Nippon Budokan - the dream of many bands and idol groups. However, it is not an easy thing to achieve, but you can reach a lot with a strong will and hard work. Popipa's dream was always to play there and finally they did it!
STORY:
Three months after Poppin’Party's self-sponsored live show, the local live house owners, including CiRCLE's Marina (especially famous from the mobile game), organize the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge. The final of the tournament will take place at Budokan. The focus is on Poppin Party, Raise a Suilen and Roselia, but we also get to see the girls from Hello Happy World, Afterglow and Pastel Palettes. With RAS we get to see a band which doesn't really had any impact in the previous seasons, so we also learn a lot about them as a band.
The three focusing bands are excited about this important tournament and each of them is preparing to collect votes at their local live houses. Since only the top two with the most votes will have the chance, no one wants to lose. They work hard every day and night; they produce new MV’s and work on new songs and lyrics.
CHARACTERS:
All characters are already known from the previous two seasons. Nevertheless, we learn a lot of new things and backgrounds from individual characters (e.g. Pareo). What is admirable is how much respect they give each other even though they are competing. Their friendship is just wonderful.
ART:
We get to see the “typical” BanG Dream art style here again. Anyone who has already watched the second season will feel comfortable with the style. It is hard to compare it to another anime, BanG Dream! is simply unique.
SOUND:
It can only be said that the songs are nice and beautiful to listen as always in BanG Dream! Every band has their own songs which we get to hear here also. The OP "Initial" and ED "Yume wo Uchinuku Shunkan ni!" are both sung Poppin Party, but there is a little surprise for the ending of the last episode. We also get to hear many band typical songs from the game.
ENJOYMENT:
As a big BanG Dream fan, I had high expectations for the third season. I was not disappointed; I had so much fun watching it. Finally, our girls have reached their dream after so much hard work. I can still remember how everything began, where Kasumi founded the band with many difficulties. It definitely paid off four our girls. I have enjoyed every episode and every song; even if it was not peaceful in some situation.
As I said before, to hear the songs again is definitely a highlight for me. I play the game every day and it's just so nice liste to them here again.
It is a little bit sad that Afterglow, PasuPare and HHW didn't have much appearances, but partly it is understandable. These three groups are not a real band (the seiyuus cannot play their instrument, but some of them are trying to learn it) and they do not give live concerts like Popipa, RAS and Roselia. So it makes sense focusing on those three bands.
I certainly don't have to say that for every BanG Dream! fan the third season is a MUST watch. If you haven't watch the previous season, you should start with them, the first and the second season are both worth to watch!
We can only wait for the fourth season and who knows; maybe we will even see the new band Morfonica there!
