Musical anime is pretty good.
Ratings: 10/10
Bocchi the Rock, Your Lie in April, K-ON, and several others come to mind so when Girls Band Cry showed up, I knew that I had to check it out since I typically enjoy shows from this genre. At first, I thought that the 3DCG animation was going to be bothersome; however, it has come a long way since 2016 Berserk. But was it good enough not to flatline this show?
Review:
Story:
In Girls Band Cry, Nina has abandoned her home and moved to Tokyo. She has no plan, no job, nothing. All she has is this ambition to get away from the life that has caused her so much pain and misery. There, she meets Momoka, who is doing a performance on the street. She used to be a part of Diamond Dust but left the band and is now doing a solo act for a pittance. After meeting her, she wonders if the two of them could perform together, but thereβs only one problemβ¦ Momoka is quitting everything and moving away. After chasing after her and convincing her otherwise, Nina has a glimmer of hope to find her true calling.
Then they form band and decide to compete against Diamond Dust. Various challenges they’ve to face before forming the band.
Art, Animation, And Sound:
Okay, so the elephant in the room is here going to be the fact that 99.99% of Girls Band Cry was produced using 3DCG animation. I say 99.99% because there was an episode where we did a flashback and a brief moment in the final episode where the show used traditional animation over CG. I never thought I would see the day when I would say that the traditional animation stuck out like a sore thumb and broke the immersion, but yet,here we are.
I was very apprehensive to learn about the show being in 3D, but after watching it, it didnβt bother me one bit. In fact, Iβll dare to say that I couldnβt imagine this show any other way.
Music performance was phenomenal. But seriously, the insert songs were superb, enjoyed all songs.
The one thing I loved the most was something that I touched upon in the animation section, and that was the realism of the show. By that, I meant how conversations were carried out, how spontaneous some of the dialogue and matching animations were, etc. Even with some of the most spontaneous characters in anime history, a lot of them felt forced or scripted. The conversations here seemed pretty natural and matched how people their age in todayβs world typically communicate.
It was a tremendous effort by Toei Animation that produced a high-enjoyable show that I think anyone who loves music or slice-of-life Girls Band Cry is a show you should go out of their way to watch!
