BanG Dream!

BanG Dream!
BanG Dream! バンドリ！; (Bandori!)
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	SG: Shogakukan Asia;
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	Atsushi Ōtsuki (season 1); Kōdai Kakimoto (seasons 2–3);
Produced by	Akane Taketsugu (season 1); Atsushi Iwasaki (season 1); Atsushi Ōta (season 1); Naohiko Furuchi (season 1); Yasuhiro Nakajima (season 1); Yūichi Kawakami (season 1); Yoshiyuki Shioya (seasons 1–2); Yūki Nemoto (season 2); Satoshi Tanaka (seasons 2–3); Takefumi Kanari (seasons 2–3); Shūichi Heishi (seasons 2–3); Shiryū Kitazawa (season 3);
Written by	Yuniko Ayana
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	Issen (season 1); Xebec (season 1); Sanzigen (seasons 2–3);
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks; SA/SEA: Muse Communication;
Original network	Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, AT-X
English network	SEA: Animax Asia;
Original run	January 21, 2017 – April 23, 2020
Episodes	39 + OVA (List of episodes)
Video game
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Developer	Craft Egg
Publisher	JP: Bushiroad; WW: Bushiroad International; CHN: bilibili; KR: Kakao Games; TW/HK/MC: Mobimon Inc.;
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 (List of episodes)
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	NA: Sentai Filmworks; SEA: Muse Communication;
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
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
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
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 SA/SEA: Muse Communication;
Original network	TV Asahi, ABC, Tokyo MX
Original run	June 29, 2023 – September 14, 2023
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Anime film
BanG Dream! Spring Sunshine, Lost Cat
Studio	Sanzigen
Released	Fall 2024
Anime film
BanG Dream! Sing, Songs That Become Us & Film Live
Studio	Sanzigen
Released	Fall 2024
Anime television series
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica
Studio	Sanzigen
Original run	January 2025 – scheduled
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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.

^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 4, 2017). "Animax Asia to Air Gabriel Dropout, BanG Dream! Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
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[1] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 4, 2017). "Animax Asia to Air Gabriel Dropout, BanG Dream! Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

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