Argonavis from BanG Dream!

First of all I need to tell that I'm a follower of the Argonavis franchise, so thats can make my opinion a little blursted about this anime. However there are some points where I need to focus on. At the beginning, the story focuses on the origin of the main band, which was a good idea indeed, but the way they portrayed it was, in my opinion may I say that I found it a bit rushed? The same goes for when they made the songs, I feel it was more fast that I would like. Another point it's that the way that's was shown the feelingthat the songs generates, well, I comprehend what they tried to show us, but I felt it a bit... Irreal? Though it didn't bother me. The end of it was, uh, I didn't expect that, it got me unprepared, I'm still thinking of it. And before I forget, some navigators said that it's better to think that the episode 12 was the real final, and the 13 was like a bridge for the game. But don't get me wrong, I really really like this anime, love the ost, love the characters, Ren is just, ugh, so cute, I love him so much <3 And don't forget the seiyuus, all of them was just perfect for me, I'm looking at you two precisely, Masahiro and Jin <3 And well, if you don't decide on watch this anime or not, i would recommend that give it an opportunity! Maybe it ends being of your like! ^^

I'm anticipating the project since 2018. But when the anime started airing, and as the story progress to the end of the show, I just stood there watching and say "Meh, could be better". Story: 5/10 Pacing issue. Soap-opera conflict that shouldn't happen because Bushiroad advertise this as more mature bandori (i.e. the conflict is more deep than the girl band). I honestly, didn't think so. It's just bland and feel too rushed. Probably because this feels more like an advertisement towards the game rather than actual trying to make people feel good about it. Let's just pray the game storyline could save this animestoryline. Art: 7/10 After Bandori 2nd season, Bushiroad always use 3D for their anime. And I'd say, this anime so far have the best graphic among most of the bandori franchise. Character facial expression is also good, very expressive. The background is also drawn beautifully. Guess Bushiroad gave this anime a big budget for its graphic. The only downside is that some of the NPC doesn't look 'right'. But then again, they're NPC; not too important. Sound: 7/10 Each episode had its own respective song and the song correspond to the events in the anime. So, each story and conflict has its own song as an 'answer' to their problems. It's nice and fun to expect different song every week. Also, I like the feel of the concert in this anime. Feels very real. Character: 6/10 Generic anime personality. There's some character development, but honestly nothing that significant. The game might make these characters shine more than the anime. I hope. Enjoyment: 6/10 Like I'd said about the story, some pacing issues. It feels too rush and sometimes in a certain scene it feels very boring. Nothing to engage viewer's emotions. The music, however save most of my attention span as it's fun to hear. Overall: 6/10 Just like the other bandori anime, I'd say the game do the character more justice than anime format. Mainly because of story issues. Would I recommend this anime to people outside of the fanbase? No. With anime format like this (as a promotional material) you need to play the game to understand the whole story and franchise.

Story 9 Animation 5 Sound 10 Character 8 Enjoyment 9 Overall 9 For starters I have not played the game this anime is based on, nor have I really gotten into the BanG Dream! merchandise. I love idol animes so I tend to compare to my favourites (like Utapri or Starmyu). However I give every anime a fair chance to shine on their own. The characters and environment are obviously done with the 3D model technique, which is a problem with me and many others too. There were some times that were animated "normally", which I found a bit weird. I would prefer a bad animation through the normal events and cgi only on stage - notwhen they drink coffee and have dialogue. It needs to be used to, since the facial expressions are very stiff and walking is like from a crash doll demonstration. Now that would be pretty much my only critique. If you put the terrible animation aside, I have no complaints on this show whatsoever. The story was really good, the character design (as in their personalities and story lines) was great, the plot twists really hit hard and the music was actually SO GOOD! It was so easy to get involved and live the story through the characters. I found myself suddenly very invested and caring towards the main characters within the first two episodes. And I had my doubts and I really didn't like the animation, so that tells something about how well they've done with them and story. Every obstacle made me stressed, every success made me smile (and cry). Every performance gave me chills. Sure there were a lot of clichés, but somehow this was still very different from any idol animes. The obstacles are something a band has to face irl: debuting, writing a song, finding team spirit within the band, finding places to perform... It was very realistic in a way. Kind of reminds me of Idolish7, but Argonavis is not an idol group, but an independent band. Which is great, because no one does the work for them, no label or sponsor. They have to deal with everything themselves. I have to mention the ending though: It was a bit rushed (probably due to the virus) but to me it wasn't a disturbance, but a promise of continuance. FOr some it can be annoying, so you've been warned. Like I mentioned before the absolute saviour of this anime is the music. Almost every episode had a new song and it usually connected witht the story. The performances were fire and the cgi really worked well in these scenes. I am so glad that the bands' songs can be found on Spotify. I have yet to find out who writes the music and how this is produced, because this is not the typical pop they make in musical animes that seiyuus try to struggle through. This was actual music I would want to listen to. So in short: don't watch this for the animation, but do it for the characters, story and music. It was one of the best music themed animes I've watched. I highly recommend if you're into this genre. Give it a chance even if the cgi-animation hurts your eyes, it is so worth it.