season to ''Pico'' titled ''BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori'' aired from May to October 2020. ''BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever!'' aired from October 2021. 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. A sequel, ''Film Live 2nd Stage'', came out August 20, 2021. 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. In 2022, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the ''

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! also known as ''Garupa'' or ''Bandori'', is a mobile rhythm game developed by Craft Egg and published by Bushiroad for the Android and iOS platforms. Part of Bushiroad's ''BanG Dream!'' music franchise, it was released in Japan in March 2017, a ...

'' mobile game, Sanzigen released a two-part series titled ''BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation: CiRCLE Thanks Party!''. Later in the year, a

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-focused series called ''Morfonication'' was released online on July 28 and 29. 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.

licensed the series. A sequel, titled ''Ave Mujica '' was announced after the airing of the thirteenth episode.

Series overview

Episode list

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2020)

''BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!'' (2023)

Other series

''Pastel Life''

''CiRCLE Thanks Party!''

''Morfonication''

Films

Notes

References

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BanG Dream ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , 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 exp ...