The thoughts, reviews and analysis of Comedy, Romance, Drama and Slice of Life Anime of a College Student
As the cultural festival comes near, Hina tries to convince Sayo to do some joint cultural festival activities between the two schools.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 7 – Tae Reunites With An Old Friend
At last, Afterglow plans to perform at the annual Happy Go Festival. However, it doesn’t go well as expected in terms of weather.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 6 – The Origin of Afterglow
At last, Pastel*Palettes finally get a day in the spotlight as they prepare for a performance. However, Chisato is missing out on all those practices for some reason.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 5 – Chisato’s Worst Kept Secret
As Poppin’ Party pushes ahead with their own sponsored event, Kasumi is still hung-ho with the idea of flying during their performance. Kokoro might have an idea that may work.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 4 – Kokoro Making Flying Possible
Nearly two years ago, I wrote an editorial sharing my reasons why the Girl-Band Boom will never happen. Since then, Bang Dream has grown in popularity, especially with their overseas mobile game release. From this, I thought I was going to eat crow over this. With some thought, I wonder if the statement Kidani Takaaki made was correct. Or maybe, does it represent another trend for gaming in Japan? Here are my thoughts.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream’s Popularity Two Years Later, Girl-Band Boom or The Raise of Mobage?
After Poppin’ Party performed, Yukina told Kasumi that she is not anywhere close to doing a self-sponsored event. From that, Kasumi and her friends felt down and eventually everyone starts to notice.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 3 – Asahi’s Band Searching Struggles
It seems that Kasumi jumped the gun when she announced that they will do their own self-sponsored live show. The only problem is, they don’t know where to start.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 2 – Kasumi Setting Expectations Too High, Again
Kasumi and her friends finally past the audition at the Space live house and performed the last live there. Some time passed has as Kasumi and her friends enter their second year of high school.
[Read more…] about Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 1 – New Bands and Familiar Faces
Now that the end of the year is approaching and of course, the end of fall, it’s time to take a look at what I plan to watch this Winter. As always, this list is subject to change.
[Read more…] about Winter 2019 Anime Season Preview
A few months back, I shared my thoughts about Kidani Takaaki believing that idol boom will die and the band boom will happen. Of course, that never really went into fruition since girl band shows are not too different from idol anime.
Regardless, Bushiroad, the company behind the Love Live School Idol Festival mobile game decided to take gamble. They created a new franchise called BanG Dream focused on girl bands. They created an anime series to jump-start this trend. You might be asking yourself, did the anime succeeded in that goal? Not so much.
[Read more…] about BanG Dream! – Final Review