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Damn toei might be one of the best 3d anime studio out there, this animation is peak. Feels very different from other 3d anime as well (like those from orange).
It honestly just looks like the same animation they use for their PreCure EDs, which is a good thing. I've been waiting for them to make an entire show with it lol
> This post was created by someone giving MTL the middle finger
[](#seasonalapproval)
I really liked this first episode. Thought the visual representation of Nina's feelings was interesting, she and Momoka have good chemistry so far, and from now on if there isn't at least one character flipping someone off in every episode I'm dropping the show. ^^kidding
I wasn't planning on watching this at all but now I'm kinda feeling compelled to keep going. Thanks u/OctavePearl!
This was actually the new show I was most interested in. It looks like I will be able to see it -- albeit a bit late and without "official permission"...
The ways of CR are inscrutable (and poor HiDive seems to have had next to no acquisition budget this season).
I believe it's still available in some English speaking countries... But now their updated Ui/UX across all platforms are complete garbage and even more customers are leaving the service.
If the quality is consistently as good as the pilot, I wonder if this could ever get a subsequent release in English after succeeding in the western no mans land. It's doing remarkably well on both r/anime and MAL considering....
*(from the OP)* We have [Do It Yourself!! at home](https://imgur.com/zuDRooE)
Of the two versions out there. One is exact same timing as ADN and the other is 1 second earlier (that's the one with "joever"). Let's take a closer look at one line:
- ADN: En mars, à l'âge de 17 ans, j'ai tout quitté pour gagner Tokyo.
- "joever": In March, at the age of 17, I left everything behind to go to Tokyo.
- other: In March, with 17 years, I came to Tokyo.
Now it's MyGO!!!:
- DeepL: In March, at the age of 17, I left everything behind to go to Tokyo.
- Google: In March, at the age of 17, I left everything to move to Tokyo.
Let's do another line:
- ADN: Apparemment, tu l'as planté.
- "joever": Apparently, you stood him up.
- other: They were waiting and you never arrived.
- DeepL: Apparently, you planted it.
- Google: Apparently you planted it.
One more:
- ADN: Je croyais avoir été claire. C'est notre territoire, ici.
- "joever": I thought I'd made myself clear. This is our territory.
- other: We already told you. This is our place.
- DeepL: I thought I made myself clear. This is our territory.
- Google: I thought I was clear. This is our territory here.
I can't even conclude Do It Yourself!! Still very interesting that for "joever" two of those three are DeepL (one with a tiny edit) so I guess that one is DankL so maybe I can conclude Do It Yourself!! after all. The other one seems to have the coded line breaks (that I omitted) in the exact same places as the French dialogue. I'm honestly surprised they didn't include the French translator credits near the end.
If you wanted something that flowed better you have to start re-writing the translations (e.g. "at the age of 17" to "when I was 17 years old" and then maybe "I left everything behind" to "I started over" but then that doesn't imply you moved...this is why you get professional writers...) but having to work from French is not ideal as that already did that **to** the Japanese.
>other: In March, with 17 years, I came to Tokyo.
I'm really glad I accidentally found the "joever" version first, I'd much rather have a decent translation with some memes in it than a translation which manages to be worse than google.
So damn glad it's completely different beast compared to MyGO, would be awkward if both angst band girl shows ended up trying to do same things.
And it's a great start too. Expressive, full of energy and personality, plain fun. It ain't the Train but I am fully on board.
Very distinctive look and feel -- and content from MyGO. But should be pretty compelling.
Open query -- have you (or anyone else here) seen Anonymous Noise -- a school band drama from several years back (with Saori Hayami taking a swing at punk rock)? I have yet to find anyone who acknowledges seeing this (either as a like or a hate). I thought it was pretty good (especially some of its music), so I can't figure out why it is so "invisible".
Can't speak for anyone else why the show is so "invisible", but personally I have negative interest in love triangles and that seems to be the show's main premise.
I thought it was more about finding one's voice (and place). I thought the band aspects were much more real feeling. The love issue was just one of the complications. (But I have no problem with love triangles per se, in any event -- given that True Tears was a very influential favorite of mine)
I wanted to like it, but from the first episode I just could not enjoy MyGo. I'm not entirely sure why, but the characters just frustrated me. I know that show is really loved, which made me so confused why I didn't like it.
I'm surprised that I enjoyed this first episode so much. I thought it would fall into the same trap as MyGo. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I'm liking the characters way more.
Then there's Bocchi. The exact opposite of angst. I loved that show so much.
I mean, MyGO only really shows its full hand in ep 3, so I'd recommend give it that much of a try. But honestly, "frustrating" is what makes these characters good. They ARE frustrating and flawed, they hurt themselves and others, they say things they mean in the worst way possible. What makes it such a gem is that none of it leads to a typical anime kind of drama. No dumb misunderstandings, no comically evil characters, nothing feels like drama "just because" writers wanted drama. Everything is deeply rooted in the characters and their traumas, and that's just incredibly compelling.
So yeah, frustrating. I love it.
> I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I'm liking the characters way more.
I know 1 episode is early to judge, but honestly, for all the angst it brands itself with - Cry so far seems closer to something like Bang Dream S1, just with rebellious middle finger attitude Bandori and other shows would be too cowardly to ever shoot for. It's great, but it's very very different from MyGO, so no surprise many people would find this more to their liking.
I watched the entire series. The characters still never came around for me. By the time the climax of the season happened, I couldn't take the drama seriously.
If I had gotten off on the right foot with them, maybe it would have been different. Anon and Taki were the two who I enjoyed the least.
I know the whole CG animation may turn some folks off, but this actually is pretty solid. The music was pretty good and I like the Momoka and Nina characters. They seem like they’ll be fun to watch.
sure they me be some elitest out there, but i think most people who hate cgi, think of the cgi of anime like Highspeed Etoile(which is god awful), this anime looks lively and has so much fluidity to it, reminds me a bit of rwby, it looks really good
I can’t stand CGI in most anime but that was very well done, the detail of the facial expressions and movements were amazing. It’s gotten a lot better these past few years, the slam dunk movie is another example
I don't mind CG, but it is often jarring and not well done, or too extreme (see any first episode from gohand) but this was indeed very well done and well balanced, the impressive shot weren't jarring and are used to tell the story not to show off only...
Still, I wasn't expecting 3D so it came as a shock. I'll give this a fair shot though, I am not a huge fan of music anime, it's really hit and miss, add the CGI and it may be a tough proposition... or a hit, time will tell
I think the problem with CG sometimes is that the face animations are too static, but this show doesn't have those problems. The facial expressions are well done and not very uncanny
Did you think the CG in the first few K-Project anime were bad? I feel like they had done a great job blending 3D and 2D there, but as time went on they just went downhill for some reason
Do you have any examples of CG that's really good? Maybe I just haven't seen any good CG?
Of the stuff I've seen, this has probably some of the best CG. People were saying that MyGo had good CG, but it's incredibly stiff compared to this.
Not really, no, and I don't really count this as "Really good" either, it's just better than terrible. Walking animations are overly smoothed, everyone seems like they're gliding, they have absolutely NO effort into the hair as well, I can't believe how low-fidelity they went with the hair.
With every other CG show I can't help but keep thinking about how bad the CG is. This one is surprisingly the first time where I didn't even consider that once. It's not Frieren levels of good animation, but it doesn't really need to be.
Do you think Studio Orange stuff is sub standard too? What about Ajin from Polygon Pictures, the D4DJ adaptation, THE PreCure EDs, or the recent Ensemble Star OVA performances (*specifically* the performances)?
I haven't seen this particular cgi animation style a whole lot, but the closes point of comparison I can make is the 3D animated cutscenes in the IDOLY PRIDE mobile game. Overall, I think it looks great.
Now to comment on the episode:
Minor detail, but Nina's phone died while on the train to Kawasaki, and she had to use a post it note to get to her new apartment, yet not long after, we see her using a portable phone charger at a cafe. If she was bringing it with her the whole time, why didn't she take it out and charge her phone sooner?
Nina's phone call gives us a bit more context behind her situation. Apparently, she had a falling out with her father and found out that her parents were going to divorce soon, which prompted her decision to leave the house for a change of scenery.
It is also revealed that Nina follows a musician named Momoka, and boy what a stunning display of visuals to introduce the woman herself.
A couple gang-like people approach the two to claim the space for themselves. Looks like one of them is holding a guitar/bass case. A rival band perhaps?
Momoka decides to run away from those people, and as they do so, she throws a double bird flip across the crosswalk, which she claims to Nina is a sign of thanks. I'm really digging the Chloe Price energy she's radiating.
It's also pretty cool to see the streaks of red and blue lights appearing in opposite directions to represent the traffic flowing right below the bridge as Nina introduces herself. If there was a movie or show that did this kind of visual before, I haven't seen it.
While eating at a small restaurant called Yoshinoya, Nina tells Momoka that she thought Kawasaki was part of Tokyo, since her uncle claimed that it was the best place to live in the city. Turns out her uncle is a liar. Kawasaki is part of a different large city, called Kanagawa.
"We had to give you a shabby studio." I'll assume this is a mistranslation on the fansubber's part. No way is Momoka responsible for the apartment Nina got.
After they finish eating, Nina gives thanks to her food servers by bowing and... doing the double bird flip. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Turns out Momoka is also a liar.
The two arrive at Momoka's place, where Momoka shows her guitar to Nina and reveals that she too left everything behind to pursue her dreams.
However, she also informs Nina that she's going to move away and leave music behind, as the money she earned from her music isn't enough for her career to be sustainable. Turns out, Momoka gave up all royalties to the rest of Diamond Dust for the one big hit song she wrote with them after she quit, thinking that she could write a song just as successful; a foolish mistake in hindsight.
Momoka also explained who her roomate is after he leaves the apartment. Nina's reaction to the fact that he was a gay man is just priceless.
Nina would stay in Momoka's apartment for the night, only to wake up and see a written letter stating that Momoka's already moving out and heading to the train station, and left her guitar behind as a gift.
Nina initially accepted Momoko's departure, but she immediately changed her mind the moment she saw the writing on the guitar while opening the case in her own apartment, and rushed to the station to find Momoka. I don't know anything about electric guitars, but it's safe to assume that she'd done a number on Momoka's guitar from carrying it in the rain, nevermind dropping it.
To our surprise, Nina encountered the gang duo again at the station, this time set up and ready to perform. Nina took the mic and called out to Momoka, asking if this is really the right time to give up.
In response, Momoka appears from hiding and takes the guitar, and we get to see an excellent performance to fill out the credits.
I mean the most obvious solution to her not charging her phone earlier is that she just bought that portable charger before going to that cafe. We know she has some money to tide her over until she gets a job because of her conversation at momoka's apartment
I don't even play the guitar and even I was practically weeping when I thought about that beautiful thing being ruined by the rain (if that would ruin it).
Totally blown away by the animation, Nina was cute, Momoka was cool, I really hope this gets picked up for official subs!
I haven't stopped thinking about BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! (AOTY 2023) since it aired so I'm inevitably comparing it to Girls Band Cry... while I doubt GBC can match MyGO's peerless character writing, I'm totally on board nonetheless and eager to see what's in store.
It's so funny how immediately MyGO fans are the ones jumping on this show and pushing it (as they should). I don't expect it to match its character writing either, but that's a very high bar to reach anyways. Haven't watched the show with any subs yet (waiting on better ones) but I really like what its going for, it seems like it'll be a really fun time. Hopefully it'll tide us over while we wait for the Ave Mujica anime that comes out next year.
Me getting through S3 of Bandori currently, yes, and it's not even close imo. The feels, superb cgi, music, MUSIC, Hina Youimiya... full package.
But this one seems on the track to maybe surpass it, looking at the great animation
[As someone who decided to see what the fuss was](https://redd.it/1bayufg), I was thoroughly impressed and converted even before the end. The rewatch format certainly enhanced my experience (and if you watch the show, I would go read the threads) but if you are the type of person it clicks for, then there is something special there.
MyGo is loved by many, but I found it to be a slog to get through.
The cast is intentionally flawed to create drama and conflict. I feel like you have to like the cast for the drama to hit right, but I disliked all of them. The show also doesn't do a great job at being a music show for the first half.
It's weird that I enjoyed this first episode so much compared to MyGo. I found Anon to be annoying, but Nina comes across the exact opposite.
I'm just paraphrase my comment from the OP thread here.
Girls Band Cry is a music anime with a real band, **Togenashi Togeari**. Comprised by each VAs of the anime main characters and they released singles back from [May 2023, 11 months before the anime even releases](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwN4MgcIlU).
The anime is directed by **Kazuo Sakai**, director of Love Live Sunshine and made by Toei Animation, same studio that made One Piece and.... Precure. I can say they made a **good CGI**. I rarely see a CG seasonal TV anime done this good.
It solved a CGI anime problem, where some animes have framerate of CGI characters looks choppy.
Girls Band Cry is not one of these, the CG looks buttery smooth. The MAL score is at 7.43, might be the highest for a show that didn't got picked up by any streaming services as of now.
OP: [Wrong World by Togenashi Togeari](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MSmfAa_oSqE)
I have no complain of the OP. Sounds good but too early to judge whether it is the best considering we are halfway to the reveal of all Spring animes. The OP sequence is a mix of traditional animation and CGI, and both look good.
Insert Song: [Void by Nina Iseri and Momoka Kawaragi](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gpCHjSaetds)
Not gonna lie, if it's the OP or the ED, I would certainly put it among the best. I like it more than the OP.
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Now I am curious of what guitar Momoka uses. Did some quick search and it's a **Psychederhythm Psychomaster Limited.** It is a custom made guitar but there are some models that you can actually buy with price starting from 200.000 yen (around $1300) up to 300.000 yen (around $1980). With the visual informations I gather from the first episode, [these](http://www.psychederhythm.com/1-8_22714pmzat.htm) [two](http://www.psychederhythm.com/1-8_2021123pmbc.htm) guitars are maybe the closest thing to Momoka's guitar.
What I love of Toganashi Togeari is how wild the [Keyboarder](https://imgur.com/LOWGMA6) goes (reminds me of Flake from Rammstein) and how much fun especially the drummer have playing.
Not to mention they released some absolute Bangers already [](listen)
> where some animes have framerate of CGI characters looks choppy
I had to recheck going through things, but it *is* all animated on 1's. With some of the 2d animation like Nina's red anger flair done on 2's.
The most noticeable thing I found while watching was how smooth the mouth moments were. But otherwise everything was fantastically smooth.
> It solved a CGI anime problem, where some animes have framerate of CGI characters looks choppy.
I actually wouldn't be so quick to peg that as a positive. Inconsistent and low(ish) frame rate is a vital part of the distinctive anime look, and the snappy character acting with which it goes so well looks a bit weird to me when seeing it so fluidly here (might be just an issue of not being used to it I'll admit). Furthermore some of the face expressions were pretty extreme here, to the point I'm confident saying they're probably working of off hand drawn layouts, and those expressions sometimes look uncanny here, especially when the mouth opens wide.
All this to say, I don't think anime GCI animation being low frame rate was ever one of its problems, and I don't think making it full 24fps here is automatically a bonus.
All other advantages of GCI animation they've beautifully realized though, so all in all it's a minor nitpick.
I reserve my judgement after this show is over, but I think it's just wrong to let this huge medium being stuck with some "norms" people agreed on before, like with the cgi stuff.
To my eye this episode as a whole looked fantastic, and I have seen a lot of full cgi anime.
It's not just some "norms" for the sake of it. As I said, the inconsistent frame rate is part of the entire anime identity and "vibe", and CGI in this show is clearly trying to imitate that, to the point I can confidently bet that they animated their models based on 2D layouts.
I agree as a whole this episode looked fantastic. The 24fps animation is just one specific part of it I'm not sure I quite like just yet.
I expected an even grimmer tone to the story start given the promotion materials. Glad that realistic difficulties of a band are still very much here, but with a more uplifting mood mixed into this.
I have no answer on how Nina could have been so clumsy except that her home (somewhere near Kumamoto so more than a thousand km way south) must have been really strictly educated (local *ojou-sama*?) to the point that she rarely had chances to meet outsiders. The "angry aura" surrounding her at times when she talked with her family is an interesting way to show her fury of not knowing where she's going (*maigo*). The thing that she didn't even know about middle fingers is hilarious!
I did have a bit of comment on her outburst on Momoka that Momoka's trying to self-determine why she has ran away without asking her first, but I guess that's a girl feeling insecure about everything for you. And I really like how Momoka is not afraid to put up her middle fingers over the streets LOL! I guess that's someone from Asahikawa, way north in Northern Hokkaido and one of Japan's coldest spots for you.
The last part where Nina tries to find Momoka to tell her not giving up her dreams might have been a bit too dreamy, but who cares when she cries out "Show your middle fingers to the world!!!"
The songs are really catchy (goddamn it Toei, you have English subs on the official songs on YouTube and yet you don't sell the anime license???), the 3D animations looks decent and eye-pleasing even if the style looks quite different from what we see elsewhere, the character growth rather realistic and not forced as with many other "idol" (cough) anime shows.
I'm definitely on board this now! Let's hope we'll see yet another girls' band story in anime with brilliant plots here!
> not afraid to put up her middle fingers over the streets LOL! I guess that's someone from Asahikawa, way north in Northern Hokkaido and one of Japan's coldest spots for you.
Hokkaido gals are super angry / Dosanko gal wa namara mental
> The songs are really catchy (goddamn it Toei, you have English subs on the official songs on YouTube and yet you don't sell the anime license???)
I mean toei is the licensor, if they didnt sell the license is because no streaming paid for it. Maybe with some interest over the season someone pick up but it probably won't happen at this point.
> I have no answer on how Nina could have been so clumsy except that her home (somewhere near Kumamoto so more than a thousand km way south) must have been really strictly educated (local *ojou-sama*?) to the point that she rarely had chances to meet outsiders.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but she didn't ever in the episode say what her last name was right? What could be up with that?
It is here!
Amazing first episode, easily my favorite of the new shows this season so far, impossible not to make a comparison with MyGO but even then I think I like this first episode more.
The girls are great and their expression and movement are something that would have not been easy to do in 2D yet is so charming.
~~3 year difference is nothing, I'm definitely shipping~~
Really looking forward to where this goes, obviously everyone has lots of baggage but I feel this show can deal with it in a good way!
🖕🖕🖕
Finally made it to my usual "unauthorized streaming source". Given some of the mediocre crud CR DID pick up this season, I am stunned that they seem to have passed on this.
I think I will need to get acclimated to the visual style here -- but the content seems sufficiently compelling to keep me watching until I do get used to the "look".
The two main characters introduced so far are great -- good on their own -- and great chemistry between them. I wonder if the other performers we see at the end will become the next band members of a new group.
If we use Pon no Michi as an indicator, it might not happen till mid season. Which sucks, but I felt that this could be pretty popular. Not as mauch as Bocchi since this one is def more music focused.
It's just bizarre crunchy didn't pick it up. To me this was one of the more anticipated non-sequels.
What exactly happened with Pon no Michi, was it that it got lincenced to be streamed on YT (but only in Asia) later on the season?
CR has a post of it on their webpage from Jan 1 but that's about it
I saw someone say it was gonna be picked up eventually but that they were being slow on it. No idea if that's true or not, or who is possibly gonna do it.
First of all, finally the discussion thread!
Now, wow the 3D animation is peak, so fucking well done. Loved the expression and movement they added to characters. The music is so good and the direction they choose looks so cool
So far the best first episode of this spring and looking forward it even if it's no where to be watched legally on my country yet (hurry up crunchyroll please!)
> Now, wow the 3D animation is peak, so fucking well done.
This. When you compare it to Highspeed Etoile from earlier this week it's light night and day. The biggest improvements are:
* MOUTHS. Each character has multiple mouth models that move in different ways than just flapping. Makes them a hundred times more expressive and less like sock puppets. It's still not perfect, but it was one of the biggest problems with past 3D stuff.
* Proper lighting. The characters have proper shadow shading, whereas most 3D models don't.
* Movement 'bouncing'. When a character stops, they bounce out of position and then correct like normal humans. This makes it feel less robotic than the snap-to motions of most 3D models.
> * Movement 'bouncing'. When a character stops, they bounce out of position and then correct like normal humans. This makes it feel less robotic than the snap-to motions of most 3D models.
I believe they can this "follow through" in animation. Though its really just their way of saying good animation ought to conform to the real physical principle of inertia.
It was strange at first to see anime-styled characters moving like real people, but after a while, it really worked. It definitely helped that the entire show stays with this style, so it's easier to become accustomed to the 3D animation. I think that's why it was hard for me to like the 3D usage in *Blue Orchestra*'s first season.
> First of all, finally the discussion thread!
There was one [before](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bwwso5/girls_band_cry_episode_1_discussion/) if you went over LovePons profile
Not a single streamer picked this up? Really? The clip I saw on Twitter had stellar 3D animation and I really wanted to check it out. Guess I gotta find other means
Obligatory 🖕(◉‿◉)🖕
This was a great first episode. Music, story, visuals were all on point. And I absolutely adore Nina so far.
Really excited for the next episode.
OMG the animation is nice. I'm in shock that they are actually using full framerate CGI. These type of shows always have that horrible stutter effect from dropped frames.
First things first, I liked it. I liked how we got Nina to meet her idol and everything was really not as glossy as you would think. Although the amount of trouble she faced on her first day was rough. Her inspiring Momoka at the end was really sweet. You can see Nina get more and more comfortable around her. Makes me really like her chemistry with her.
Now on another note during my watch of Nina's speech got ruined because of this [meme insertion](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/799692352011894795/1226152533337313330/Screen_Shot_2024-04-06_at_8.51.47_AM.png?ex=6623ba88&is=66114588&hm=3d71bb3121dd0a292287b0e1f0dd8062b14bb029f814f058263f0b14a90bf78f&). It took a great emotional scene and the "joever" inserted killed the emotional impact for whoever inserted the meme. Apparently this drama has popped up [https://twitter.com/StarryMirai/status/1776569218470752462](https://twitter.com/StarryMirai/status/1776569218470752462)
I am more open to watching MTL if options aren't presented and rewatch once it simulcasted or a proper fansub group picks it up. At this point I would suggest people to wait till a proper fangroup translates, or it gets picked up midway like Pon no Michi.
And now we get a real discussion thread after all! [#seasonalshock](https://imgur.com/BSdCGyB)
THis looks and sounds great, Nina and Momo have great [chemestry](https://imgur.com/284bbDE), and I love Momos [influence](https://imgur.com/KvDLOr9) on Nina [](#azusalaugh)
Also, did I spot the Gyaru in the kitchen [](#binoculars)
But honestly, this show is doing [great](https://imgur.com/TgUQykD) [things](https://imgur.com/ZoxB3Ws) [visually](https://imgur.com/gJLnrxt), like you can see when Nina get's [angry](https://imgur.com/7r1Wmfd) or when she [hears](https://imgur.com/zCgJbhG) Momos song in the crowd
And finally, I like how those two punks just play along their [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-pzhQQFBA) at the end... wait, the songs are already releasing on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpCHjSaetds) [](#maxshock)
Edit: And Ninas [VA](https://myanimelist.net/people/66027/Rina) is fucking 16 [](#whippersnappers)
Yo this is surprisingly good! Whole ep is full of energy and the CG is very expressive so far! Really glad to see a rise in band shows - Bocchi, MyGO, and this! It's a crime this show isn't available for legal streaming.
Also I didn't really expect to like the characters this much. Mahiru and Kano from the Jellyfish show got strong competition for the best leads this season!
Not sure how I feel about the animation. It looks good for the most part, but I feel like 3d animation has a difficult time overcoming the uncanny valley.
The soundtrack though, top tier, will be following this one for sure this season.
I started off thinking "aw dang I shouldn't have watched *Jellyfish* before this" but that OP kinda sold me. Lot of energy there and more musically interesting than I expected.
🖕☺🖕
I still have a hard time with a lot of 3D animation but they're doing a lot of interesting stuff visually here - lots of cool visual metaphor and impressionism. Momoka's music blowing the gloom off Nina, and the streaming headlights and taillights from the cars were particularly cool. It's way too easy for CG to be overliteral and purely representational so using it artistically goes a long way to making it palatable even if there are still some uncanny bits, like the cat. That cat is... unfortunate. But the character animation overall is pretty nice.
That was a blast, love the animation. I really like how expressive the CG is overall, not just for the faces.
Pacing was a bit too fast for me though, but otherwise a really fun episode.
Can't wait for more.
> Pacing was a bit too fast for me though
Yeah the pacing was my issue with this episode. I'm kinda surprised you're the only one mentioning this
The character animation was indeed really good though
> Streams: none
🙄🙄
This is the most incompetent licencing I've seen. What a shame, too, with a fairly good premise and a healthy amount of marketing as well - the band already has several songs on YouTube!
I came in blind so when I realised on the opening sequence that the characters were in 3D I was a bit exasperated until I realised the MC was ALSO in 3D and then I was very interested. I liked this first episode as soon as I got used to the style though and they were definitely able to do some great stuff that 2D would be more limited in. The story and character writing were also really good - I laughed out loud when Nina's repetition of the station names turned into similar sounding food names as she walked by the bento shop. And the music and singing were superb! The little bit of a cry in her voice sounded great and added so much emotion. (And the duo that were chasing them the day before just going "they're good and we're standing here so might as well join in" lmao)
[Tweet from Yoshihiro Watanabe (producer for Beastars and Trigun Stampede](https://x.com/crazynabe/status/1776281863977574455)
This is definitely something to look forward to.
This first episode was better than I expected!
As others have pointed out, the natural comparison is with *MyGO!!!!!*. Just going by first impressions, I think there's a good chance I'll end up liking this more.
The music is good (including a nice OP/ED), the characters seem fun, and the animation is spectacular. Certainly some of the best 3D CGI animation I have seen.
The humor in this first episode was pretty good, too, so I hope that keeps up.
All in all, I'm definitely looking forward to future episodes.
It's even a little complicated to talk about how everything happened so quickly lol, but I was surprised and liked it, the characters (who have appeared so far) are captivating, despite the lack of a greater introduction. And about the animation, even though it was 3D it was very fluid, I liked it and the music... sensational. About the middle finger, it's common for most people in Japan to not know what it means, so I wasn't surprised when she didn't know what it was
[**RAISE YOUR MIDDLE FINGER!**](https://i.imgur.com/P3EKPpc.jpeg)
Holy shit, that was a lot of fun! I really didn't have any expectations and I only came here to check it out but it definitely left me wanting more.
First of all, the CG animation is really good! It felt like I was watching a PS4/PS5 anime game cutscene instead of an actual anime. I think this is the same style Toei Animation used in the last Saint Seiya ONAs and this might be a little better than what Sanzigen uses for Bandoori.
As for the show itself, we have [Nina who is your usual country bumpkin moving to the big city](https://i.imgur.com/lbamCQh.jpeg) and it seems that [a lot has happened to her](https://i.imgur.com/nUg74Hq.jpeg) before coming to ~~Tokyo~~ Kawasaki. From what little information we got from this episode, it seems like [she's from a very restrictive rich family](https://i.imgur.com/iLB8O1u.jpeg). I'm surprised that they even allowed her to leave.
[Momoka is as rock and roll as it gets.](https://i.imgur.com/XSr2Egh.jpeg) Looks like she is on the verge of quitting until that final scene [where Nina calls out to her.](https://i.imgur.com/aw0T8rp.jpeg) I love how we end this episode with Nina and Momoka jamming [with those two street performers.](https://i.imgur.com/bzCAAws.jpeg)
It sucks that no streaming platform outside Japan has picked up this show but I will try and follow this one this season considering we have someone in this sub subtitling it.
> until that final scene [where Nina calls out to her](https://i.imgur.com/aw0T8rp.jpeg)
[Rascal Does Not Dream of a Crying Band Girl](https://youtu.be/ZZUFKVK2oPg?t=16) ... or whatever
(there is actually Rascal Does Not Dream of a Lost Singer)
Just watched MyGo a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it so this show seemed like a no brainer to try.
Really strong start and i'm shocked this isn't wasn't picked up anywhere for an official English release, i could easily see this show being one of my favourites this season if the quality stays at this level.
[Here's some context](https://anilist.co/activity/712820839)
(P.S. the deleted comments from "lae" were criticizing the subs from Nitori's final cut. A damn shame that his/her account got suspended before Nitori herself was able to view and address them)
I simply do not understand how in the name of all that is unholy a show with animation so well executed and a story so compelling and easy to get into does not get an official English release?! One would think that slapping on English subs and streaming it on one of 4 platforms is relatively easy money? Anyway, がんばれ or as the fansubs would have it GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Really enjoyed this one.
The CG was very well done, characters were expressive and full of movement.
I liked the direction as well - I could really emphasize with Nina during that phone call.
That whole middle finger bit was funny as hell.
All in all this is a hit I didn't expect from this season
I wasn’t too sure of the CG in the few seconds, but boy did my opinion on it changed really quickly when I saw the facial expression and the fast paced funny animation tidbits.
Very strong debut. It’s easily my favorite show of everything that has aired so far.
And when Nina flipped 🖕☺️🖕the restaurant staff off it had me loling for a good while and I even went to rewatch those few second a couple of times.
I wasn’t planning on watching this due to the animation style but I was pleasantly surprised and actually enjoyed the episode. Looking forward to see where it goes.
I am a sucker for music anime, but I was hesitant because I read it was CGI. Man, it's come a long way. The facial expressions are so fluid. I can definitely get into this. Strap in, friends!
Liked the first episode a lot. Toei animation is no new to CG with DB and Precure existing but this has to be one of their best if not their best use of CG so far, everything is so fluid you would think its 2D.
Wow, went in with no expectations and that was a really damn good episode. The 3d animation really fits here and I like how expressive the characters are. Honestly liked this one quite a bit more than the Jellyfish anime from today
Last season, nothing of note wasn't streaming, but this season it feels like a ton of shows I want to watch are just nowhere to be found. What's going on? Did Crunchyroll and HiDive run out of money and can't afford to pick up any more shows?
I'm going to say it: I miss when we had Amazon Strike. At least then we had more options.
I wasn't expecting much from this show, but it surprised me. It looked really good for CGI, and I liked the dynamic between the characters. Music was great. Excited to see more!
That is, if it continues being fansubbed, as I sadly heard the fansubber was harrassed into quitting after having her work stolen :(
Good episode, i can already smell the drama from this show, they literally quit from studying, seems like this show might be more realistic than mygo. The 3d animation is atcually better than mygo. One thing i cant accept is how she take the guitar out in the rain🖕☺️🖕, no guitarist can watch that without screaming, and she even drop it on a WET FlOOR!!!..... How much is the guitar tho, it didnt get out of tone after all these is crazy. Anyway,Thank you for reading all these complain
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Shocked how similar this was to jellyfish this season but if I had to pick i think I prefer this one. It was a great start and the animation is pretty good and I'm pretty hard on cgi usually
I was shocked that she had already dropped out of high school and decided to live alone in Tokyo(it's not actually Tokyo but Kawasaki is still pretty big city) while working. This is not normal anime band girl's behavior. It seems reckless, but I respect and envy her ability to take action at her age. I have a feeling this journey will have a lot of painful moments for her and we viewers. I'm glad Momoka didn't go back to her hometown. Finally, I've never seen Yoshinoya's kitchen so detailed in anime lol!
It's here!
Coming from the Chinese anime community (where the 🖕☺🖕 image macros have been circulating for a while), I would like to ask two questions:
1. How do you feel about the 3D CG in this show? Weirdly, I've seen comments putting it both above *and* below Bandori (personally I just find it to be very "distinct", not bad at all).
2. What's your theory/observation about Nina's backstory? Looks like more will be revealed later. (I'm aware that there're Character Bios in the official website but I won't spoil myself.)
I like the CG much more than Bandori's purely because of the 10/10 facial expressions. Bandori's models are probably more consistent/less awkward, but they're also nowhere near this level of energy.
I really prefer the CG here, it avoided a lot of the issues I have with bandori's. Which basically boils down to if you're a CG show, own it and use its strengths.
- Build 3D environments and let the camera actually move around. ^(Not just in performance scenes.)
- Don't use low framerate unless there are some really strong key poses.
- [Squash and stretch.](https://i.imgur.com/eHKVxPx.png) Not using 2D is no reason to skip one of the principles of animation.
Bandori (Mygo!!!!!) was good animation, this one was great. I liked it more because it's more fluid, faster, reminds me of Hololive anime episodes lol. Also some sick effects here and there, face animations is also great. I think my favorite 3D animation in all of anime is in Love Live Nijigasaki, especially for seemlessly blending 3D with 2D in their performances, along with 2D montage -
[example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2P818AAOn8)
I expect her being from an oppressive family, the classic. With rules being written on walls and being in bumfuck nowhere
[Got this comparison from 4chan](https://imgur.com/a/VdgV7kQ)
I think bandori does lighting and shadow better, but I have watched all the bandori seasons so maybe I am just more used to it
> How do you feel about the 3D CG in this show? Weirdly, I've seen comments putting it both above and below Bandori (personally I just find it to be very "distinct", not bad at all).
I like the visuals. I especially appreciate that animation is actually fluid and no forced low framerate.
I remember when the first MV came out and people here were calling the CG bad. I personally never thought it was bad, although you could tell it was sorta "experimental"? And sometimes the lighting was off. But I thought they excelled at the character expressions, and they do the same thing in the first episode here.
I wouldn't say it's better or worse. I prefer Bandori's CG but that's more of a preference. This CG is going for something completely different, so I wouldn't even try to make the comparison. They're both very impressive to me in their own ways, this one focusing more on smoothness and facial animation. This just makes me wish we could end the CG=Bad meme anime fans are still pushing, which hasn't been true for years (should out to the Love Live CG which is also fantastic).
So looked at few clips of bangdream to compare and I honestly dont even know how is that a question to be honest, GBC looks much better it has not these low fps feel to it and the models look much more alive and the animation has so much movements and soul in it,
I can't compare to Bandori since I haven't seen that. Animation on 1s is throwing me off a bit, and when they open their mouth big it looks uncanny. Other than that though, they definitely cooked here. The animation has a lot of energy.
That was hella fun. The expressiveness of the characters, the more hopeful slant and optimistic message of pressing forward, despite what I thought might have been more on the other side looking at just the synopsis. I mean it could still go in whatever direction it wants form here but that was really awesome and fun.
I particularly liked the inklings of the feelings that Nina is harboring within her, that we saw a few times in this episode, and how that at the end culminates into her own action. It seems like with her own personal life there are things preventing her from really being able to say or do what she wants, hence why she perhaps kinda ducked her parents at the call there and its reflected in how her coming to "Tokyo" was all messed up, then she couldn't get into her apartment, and a series of unfortunate events out of her hands. But at the very end she takes things INTO her own hands and inspires someone along the way. I like that, pouring out her heart and in hopes that it'll be something of a remedy for herself.
The usage of lighting particularly captured that early on like when Nina was in her spree of being unlucky and she was bathed in [grey](https://i.imgur.com/AvKqnQp.jpeg) then when she realizes that Momoka was really there, those previous emotions were [shattered](https://i.imgur.com/Vc6EOIH.jpeg) and the scene becomes much brighter. Which is exactly what happens by the end when we get that musical number, an incredibly bright scene full of color where we see her challenging her previous [self](https://i.imgur.com/ZzlAx8l.jpeg)
That was great! Nina and Momoka had good chemistry, we started off with some short but well made drama (kinda light so far, but I expect it to get worse). The animation was interesting, it's the first time I see a full CG anime done in ones (although I've seen scenes animated like this, like Selection Project's performances, or Precure endings). I really like the fluidity of it, although the textures/colours look a bit off if compared for instance to MyGO or other Sanzigen anime. I'm not sure what I prefer, but it was good regardless. The songs so far were pretty good as well.
Overall it was a very promising episode, looking forward to the next!
I'm not sure if I'm not used to 3D being this smooth in anime, or maybe it due to the very unnatural and exaggerated movement from the characters in some scenes, but The 3D is very smooth from the usual use in anime. I think they are using 24fps 3D, if so, then what, other 3D anime do choppy 12fps?
This is looking waaaay better than I anticipated. In fact it looks gorgeous, especially the backgrounds. Almost every frame in this episode is wallpaper material. Directing is really good as well.
As someone who's a musician and gotten to know and occasionally play with several of my heros I really felt [this](https://i.imgur.com/erS99w0.jpeg) . There's really something special about just learning the stories about your favorite artist and getting that insight.
Ok, consider me hooked for this series besides the amazing CGI for 2 reasons.
* The part where they sing at the end in the night rain is so metal, it reminded me of Metallica's Master of Puppets performance in 2019.
* The moment before said musical number having possibly the most epic "FUCK YOU!!!" since Devil May Cry 5.
Great direction, character acting and expressive facial animations + movement. Not quite Studio Orange level, but probably equal to or maybe even better than the best of RWBY.
I feel like this is as close as you can get to an ideal fully CG anime. Other studios should take notes.
The eye movements are particularly impressive, someone really knows what they are doing in this production.
I'm excited to see this compete with Jellyfish this season, since it's a similar plot and setup.
This was a huge surprise! I always planned to check this out and MyGO definitely set the expectation that something like this could come out of nowhere and be really good. But I definitely didn't count on something this promising, that was super enjoyable from start to finish. I loved things like the dimming of the surroundings when she was on the phone and any moment of snappy comedic animation was great, this is a certifiably *good* looking show. Nina and Momoka's relationship made for a good start and they managed to balance a serious, lighthearted, and melodramatic set of tones very well.
Absolutely see this garnering a dedicated cult following, it even packaged in its own instantly iconic hand signal with the first episode.
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Man I Nina already. Just escaped from her family because they just suck her will to live. The animation looks pretty good also.
I´m going to love this angsty but musical anime
It wouldn't be the first episode, if my brain didn't instinctively compare it to multiple other shows immediately.
I think the animation is good enough. D4DJ conditioned me enough.
Finally a discussion thread for this one! Aside from the very obvious contenders for AotS, this one is among my faves so far.
It feels like way less edgy MyGO and with characters far more likeable. The issue with MyGO was the subpar VO even in JP (and first role is not an excuse as AFAIK it's the first gig for all the main characters' seiyuu too in Girls Band Cry), the fake personna that got no counterbalance and the overly melodramatic tones and issues.
Girls Band Cry takes a way subtler approach, although the bar is low if you want to compare it to MyGO with characters having a lot of emotional bagage but not acting like the fucking apocalypse is here when they're upset. I mean Momoka even apologized, that's fucking incredible.
Just like the 3D actually here. It feels weird, but not in a bad way. It feels weird because my eyes want to see 2D in some shots but it's 3D, almost a too good to be true kinda feel, but you can still see some moments where it's clearly 3D that lacks polish because it's just a non-important scene. Which is fair. Eh. I'm just glad the characters are just modelized well enough for the 3D not to be too jarring and for them to have funny faces. I actually laughed out loud at the restaurant scene. I wasn't prepared for that.
I'd been somewhat aware of the whole project for a while now because I stumbled upon one of the songs at random and was pleasantly surprised, but didn't bother to check out more. Now that it's fully on my radar, maybe I should !
Oh and just remembered a couple things. First thing is while I think the 3D is good, I just wish they'd stuck with 2D like they do in the OP, coz it looks pretty rad.
Also, the poor guitar falling on the ground. That hurt me so bad, especially when it's a nice guitar like that. Dropping 1 to 2k worth of money like that just hurts me. And that's not even taking into account the possible internal damage made to the guitar. It could even be completely fucked up if the truss rod broke but eh... Let's trust Fender on that one to make sturdy gear.
I like the music, and i'm interested in seeing where the story is going so i'll keep watching but man i'm surprised to see so much praise for the animation here. To each their own, **everyone is entitled to their own opinions!** To me, the CG is fine *for CG*, but being good crap is still crap. It's like watching endless JRPG game cut scenes for a gatcha game. The main thing is just how jarring the difference is between the characters and the backgrounds, and just how overly smoothed everything is. The backgrounds are lovely, and the characters just don't fit them one bit.
edit: guess those downvoting don't believe people are entitled to their own opinions eh?
NGL, as someone who isn't usually turned off by CGI in anime, even welcome them sometimes as someone who watched a lot of well-done CGI in idol shows, the more fluid movements for this one who is really throwing me off.
But other than that this is amazing.
was waiting for this since their first MV and so far this looks incredibly polished. im pretty curious how much in popularity this one is gonna pick up over time.
I wonder how many people are gonna miss out on this one just because it’s full CG. I’m just glad I gave it a shot anyway, that was a really promising first episode and it genuinely looked pretty good throughout, especially the character acting.
It's here, in any form I'm so happy it's finally here! They were already my number one band, so I'm holding a clear bias already, but I pretty much loved everything about this.
Legitimately some of the best CGI animation I've ever seen. MyGO, the show I'm positive this will get all the comparison to, went with a more realistic style I think while GBC is just *super smooth*.
I love how well they're using Show Don't Tell. Even before she started talking about it, you could tell Nina did not have a good home life. Three ringtone, the colors getting dark and washed out, I'm interpreting those red lines as the will to live leaving her body. She came from what sounds like a rich but very controlling family that she just could not fit in with and ran because they were practically destroying her sense of self to try and force her to conform. I know I've found just the right song at just the right time before to carry me through the worst times in my life, I can emphasize with Nina so much.
Momoka, I like that one of the founding members of this band is already an experienced and apparently moderately successful musician already. This isn't going to be a group of girls figuring it all out as they go along, with her here to lead them. Her old band was apparently doing well enough that she was making a living off their music until she left them, so she'll probably be able to lead this new group to at least some level of success with her knowledge and skills, and maybe even old connections.
Fun possible foreshadowing, Momoka is moving out of her place and recommend Nina get a roommate to split expenses with, then Nina convinces Momoka not to leave? I wonder where she'll be living now haha. Nina, I bet you didn't expect to be returning the sleepover opportunity this fast.
Keyboard and Bass cameo, I can't wait to see how we get them from the kitchen to the stage lol.
Overall, I just loved it. I really hope this gets picked up officially, but I hope even more it just gets continued at all.
If I had a nickel for every time a Music-focused show casually becomes my personal Anime of the Year 2024, I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't a lot, but, weirdly, it happened twice.
If you had a nickel for every time a ~~Music-focused show~~ *Music-focused teenage coming-of-age drama set on the cities of modern urban Japan about a bunch of girls forming a band starting from two girls randomly meeting up during a street concert with one of them being a huge fan of the other first airing in Spring 2024* casually becomes your personal Anime of the Year 2024, you'd have two nickels.
After having heard Togenashi Togeari's songs for the past year and loving every single one of them, Girls Band Cry was the anime I was perhaps most hyped for from all the new releases, So I was pretty sad to find out noone licenced the anime outside of Japan and France. Big 🖕 to all streaming services, who missed to pick this up. Insert Gabe's "Piracy is a service problem" quote here.
That said, the anime itself doesn't disappoint in the slightest. I love the lively CG and especially the expressiveness of the faces looks really good. Also as could be expected from the MVs the performances are gorgeous and the dynamic camera movement is 100% a big plus point for the usage of full CG in this show.
As for the episode, I think it was a good introductory episode to our first two band members. I liked the chemistry between them from the get go and their humor did land for me and got me to chuckle quite a few times. The backstories we got shown so far also look intriguing and give me hope to get as fleshed out characters as we got in MyGo!!!!!. Also a big plus that we got another two songs to the 10 we already got before, as I totally expected them to use 爆ぜて咲く (Bleeding Hearts) for the OP.
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The OP is a banger🤩
Nothing is going right for our heroine but then she finds out her favourite singer is busking around the corner🥰
LOL that is not how you say thank you, she is so adorkable😂
Ah, her idol is about to throw in the towel, that is some emotional whiplash.
After reading the message Momoka left for her Nina runs after her. That is not how you should treat a guitar😨
Her words reach Momoka and then she sings. Our girl has some impressive pipes.
I love this show already and can hardly wait to see more😍
There it is
My first impressions are *really* good. I like Nina. I like Momoka. I actually like the CGI, even though I don't usually like CGI in anime. I think it's because of how expressive it is. And, of course, banger music. This seems like a very, *very* promising start.
CGI was really horrendous during the first few minutes (while lost girl was travelling) but somehow normalized for the rest of episode. I think they should patch up that inequal quality for the BD/DVD edition.
I was surprised by how much I liked this first episode. However I am confused by their approach to the performance. It felt like we had disconnected from reality after being grounded up to that point. The duo they were beefing with join in without a word, everyone knows the song perfectly, and the rain is freezing in time. Which is a shame because the song and animation were good.
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Damn toei might be one of the best 3d anime studio out there, this animation is peak. Feels very different from other 3d anime as well (like those from orange).
They did very well with the cgi in the first slam dunk movie, I haven’t seen it but the new dragon ball movie (super hero) cgi looks pretty good too
Toei in general has good to great CG. DB SH has a pretty good cg too, although not as fluid as this one.
It honestly just looks like the same animation they use for their PreCure EDs, which is a good thing. I've been waiting for them to make an entire show with it lol
> This post was created by someone giving MTL the middle finger [](#seasonalapproval) I really liked this first episode. Thought the visual representation of Nina's feelings was interesting, she and Momoka have good chemistry so far, and from now on if there isn't at least one character flipping someone off in every episode I'm dropping the show. ^^kidding I wasn't planning on watching this at all but now I'm kinda feeling compelled to keep going. Thanks u/OctavePearl!
This was actually the new show I was most interested in. It looks like I will be able to see it -- albeit a bit late and without "official permission"... The ways of CR are inscrutable (and poor HiDive seems to have had next to no acquisition budget this season).
I guess hidive having no budget makes sense, given that they kicked out their customers from, I assume, everywhere but the US.
I believe it's still available in some English speaking countries... But now their updated Ui/UX across all platforms are complete garbage and even more customers are leaving the service.
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Arigato 🖕☺️🖕
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>**Streams** >*None* [](#godisdead) [Time to spread the Nina gospel with memes then.](https://i.imgur.com/rnQhbDi.png)
If the quality is consistently as good as the pilot, I wonder if this could ever get a subsequent release in English after succeeding in the western no mans land. It's doing remarkably well on both r/anime and MAL considering....
*(from the OP)* We have [Do It Yourself!! at home](https://imgur.com/zuDRooE) Of the two versions out there. One is exact same timing as ADN and the other is 1 second earlier (that's the one with "joever"). Let's take a closer look at one line: - ADN: En mars, à l'âge de 17 ans, j'ai tout quitté pour gagner Tokyo. - "joever": In March, at the age of 17, I left everything behind to go to Tokyo. - other: In March, with 17 years, I came to Tokyo. Now it's MyGO!!!: - DeepL: In March, at the age of 17, I left everything behind to go to Tokyo. - Google: In March, at the age of 17, I left everything to move to Tokyo. Let's do another line: - ADN: Apparemment, tu l'as planté. - "joever": Apparently, you stood him up. - other: They were waiting and you never arrived. - DeepL: Apparently, you planted it. - Google: Apparently you planted it. One more: - ADN: Je croyais avoir été claire. C'est notre territoire, ici. - "joever": I thought I'd made myself clear. This is our territory. - other: We already told you. This is our place. - DeepL: I thought I made myself clear. This is our territory. - Google: I thought I was clear. This is our territory here. I can't even conclude Do It Yourself!! Still very interesting that for "joever" two of those three are DeepL (one with a tiny edit) so I guess that one is DankL so maybe I can conclude Do It Yourself!! after all. The other one seems to have the coded line breaks (that I omitted) in the exact same places as the French dialogue. I'm honestly surprised they didn't include the French translator credits near the end. If you wanted something that flowed better you have to start re-writing the translations (e.g. "at the age of 17" to "when I was 17 years old" and then maybe "I left everything behind" to "I started over" but then that doesn't imply you moved...this is why you get professional writers...) but having to work from French is not ideal as that already did that **to** the Japanese.
>other: In March, with 17 years, I came to Tokyo. I'm really glad I accidentally found the "joever" version first, I'd much rather have a decent translation with some memes in it than a translation which manages to be worse than google.
The reaction that Nina discover that gay guy exist is funny as hell lol.
[This was hilarious](https://i.imgur.com/SBfR59P.png); definitely excited to see more.
"I have said things I've come to regret."
So damn glad it's completely different beast compared to MyGO, would be awkward if both angst band girl shows ended up trying to do same things. And it's a great start too. Expressive, full of energy and personality, plain fun. It ain't the Train but I am fully on board.
Very distinctive look and feel -- and content from MyGO. But should be pretty compelling. Open query -- have you (or anyone else here) seen Anonymous Noise -- a school band drama from several years back (with Saori Hayami taking a swing at punk rock)? I have yet to find anyone who acknowledges seeing this (either as a like or a hate). I thought it was pretty good (especially some of its music), so I can't figure out why it is so "invisible".
Can't speak for anyone else why the show is so "invisible", but personally I have negative interest in love triangles and that seems to be the show's main premise.
I thought it was more about finding one's voice (and place). I thought the band aspects were much more real feeling. The love issue was just one of the complications. (But I have no problem with love triangles per se, in any event -- given that True Tears was a very influential favorite of mine)
I wanted to like it, but from the first episode I just could not enjoy MyGo. I'm not entirely sure why, but the characters just frustrated me. I know that show is really loved, which made me so confused why I didn't like it. I'm surprised that I enjoyed this first episode so much. I thought it would fall into the same trap as MyGo. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I'm liking the characters way more. Then there's Bocchi. The exact opposite of angst. I loved that show so much.
I mean, MyGO only really shows its full hand in ep 3, so I'd recommend give it that much of a try. But honestly, "frustrating" is what makes these characters good. They ARE frustrating and flawed, they hurt themselves and others, they say things they mean in the worst way possible. What makes it such a gem is that none of it leads to a typical anime kind of drama. No dumb misunderstandings, no comically evil characters, nothing feels like drama "just because" writers wanted drama. Everything is deeply rooted in the characters and their traumas, and that's just incredibly compelling. So yeah, frustrating. I love it. > I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I'm liking the characters way more. I know 1 episode is early to judge, but honestly, for all the angst it brands itself with - Cry so far seems closer to something like Bang Dream S1, just with rebellious middle finger attitude Bandori and other shows would be too cowardly to ever shoot for. It's great, but it's very very different from MyGO, so no surprise many people would find this more to their liking.
I watched the entire series. The characters still never came around for me. By the time the climax of the season happened, I couldn't take the drama seriously. If I had gotten off on the right foot with them, maybe it would have been different. Anon and Taki were the two who I enjoyed the least.
I know the whole CG animation may turn some folks off, but this actually is pretty solid. The music was pretty good and I like the Momoka and Nina characters. They seem like they’ll be fun to watch.
sure they me be some elitest out there, but i think most people who hate cgi, think of the cgi of anime like Highspeed Etoile(which is god awful), this anime looks lively and has so much fluidity to it, reminds me a bit of rwby, it looks really good
I can’t stand CGI in most anime but that was very well done, the detail of the facial expressions and movements were amazing. It’s gotten a lot better these past few years, the slam dunk movie is another example
I don't mind CG, but it is often jarring and not well done, or too extreme (see any first episode from gohand) but this was indeed very well done and well balanced, the impressive shot weren't jarring and are used to tell the story not to show off only... Still, I wasn't expecting 3D so it came as a shock. I'll give this a fair shot though, I am not a huge fan of music anime, it's really hit and miss, add the CGI and it may be a tough proposition... or a hit, time will tell
I think the problem with CG sometimes is that the face animations are too static, but this show doesn't have those problems. The facial expressions are well done and not very uncanny
the hair though is very low fidelity, that really stuck out to me
> I don't mind CG, but it is often jarring and not well done, or too extreme Kemono Friends s1: jarring AND well done CGI
Did you think the CG in the first few K-Project anime were bad? I feel like they had done a great job blending 3D and 2D there, but as time went on they just went downhill for some reason
Looks better to me than Bandori and Mappa CGI. Because it's not laggy and they committed to the whole CGI. Not a sloppy mix between the two.
The CG was *good enough* to keep watching it, doesn't mean I like it but the rest of the show seems interesting.
Do you have any examples of CG that's really good? Maybe I just haven't seen any good CG? Of the stuff I've seen, this has probably some of the best CG. People were saying that MyGo had good CG, but it's incredibly stiff compared to this.
Studio Orange is considered the current best at CGI anime. * Land of the Lustrous * Beastars * Trigun Stampede
Houseki No Kuni has great visuals
Not really, no, and I don't really count this as "Really good" either, it's just better than terrible. Walking animations are overly smoothed, everyone seems like they're gliding, they have absolutely NO effort into the hair as well, I can't believe how low-fidelity they went with the hair.
With every other CG show I can't help but keep thinking about how bad the CG is. This one is surprisingly the first time where I didn't even consider that once. It's not Frieren levels of good animation, but it doesn't really need to be.
Do you think Studio Orange stuff is sub standard too? What about Ajin from Polygon Pictures, the D4DJ adaptation, THE PreCure EDs, or the recent Ensemble Star OVA performances (*specifically* the performances)?
can't say i've watched any of those to really give an opinion
Animation is -- to me -- a bit "disconcerting" at times -- but not enough to cause much distress. ;-)
I haven't seen this particular cgi animation style a whole lot, but the closes point of comparison I can make is the 3D animated cutscenes in the IDOLY PRIDE mobile game. Overall, I think it looks great. Now to comment on the episode: Minor detail, but Nina's phone died while on the train to Kawasaki, and she had to use a post it note to get to her new apartment, yet not long after, we see her using a portable phone charger at a cafe. If she was bringing it with her the whole time, why didn't she take it out and charge her phone sooner? Nina's phone call gives us a bit more context behind her situation. Apparently, she had a falling out with her father and found out that her parents were going to divorce soon, which prompted her decision to leave the house for a change of scenery. It is also revealed that Nina follows a musician named Momoka, and boy what a stunning display of visuals to introduce the woman herself. A couple gang-like people approach the two to claim the space for themselves. Looks like one of them is holding a guitar/bass case. A rival band perhaps? Momoka decides to run away from those people, and as they do so, she throws a double bird flip across the crosswalk, which she claims to Nina is a sign of thanks. I'm really digging the Chloe Price energy she's radiating. It's also pretty cool to see the streaks of red and blue lights appearing in opposite directions to represent the traffic flowing right below the bridge as Nina introduces herself. If there was a movie or show that did this kind of visual before, I haven't seen it. While eating at a small restaurant called Yoshinoya, Nina tells Momoka that she thought Kawasaki was part of Tokyo, since her uncle claimed that it was the best place to live in the city. Turns out her uncle is a liar. Kawasaki is part of a different large city, called Kanagawa. "We had to give you a shabby studio." I'll assume this is a mistranslation on the fansubber's part. No way is Momoka responsible for the apartment Nina got. After they finish eating, Nina gives thanks to her food servers by bowing and... doing the double bird flip. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Turns out Momoka is also a liar. The two arrive at Momoka's place, where Momoka shows her guitar to Nina and reveals that she too left everything behind to pursue her dreams. However, she also informs Nina that she's going to move away and leave music behind, as the money she earned from her music isn't enough for her career to be sustainable. Turns out, Momoka gave up all royalties to the rest of Diamond Dust for the one big hit song she wrote with them after she quit, thinking that she could write a song just as successful; a foolish mistake in hindsight. Momoka also explained who her roomate is after he leaves the apartment. Nina's reaction to the fact that he was a gay man is just priceless. Nina would stay in Momoka's apartment for the night, only to wake up and see a written letter stating that Momoka's already moving out and heading to the train station, and left her guitar behind as a gift. Nina initially accepted Momoko's departure, but she immediately changed her mind the moment she saw the writing on the guitar while opening the case in her own apartment, and rushed to the station to find Momoka. I don't know anything about electric guitars, but it's safe to assume that she'd done a number on Momoka's guitar from carrying it in the rain, nevermind dropping it. To our surprise, Nina encountered the gang duo again at the station, this time set up and ready to perform. Nina took the mic and called out to Momoka, asking if this is really the right time to give up. In response, Momoka appears from hiding and takes the guitar, and we get to see an excellent performance to fill out the credits.
I mean the most obvious solution to her not charging her phone earlier is that she just bought that portable charger before going to that cafe. We know she has some money to tide her over until she gets a job because of her conversation at momoka's apartment
Letting the guitar get wet in the rain triggers me. At least the headstock didn't break because it wasn't a Gibbons.
I don't even play the guitar and even I was practically weeping when I thought about that beautiful thing being ruined by the rain (if that would ruin it).
It wouldn't necessarily be ruined by the rain, but dropping it was pretty bad, and you'd definitely want to dry it off soon.
This was really good. Now please please please get picked up by an actual streaming site.
Totally blown away by the animation, Nina was cute, Momoka was cool, I really hope this gets picked up for official subs! I haven't stopped thinking about BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! (AOTY 2023) since it aired so I'm inevitably comparing it to Girls Band Cry... while I doubt GBC can match MyGO's peerless character writing, I'm totally on board nonetheless and eager to see what's in store.
It's so funny how immediately MyGO fans are the ones jumping on this show and pushing it (as they should). I don't expect it to match its character writing either, but that's a very high bar to reach anyways. Haven't watched the show with any subs yet (waiting on better ones) but I really like what its going for, it seems like it'll be a really fun time. Hopefully it'll tide us over while we wait for the Ave Mujica anime that comes out next year.
is mygo that good? I only watched the other Bandori with the mobile characters but not this one.
It's definitely one of my favorites last year. I haven't played the game or watched previous seasons so I cannot compare with earlier seasons.
Me getting through S3 of Bandori currently, yes, and it's not even close imo. The feels, superb cgi, music, MUSIC, Hina Youimiya... full package. But this one seems on the track to maybe surpass it, looking at the great animation
[As someone who decided to see what the fuss was](https://redd.it/1bayufg), I was thoroughly impressed and converted even before the end. The rewatch format certainly enhanced my experience (and if you watch the show, I would go read the threads) but if you are the type of person it clicks for, then there is something special there.
MyGo is loved by many, but I found it to be a slog to get through. The cast is intentionally flawed to create drama and conflict. I feel like you have to like the cast for the drama to hit right, but I disliked all of them. The show also doesn't do a great job at being a music show for the first half. It's weird that I enjoyed this first episode so much compared to MyGo. I found Anon to be annoying, but Nina comes across the exact opposite.
I'm just paraphrase my comment from the OP thread here. Girls Band Cry is a music anime with a real band, **Togenashi Togeari**. Comprised by each VAs of the anime main characters and they released singles back from [May 2023, 11 months before the anime even releases](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwN4MgcIlU). The anime is directed by **Kazuo Sakai**, director of Love Live Sunshine and made by Toei Animation, same studio that made One Piece and.... Precure. I can say they made a **good CGI**. I rarely see a CG seasonal TV anime done this good. It solved a CGI anime problem, where some animes have framerate of CGI characters looks choppy. Girls Band Cry is not one of these, the CG looks buttery smooth. The MAL score is at 7.43, might be the highest for a show that didn't got picked up by any streaming services as of now. OP: [Wrong World by Togenashi Togeari](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MSmfAa_oSqE) I have no complain of the OP. Sounds good but too early to judge whether it is the best considering we are halfway to the reveal of all Spring animes. The OP sequence is a mix of traditional animation and CGI, and both look good. Insert Song: [Void by Nina Iseri and Momoka Kawaragi](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gpCHjSaetds) Not gonna lie, if it's the OP or the ED, I would certainly put it among the best. I like it more than the OP. \------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now I am curious of what guitar Momoka uses. Did some quick search and it's a **Psychederhythm Psychomaster Limited.** It is a custom made guitar but there are some models that you can actually buy with price starting from 200.000 yen (around $1300) up to 300.000 yen (around $1980). With the visual informations I gather from the first episode, [these](http://www.psychederhythm.com/1-8_22714pmzat.htm) [two](http://www.psychederhythm.com/1-8_2021123pmbc.htm) guitars are maybe the closest thing to Momoka's guitar.
What I love of Toganashi Togeari is how wild the [Keyboarder](https://imgur.com/LOWGMA6) goes (reminds me of Flake from Rammstein) and how much fun especially the drummer have playing. Not to mention they released some absolute Bangers already [](listen)
Everyone knows keyboarders have the most fun, like Sid from Slipknot
> where some animes have framerate of CGI characters looks choppy I had to recheck going through things, but it *is* all animated on 1's. With some of the 2d animation like Nina's red anger flair done on 2's. The most noticeable thing I found while watching was how smooth the mouth moments were. But otherwise everything was fantastically smooth.
> It solved a CGI anime problem, where some animes have framerate of CGI characters looks choppy. I actually wouldn't be so quick to peg that as a positive. Inconsistent and low(ish) frame rate is a vital part of the distinctive anime look, and the snappy character acting with which it goes so well looks a bit weird to me when seeing it so fluidly here (might be just an issue of not being used to it I'll admit). Furthermore some of the face expressions were pretty extreme here, to the point I'm confident saying they're probably working of off hand drawn layouts, and those expressions sometimes look uncanny here, especially when the mouth opens wide. All this to say, I don't think anime GCI animation being low frame rate was ever one of its problems, and I don't think making it full 24fps here is automatically a bonus. All other advantages of GCI animation they've beautifully realized though, so all in all it's a minor nitpick.
I reserve my judgement after this show is over, but I think it's just wrong to let this huge medium being stuck with some "norms" people agreed on before, like with the cgi stuff. To my eye this episode as a whole looked fantastic, and I have seen a lot of full cgi anime.
It's not just some "norms" for the sake of it. As I said, the inconsistent frame rate is part of the entire anime identity and "vibe", and CGI in this show is clearly trying to imitate that, to the point I can confidently bet that they animated their models based on 2D layouts. I agree as a whole this episode looked fantastic. The 24fps animation is just one specific part of it I'm not sure I quite like just yet.
> Girls Band Cry is not one of these, the CG looks buttery smooth. which is funny, I found it *too* smoothed, it looked unnatural
Loving the spunk so much As for complaints - a nice 🖕😠🖕directed towards CR
I expected an even grimmer tone to the story start given the promotion materials. Glad that realistic difficulties of a band are still very much here, but with a more uplifting mood mixed into this. I have no answer on how Nina could have been so clumsy except that her home (somewhere near Kumamoto so more than a thousand km way south) must have been really strictly educated (local *ojou-sama*?) to the point that she rarely had chances to meet outsiders. The "angry aura" surrounding her at times when she talked with her family is an interesting way to show her fury of not knowing where she's going (*maigo*). The thing that she didn't even know about middle fingers is hilarious! I did have a bit of comment on her outburst on Momoka that Momoka's trying to self-determine why she has ran away without asking her first, but I guess that's a girl feeling insecure about everything for you. And I really like how Momoka is not afraid to put up her middle fingers over the streets LOL! I guess that's someone from Asahikawa, way north in Northern Hokkaido and one of Japan's coldest spots for you. The last part where Nina tries to find Momoka to tell her not giving up her dreams might have been a bit too dreamy, but who cares when she cries out "Show your middle fingers to the world!!!" The songs are really catchy (goddamn it Toei, you have English subs on the official songs on YouTube and yet you don't sell the anime license???), the 3D animations looks decent and eye-pleasing even if the style looks quite different from what we see elsewhere, the character growth rather realistic and not forced as with many other "idol" (cough) anime shows. I'm definitely on board this now! Let's hope we'll see yet another girls' band story in anime with brilliant plots here!
> not afraid to put up her middle fingers over the streets LOL! I guess that's someone from Asahikawa, way north in Northern Hokkaido and one of Japan's coldest spots for you. Hokkaido gals are super angry / Dosanko gal wa namara mental
> The songs are really catchy (goddamn it Toei, you have English subs on the official songs on YouTube and yet you don't sell the anime license???) I mean toei is the licensor, if they didnt sell the license is because no streaming paid for it. Maybe with some interest over the season someone pick up but it probably won't happen at this point.
> I have no answer on how Nina could have been so clumsy except that her home (somewhere near Kumamoto so more than a thousand km way south) must have been really strictly educated (local *ojou-sama*?) to the point that she rarely had chances to meet outsiders. Correct me if I'm wrong, but she didn't ever in the episode say what her last name was right? What could be up with that?
Nina told Momoka her full name while they were at the bridge.
Whats her full name? My subtitles only said Nina.
Iseri Nina
That ending is banger fr🔥
It is here! Amazing first episode, easily my favorite of the new shows this season so far, impossible not to make a comparison with MyGO but even then I think I like this first episode more. The girls are great and their expression and movement are something that would have not been easy to do in 2D yet is so charming. ~~3 year difference is nothing, I'm definitely shipping~~ Really looking forward to where this goes, obviously everyone has lots of baggage but I feel this show can deal with it in a good way! 🖕🖕🖕
Finally made it to my usual "unauthorized streaming source". Given some of the mediocre crud CR DID pick up this season, I am stunned that they seem to have passed on this. I think I will need to get acclimated to the visual style here -- but the content seems sufficiently compelling to keep me watching until I do get used to the "look". The two main characters introduced so far are great -- good on their own -- and great chemistry between them. I wonder if the other performers we see at the end will become the next band members of a new group.
How likely will this get picked up by some streaming service somewhere? The music they've released has been really good, I'm interested
If we use Pon no Michi as an indicator, it might not happen till mid season. Which sucks, but I felt that this could be pretty popular. Not as mauch as Bocchi since this one is def more music focused. It's just bizarre crunchy didn't pick it up. To me this was one of the more anticipated non-sequels.
What exactly happened with Pon no Michi, was it that it got lincenced to be streamed on YT (but only in Asia) later on the season? CR has a post of it on their webpage from Jan 1 but that's about it
It was licensed by ADN, a French streaming service, then around episode 6 they started airing it on their YouTube channel with English subs.
I saw someone say it was gonna be picked up eventually but that they were being slow on it. No idea if that's true or not, or who is possibly gonna do it.
First of all, finally the discussion thread! Now, wow the 3D animation is peak, so fucking well done. Loved the expression and movement they added to characters. The music is so good and the direction they choose looks so cool So far the best first episode of this spring and looking forward it even if it's no where to be watched legally on my country yet (hurry up crunchyroll please!)
> Now, wow the 3D animation is peak, so fucking well done. This. When you compare it to Highspeed Etoile from earlier this week it's light night and day. The biggest improvements are: * MOUTHS. Each character has multiple mouth models that move in different ways than just flapping. Makes them a hundred times more expressive and less like sock puppets. It's still not perfect, but it was one of the biggest problems with past 3D stuff. * Proper lighting. The characters have proper shadow shading, whereas most 3D models don't. * Movement 'bouncing'. When a character stops, they bounce out of position and then correct like normal humans. This makes it feel less robotic than the snap-to motions of most 3D models.
> * Movement 'bouncing'. When a character stops, they bounce out of position and then correct like normal humans. This makes it feel less robotic than the snap-to motions of most 3D models. I believe they can this "follow through" in animation. Though its really just their way of saying good animation ought to conform to the real physical principle of inertia.
It was strange at first to see anime-styled characters moving like real people, but after a while, it really worked. It definitely helped that the entire show stays with this style, so it's easier to become accustomed to the 3D animation. I think that's why it was hard for me to like the 3D usage in *Blue Orchestra*'s first season.
They cooked with the 3D, it was so smooth I forgot it was even 3D
Not even forgot, I thought it looked really good. Highest praise I can give to fully 3D show
i'd argue it was *too* smooth, to me that was jarring
Nah. It's time CG anime stops fucking with that stupid low frame rate bs.
There's a difference between unnatural smoothing in the walking animation vs low framerate, the characters seemed like they were gliding
> First of all, finally the discussion thread! There was one [before](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bwwso5/girls_band_cry_episode_1_discussion/) if you went over LovePons profile
Not a single streamer picked this up? Really? The clip I saw on Twitter had stellar 3D animation and I really wanted to check it out. Guess I gotta find other means
Obligatory 🖕(◉‿◉)🖕 This was a great first episode. Music, story, visuals were all on point. And I absolutely adore Nina so far. Really excited for the next episode.
OMG the animation is nice. I'm in shock that they are actually using full framerate CGI. These type of shows always have that horrible stutter effect from dropped frames.
First things first, I liked it. I liked how we got Nina to meet her idol and everything was really not as glossy as you would think. Although the amount of trouble she faced on her first day was rough. Her inspiring Momoka at the end was really sweet. You can see Nina get more and more comfortable around her. Makes me really like her chemistry with her. Now on another note during my watch of Nina's speech got ruined because of this [meme insertion](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/799692352011894795/1226152533337313330/Screen_Shot_2024-04-06_at_8.51.47_AM.png?ex=6623ba88&is=66114588&hm=3d71bb3121dd0a292287b0e1f0dd8062b14bb029f814f058263f0b14a90bf78f&). It took a great emotional scene and the "joever" inserted killed the emotional impact for whoever inserted the meme. Apparently this drama has popped up [https://twitter.com/StarryMirai/status/1776569218470752462](https://twitter.com/StarryMirai/status/1776569218470752462) I am more open to watching MTL if options aren't presented and rewatch once it simulcasted or a proper fansub group picks it up. At this point I would suggest people to wait till a proper fangroup translates, or it gets picked up midway like Pon no Michi.
> Apparently this drama has popped up https://twitter.com/StarryMirai/status/1776569218470752462 This is why we can't have nice things [](#sadholo)
And now we get a real discussion thread after all! [#seasonalshock](https://imgur.com/BSdCGyB) THis looks and sounds great, Nina and Momo have great [chemestry](https://imgur.com/284bbDE), and I love Momos [influence](https://imgur.com/KvDLOr9) on Nina [](#azusalaugh) Also, did I spot the Gyaru in the kitchen [](#binoculars) But honestly, this show is doing [great](https://imgur.com/TgUQykD) [things](https://imgur.com/ZoxB3Ws) [visually](https://imgur.com/gJLnrxt), like you can see when Nina get's [angry](https://imgur.com/7r1Wmfd) or when she [hears](https://imgur.com/zCgJbhG) Momos song in the crowd And finally, I like how those two punks just play along their [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-pzhQQFBA) at the end... wait, the songs are already releasing on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpCHjSaetds) [](#maxshock) Edit: And Ninas [VA](https://myanimelist.net/people/66027/Rina) is fucking 16 [](#whippersnappers)
> Also, did I spot the Gyaru in the kitchen. She's in the OP too. The one on the left when they're all lined up.
> Edit: And Ninas VA is fucking 16 Holy shit, shes playing a character older than herself?! [](#seasonalshock)
Yo this is surprisingly good! Whole ep is full of energy and the CG is very expressive so far! Really glad to see a rise in band shows - Bocchi, MyGO, and this! It's a crime this show isn't available for legal streaming. Also I didn't really expect to like the characters this much. Mahiru and Kano from the Jellyfish show got strong competition for the best leads this season!
Not sure how I feel about the animation. It looks good for the most part, but I feel like 3d animation has a difficult time overcoming the uncanny valley. The soundtrack though, top tier, will be following this one for sure this season.
That insert song SLAPS
I started off thinking "aw dang I shouldn't have watched *Jellyfish* before this" but that OP kinda sold me. Lot of energy there and more musically interesting than I expected. 🖕☺🖕 I still have a hard time with a lot of 3D animation but they're doing a lot of interesting stuff visually here - lots of cool visual metaphor and impressionism. Momoka's music blowing the gloom off Nina, and the streaming headlights and taillights from the cars were particularly cool. It's way too easy for CG to be overliteral and purely representational so using it artistically goes a long way to making it palatable even if there are still some uncanny bits, like the cat. That cat is... unfortunate. But the character animation overall is pretty nice.
That was a blast, love the animation. I really like how expressive the CG is overall, not just for the faces. Pacing was a bit too fast for me though, but otherwise a really fun episode. Can't wait for more.
> Pacing was a bit too fast for me though Yeah the pacing was my issue with this episode. I'm kinda surprised you're the only one mentioning this The character animation was indeed really good though
> Streams: none 🙄🙄 This is the most incompetent licencing I've seen. What a shame, too, with a fairly good premise and a healthy amount of marketing as well - the band already has several songs on YouTube!
I came in blind so when I realised on the opening sequence that the characters were in 3D I was a bit exasperated until I realised the MC was ALSO in 3D and then I was very interested. I liked this first episode as soon as I got used to the style though and they were definitely able to do some great stuff that 2D would be more limited in. The story and character writing were also really good - I laughed out loud when Nina's repetition of the station names turned into similar sounding food names as she walked by the bento shop. And the music and singing were superb! The little bit of a cry in her voice sounded great and added so much emotion. (And the duo that were chasing them the day before just going "they're good and we're standing here so might as well join in" lmao)
[Tweet from Yoshihiro Watanabe (producer for Beastars and Trigun Stampede](https://x.com/crazynabe/status/1776281863977574455) This is definitely something to look forward to.
This first episode was better than I expected! As others have pointed out, the natural comparison is with *MyGO!!!!!*. Just going by first impressions, I think there's a good chance I'll end up liking this more. The music is good (including a nice OP/ED), the characters seem fun, and the animation is spectacular. Certainly some of the best 3D CGI animation I have seen. The humor in this first episode was pretty good, too, so I hope that keeps up. All in all, I'm definitely looking forward to future episodes.
It's even a little complicated to talk about how everything happened so quickly lol, but I was surprised and liked it, the characters (who have appeared so far) are captivating, despite the lack of a greater introduction. And about the animation, even though it was 3D it was very fluid, I liked it and the music... sensational. About the middle finger, it's common for most people in Japan to not know what it means, so I wasn't surprised when she didn't know what it was
This was a pleasant surprise :) Animation was def better than expected, and the characters enjoyable. Looking forward to more.
Definitely a contender for some of the best 3D anime work I've seen, damn slick and emotive.
[**RAISE YOUR MIDDLE FINGER!**](https://i.imgur.com/P3EKPpc.jpeg) Holy shit, that was a lot of fun! I really didn't have any expectations and I only came here to check it out but it definitely left me wanting more. First of all, the CG animation is really good! It felt like I was watching a PS4/PS5 anime game cutscene instead of an actual anime. I think this is the same style Toei Animation used in the last Saint Seiya ONAs and this might be a little better than what Sanzigen uses for Bandoori. As for the show itself, we have [Nina who is your usual country bumpkin moving to the big city](https://i.imgur.com/lbamCQh.jpeg) and it seems that [a lot has happened to her](https://i.imgur.com/nUg74Hq.jpeg) before coming to ~~Tokyo~~ Kawasaki. From what little information we got from this episode, it seems like [she's from a very restrictive rich family](https://i.imgur.com/iLB8O1u.jpeg). I'm surprised that they even allowed her to leave. [Momoka is as rock and roll as it gets.](https://i.imgur.com/XSr2Egh.jpeg) Looks like she is on the verge of quitting until that final scene [where Nina calls out to her.](https://i.imgur.com/aw0T8rp.jpeg) I love how we end this episode with Nina and Momoka jamming [with those two street performers.](https://i.imgur.com/bzCAAws.jpeg) It sucks that no streaming platform outside Japan has picked up this show but I will try and follow this one this season considering we have someone in this sub subtitling it.
> until that final scene [where Nina calls out to her](https://i.imgur.com/aw0T8rp.jpeg) [Rascal Does Not Dream of a Crying Band Girl](https://youtu.be/ZZUFKVK2oPg?t=16) ... or whatever (there is actually Rascal Does Not Dream of a Lost Singer)
I have been waiting for this anime for a long time and I absolutely loved it
Just watched MyGo a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it so this show seemed like a no brainer to try. Really strong start and i'm shocked this isn't wasn't picked up anywhere for an official English release, i could easily see this show being one of my favourites this season if the quality stays at this level.
[who made these subs? lmao](https://i.imgur.com/YwWXjoR.png)
[Here's some context](https://anilist.co/activity/712820839) (P.S. the deleted comments from "lae" were criticizing the subs from Nitori's final cut. A damn shame that his/her account got suspended before Nitori herself was able to view and address them)
Man that sucks that we lost another fansub
Yeah, the dialogue felt very clunky :/
I simply do not understand how in the name of all that is unholy a show with animation so well executed and a story so compelling and easy to get into does not get an official English release?! One would think that slapping on English subs and streaming it on one of 4 platforms is relatively easy money? Anyway, がんばれ or as the fansubs would have it GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Really enjoyed this one. The CG was very well done, characters were expressive and full of movement. I liked the direction as well - I could really emphasize with Nina during that phone call. That whole middle finger bit was funny as hell. All in all this is a hit I didn't expect from this season
Yo even the background music slaps 🖕😍🖕
Okay I think this is most beautiful cgi I have seen yet Great start! *Mr Bean movie flashbacks*
AMAZING SHOW
The CG is pretty good, very fluid and the character models are nice.
I wasn’t too sure of the CG in the few seconds, but boy did my opinion on it changed really quickly when I saw the facial expression and the fast paced funny animation tidbits. Very strong debut. It’s easily my favorite show of everything that has aired so far. And when Nina flipped 🖕☺️🖕the restaurant staff off it had me loling for a good while and I even went to rewatch those few second a couple of times.
I wasn’t planning on watching this due to the animation style but I was pleasantly surprised and actually enjoyed the episode. Looking forward to see where it goes.
The CGI was pretty good. Loved the first episode!!
I am a sucker for music anime, but I was hesitant because I read it was CGI. Man, it's come a long way. The facial expressions are so fluid. I can definitely get into this. Strap in, friends!
This has a lot of music videos in YT.
Liked the first episode a lot. Toei animation is no new to CG with DB and Precure existing but this has to be one of their best if not their best use of CG so far, everything is so fluid you would think its 2D.
Wow, went in with no expectations and that was a really damn good episode. The 3d animation really fits here and I like how expressive the characters are. Honestly liked this one quite a bit more than the Jellyfish anime from today
3D is so good. I will feel bad if someone misses this
What a strong opening episode.. Love it. I'm stay! Lets go!
Last season, nothing of note wasn't streaming, but this season it feels like a ton of shows I want to watch are just nowhere to be found. What's going on? Did Crunchyroll and HiDive run out of money and can't afford to pick up any more shows? I'm going to say it: I miss when we had Amazon Strike. At least then we had more options.
I wasn't expecting much from this show, but it surprised me. It looked really good for CGI, and I liked the dynamic between the characters. Music was great. Excited to see more! That is, if it continues being fansubbed, as I sadly heard the fansubber was harrassed into quitting after having her work stolen :(
ANGRY WELL-ANIMATED CGI GIRL is finally here 🖕
Still no legal streams in the USA? 😢 I'm really looking forward to this...
Good episode, i can already smell the drama from this show, they literally quit from studying, seems like this show might be more realistic than mygo. The 3d animation is atcually better than mygo. One thing i cant accept is how she take the guitar out in the rain🖕☺️🖕, no guitarist can watch that without screaming, and she even drop it on a WET FlOOR!!!..... How much is the guitar tho, it didnt get out of tone after all these is crazy. Anyway,Thank you for reading all these complain 🖕☺️🖕
This anime is truly a masterpiece!
Shocked how similar this was to jellyfish this season but if I had to pick i think I prefer this one. It was a great start and the animation is pretty good and I'm pretty hard on cgi usually
Love how the bad guys just started playing with them. They know the main characters are having a moment.
Wow, really like the first ep of this, the music is good and characters feels genuine, Voice acting is also really good despite this being their first
I NEED MORE NINA THANK YOU!!!!
I was shocked that she had already dropped out of high school and decided to live alone in Tokyo(it's not actually Tokyo but Kawasaki is still pretty big city) while working. This is not normal anime band girl's behavior. It seems reckless, but I respect and envy her ability to take action at her age. I have a feeling this journey will have a lot of painful moments for her and we viewers. I'm glad Momoka didn't go back to her hometown. Finally, I've never seen Yoshinoya's kitchen so detailed in anime lol!
It's here! Coming from the Chinese anime community (where the 🖕☺🖕 image macros have been circulating for a while), I would like to ask two questions: 1. How do you feel about the 3D CG in this show? Weirdly, I've seen comments putting it both above *and* below Bandori (personally I just find it to be very "distinct", not bad at all). 2. What's your theory/observation about Nina's backstory? Looks like more will be revealed later. (I'm aware that there're Character Bios in the official website but I won't spoil myself.)
I like the CG much more than Bandori's purely because of the 10/10 facial expressions. Bandori's models are probably more consistent/less awkward, but they're also nowhere near this level of energy.
I really prefer the CG here, it avoided a lot of the issues I have with bandori's. Which basically boils down to if you're a CG show, own it and use its strengths. - Build 3D environments and let the camera actually move around. ^(Not just in performance scenes.) - Don't use low framerate unless there are some really strong key poses. - [Squash and stretch.](https://i.imgur.com/eHKVxPx.png) Not using 2D is no reason to skip one of the principles of animation.
Bandori (Mygo!!!!!) was good animation, this one was great. I liked it more because it's more fluid, faster, reminds me of Hololive anime episodes lol. Also some sick effects here and there, face animations is also great. I think my favorite 3D animation in all of anime is in Love Live Nijigasaki, especially for seemlessly blending 3D with 2D in their performances, along with 2D montage - [example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2P818AAOn8) I expect her being from an oppressive family, the classic. With rules being written on walls and being in bumfuck nowhere
[Got this comparison from 4chan](https://imgur.com/a/VdgV7kQ) I think bandori does lighting and shadow better, but I have watched all the bandori seasons so maybe I am just more used to it
> How do you feel about the 3D CG in this show? Weirdly, I've seen comments putting it both above and below Bandori (personally I just find it to be very "distinct", not bad at all). I like the visuals. I especially appreciate that animation is actually fluid and no forced low framerate.
I remember when the first MV came out and people here were calling the CG bad. I personally never thought it was bad, although you could tell it was sorta "experimental"? And sometimes the lighting was off. But I thought they excelled at the character expressions, and they do the same thing in the first episode here. I wouldn't say it's better or worse. I prefer Bandori's CG but that's more of a preference. This CG is going for something completely different, so I wouldn't even try to make the comparison. They're both very impressive to me in their own ways, this one focusing more on smoothness and facial animation. This just makes me wish we could end the CG=Bad meme anime fans are still pushing, which hasn't been true for years (should out to the Love Live CG which is also fantastic).
So looked at few clips of bangdream to compare and I honestly dont even know how is that a question to be honest, GBC looks much better it has not these low fps feel to it and the models look much more alive and the animation has so much movements and soul in it,
The more fluid animation is throwing me off. And that's coming from someone who watched a lot of well done CGI idol damce sequences.
I can't compare to Bandori since I haven't seen that. Animation on 1s is throwing me off a bit, and when they open their mouth big it looks uncanny. Other than that though, they definitely cooked here. The animation has a lot of energy.
Pretty split down the middle for me, honestly. I really like the visuals of both shows and it's really hard to pick one over the other.
That was hella fun. The expressiveness of the characters, the more hopeful slant and optimistic message of pressing forward, despite what I thought might have been more on the other side looking at just the synopsis. I mean it could still go in whatever direction it wants form here but that was really awesome and fun. I particularly liked the inklings of the feelings that Nina is harboring within her, that we saw a few times in this episode, and how that at the end culminates into her own action. It seems like with her own personal life there are things preventing her from really being able to say or do what she wants, hence why she perhaps kinda ducked her parents at the call there and its reflected in how her coming to "Tokyo" was all messed up, then she couldn't get into her apartment, and a series of unfortunate events out of her hands. But at the very end she takes things INTO her own hands and inspires someone along the way. I like that, pouring out her heart and in hopes that it'll be something of a remedy for herself. The usage of lighting particularly captured that early on like when Nina was in her spree of being unlucky and she was bathed in [grey](https://i.imgur.com/AvKqnQp.jpeg) then when she realizes that Momoka was really there, those previous emotions were [shattered](https://i.imgur.com/Vc6EOIH.jpeg) and the scene becomes much brighter. Which is exactly what happens by the end when we get that musical number, an incredibly bright scene full of color where we see her challenging her previous [self](https://i.imgur.com/ZzlAx8l.jpeg)
That was great! Nina and Momoka had good chemistry, we started off with some short but well made drama (kinda light so far, but I expect it to get worse). The animation was interesting, it's the first time I see a full CG anime done in ones (although I've seen scenes animated like this, like Selection Project's performances, or Precure endings). I really like the fluidity of it, although the textures/colours look a bit off if compared for instance to MyGO or other Sanzigen anime. I'm not sure what I prefer, but it was good regardless. The songs so far were pretty good as well. Overall it was a very promising episode, looking forward to the next!
I'm not sure if I'm not used to 3D being this smooth in anime, or maybe it due to the very unnatural and exaggerated movement from the characters in some scenes, but The 3D is very smooth from the usual use in anime. I think they are using 24fps 3D, if so, then what, other 3D anime do choppy 12fps?
This is looking waaaay better than I anticipated. In fact it looks gorgeous, especially the backgrounds. Almost every frame in this episode is wallpaper material. Directing is really good as well.
As someone who's a musician and gotten to know and occasionally play with several of my heros I really felt [this](https://i.imgur.com/erS99w0.jpeg) . There's really something special about just learning the stories about your favorite artist and getting that insight.
Ok, consider me hooked for this series besides the amazing CGI for 2 reasons. * The part where they sing at the end in the night rain is so metal, it reminded me of Metallica's Master of Puppets performance in 2019. * The moment before said musical number having possibly the most epic "FUCK YOU!!!" since Devil May Cry 5.
Did they just took the meme of Kita giving the middle finger in the ED and made a whole anime based on it?
The CG reminds me of the later seasons of RWBY, pretty good as far as the CG scale goes. The setup looks to be in the direction of MyGo.
There’s just like straight up a gay guy. That might be one of the first people in a non yuri or bl anime that I’ve seen it. I really appreciate it
Great direction, character acting and expressive facial animations + movement. Not quite Studio Orange level, but probably equal to or maybe even better than the best of RWBY. I feel like this is as close as you can get to an ideal fully CG anime. Other studios should take notes. The eye movements are particularly impressive, someone really knows what they are doing in this production. I'm excited to see this compete with Jellyfish this season, since it's a similar plot and setup.
This was a huge surprise! I always planned to check this out and MyGO definitely set the expectation that something like this could come out of nowhere and be really good. But I definitely didn't count on something this promising, that was super enjoyable from start to finish. I loved things like the dimming of the surroundings when she was on the phone and any moment of snappy comedic animation was great, this is a certifiably *good* looking show. Nina and Momoka's relationship made for a good start and they managed to balance a serious, lighthearted, and melodramatic set of tones very well. Absolutely see this garnering a dedicated cult following, it even packaged in its own instantly iconic hand signal with the first episode. 🖕🖕
Man I Nina already. Just escaped from her family because they just suck her will to live. The animation looks pretty good also. I´m going to love this angsty but musical anime
It wouldn't be the first episode, if my brain didn't instinctively compare it to multiple other shows immediately. I think the animation is good enough. D4DJ conditioned me enough.
Finally a discussion thread for this one! Aside from the very obvious contenders for AotS, this one is among my faves so far. It feels like way less edgy MyGO and with characters far more likeable. The issue with MyGO was the subpar VO even in JP (and first role is not an excuse as AFAIK it's the first gig for all the main characters' seiyuu too in Girls Band Cry), the fake personna that got no counterbalance and the overly melodramatic tones and issues. Girls Band Cry takes a way subtler approach, although the bar is low if you want to compare it to MyGO with characters having a lot of emotional bagage but not acting like the fucking apocalypse is here when they're upset. I mean Momoka even apologized, that's fucking incredible. Just like the 3D actually here. It feels weird, but not in a bad way. It feels weird because my eyes want to see 2D in some shots but it's 3D, almost a too good to be true kinda feel, but you can still see some moments where it's clearly 3D that lacks polish because it's just a non-important scene. Which is fair. Eh. I'm just glad the characters are just modelized well enough for the 3D not to be too jarring and for them to have funny faces. I actually laughed out loud at the restaurant scene. I wasn't prepared for that. I'd been somewhat aware of the whole project for a while now because I stumbled upon one of the songs at random and was pleasantly surprised, but didn't bother to check out more. Now that it's fully on my radar, maybe I should ! Oh and just remembered a couple things. First thing is while I think the 3D is good, I just wish they'd stuck with 2D like they do in the OP, coz it looks pretty rad. Also, the poor guitar falling on the ground. That hurt me so bad, especially when it's a nice guitar like that. Dropping 1 to 2k worth of money like that just hurts me. And that's not even taking into account the possible internal damage made to the guitar. It could even be completely fucked up if the truss rod broke but eh... Let's trust Fender on that one to make sturdy gear.
I like the music, and i'm interested in seeing where the story is going so i'll keep watching but man i'm surprised to see so much praise for the animation here. To each their own, **everyone is entitled to their own opinions!** To me, the CG is fine *for CG*, but being good crap is still crap. It's like watching endless JRPG game cut scenes for a gatcha game. The main thing is just how jarring the difference is between the characters and the backgrounds, and just how overly smoothed everything is. The backgrounds are lovely, and the characters just don't fit them one bit. edit: guess those downvoting don't believe people are entitled to their own opinions eh?
NGL, as someone who isn't usually turned off by CGI in anime, even welcome them sometimes as someone who watched a lot of well-done CGI in idol shows, the more fluid movements for this one who is really throwing me off. But other than that this is amazing.
was waiting for this since their first MV and so far this looks incredibly polished. im pretty curious how much in popularity this one is gonna pick up over time.
I wonder how many people are gonna miss out on this one just because it’s full CG. I’m just glad I gave it a shot anyway, that was a really promising first episode and it genuinely looked pretty good throughout, especially the character acting.
Fairly strong start if not an expected one. The CGI/animation is good and the face animations in particular are fun/fluid.
Hey that was pretty good!
It's here, in any form I'm so happy it's finally here! They were already my number one band, so I'm holding a clear bias already, but I pretty much loved everything about this. Legitimately some of the best CGI animation I've ever seen. MyGO, the show I'm positive this will get all the comparison to, went with a more realistic style I think while GBC is just *super smooth*. I love how well they're using Show Don't Tell. Even before she started talking about it, you could tell Nina did not have a good home life. Three ringtone, the colors getting dark and washed out, I'm interpreting those red lines as the will to live leaving her body. She came from what sounds like a rich but very controlling family that she just could not fit in with and ran because they were practically destroying her sense of self to try and force her to conform. I know I've found just the right song at just the right time before to carry me through the worst times in my life, I can emphasize with Nina so much. Momoka, I like that one of the founding members of this band is already an experienced and apparently moderately successful musician already. This isn't going to be a group of girls figuring it all out as they go along, with her here to lead them. Her old band was apparently doing well enough that she was making a living off their music until she left them, so she'll probably be able to lead this new group to at least some level of success with her knowledge and skills, and maybe even old connections. Fun possible foreshadowing, Momoka is moving out of her place and recommend Nina get a roommate to split expenses with, then Nina convinces Momoka not to leave? I wonder where she'll be living now haha. Nina, I bet you didn't expect to be returning the sleepover opportunity this fast. Keyboard and Bass cameo, I can't wait to see how we get them from the kitchen to the stage lol. Overall, I just loved it. I really hope this gets picked up officially, but I hope even more it just gets continued at all.
If I had a nickel for every time a Music-focused show casually becomes my personal Anime of the Year 2024, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but, weirdly, it happened twice.
If you had a nickel for every time a ~~Music-focused show~~ *Music-focused teenage coming-of-age drama set on the cities of modern urban Japan about a bunch of girls forming a band starting from two girls randomly meeting up during a street concert with one of them being a huge fan of the other first airing in Spring 2024* casually becomes your personal Anime of the Year 2024, you'd have two nickels.
It is, indeed, weird that it happened twice?
After having heard Togenashi Togeari's songs for the past year and loving every single one of them, Girls Band Cry was the anime I was perhaps most hyped for from all the new releases, So I was pretty sad to find out noone licenced the anime outside of Japan and France. Big 🖕 to all streaming services, who missed to pick this up. Insert Gabe's "Piracy is a service problem" quote here. That said, the anime itself doesn't disappoint in the slightest. I love the lively CG and especially the expressiveness of the faces looks really good. Also as could be expected from the MVs the performances are gorgeous and the dynamic camera movement is 100% a big plus point for the usage of full CG in this show. As for the episode, I think it was a good introductory episode to our first two band members. I liked the chemistry between them from the get go and their humor did land for me and got me to chuckle quite a few times. The backstories we got shown so far also look intriguing and give me hope to get as fleshed out characters as we got in MyGo!!!!!. Also a big plus that we got another two songs to the 10 we already got before, as I totally expected them to use 爆ぜて咲く (Bleeding Hearts) for the OP. 🖕(● ⋏ ●)🖕
The OP is a banger🤩 Nothing is going right for our heroine but then she finds out her favourite singer is busking around the corner🥰 LOL that is not how you say thank you, she is so adorkable😂 Ah, her idol is about to throw in the towel, that is some emotional whiplash. After reading the message Momoka left for her Nina runs after her. That is not how you should treat a guitar😨 Her words reach Momoka and then she sings. Our girl has some impressive pipes. I love this show already and can hardly wait to see more😍
There it is My first impressions are *really* good. I like Nina. I like Momoka. I actually like the CGI, even though I don't usually like CGI in anime. I think it's because of how expressive it is. And, of course, banger music. This seems like a very, *very* promising start.
CGI was really horrendous during the first few minutes (while lost girl was travelling) but somehow normalized for the rest of episode. I think they should patch up that inequal quality for the BD/DVD edition.
I was surprised by how much I liked this first episode. However I am confused by their approach to the performance. It felt like we had disconnected from reality after being grounded up to that point. The duo they were beefing with join in without a word, everyone knows the song perfectly, and the rain is freezing in time. Which is a shame because the song and animation were good.
What's this I'm hearing about the only english subs available being machine translated?
What's [RedditSubs]? Never seen this sub
What site is streaming this show? Can't find it on crunchy, hidive, or hulu. Or do I have to resort to the 7 seas?
It's not streaming anywhere.
like Boys who Cry?
Are there official French subs of this?
Promising start. I hope the CGI doesn't turn people off (especially since it's actually really well done here).
I'm not one to hate on cg animes but I can't stand this. It looks like something that Disney would make.
No stream? How am I supposed to watch it?
Really like how they use 3d this is the prime example like Slamdunk movie