BanG Dream!

Bang Dream’s Popularity Two Years Later, Girl-Band Boom or The Raise of Mobage?

January 21, 2019 by chikorita157 1 Comment

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.
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Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 3 – Asahi’s Band Searching Struggles

January 17, 2019 by chikorita157 3 Comments

Kasumi and her friends felt down from what happened last night.

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.
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Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 2 – Kasumi Setting Expectations Too High, Again

January 10, 2019 by chikorita157 1 Comment

It seems Ako is excited by the website Asahi is creating.

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.
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Bang Dream! Second Season – Episode 1 – New Bands and Familiar Faces

January 3, 2019 by chikorita157 4 Comments

It’s quite obvious that Kasumi likes her little sister.

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.
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Winter 2019 Anime Season Preview

December 13, 2018 by chikorita157 7 Comments

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.
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BanG Dream! – Final Review

August 7, 2017 by chikorita157 5 Comments

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.
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BanG Dream! – Episode 13 (END) – The Performance to Remember

April 24, 2017 by chikorita157 2 Comments

Poppin’ Party is excited for their performance.

It’s finally the big day as Poppin’ Party perform at Space Live House. Will their performance go well?
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Bang Dream and the Girl-Band Boom, Does it Even Exist or is it a Pipe dream?

April 18, 2017 by chikorita157 4 Comments

For a while now, I have come across an article about BanG Dream. It’s about a statement that Kidani Takaaki made. He said that “the idol boom that has continued until now is already finished this year.”

In other words, he believes that idols will make way for the girl-band boom. However, I am very skeptical of that for many reasons that I will share.
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