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Girls Band Cry (TV)

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Alternative title:
ガールズバンドクライ (Japanese)
Themes: music
Plot Summary: Nina Iseri drops out of high school in her second year and aims to enter a university while working alone in Tokyo. Another girl is betrayed by her friends and doesn't know what to do. Another girl is abandoned by her parents, and tries to survive in the city by doing part-time jobs. This world lets us down all the time. Nothing goes as planned. But we want something that we can continue to like. We believe there's a place where we belong. That's why we sing.
Ratings: 136 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:14, raw:1)
 Excellent: 30 votes (sub:30)
 Very good: 56 votes (sub:54, dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 22 votes (sub:22)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Not really good: 1 vote (others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 151 s, rank: #4532 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.007 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3089, rank: #603 (of 10153)
Weighted mean: 8.050 (Very good), rank: #509 (of 10153) (seen all: 8.05)
Bayesian estimate: 8.000 (Very good), rank: #389 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2024-04-05
Opening Theme:
"Zattou, Bokura no Machi" (雑踏, 僕らの街; Wrong World) by Togenashi Togeari
Ending Theme:
"Dare ni mo Narenai Watashi Dakara" (誰にもなれない私だから; I'm_Nobody) by Togenashi Togeari (eps 2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12-13)
Review:
Girls Band Cry Anime Series Review (Aug 27, 2024)
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Girls Band Cry Anime Gets Game (Aug 31, 2024)
Girls Band Cry Anime Gets Digital English Release on August 13 (Aug 5, 2024)
Toei Animation Teases Girls Band Cry Announcement on English X/Twitter (Aug 2, 2024)
Girls Band Cry Cast Mirei, Natsu Go on Hiatus Due to Health (Jul 12, 2024)
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Catchplay+ Streams Girls Band Cry Anime in Indonesia With Indonesian, English Subtitles (Jun 10, 2024)
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Girls Band Cry Anime Unveils 3rd English-Subtitled Music Video (Jun 27, 2023)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Kazuo Sakai
Series Composition: Jukki Hanada
Script: Jukki Hanada (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
whitepuzzle (nanogaram; ED)
Episode Director:
Yasushi Tomoda (ep 10)
Unit Director:
whitepuzzle (nanogaram; ED)
Music: Yūsuke Tanaka (agehasprings)
Character Design: nari Teshima
Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Saita (OP)
Cgi Director:
Jae Hoon Jung (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Yusuke Osone (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 6, 9, 11
)
Director of Photography: Shinya Kuwabara
Executive producer:
Satoshi Shinohara
Producer: Tadashi Hirayama

Animation:
Yumi Matsumoto (OP)
Animation Advancement: Mizuto Nishijima (eps 1, 3)
Animation Supervisor:
Noriaki Seki (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Zu Hui Guan (ep 4)
Art Setting: Toshiki Amada
Assistant Animation Director: Kasumi Sakai (OP; eps 7-10)
Assistant Director of Photography: Su Hyun Lee (Graphinica; 9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10-11
)
Background Art:
Yen Nguyen (eps 3-4)
CG Character Modeling:
Yuta Sekido (eps 1-12)
CG Character Modeling Lead:
Taira Akase
CG Rigging:
Takashi Ino (eps 2-4)
Character Modeling Supervisor: Shin'ichi Yonezawa
Color setting: Satoshi Takezawa (OP; eps 1-12)
Copyright Development: Shingo Kitazaki
Copyright Sales:
Toshiyuki Uemura
Crowd Supervision: Masahiro Izaki (eps 1-12)
Development Engineer:
Yukako Fukui (eps 1-12)
Digital Paint: Hiroka Kanno (ep 2)
Digital Photography:
Takeshi Miyagawa (Graphinica; 9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10-11
)
Toshihiro Fujita (Graphinica; 9 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10-11
)
Yoshiyuki Anzai (ep 2)
Effect Artist:
Yasuyuki Suzuki (ep 2)
Effects Supervisor: Ryōta Watanabe
Event Manager:
Ken Ikuta
Illustration: nari Teshima (ED)
In-Between Animation:
Yukiya Ataka (OP)
In-Between Check:
Yuka Kubota (OP; eps 1-4)
In-between Finish Advancement: Kōjirō Kuroki (eps 1-3)
Insert Song Arrangement:
Shogo Ōnishi ("Koe naki Sakana", "Eternal Flame: Sora no Hako", "Cycle Of Sorrow")
Insert Song Composition:
Shogo Ōnishi ("Koe naki Sakana")
Insert Song Lyrics:
Shogo Ōnishi ("Koe naki Sakana")
Insert Song Performance: Togenashi Togeari
Key Animation:
Yuzuki Sekine (OP)
Lead Animator:
Yukie Nakamura (eps 2-3)
Lead Lighting Artist:
Kentaro Ashino (ep 3)
Lighting Composite Artist:
Ryosuke Minagawa (eps 1-2)
Lighting Composite Supervisor: Keiko Ishizuka
Line Producer:
Tomoyasu Sakakibara
Literature Production: Daiki Kobayashi
Live CG Director: Shingo Nakanishi
Live Part Animation:
Yuusuke Takita (ep 3)
Live Part Lighting Composite Artist:
Nanako Yamada (eps 1, 3)
Live Part Storyboard: Kazuo Sakai (eps 1, 3)
Live Part Technical Artist: Kie Yamashita (ep 3)
Live Part Technical Director: Kota Morishige
Live Part Unit Director:
Kenji Imura (ep 1)
Look Development Supervisor: Kentaro Ashino
Monitor Works: Yoshihide Mukai (eps 1-4)
Motion Capture Designer:
Ryo Hasebe (Toei Zukun Lab)
Motion Capture Technical Director:
Kenya Miki (Toei Zukun Lab; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-8, 11
)
Kōsuke Miyazawa (Toei Zukun Lab; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-8, 11
)
Yoshihisa Sasaki (Toei Zukun Lab; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-8, 11
)
Music producer: Kenji Tamai (agehasprings)
Online Editor: Masashi Koyama (Toei Digital Labs; eps 1-4)
Paint Check: Satoshi Takezawa (OP; eps 1-12)
Planning: Hiromi Kitazaki
Product Planning:
Yoshiko Morikawa
Production manager:
Ranmaru Ōe (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10-12
)
Zenta Yamazaki (eps 1-12)
Production Supervision: Takeshi Himi
Prop Modeling Supervisor:
Yukari Ishigami
Publicity:
Shogo Ando
Publicity Assistant:
Yūsuke Motoyoshi
Recording: Akira Sasaki
Rigging Development:
Yusuke Kigami (eps 3-4)
Rigging Lead:
Noriaki Murano (eps 1-4)
Rigging Supervisor: Yūsuke Tonuma
Set & Prop Artist:
Yutaka Yamaki (eps 1-12)
Set Modeling Supervisor:
Yukari Ishigami
Setting Production: Daiki Kobayashi
Sound Effects: Maki Takuma
Sound Production Desk: Shinya Horiguchi
Special Effects: Toshio Katsuoka (eps 2-12)
System :
Yōsuke Takahashi
Technical Director:
Tsuyoshi Hattori (eps 1-12)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kenji Tamai
Theme Song Composition:
Yusuke Asobe (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kengo Ohama (OP)
Theme Song Performance: Togenashi Togeari
Video Production: whitepuzzle (nanogaram; ED)
Video Sales:
Yutaro Morita
Mirei as Subaru Awa
Natsu as Tomo Ebizuka
Rina as Nina Iseri
Shuri as Rupa
Yuri as Momoka Kawaragi

Ai Furihata as Shiomi Miura
Hiroaki Hirata as Hiroshi
Sachiko Kojima as Yasue Iseri

Chihiro Sunou as
Audience (ep 13)
erby (eps 1, 6, 8-10)
Student C (ep 7)
Eiko Hanawa as Principal (eps 8, 10)
En Yoneda as Neighbor Wife (eps 1-2, 5)
Haruo Yamagishi as Mueno Iseri (eps 1-2, 8, 10)
Hikari Tomio as
Audience (ep 7)
Band Member B (ep 9)
Cafe Customer (ep 4)
erby (eps 1, 6, 8, 10)
Hikaru Araki as
Audience (eps 11, 13)
erby (eps 1, 6, 8-10)
Student B (ep 7)
Junko Oka as Cafe Customer (ep 4)
Kanako Inoue as Audience (ep 13)
Kazuyoshi Shiomi as Audience (ep 13)
Keigo Torimoto as Prep School Student (ep 3)
Keita Yoshikawa as
Audience (ep 13)
Festival Staff (ep 11)
Photographer (ep 12)
Shooting Staff (ep 4)
Kōsuke Echigoya as Salaryman (eps 1-2, 5, 13)
Masaomi Yamahashi as
Cafe Customer (ep 4)
Prep School Student (ep 3)
Masaya Fukunishi as Leather Jacket (ep 1)
Miho Hayashi as High School Girl (ep 3)
Miku Komiyama as
Fan A (ep 7)
erby (eps 1, 6, 8-10)
Mirai Tachibana as Female Student B (ep 3)
Misato Matsuoka as Nana (eps 5, 8, 11)
Mitsuaki Kanuka as
Nakano (ep 12)
Nakata (eps 12-13)
Tanaka (ep 12)
Tano (ep 12)
Miyū Ayase as Female High School Student B (ep 2)
Miyuki Sawashiro as Mine (eps 7, 11)
Momoko Miyashiro as Ai (eps 5, 8, 11)
Mutsuki Iwanaka as
Hanao Hibino (ep 1)
Man in Band (ep 5)
Nana Koishikawa as Audience (ep 13)
Naoko Kōda as Tendo Awa (ep 4)
Noriaki Kanze as Pedestrian A (ep 5)
Reina Kondo as Hina (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 13
)
Rio Satō as
Announcement (ep 10)
Audience (ep 11)
Band Member A (ep 9)
Cafe Customer (ep 4)
Fan B (ep 7)
erby (eps 1, 6, 8)
Ritsu Takahashi as Kyoko (eps 1, 11)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Neighbor Husband (eps 1-2)
Saima Nakano as Prep School Girl (ep 5)
Sakura Andō as Suzune Iseri (eps 10-11)
Sakura Shinfuku as Audience (ep 11)
Satoshi Nakao as Audience (ep 11)
Saya Horigome as Tendo Awa (young; ep 4)
Sayaka Kunimatsu as
Audience (eps 11, 13)
Student (ep 2)
Serika Hiromatsu as Concert Announcer (ep 3)
Shūki Satō as
erby (eps 1, 6, 8-10)
Prep School Student (ep 3)
Student (eps 2, 4)
Student A (ep 7)
Suguru Habu as Audience (ep 13)
Taichi Takeda as
Festival Staff (ep 11)
Male Attendant (ep 5)
Real Estate Agent (ep 1)
Takahiro Miyake as
Cafe Customer (ep 4)
Male Customer A (ep 8)
erby (5 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 9-10
)
Prep School Student (ep 3)
Yūichi Matsuda as
Male Customer B (ep 8)
erby (5 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 9-10
)
Student (ep 2)
Yūki Urushiyama as
Fan (ep 10)
Female High School Student A (ep 2)
Female Student A (ep 3)
Rin (eps 5, 8)
Salesperson (ep 1)
Yuuko Ueda as Train Cleaning Lady (eps 1, 10)
Japanese companies
Digital Paint:
Toei Animation Philippines (OP; eps 7-11)
In-Between Animation:
Toei Animation Philippines (OP; eps 7-11)
Online Editing: Toei Digital Lab
Original Creator: Toei Animation
Planning: Toei Animation
Production: Toei Animation
Production Cooperation:
Toei Digital Lab (eps 1-3)
English companies
English staff
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Microsoft Store (United States and Canada)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Latin America and Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Richy Dick (eps 3-4, 7-8)

Quality Control: Richy Dick (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 9-13
)
(none)
German companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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