List of BanG Dream! episodes

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 two spin-off anime series.

The first season was produced by Issen and Xebec, while the main production staff included director Atsushi Ōtsuki and screenwriter Yuniko Ayana. The season follows the creation of the band Poppin'Party by first-year high school student Kasumi Toyama, who wishes to find a heart-pounding sound known as the "Star Beat" that she felt as a child. Spanning 13 episodes, it aired from January 21 to April 22, 2017, on Tokyo MX, and was streamed by Anime Network and Crunchyroll.^[1]^[2] An original video animation episode was released on November 22, 2017, on the seventh Blu-Ray/DVD volume.^[3]

A second season developed by Sanzigen aired from January 3 to March 28, 2019. Also 13 episodes long, it continues Poppin'Party's story as the band members enter their second year of high school, while also focusing on fellow all-girl bands Afterglow, Pastel Palettes, Roselia, and Hello, Happy World!.^[4] Kōdai Kakimoto replaced Ōtsuki as director for the second season, while the rest of the cast reprised their roles.^[5]

Sanzigen returned to produce the series' third season, which follows the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge and the growth of Raise A Suilen.^[6] It was originally scheduled for October 2019, but it was delayed to January 2020. The third season aired from January 23 to April 23, 2020,^[7] though the first episode was released on January 7 as it was bundled with a limited-edition Blu-ray release with the season's theme music.^[8]

The main series features eight pieces of theme music. Season 1 respectively uses "Tokimeki Experience!" and "Sparkling Dreaming: Sing Girls",^[a] both by Poppin'Party, as the opening and ending themes.^[10] The second season's themes are performed by Poppin'Party and Roselia: the former's "Kizuna Music" and the latter's "Brave Jewel" are used as openings, while "Jumpin'" and "Safe and Sound" are the endings.^[11]^[12] Poppin'Party performs Season 3's opening "Initial" and ending "Straight Through Our Dreams!",^[b]^[14] for the final episode, the ending was a collaboration between Poppin'Party, Roselia, and 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;^[15]^[16] both are three-minute shorts, with the former following Pastel Palettes and the latter covering every band.^[17] For its theme song, Pastel Life's subject group plays "Shuwarin Dreaming".^[18]^[19] A second season to Pico titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori aired from May to October 2020.^[20] BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! aired from October 2021.^[21]

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.^[22]^[23]^[24] A sequel, Film Live 2nd Stage, came out August 20, 2021.^[25]^[26] 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.^[27]^[28]^[29]

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!.^[30] Later in the year, a Morfonica-focused series called Morfonication was released online on July 28 and 29.^[31]

A spin-off anime television series centered around MyGO!!!!! that serves as the chronological sequel to the main series, titled BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, was announced on April 9, 2023. It is directed by Kōdai Kakimoto, with Yuniko Ayana writing and supervising series scripts. It premiered on June 29, 2023, with three episodes premiering on the same day, and aired until September 14, 2023.^[32]^[33] The opening theme is "One Droplet",^[c] while the ending theme is "Bookmark",^[d] both performed by the eponymous band. Crunchyroll licensed the series.^[34]

A sequel to It's MyGO!!!!! centered around Ave Mujica, titled BanG Dream! Ave Mujica, was announced after the airing of the thirteenth episode in September 2023.^[35] Kōdai Kakimoto returned to direct the sequel, with Yuniko Ayana also returning to write and supervise series scripts. It aired from January 2 to March 27, 2025.^[36] The opening theme is "Killkiss",^[e] while the ending theme is "Georgette Me, Georgette You", both performed by the eponymous band. Crunchyroll licensed the series in North America, Latin American (except Brazil), Oceania, South Africa and selected European territories under the title Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -.^[37]

A sequel to both It's MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica was announced following the release of the thirteenth and final episode of Ave Mujica on March 27, 2025.^[38]

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Season	Episodes	Originally released
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	13	January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)	April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)
2	13	January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)
3	13	January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)	April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23)

Spin-off	Episodes	Originally released
Spin-off	Episodes	First released	Last released
It's MyGO!!!!!	13	June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29)	September 14, 2023 (2023-09-14)
Ave Mujica	13	January 2, 2025 (2025-01-02)	March 27, 2025 (2025-03-27)

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[39]^[f]	Directed by ^[39]	Written by ^[39]	Storyboarded by ^[39]	Original release date
1	1	"We Met!" "Deacchatta!" (Japanese: 出会っちゃった！)	Atsushi Ōtsuki & Tsuyoshi Nakano	Yuniko Ayana	Atsushi Ōtsuki	January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)
Kasumi Toyama starts her life at Hanasakigawa High, where she joins numerous clubs in her search for a "sparkling, heart-pounding" feeling she once had when she looked up at the stars as a child called the "Star Beat". Along the way, she quickly befriends classmate Sāya Yamabuki. While heading home, Kasumi is led by a trail of golden stars towards a pawn shop owned by Arisa Ichigaya's family and discovers a star-shaped guitar. After hearing Glitter Green perform at the live house Space, which causes her buried feeling to emerge, she decides she wants to form a band.
2	2	"We Did It!" "Yacchatta!" (Japanese: やっちゃった！)	Masaharu Tomoda	Yuniko Ayana	Makoto Hoshino	January 28, 2017 (2017-01-28)
Kasumi is determined to form a band, and she begins asking her friends to be members. Arisa is insistent on not joining and puts the guitar up for sale. Kasumi ends up breaking the guitar by accident, but upon seeing her attachment to it once it gets fixed, Arisa lets her keep it for a cheap price.
3	3	"I Ran Away!" "Nigechatta!" (Japanese: 逃げちゃった！)	So Toyama	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Shunsuke Nakashige	February 4, 2017 (2017-02-04)
Rimi Ushigome, one of Kasumi's classmates and the younger sister of Glitter Green's lead vocalist Yuri, is reluctant to join her band due to her social anxiety. Glitter Green is late to their performance, prompting Kasumi to go onto stage and buy time by singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with Arisa in tow, prompting Rimi to join in with her bass. When Glitter Green arrives, they perform a cover of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with Kasumi, Arisa, and Rimi. Rimi formally joins Kasumi's band.
4	4	"I Got Angry!" "Okocchatta!" (Japanese: 怒っちゃった！)	Shunsuke Nakashige	Yuniko Ayana	Shunsuke Nakashige	February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)
Kasumi is put in supplementary classes with guitarist Tae Hanazono, and the two become close. As Kasumi begins to skip practice with Rimi and Arisa to get private guitar lessons from Tae, Arisa begins expressing jealousy. Upon realizing Arisa is upset, Kasumi begins inviting Tae to Arisa's house, to her annoyance. Although Kasumi recruits Tae to join her band, she refuses.
5	5	"My Heart Was Racing!" "Dokidoki shichatta!" (Japanese: ドキドキしちゃった！)	Masayuki Iimura	Yuniko Ayana	Kaito Asakura	February 18, 2017 (2017-02-18)
Kasumi's band is challenged by Tae to put on a performance that will make her heart flutter. Rimi shows the others a song about chocolate cornets that she once wrote with her sister, and they begin practicing it, with Tae's occasional aid. While watching their practices, Tae becomes inspired to join their performance of "My Heart is a Chocolate Coronet" with them.
6	6	"I Made It!" "Tsukuchatta!" (Japanese: 作っちゃった！)	Makoto Hoshino	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Makoto Hoshino & Kumiko Habara	February 25, 2017 (2017-02-25)
Kasumi is the president of the school's cultural festival planning committee and appoints Sāya as the vice president. Arisa attempts to come up with a name for their band and eventually comes up with Poppin'Party, and Sāya runs across one of her old bandmates, Natsuki.
7	7	"We Fought!" "Kenka shichatta!" (Japanese: ケンカしちゃった！)	Tsuyoshi Nakano	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	March 4, 2017 (2017-03-04)
Sāya is revealed to have left her old band CHiSPA when her mother was hospitalized with anemia just before their debut live. Poppin'Party learns of Sāya's past when they meet Natsuki, and Kasumi attempts to convince Sāya to join her band. Sāya refuses, not wanting to neglect her family or hold the band back, leaving Kasumi heartbroken.
8	8	"I Ran!" "Hashicchatta!" (Japanese: 走っちゃった！)	Naoki Ōhira	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)
The cultural festival is underway, and Poppin'Party prepares for their performance without Sāya. Sāya's mother is admitted to the hospital; although Sāya is adamant about staying by her side, she insists her daughter goes to the festival when she sees her crying over the lyrics of Poppin'Party's new song, left to her in a note from Kasumi. She arrives just in time and performs the song "Star Beat! Hoshi no Kodou" with everyone else.
9	9	"I Got a Job!" "Baito shichatta!" (Japanese: バイトしちゃった！)	Shunsuke Nakashige	Yūko Kakihara	Shunsuke Nakashige & Kumiko Habara	March 25, 2017 (2017-03-25)
Sāya buys a new drum kit while Kasumi purchases a distortion pedal. Tae learns Space is understaffed for an upcoming performance due to an influenza outbreak, and Poppin'Party volunteers as part-time workers to gain experience. The band parlays the work into an audition, but fail to impress the owner Shifune Tsuzuki. Shifune then tells Poppin'Party that Space is closing down soon.
10	10	"I Got Surprised!" "Odoroichatta!" (Japanese: 驚いちゃった！)	Kazuhisa Ōno	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Kumiko Habara	April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
When CHisPA passes their audition at Space, Poppin'Party wonders what they differently, and Kasumi becomes adamant about practicing as much as possible for their next attempt. She approaches Shifune about auditioning again but is told that she performed the worst of the five, greatly affecting her. Kasumi elects to practice more often, but the accumulated stress causes her to lose her voice on stage during their audition.
11	11	"I Couldn't Sing Anymore" "Utaenaku Nacchatta" (Japanese: 歌えなくなっちゃった)	Satoshi Nakagawa	Yuniko Ayana	N/A	April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)
Kasumi is devastated over losing her voice, while the rest of Poppin'Party agree to practice without her until she recovers. She admits to her sister Asuka and Yuri that her lost voice was a product of overcompensating for being the worst member by practicing too much. The other members of the band strive to help her overcome her struggles, including agreeing to split their audition song's lyrics by member.
12	12	"I Sparkled!" "Kirakira shichatta!" (Japanese: キラキラしちゃった！)	Tsuyoshi Nakano	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Kumiko Habara	April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)
As school finals come around, Poppin'Party prepares for their final chance to impress Shifune. Despite several members believing they messed up their parts, the owner passes them and grants them the chance to play at Space.
13	13	"We Sang!" "Utacchatta!" (Japanese: 歌っちゃった！)	Atsushi Ōtsuki	Yuniko Ayana	Shunsuke Nakashige	April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)
At Space's final show, Kasumi and her friends prepare themselves for their first proper live performance. After listening to Glitter Green and CHiSPA, they perform to a positive reception, kick-starting their road to popularity as Poppin'Party.
OVA	OVA	"We Had Some Fun!" "Asonjatta!" (Japanese: 遊んじゃった！)	Atsushi Ōtsuki	Yuniko Ayana	Tomoya Takahashi	November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)
Poppin'Party and Roselia head to the beach to take a break from homework and band practice respectively, and eventually meet up to have fun. At the end of the day, Poppin'Party performs a song at a beach cafe as part of a sound check. This inspires Roselia vocalist Yukina Minato on a new guitar phrase and Roselia to practice their new song.

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[40]^[g]	Directed by ^[h]	Written by ^[h]	Storyboarded by ^[h]	Original release date
14	1	"Happy Party!"	Masanori Uetaka	Yuniko Ayana	Kōdai Kakimoto	January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)
Kasumi and Poppin'Party enter their second year of high school. While returning from Arisa's house with her bandmates, Kasumi expresses interest in performing live again. This opportunity is granted when first-year student Rokka Asahi asks them to play at the reopened Galaxy live house alongside fellow girl bands Afterglow, Hello, Happy World!, and Roselia. At the conclusion of the live show, Poppin'Party and Roselia announce they will host their own self-sponsored live shows.
15	2	"Black Shout" Transliteration: "Kuroki Hōkō" (Japanese: 黒き咆哮)	Naruyo Takahashi	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Naruyo Takahashi	January 10, 2019 (2019-01-10)
Poppin'Party starts organizing their self-sponsored show, but become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of planning behind a live event. They are invited by Roselia to perform as a guest band at their respective concert which Asuka and Rokka attend. After the show, when Roselia and Poppin'Party come together, Yukina judges that Poppin'Party is not ready to put together their own show.
16	3	"Sing Girls"	Fujiaki Asari	Yuniko Ayana	Naotaka Hayashi	January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)
Discouraged by Yukina's words, Kasumi and her friends feel doubtful about the likelihood and success of their show. Later, Kasumi meets Rokka in town and they visit Rokka's room before they attend Poppin'Party's band practice. Rokka recounts her life, including her wishes to form her own band, which prompts Poppin'Party to perform a song. This motivates both parties to pursue their respective goals. Meanwhile, Chiyu Tamade (CHU2) approaches Yukina about becoming Roselia's producer, but is denied; angered, she vows to destroy Roselia with her own band.
17	4	"Magnificent! Dynamic!? A Carefree World!" Transliteration: "Gōka! Gōkai!? Nobbi no Wārudo!" (Japanese: ゴーカ！ごーかい！？のっびのびワールド！)	Takahiro Majima	Midori Gotō	Naruyo Takahashi	January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)
After Kasumi suggests flying at the self-sponsored show, Kokoro Tsurumaki seeks to prove the absurd idea is possible and to make Poppin'Party smile. To do so, Hello, Happy World! invites Poppin'Party to Kokoro's cruise ship, where they put on a concert before going on a hot air balloon, where Kokoro and Michelle jump off the balloon to fly in the sky after some initial mishaps. The show motivates Poppin'Party to do their best in planning their show.
18	5	"Rainy Ring-Dong-Dance" Transliteration: "Ame no Ring-Dong-Dance" (Japanese: 雨のRing-Dong-Dance)	Yū Nobuta	Yuniko Ayana & Yuki Matsuno	Yū Nobuta	January 31, 2019 (2019-01-31)
Pastel Palettes prepares to perform in the World Idol Festival. However, bassist Chisato Shirasagi has to attend to other commitments, making practicing together difficult. On top of that, Chisato feels doubtful about singing and playing the bass at the same time for a duet song, but is motivated by vocalist Aya Maruyama and the other members of Pastel Palettes to practice together. In the end, Pastel Palettes' performance in the World Idol Festival goes smoothly with both Aya and Chisato singing their song.
19	6	"You Only Live Once"	Fujiaki Asari	Yūko Kakihara	Ikuo Morimoto & Kōdai Kakimoto	February 7, 2019 (2019-02-07)
Afterglow and Poppin'Party are invited to play at the shopping district festival. However, the show is delayed due to rain, during which Afterglow recounts their formation. Once the rain subsides, the two bands perform. Poppin'Party concludes the show by announcing their self-sponsored concert will be at Galaxy, to Rokka's surprise.
20	7	"I Won't Cry, I Won't Cry" Transliteration: "Nakana Ina Kanai" (Japanese: ナカナイナカナイ)	Kazuo Nogami	Yuniko Ayana	Naruyo Takahashi	February 14, 2019 (2019-02-14)
Thanks to Pastel Palettes guitarist and Haneoka High student council president Hina Hikawa, her school and Hanasakigawa prepare for a joint cultural festival. Hina also forms a band of students from both schools (made up of Aya, Afterglow's Moca Aoba and Tsugumi Hazawa, Roselia's Lisa Imai, as well as Hello, Happy World! member Kanon Matsubara) to perform at the festival. Poppin'Party prepares for their performances at both the cultural festival and their live show, with Tae choosing to gain additional experience with impromptu street performances. During one session, she reunites with her childhood friend Rei Wakana (Layer). Rei recalls the two promising to form a band together and brings up the idea, to which Tae hesitates.
21	8	"You're Not Alone" Transliteration: "Hitori ja naindakara" (Japanese: ひとりじゃないんだから)	Naruyo Takahashi	Midori Gotō	Kotaro Kurosugi	February 21, 2019 (2019-02-21)
Tae talks to Poppin'Party about becoming a support guitarist for Rei's new band in order to improve her skills. Despite their worries about Tae's increased workload, they give their blessings and she is introduced to Raise A Suilen, led by Chiyu. Meanwhile, the culture festival band write a song and do an open rehearsal in front of students from both schools.
22	9	"School Festival Symphony" Transliteration: "Sukūru Fesutibaru Sinfonī" (Japanese: スクール・フェスティバル・シンフォニー)	Masanori Uetaka	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Naotaka Hayashi	February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)
The joint cultural festival begins as each class runs their own booths. Meanwhile, Tae continues practicing with Raise A Suilen in preparation for their first live shows, forgoing practicing for the festival. Consequently, Poppin'Party delays their performance. However, Raise A Suilen's debut concert leads to them playing a three-song encore, forcing Rokka and Roselia to stall for Poppin'Party by performing. Kasumi sets out to find Tae, and although the two run back to the school together, they arrive too late.
23	10	"Riot"	You Nakano	Midori Gotō	Yū Nobuta	March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)
Poppin'Party go around and thank members of the other bands and Rokka for covering for them during the concert. A discouraged Tae announces she would leave Raise A Suilen, which Rei accepts while Chiyu does not. Tae practices and plays with Raise A Suilen in her last live with the band, with Poppin'Party and the other groups in attendance. After the show, Chiyu proclaims her intention to take Tae away from Poppin'Party.
24	11	"Star Tears" Transliteration: "Hoshi no Namida" (Japanese: ホシノナミダ)	Takahiro Majima	Yuniko Ayana	Fujiaki Asari	March 14, 2019 (2019-03-14)
Chiyu meets with all five members of Poppin'Party and reiterates her desire to have Tae in her band. After she leaves, Poppin'Party expresses doubt about their future after the self-sponsored show. The next day, Kasumi meets Tae after finishing preparations for the day and plays a song for her, which inspires Tae to write the lyrics for a new song that she plays in front of Kasumi and the others. To her bandmates' joy, Tae re-affirms her desire to play with Poppin'Party.
25	12	"Returns"	Kazuo Nogami	Yasuhiro Yakanishi	Naruyo Takahashi	March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)
Poppin'Party prepares for their live show at Galaxy and works to refine Tae's song, while the other bands (sans Raise A Suilen) accept their invitation to perform and provide their set lists. The bands have their dress rehearsals the day before the performance, where Poppin'Party plays their new song in front of the others.
26	13	"Kizuna Music" Transliteration: "Kizuna Myūjikku" (Japanese: キズナミュージック)	Fujiaki Asari	Midori Gotō	Kōdai Kakimoto	March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)
The five bands set up Galaxy for Poppin'Party's self-sponsored show. Poppin'Party opens the concert with their new song, to the others' surprise. The other four bands follow suit, starting with their newly-created pieces. As the live comes to an end, Kasumi thanks the audience for supporting the band before performing a new song that she wrote; afterwards, Poppin'Party returns for an encore to sing one last song. While leaving Galaxy, the five encounter Chiyu, who declares she will destroy them and Roselia.

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[41]^[g]	Directed by ^[41]	Written by ^[41]	Storyboarded by ^[41]	Original release date	^[i]
27	1	"It's The Ultimate Dream, Don't You Think!?" Transliteration: "Saikō no Yume desu yo ne!" (Japanese: 最高の夢一一ですよね！)	Naruyo Takahashi	Yuniko Ayana	Naruyo Takahashi	January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)	January 7, 2020
Three months after Poppin'Party's self-sponsored live show, the local live house owners, including CiRCLE member Marina Tsukishima, organize the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge, a tournament with the final taking place at the Nippon Budokan. Poppin'Party and Afterglow express their interest in participating, and although Kasumi invites Rokka to join them, she declines as she is still searching for a band. Meanwhile, Chiyu struggles to find a new guitarist for Raise A Suilen until she watches Rokka's performance at the cultural festival. Chiyu invites Poppin'Party, Roselia, and Rokka to her band's concert, where she announces the band's entry into the Girls Band Challenge and openly offers Rokka an audition, much to her dismay.
28	2	"Scared to Death" Transliteration: "Obieteru janai" (Japanese: おびえてるじゃない)	Takami Majima	Midori Gotō	Toshihiko Masuda	January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30)	January 14, 2020
Although she immediately declines Chiyu's offer, Rokka continues to be scouted for Raise A Suilen, including being chased by her and RAS keyboardist Pareo in school and around town. In the meantime, Chiyu reiterates her challenge to Yukina; seeing similarities in the bands' philosophies, Yukina decides to have Roselia enter the Girls Band Challenge. Later in the night, after seeing Rokka practice her guitar in the Galaxy live house, RAS drummer Masuki Satō (Masking) takes Rokka to Chiyu's studio, where she performs alongside RAS. Unimpressed with Rokka's lackluster performance, she decides not to include her in RAS, explaining she cannot accept those withholding their skills to satisfy her.
29	3	"I'm Not Leaving!" Transliteration: "Kaeran!" (Japanese: 帰らん！)	Hiroshi Morita	Hitomi Ogawa	Toshihiko Masuda	February 6, 2020 (2020-02-06)	January 14, 2020
The preliminaries for the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge begin with the top two teams in vote count going to the finals at the Budokan. Roselia and RAS begin performing their live shows while a zoned-out Rokka comes to terms with her failed RAS audition. Meanwhile, Poppin'Party plays a new song for their first preliminary show in front of Rokka. Motivated by Poppin'Party's song, she quickly rushes to RAS' studio where she is given one last chance to audition. Rokka's passionate performance pleases Chiyu, who adds her as a "(temporary) guitarist" on the terms that she becomes a guitarist worthy of RAS.
30	4	"Them Lil' Octopus Sausages" Transliteration: "Tako-san Winnā dagiya a" (Japanese: タコさんウインナーだぎやあ)	You Nakano	Yūko Kakihara	You Nakano	February 20, 2020 (2020-02-20)	January 21, 2020
With Rokka becoming the temporary guitarist of Raise A Suilen, the band heads to a film studio to shoot a music video of their new song. Afterwards, they return to the studio to play said song, but Rokka struggles to play together with the other band members. After a chat with Masuki in a ramen shop, Rokka keeps practicing until the song is perfected. The next day, the band is impressed by the video they put together, and Chiyu removes the interim label from Rokka's title, giving her the nickname Lock.
31	5	"PoPi-V!" Transliteration: "Popibui" (Japanese: ポピブイ)	Haruyo Ogawa	Midori Gotō	Kunihisa Sugishima	February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27)	January 21, 2020
Inspired by Raise A Suilen's music video, Poppin'Party decides to make an MV of their own (dubbed PoPi-V). Taking cues from Pastel Palettes' video and Rokka's testimonies of the video production process, Poppin'Party invites their friends to participate. Rimi and Arisa spend many sleepless days and nights working on the video, which includes photos and videos of the bands. Amazed by the final product, Poppin'Party uploads the video online and are excited by the likes they immediately receive. Later in the night, Chiyu confronts Roselia and proposes a band battle with RAS, which Yukina accepts.
32	6	"This is it."	You Nakano	Yuniko Ayana	Hiroshi Matsuzono	March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)	March 3, 2020
RAS and Roselia prepare for the band battle at the Dub live house. Although Roselia had been preparing for the Over the Future concert, a precursor event to their ultimate goal Future World Fes, Yukina is adamant about playing in the battle. Roselia guitarist Sayo Hikawa expresses her doubts as she believes her band is overworking themselves by practicing for two events at once. However, after talking to Chiyu and finding out why she wanted to set up RAS, Sayo comes back, intent on beating them. After a vote, RAS wins the band battle with Chiyu proclaiming her band is better.
33	7	"Save Them In The Music" Transliteration: "Oto ni nokoshite okitakute" (Japanese: 音に残しておきたくて)	Naruyo Takahashi	Hitomi Ogawa	Toshiyuki Fujisawa	March 12, 2020 (2020-03-12)	March 3, 2020
Reeling after their defeat, Roselia reflect upon their performance and prepare for Over the Future. Sayo practices intensely for the concert but collapses during a break from practice due to overwork and fever. As she recuperates in her bedroom, her bandmates visit and Yukina chats with her about why she accepted the band battle challenge: to learn from RAS and grow as a band. After Sayo's recovery and one last practice session, Roselia performs at Over the Future; Yukina thanks the fans for their ongoing support before starting their performance.
34	8	"Should We Be Lounging Around Right Now?" Transliteration: "Nonbiri shite ite yoi no deshou ka?" (Japanese: のんびりしていてよいのでしょうか)	You Nakano	Midori Gotō	You Nakano	March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)	March 10, 2020
All the old shopkeepers from the Jizo-dori shopping district break their backs just before their trip to the hot springs, so everyone (except Chiyu and PAREO) go in their place. After settling into their rooms, the girls socialize with their peers from other bands. In particular, Rei and Kasumi meet, where they praise each other's performances as RAS and Poppin'Party respectively. Others relax in the hot springs, though some like Arisa and Yukina end up overheating from staying for too long. During the evening, Afterglow informs Kasumi and the others that Poppin'Party's music video gained over 10,000 views, which they celebrate before tending to the overheated.
35	9	"Let's Go, PoPiPa" Transliteration: "Iku zo popipa" (Japanese: いくぞポピパ)	Hiroshi Morita	Yasuhiro Nakanishi	Naruyo Takahashi	March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)	March 10, 2020
Hoping to gain more votes, Poppin'Party plans a three-week schedule of live performances. In addition to Galaxy, they play at CiRCLE and Dub alongside Roselia and RAS, respectively; although they receive fewer votes than both bands, they enjoy their newly-gained momentum as they reach sixth in the polls. Although RAS offers their support to Poppin'Party, including baking a cake for Tae's birthday, they fall behind Roselia in the voting. In response, Chiyu calls an impromptu meeting in which she announces that RAS will play in other venues to force other bands to withdraw. She also takes control of everyone's calendars and instructs the band members to follow her orders and to not socialize with other bands. After an argument where Chiyu questions everyone's commitment to RAS, an incensed Masuki walks away. PAREO attempts to console Chiyu but is rebuked and deemed useless.
36	10	"Vocalists are... Like Stars..." Transliteration: "Bōkaru wa...... Hoshi..." (Japanese: ボーカルは。。。。。。星。。。)	Yasunori Gotō	Midori Gotō	Junichi Sakata	April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)	March 17, 2020
Worried about her band's future, Rokka looks for Masuki but to no avail. The next day, after receiving advice from Kasumi, Rokka searches for her again, finally finding her at her school. Meeting in front of the Budokan, Rokka praises Masuki for helping her and tells her to meet with Chiyu to make up. Meanwhile, Rei meets Tae and ponders about her feelings toward RAS; Tae tells her that as the vocalist of RAS, she has the power to change what her band will do in the future. RAS, sans PAREO, reunite as a band to perform, but feel anxious and distracted due to her absence and do not perform well. While Rokka and Masking head to Chiba to find her, Rei talks to Chiyu about needing to work together in the best interests of the band. After finding out that Chiyu wrote PAREO off for being useless, the two also head out together to find her.
37	11	"Pareo No Longer Exists" Transliteration: "Pareo wa Mō Imasen" (Japanese: パレオはもういません)	You Nakano	Yuniko Ayana	Toshihiko Masuda	April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)	March 17, 2020
In Chiba, Masking and Rokka search for PAREO by visiting her school. When they show her classmates a photo of her, they learn of PAREO's true identity as Reona Nyūbara. The two spot Reona as she is walking home, prompting her to run away and them to give chase. Upon catching up to her, they learn of her background as an academically successful but meek girl who regularly posts keyboard covers of Pastel Palettes songs online. Despite Rokka and Masuki's efforts, a disillusioned Reona proclaims PAREO no longer exists until she spots Chiyu and Rei running up to them. After Chiyu asks for forgiveness and is accepted, the band performs a song for her birthday back in the studio. Eventually, the Girls Band Challenge voting closes with Roselia leading, while Poppin'Party and RAS are tied for second.
38	12	"A Concert With Popipa!" Transliteration: "Popipa-san to Kyōen ya!" (Japanese: ポピパさんと共演や一一一一一一！)	Naruyo Takahashi	Yasuhiro Nakanishi	Naruyo Takahashi	April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)	April 7, 2020
Bringing Poppin'Party and RAS together at Galaxy, Marina announces that both bands will proceed to the finals at the Budokan, to everyone's relief and excitement. Each band then prepares to perform in the Budokan which includes a dress rehearsal at CiRCLE. Along the way, Poppin'Party prepares a new song that they want to play with Roselia and RAS, both of whom accept. Meanwhile, Asuka volunteers to help in the Girls Band Challenge, including creating a poster for the finals and interviewing the bands for her blog. The night before the finals, Kasumi sees Asuka proofreading her blog post. Asked to explain how she finds sparkling, heart-pounding moments in her life, Kasumi recounts how she found these moments by forming Poppin'Party and meeting and making new friends over the past year.
39	13	"This... This Right Here is the Girl Band Generation!" Transliteration: "Kore ga... Kore ga Koso ga, Dai Gāruzu Bando Jidai ya!" (Japanese: これが。。。これこそが、大ガールズバンド時代や！)	Kōdai Kakimoto	Hitomi Ogawa	Naruyo Takahashi	April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23)	April 7, 2020
The Girls Band Challenge finals arrive as Poppin'Party, RAS, and Roselia assemble at the Budokan, where they help set up the stage. Before Poppin'Party's performance, Rimi confides to her band that she is hesitant to play as the finals symbolize the end of their journey up to that point. However, she and the band are uplifted when they hear the crowd recite their pre-performance chant. Poppin'Party and Roselia perform new songs, while RAS play a rendition of Chiyu's birthday song. The audience votes for the winner, with Roselia claiming the Grand Prize; to the others' surprise, RAS receives the Best Performance title while Poppin'Party is named Best Band. The three bands close out the event by playing their collaboration song.

List of BanG Dream! episodes

Series overview

Episodes

Main series

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2020)

MyGO!!!!!-Ave Mujica series

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! (2023)

BanG Dream! Ave Mujica (2025)

Other series

Pastel Life

Circle Thanks Party!

Morfonication

Films

Notes

References

Wikiwand - on

No.	Title ^[43]^[k]	Directed by ^[43]	Written by ^[43]	Storyboarded by ^[43]	Original release date
1	"Sub rosa."	Kōichirō Koga	Midori Gotō & Yuniko Ayana	Naoya Okugawa	January 2, 2025 (2025-01-02)^[l]
2	"Exitus acta probat."	Daisuke Suzuki	Akiko Waba	Tomomi Umetsu	January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)
3	"Quid faciam?"	Hajime Yamanokuchi	Hitomi Ogawa	Kozue Oka	January 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
4	"Acta est fabula."	Hiroshi Morita	Midori Gotō	Hiroshi Morita	January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
5	"Facta fugis, facienda petis."	Daichi Ōmori	Tani Haruhi	Daichi Ōmori & Daisuke Suzuki	January 30, 2025 (2025-01-30)
6	"Animum reges."	Kōichirō Koga	Akiko Waba	Naoya Okugawa	February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06)
7	"Post nubila Phoebus."	Daisuke Suzuki	Hitomi Ogawa	Kozue Oka	February 13, 2025 (2025-02-13)
8	"Belua multorum es capitums."	Hiroshi Morita	Midori Gotō	Hiroshi Morita	February 20, 2025 (2025-02-20)
9	"Ne vivam si abis."	Daichi Ōmori	Akiko Waba	Tomomi Umetsu	February 27, 2025 (2025-02-27)
10	"Odi et amo."	Kōichirō Koga	Tani Haruhi	Naoya Okugawa	March 6, 2025 (2025-03-06)
11	"Te ustus amem."	Hajime Yamanokuchi	Midori Gotō	Hajime Yamanokuchi, Kozue Oka, & Kōdai Kakimoto	March 13, 2025 (2025-03-13)
12	"Fluctuat nec mergitur."	Daichi Ōmori	Yuniko Ayana	Kozue Oka	March 20, 2025 (2025-03-20)
13	"Per aspera ad astra."	Hajime Yamanokuchi	Hitomi Ogawa	Hiroshi Morita & Kozue Oka	March 27, 2025 (2025-03-27)