(L) BanG Dream! Anticipation Thread

[SubaruSumeragi]

Mixed-Media Project BanG Dream! by Bushiroad is getting a TV anime in 2017.

The first single, "Yes! BanG_Dream!", was released in February. The 2nd single is planned for August.

Yes! BanG_Dream! - Promo

http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/87610
http://bang-dream.com/

[Nachtwandler]

Damn I want some decent music-themed VN adaptation (for example Deardrops) but instead we'll get another K-On.

[Yamada II]

Bang Dream sounds like something else for some reason....

[Stark700]

PV

[felix]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

Damn I want some decent music-themed VN adaptation (for example Deardrops) but instead we'll get another K-On.

(K-On fan here)

K-On characters were, at least for me, memorable and semi-original with a unique chemistry to them.
Not gonna write the show off on first impressions, but first impressions aren't good.

Characters look generic and bland. Music didn't catch me.
It also looks like they'll start already being a band, which is always a bad sign.

[kusabireika]

no left basist or guitarist. T_T

[Nachtwandler]

As I heard, they force this title with a fact that all seiyuus actually can play the corresponding instruments IRL.

[felix]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

As I heard, they force this title with a fact that all seiyuus actually can play the corresponding instruments IRL.

That's kind of interesting, but doesn't really sell me on it. Thanks for the info.

[AntonKutovoi]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

As I heard, they force this title with a fact that all seiyuus actually can play the corresponding instruments IRL.

I guess this time they're making an anime to promote an event, rather than holding an event to promote the anime.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by Stark700

PV

Wow, this looks and sounds great. It looks very nicely polished and well-made.

It looks and sounds like a fantastically fun fusion of K-On! and Love Live!

I'm honestly surprised this thread isn't more active here, given how the K-On and Love Live fandoms are two big anime fandoms.

I'm very strongly encouraged and enthused by this PV. I'm definitely looking forward to BanG Dream! (granted, I can't help but laugh some at the name given its sexual suggestiveness )

[felix]

Don't really see the similarity with Love Live. The girls don't really seem to have the idol parts.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by felix

Don't really see the similarity with Love Live. The girls don't really seem to have the idol parts.

Probably the two main reasons I'm seeing some Love Live in this:

1. The costumes in the 2nd half of the PV. Those look like idol costumes to me. I don't recall the K-On girls ever wearing something like that (well, except in an ED, maybe).

2. This PV gives me the impression that the music side will be treated more seriously here than it was in K-On. Not saying that's necessarily bad or good, as it's a matter of personal preference, really. However, taking the music side seriously would make it more like Love Live (and its fairly serious approach to idol performances) than K-On, in this particular area.


I suppose you could say this is K-On + White Album 2, but then a major element of WA2 is its het romance drama, and this PV gives every impression of being an all-girls show, so...

So yeah, BanG Dream! = K-On + Love Live, sounds about right to me.

[Eisdrache]

By that logic Hibike Euphonium is an idol show.

The girls in BanG Dream aren't trying to be idols. They just want to be a band.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by Eisdrache

By that logic Hibike Euphonium is an idol show.

I never said BanG Dream! is an idol anime. But there's certainly some elements in that PV that are similar to what's commonly seen in idol anime. And those elements are likely to appeal to idol anime fans.

For a point of comparison, I wouldn't call Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha a mecha anime franchise. However, there's elements in it that can appeal to mecha anime fans, and I think there's some recommendation value in pointing this sort of thing out.

[Kazu-kun]

The girls do look like idols though. Their outfits and all that. They're basically idols with instruments.

[moodie]

KLK did have mechs so it has to be a mecha anime. Basically an ecchi mecha.

Do ppl realize how stupid that sounds? Idols are idols and band anime is band anime.

[Marcus H.]

We've come at an age where genres exist in certain aspects of anime that belong to other aspects.
There's no need to fight over what kind of anime this is.

That said, (due to problems with audio in my CPU) I'm unable to properly gauge the skill level of the seiyuus. It could be fun, but idols and similar concepts aren't my cup of tea.

[Stark700]

Preview #2

[tsunade666]

first impression. Watchable. Not a fan of band or purely music theme stories but if the story clicks with me, then I'm fine with it.

[EroKing]