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BanG Dream! FILM LIVE Film Opens in September, Anime's 3rd Season Debuts in January 2020

The official anime will debut in January 2020.

The anime's third season was initially announced for an October 2019 premiere.

The anime's second season streaming the series as it airs.

Atsushi Mimura served as CG supervisor.

The BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! game app inspired premiered in May.

The main BanG Dream! television anime's first 13-episode season streamed the first season as it aired in Japan.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the first season, and it describes the story:

When she was a child, Kasumi Toyama (played by Poppin' Party's lead singer, Aimi) felt a heart-pounding thrill every time she gazed at the stars, and she's been looking without success for something that could inspire the same feeling ever since. One day, she comes across a star-shaped guitar in a rundown pawnshop and, for the first time, discovers the thrill she's been searching for. Kasumi becomes determined to form an all-girl band, and her search leads her to four like-minded souls: Saya, Arisa, Rimi, and Tae (all brought to life by the of Poppin' Party). Does this band have what it takes to make their dreams of stardom come true?

Bushiroad launched the BanG Dream! multimedia project in January 2015, and the company formed the Poppin' Party band for the project in February 2015. The project's other bands include Happy World!, Pastel*Palettes, Afterglow, Argonavis. The band consist of voice cast who portray the characters in the story, and they play the same instruments as their characters.

The BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! smartphone launched in April.

Sources: BanG Dream! FILM LIVE film's website, BanG Dream! franchise's Twitter via Otakomu, Yaraon!