Introduction
Ren Nanahoshi has been chasing a certain thrill he once experienced at a live festival when he was a child. Now, as a first-year university student, he avoids making friends and practices singing by himself, hoping to find that adrenaline once more. A fateful encounter at a karaoke bar allows Nanahoshi to meet Yuuto Goryou and Wataru Matoba—both of whom are impressed by his voice. The two have been searching for band members, and they want Nanahoshi to be their vocalist.
Nanahoshi initially rejects their constant pestering but relents after attending their live show and performing alongside them. Joined by the carefree Rio Kikyou and passionate Banri Shiroishi, the five boys form "Argonavis" and set their sights on headlining the Destiny Rock Festival. As they begin to work together as a band, they come across the trials and tribulations that come with pursuing stardom.
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Audience reviews
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EternalNyappy
Story 9
Animation 5
Sound 10
Character 8
Enjoyment 9
Overall 9
For starters I have not played the game this anime is based on, nor have I really gotten into the BanG Dream! merchandise. I love idol animes so I tend to compare to my favourites (like Utapri or Starmyu). However I give every anime a fair chance to shine on their own.
The characters and environment are obviously done with the 3D model technique, which is a problem with me and many others too. There were some times that were animated "normally", which I found a bit weird. I would prefer a bad animation through the normal events and cgi only on stage - not when they drink coffee and have dialogue. It needs to be used to, since the facial expressions are very stiff and walking is like from a crash doll demonstration. Now that…
Read at the sourceFarmerGirl
I'm anticipating the project since 2018. But when the anime started airing, and as the story progress to the end of the show, I just stood there watching and say "Meh, could be better".
Story: 5/10
Pacing issue. Soap-opera conflict that shouldn't happen because Bushiroad advertise this as more mature bandori (i.e. the conflict is more deep than the girl band). I honestly, didn't think so. It's just bland and feel too rushed. Probably because this feels more like an advertisement towards the game rather than actual trying to make people feel good about it. Let's just pray the game storyline could save this anime storyline.
Art: 7/10
After Bandori 2nd season, Bushiroad always use 3D for their anime. And I'd say, this anime so far have the best graphic among most of the bandori franchise…
Read at the sourceglessshie
I'm someone who is really generous in giving grades to anime that I have watched. For this anime:
Story: 9
Character: 9
Art: 8
Enjoyment: 9
I love musical-themed anime, so obviously I love this one as well. I love listening to bands plus the songs they used and their vocals, I love them all.
I would have rated this 10 if the ending was satisfactory, for me at least. It would have been better if they added few more episodes, like few other anime do, have like a summary or what will happen to them in the future. Other than the ending, I love everything else.
Read at the sourceasNatsuNatsu
First of all I need to tell that I'm a follower of the Argonavis franchise, so thats can make my opinion a little blursted about this anime. However there are some points where I need to focus on.
At the beginning, the story focuses on the origin of the main band, which was a good idea indeed, but the way they portrayed it was, in my opinion may I say that I found it a bit rushed? The same goes for when they made the songs, I feel it was more fast that I would like.
Another point it's that the way that's was shown the feeling that the songs generates, well, I comprehend what they tried to show us, but I felt it a bit... Irreal? Though it didn't bother me.
The end of it was, uh, I didn't expect that, it got me unprepared, I'm still thinking of it. And before I forget, some navigators sai…
Read at the sourceyellowheartren
First things first: I really don't know anything about bandori. Like, sure, it's big music franchise, but apart from that - literally nothing at all. Whatever could be gathered from any other source that exists out there... great, probably. For me though, there's only this anime.
It's unfortunate that if I have to sum it up in one word, that word is "unfortunate". I don't mind uncommon methods, like the CG we had here for pretty much the whole series: personally I'm used to it, and indeed considering the genre it just fits. Granted, at times it could have been better, there were moments where it felt awkward, but overall it was perfectly fine. The designs were also great: settings as well as the characters, and even the smaller details. The music, the songs are obviously great, with the e…
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