Audience reviews
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chumchummaru
About a month ago I was just wandering around YouTube and came across an interesting Japanese song (wow war tonight) which was a cover mix and partially caught my attention. So I thought I would try this anime, since it focuses on electro music, which I like and actually I would say that I grew up on it. I have known this anime for a long time thanks to the scenes from the OP, which were almost everywhere. As for the anime itself, it is clear that 90% of the budget went to music, which in the end was nothing special and I didn't get the expected trap or dubstep, hardstyle and even remix and instead I got cheap disco shit. which didn't blow me away. The plot with the characters is the same. They couldn't put any bigger stereotypes there and the CGI animation itself is just the last nail in…
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✒🎤 Peak & Abound! 🎶 Be Happy Around! °7.5° °Great for young kids!° S1🔍minor spoilers only
Rinku is a new student at school. She's in love with life. She's irrepressible. When she hears a great song over the PA system (she L😍VES it!) she sprints💨 to the media room to find out who's spinning the tunes. At first, her exuberance puts off Maho, an emerging school DJ, but Mahu cannot help but be drawn in by Rinku's light and her de-light.
One thing leads to another and soon they've picked up an artist-VJ (video jockey) and a pianist. These girls form a band and we watch as their bond strengthens. Finally, they plan their first show at school.
Rinku Aimoto is the electrical charge that livens up everything. Maho Akashi is the more stoic DJ who has deep love for the craft; she prefers the…
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To kinda keep some of my biases separate, this review is split into two parts. The first being my thoughts on the show as a show (the standard “review”, if you will). The second is my own personal thoughts, as someone who actively works with touring DJs in the EDM scene, on everything related to DJing, like what I think they did right/wrong, as well as what I would’ve liked to have seen.
Okay, to start off with how this show is as a show. I went in not expecting too much at all, pretty much thinking that this would just be another “Love Live!” style of show, but not as good. My heart sank a bit further when I found out it was a 3D animated series (althought I liked the first season of Beastars, so I had some hope). I wasn’t expecting myself to enjoy it to the extent that I did. To begin,…
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Going into this I didn't expect much. I assumed it would be another by the numbers idol type show designed to sell you on the brand so you'll buy more of the mobile game tokens or whatever micro transactions they have. I came away having actually had a pretty good time with it, and I remember it was one of the few shows I was watching at the time that I actually looked forward to seeing the next episode. I don't know if that speaks to the quality of this show as much as it does how boring those other shows must have been, I don't really remember what they were.
The main girl is infectiously enthusiastic. If it's not handled well, an obnoxious catch-phrase and quirky personality can come off as extremely cringe educing and get old really. Somehow her "happy around" thing manages to be so s…
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When I first watched BanG Dream, I found myself extremely confused and frankly very repulsed from the spunky nature of the main characters and how by simply being too sticky, Kasumi can somehow pull together an entire band. Admittedly when I started D4DJ I felt that Rinku embodies many of the similar traits Kasumi showed, however, the overall flow of the anime felt a lot smoother compared to Bandori, and I ended up finding myself even more immersed in it than I thought I would.
D4DJ is a bit of an enigma in terms of what exactly it is. It's not strictly a DJ group, since all they do is just mix and transition music. It's not a band either, since not all of their members play instruments. Nor are they an idol group since their songs aren't pre-made and rather mixed live. It's sorta a bit of…
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I mostly find music animes but specifically focused on live acoustic bands, and I quite enjoy a lot of them but I think electronic dance music deserves it too. I actually never expected there will be an anime about something that music producers, DJs, and digital artists can relate.
D4DJ is just sooooo perfect to me. Following a really decent plot, the animation is sooo good, it looks like I am watching a 15fps 3D animation.
The music from my perspective is honestly unexpected, as I don't really produce those kind of music. I heard mostly JPop and Happy Hardcore, kinda like it tho, the opening and ending song are also very unique. But I heard some specific genres from my favorites playing in the anime, atleast as a BGM or from random scenes or performances.
I also get to recognise 2 DAW…
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Story - 8
There's a very good story but with a bunch of things that could be more explored like the group that made the first music that the prota heard and also some holes in logic of the happenings or just how someone did something.
The story REALLY sounds like any Love Live anime but without some cliches like the "power of love and friendship moves our group" being just more than that.
Some things are funny and curiously unreal like a school focused on electronic music or if they are idols or DJs or idols of electronic music
Art - 9
They used a very cool 3D style that flows really well which brought very nicely some expressions that we see in almost every 2D anime. But, there's something that I just can't understand and it is the reason of some less important characters are in 2D.…
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D4DJ: First Mix proves that you don't need to save your school or become top idols to be a intriguing and interesting story. All you need is a couple of genuine characters with some original ideas backing up with great music.
In a world where remixes rule the music industry, DJ and music producers are put in very high regard. In a DJ-specific high-school, our lovely and energetic Aimoto Rinku just tranfered in after spending many years in Africa. Immediately falling in love with a remix during lunch break, she rushes to the sound room and meets a young DJ followed by the name Maho. There their journey into the exciting world of modern music begins.
I don't like CGI in anime and not really fond of remixes. But surprisingly, I absolutely love D4DJ. Their music presents many different tone…
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Are you tired of watching only dark and dreary anime? Do you like cute girls and good music? Do you want to see an anime that's fully CGI that actually looks good? Well look no further because D4DJ First Mix is the show for you!
Allow me to give some background on this show: D4DJ is a new multimedia project created by Bushiroad, the same studio that brought us Bang Dream, Project Sekai and Revue Starlight. Bushiroad's founder Takaaki Kidani got the idea for D4DJ when he watched a group known as the Chainsmokers perform at at the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix. Kidani claims that the point of D4DJ is that he wanted music that could connect people of different races, genders and generations together, much like how he saw everyone at that concert super excited to watch a group from America perfor…
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Not bad, I wasn't expecting much from this anime but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this.
The story is nothing special, but it's decent enough to make the characters shine. Though ngl, some of the conflicts that the characters have are pretty cringe-worthy.
The characters are good. The main 4 are great, but they should've left it with these four. Adding 4 more is okay, but adding 8 is pushing it. Having 12 main characters isn't good for a 13 episode season since there will be a lot of characters that would get sidelined and will remain underdeveloped and one-dimensional.
The animation is decent. It's a full CG anime (with flashbacks being 2D) and it's decent. Though the movement is still quite jarring and some of their poses are pretty iffy, the still images are quite good.
The m…
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As a long time fan of Bushiroad's various idol projects, I was very excited to start D4DJ. I fell in love with it the very first episode and immediately got my girlfriend on board with me. We've been keeping up with it every single week, absolutely enthralled with these characters.
I love the music most of the groups have; I've been listening to the singles non stop since I found out about this series. Very excited for the English server of the game coming out also! But the music isn't the only thing that does it for this show. Of course, being a music and idol genre series, it does perform in that regard as well. But, the key factor here is absolutely the fun and colorful cast of characters that we have running around.
Photon Maiden and Peaky P-Key are so fun and interesting, and I ho…
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D4DJ: First Mix is a really good anime that I have watched! The storyline, characters, music, and other stuff; it's just, good! I really like how the story had a mix of emotions that I, obviously, got happy (because of Rinku, the main character in the anime, who gave me, as well as the viewers, the happy and energetic vibe)! As someone who likes these kind of anime (the one with the Music genre, similar to BanG Dream!), I really enjoyed watching this. I vibed to the music as well, especially on the parts containing live performances.
I personally got attached to Happy Around's story all throughout the whole anime. It showed how HapiAra got formed as a DJing unit, and them slowly improving on each episode. The side characters, particularly the ones in Peaky P-Key and Photon Maiden, gave th…
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D4DJ: First Mix is brought to you by the same company that was behind the popular music project BanG Dream! (Bandori). Why did I mention this? Because it is obvious that D4DJ took inspiration from Bandori; there are many similarities between the two in terms of character, unit/group, and plot building. Heck, even one of the DJ groups use music by Elements Garden, the music production band that is behind many Bandori songs. This is not a bad thing, though. In fact, it is precisely because of this that should draw people to enjoy this new franchise. If you liked Bandori, you would most likely also like D4DJ.
Story (6) & Character (6):
The series focuses on the formation of the DJ group called Happy Around. It starts off with getting group members, then doing concerts/lives with these member…
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Do you like idols?
Do you like Wubs?
If like me you answered yes to both then congratulations you've found your next favourite.
I won't lie as far as the story goes its a pretty standard Idol fare, if you've seen an idol show before the general beats of getting the gang together etc are familiar to you, but at least they aren't dragged out like some idol shows have recently, gangs together in the first few episodes and we're into the meat of the story fairly quick.
The fact it's effectively an idol tournament arc also mitigates these issues as rather than campaigning to beat the one big event a la the likes of Love Live, we've already had the team up against multiple opponents, with more promised in future media.
Despite what it lacks in the story, it does what it repeats well and the…
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Today I'll be giving my thoughts on Bushiroad's newest media project after BanG Dream!, D4DJ First Mix. This show is really great, and I'll get into why it's so great in this review. Let's get into specifics.
Story: 6
Since MyAnimeList hasn't really done a proper synopsis of this show, I'll do it myself. The show follows a high school girl named Rinku, who has just recently moved back to Japan after living in Africa for years. The high school she attends, in a deviation from the standard music-centric anime, is big on DJs rather than idols. Rinku becomes enamored with DJing, meeting an unpopular DJ at her school named Maho, who begins to teach Rinku about DJing. Rinku and Maho eventually get together with 2 other girls at their high school, Muni and Rei, to form the idol group known as Ha…
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D4DJ is a multimedia project I have been following for a bit less than a year before the TV series started, my excitement towards the anime was huge, and I'm really happy to say that not only it was nice, but it also surpassed my expectations.
This anime follows the cheerful Rinku and her new (and not that new) friends as they form a DJ unit in a school very heavily focused on that activity (the funds spent on that big-ass beautiful building and all the rooms with equipment to do DJ performances must have been crazy). As the episodes pass, they will meet new rivals that will both bring a bigger challenge to overcome, and also become friends that will help out each other to improve even further.
One of the most important things to mention is that this is one of the rare music anime that i…
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DJD4 was the last season that came out in the Fall season of 2020, and arguably it was one of the better ones of the season itself. If I could rate it 7.5, I honestly would, though it deserves the rating I am giving it now, as D4DJ deserves a lot of love for a number of reasons, let me explain.
Normally I'd put all these separate, but because sound is very important to the show, and the characters are main highlight, from Happy Around, to Photon Maiden, to Peaky P.Even minor supporting characters are good within this show. All of it all blends together to make for a very entertaining watch, let me explain.
The story follows a girl named Rinku, who has transferred to this school after moving back to Japan after spending time in Africa, and ends up meeting a girl named Maho, all because of…
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Do you like good music and cute girls? Do you love the bands from “BanG Dream!”? If so, then D4DJ is the perfect anime for you!
Bushiroad is a very well-known name in the mobile gaming industry, the team brought us "Love Live!", "BanG Dream!" or also "Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight". "D4DJ" is their new project which includes different DJ groups who want to be in the big spotlight one day as well.
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “DJ”?
I always associate this term with people like "David Guetta", "Alan Walker" or "Avicii" (R.I.P, you were a legend). Everyone knows and love them. With their music, they not only changed the music world, but also made our everyday lives happier.
Our little DJ anime focuses on the everyday life of the unit “Happy Around!”, t…
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