D4DJ All Mix

Well, let's just say I was super disappointed. This sequel was a downgrade from First Mix in almost every way possible. The biggest problem by far was the weak plot and a very huge number of characters who barely got any major development. The first season focused mainly on the rise of HapiAra and the 4 characters got a lot of development which made the season fun to watch. This season, however, tries to achieve the impossible task of developing multiple groups in just 12 episodes resulting in a confusing mess which wasn't fun to watch. The animation was as good as the first season ... and probably the ONLY thing that this season did better than the first imo was the ending song. I absolutely didn't expect "Wow War Tonight" to be topped considering I loved it as well. The opening song was... meh. Not even slightly comparable to the masterpiece that is the opening of First Mix.


Plot: 4/10
Music: 6/10
Characters: 3/10
Overall: 5/10


In conclusion, it would be better for you to skip this one. This season would've been so much better if it focused only on the development of Lyrical Lily and kept the other groups as rival side characters (like the first season did)
:(


Peace!

Did you like the first season and how they introduced each cast member and how each band's dynamics have been? Well, you won't find it here.

In what was similar to how other "idol anime" have done it, the first episodes goes around each of the different cast members to showcase their personalities and chemistry between each other. Except not really. In the first 5 episodes, I am looking at a very generic group of throwaway characters that I have very little to care about.

When it seemed like Lyrical Lily were taking over as the protagonists of the series, I did get excited because I believed ... that Happy Around's story was properly ended, and we are going to take a look at a new unit as the focal point. In 5 episodes, they only took centre stage in a single episode. In the same time frame, fellow "new" units that weren't in the first season, RONDO and Merm4id, also got their introductions, neither of which focused on the chemistry of the band anyway.

From a studio that already showed they can make a successful anime with a large cast of characters (BanG Dream), D4DJ All Mix has been disappointing. The animation is still as fantastic as it always has been, if not even better, but in 5 episodes, they have showed me nothing that can make this series stand out in a plethora of other idol anime.

D4DJ All Mix: A disappointing sequel for a series that had potential.
D4DJ comes with a second season, after a special that was released not long ago, with some low-key hype for more fun interactions of our main group and hopefully some good songs.

Unfortunately, it looks like this is not it, as it failed to hit all the marks I've hoped for.
Similar to Bandori, D4DJ uses the first season to introduce the bare cast of the series, but with the next seasons being filled with many side characters that anime onlies have never heard of before.
This is also the case with D4DJ, but unluckily, we also ... don't get the luxury of enjoying the trip through the lenses of the main group we already know, but of another, new group called Lyrical Lily.

Throughout the anime we see them interacting and working with various groups, and seeing these groups work on their own songs, but it leads into a quagmire of being unable to follow who's who, and frankly, it's not very interesting to watch all these unknown characters do... whatever they're doing.

Another problem is that there isn't really much of a story, and the script is extremely weak. With groups getting a single episode (or two if they're lucky) each, it's hard to properly tell a story of the group, which leads to very rushed developments, and honestly, many of these developments don't even make sense.
There are also many problems with the conversations themselves between characters. Which feels like they're speaking, but don't actually say much of value.

Finally, with the story, cast, interactions all out of the window, I think the make-or-break point is the music, and the plethora of songs being inserted into the anime.
This is highly subjective of course, even more than before, but I personally felt that the songs this season were EXTREMELY weak, and frankly, disappointing.
It seems like the groups themselves have taken a bit of a "departure" from their original style, resulting in a bit of a different song compared to what we're used to. It could be welcomed by some, but I personally found it very disappointing.

This might be enjoyed more by people who play the mobile game and follow the game stories, but at least if you're an anime only, you're going to be totally lost.
4.5/10