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- Region:Japan
- Type:TV
- English name:Girls Band Cry
- Official name:ガールズバンドクライ
- Chinese name:哭泣少女乐队
- Other names:少女乐队哭泣 / GBC / 闺泣 / 少女五乐哭 / 少女乐团 呐喊吧 / 少女乐队的呐喊 / Girls Band Cry
- Premiered:April 5, 2024
- Status:Finished Airing
- Tags:Lily / Music / Source original / 3D
- Original author:東映アニメーション
- Director:酒井和男
- Scenario:花田十輝
- Storyboard:酒井和男(1-8,10-11,13,live part:1,3,7,10-トゲナシトゲアリ,13) / 平池綾子 / 増井壮一 / 三村厚史(live part:5,10-ダイヤモンドダスト)
- Co-director:酒井和男(1,13,live part:10-トゲナシトゲアリ,13) / 朝倉舞彩 / 平山美穂 / 大槻一恵 / 田辺泰裕
- Character design:手島nari。
- Music:agehasprings / 田中ユウスケ(agehasprings) / 東北新社 / 三好慶一郎 / 宅間麻姫
- Studios:東映アニメーション
- Production cooperation:BAKKKA / J.C.STAFF / 美峰 / 小学館ミュージック&デジタルエンタテイメント / グラフィニカ
- Producers:東映アニメーション
- Copyright:©東映アニメーション
- Family:Girls Band Cry
- Rating:12+
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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EP1 - Tokyo Heave-Ho
In March, at the age of 17, Nina drops out of high school and moves to Tokyo on her own. She's completely lost in the big city. She was encouraged to come here after hearing a certain song she found online. The day she arrives, Nina meets the street musician who plays that song.
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EP2 - Three Nocturnal Creatures
Nina starts to cram for school. She promised her parents she would try to get into college. However, she's having a hard time adjusting to her new cram school life, finding it difficult to get into her studies. As she's struggling, she receives a text from Momoka. When Nina visits Momoka's house, she is introduced to a girl her age.
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EP3 - Misaligned Questions and Answers
As always, Nina's having a hard time focusing on her studies, but she finds herself having to go to Subaru's school to deliver Subaru's phone. After having a heart to heart, they start opening up to each other. Soon after, the trio set out to put on their first live show as a band.
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EP4 - Appreciation (Surprise)
Subaru's grandmother drops by Tokyo out of the blue. Subaru doesn't want to pursue acting. She wants to be in a band and play music. Now that she's come this far, she needs to say it clearly. But when the moment comes, she finds herself putting on a fake smile and playing the good granddaughter.
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EP5 - Rising Vocals
A live house that Momoka used to play at asked the girls if they wanted to play a show, and they agree to have their first battle of the bands. As they struggle to meet the ticket sale quota, Momoka gets tickets to a show for her former band.
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EP6 - Hymn of the Stray
The three girls practice to level up as a band. Nina is obsessed with beating Diamond Dust, and researches ways to increase their popularity, but she fails to find anything good. That's when Tomo and Rupa approach Nina after having been to see the three girls perform the other day.
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EP7 - I'll Give It a Name
Tomo and Rupa join Nina, Subaru, and Momoka, making a five-member band. Momoka informs the rest of an upcoming show they could play, but the five members have such different personalities that it doesn't look like they'd ever come together. Nina and Momoka have different feelings about the band, and they begin the show while their relationship remains strained.
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EP8 - If You Were to Cry
After the live show, Nina and Momoka's fight continues to heat up as they express how they feel. Nina abandons all her escape routes to seriously pursue music professionally. Tomo says she'll quit if Nina and Momoka's rocky relationship continues. Then as Nina starts her first day of her part-time job, Momoka shows up.
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EP9 - The Waning Moon Was Out
Tomo is scared to say how she feels due to traumatizing past experiences and is unable to truthfully express herself to the other band members. Nina is currently learning the guitar and asks Tomo for her assessment, and Tomo gives her harsh feedback. However, when Tomo sees that Nina isn't giving up, it gives her the confidence to change.
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EP10 - Wandervogel
Nina's parents come to visit her from her hometown as she continues to dedicate herself to the band. Nina runs away, but she reluctantly returns to her home after everyone convinces her. She tries to talk to her father, but as always, he doesn't see things from her perspective. The next day, her father takes her to her old high school.
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EP11 - The Center of the World
Nina and the others arrive at an outdoor music festival. It's a huge venue, and the large stage gets them pumped. Diamond Dust takes the stage and they've gotten better since their last show. Nina and the band absolutely cannot lose. They're going to leave their mark. It's the start of their performance of a lifetime.
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EP12 - The Sky Darkens Again
Nina and the others officially sign with a talent agency. The five of them start writing their new song when Diamond Dust challenges them to a battle of the bands. Diamond Dust has doubled their follower count from before. Should they accept the challenge or not? The members find themselves split on this decision.
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EP13 - Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Stop
In the battle of the bands against Diamond Dust, Nina's band's ticket sales have not even reached half of their sales projection. Meanwhile, Diamond Dust sold out their tickets. The harsh reality comes crashing down. Even then, Nina and the band stay true themselves and begin to play their song.