BanG Dream! is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad that includes an anime television series. The anime currently has three seasons for the main series, five films, one OVA and three spin-off anime series.
The first season, focusing on the creation of the band Poppin'Party, was produced by Issen and Xebec and aired from January 21 to April 22, 2017, with an original video animation episode being additionally released on November 22, 2017. The second season, which expands the franchise's scope to include more bands, was now produced in computer-generated animation by Sanzigen and aired from January 3 to March 28, 2019. The studio would later produce the third season, which aired from January 23 to April 23, 2020 and follows the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge and the growth of Raise A Suilen.
In 2018, two chibi spin-off series titled Pastel Life and BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico began broadcast in May and July, respectively; both are three-minute shorts, with the former following Pastel Palettes and the latter covering every band. For its theme song, Pastel Life subject group plays "Shuwarin Dreaming". A second season to Pico titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori aired from May to October 2020. BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! aired from October 2021.
Various movies have also been produced by Sanzigen. BanG Dream! Film Live, directed by Tomomi Umetsu and written by Kō Nakamura, premiered on September 13, 2019. A sequel, Film Live 2nd Stage, came out August 20, 2021. Story-driven films include the two-part Episode of Roselia series released on April 23 and June 25, 2021, and Poppin'Dream! on January 1, 2022.
In 2022, celebrating the fifth anniversary of the BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! mobile game, Sanzigen released a two-part series titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! 5th Anniversary Animation: Circle Thanks Party! Later in the year, a Morfonica-focused series called Morfonication was released online on July 28 and 29.
Sanzigen would later produce several spin-off anime television series centered on specific bands. An anime focusing on MyGO!!!!! that serves as the chronological sequel to the main series, titled BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, aired from June 29 to September 14, 2023. Its sequel that is centered around Ave Mujica, titled BanG Dream! Ave Mujica, aired from January 2 to March 27, 2025. An anime centered around Mugendai MewType, titled , aired from July 2 to September 10, 2026.
Series overview
Episodes Main series Season 1 (2017)
Season 2 (2019)
Season 3 (2020)
Spin-off series BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! (2023)
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica (2025)
BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita (2026)
Films
Other series
Pastel Life
Circle Thanks Party!
Morfonication
Notes
References