Girls Band Cry

Everyone yearns to find their true purpose in life. This is also true for Nina Iseri, a 17-year-old girl looking to enroll in a good university, but the world always seems to work against her. On her very first day in Tokyo, she gets lost, ignored, and locked out of her new apartment. However, an unexpected opportunity arises when Nina meets Momoka Kawaragi, one of her favorite guitarists.

After Nina joins Momoka for a street performance, Momoka decides they should start a band together. While Nina initially hesitates, her determination grows as they start acquiring more bandmates—the beautiful drummer Subaru Awa, the aloof keyboardist Tomo Ebizuka, and the intelligent bassist Rupa. The five girls face challenges both in the music industry and within themselves, but their shared passion for music never lets them give up on their dreams.

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Iseri, Nina Main

Rina Japanese

Awa, Subaru Main

Mirei Japanese

Kawaragi, Momoka Main

Yuuri Japanese

Rupa Main

Shuri Japanese

Ebizuka, Tomo Main

Natsu Japanese

Ai Supporting

Miyashiro, Momoko Japanese

Iseri, Suzune Supporting

Ando, Sakura Japanese

Mine Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Rin Supporting

Urushiyama, Yuuki Japanese

Nana Supporting

Matsuoka, Misato Japanese

Sakai, Kazuo Director

Imura, Kenji Episode Director

Rina Theme Song Performance

Mirei Theme Song Performance

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Apr 25, 2024

nanuha

Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

If you're wondering if GaruKura is worth the watch, it is! If you're asking yourself if you should watch this or the other Idol anime airing right now, the answer is watch both!

The animation is extremely good even if you dislike CGI, the characters are realistic enough that it's easy to relate to them, the music is great, there really isn't any reason for not watching this show.

There's an on-going issue right now with the subtitles being of a pretty low quality but once someone picks this anime up for translation please try to give it a watch and don't let it go under the ... radar, you wont regret it!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 29, 2024

kotaku142

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

Ok the CGI is good not studio orange level but its good, but that's just me now. The story is aint like your typical music anime story and shit but the mc if you don't like stupid, annoying, childish, angst teen then this isn't for you so she stopped going to high school to pursue her dream and shit but its fucking obvious she doesn't now how the world works...….god I cant write a review after watching that. ok its isn't the worse I've seen but its definitely not the most entertaining idol/music anime, the story is aint, the character writing specially for the mc ... is stupid and unrealistic and we cant just say its because she 17, teens are a lot smarter than we give them credit for I now a lot are stupid but for a 17 year old she acts like a pre pubescents child

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 29, 2024

Vivid_7

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

Do you like main characters that are way too quirky to be on screen?

Do you relate to a portrayal of a character that is a public nuisance with shouting and damaging public/private property some times when they step outside?

Do you think that having zero clues in reading social cues and then blaming the world for it is funny or cute?

If your answer is yes to all of the above, oh, boy, I’ve got the anime for you.

Now that is out of the way, let me start by saying, look, I get it, I was a teenager, and I know Nina (one of the main characters) ... had a rough life, but some things that she does are taking it too far. And every time I start to enjoy what is going on in this melodrama of a show, Nina does something that I feel is inexcusable which turns me against her. I believe she can still be who she is, and channel the same energy but use different methods to be more respectful in certain cases and places.

When it comes to animation, Girls Band Cry uses full CGI to convey its story and what is going on, that being said, it is still an upgrade compared to other similar shows that uses similar tech. However, here, the CGI is smooth, way too smooth. So, either that is a problem, or the exaggerated facial and body expressions that characters do is.

The vibes of the story is toned down in some places to give space for being exaggerated in other places and to offset the imbalance in the story-telling for some problematic characters.

Since the theme is about music and forming a band, some songs are good, they have some good elements and energy to them, OP and ED are good.

In the end, if you’re on the edge of your seat wondering whether I’ll continue watching this or not, the answer is a resounding no. I wish it’s a yes, I want it to be a yes, but every time I try to dive into the drama and the characters and I start to invest in their moments and what is going on, I get thrown out with a cheesy scene or get put off by some of Nina’s actions.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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