Toei Animation announced this week that the original Girls Band Cry TV anime series will receive a digital release in North America on August 13, 2024. The 13-episode anime first aired in Japan on April 6, 2024 to June 29, 2024.
The company released a new official trailer, which lists four digital release platforms that include Fandango at Home, Microsoft Store, Amazon Prime Video, and Hoopla. An earlier announcement was teased this past week.
CATCHPLAY+ streamed Girls Band Cry in Indonesia with both Indonesian and English subtitles.
Kazuo Sakai (Love Live! Sunshine!!) directed the anime series, with Nari Teshima (VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei‘s character designer) as character designer, Jaehoon Jung as CG director, and Jukki Hanada (The Dangers in My Heart, Love Live! Superstar!!) as series screenwriter. Toei Animation handled the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast for the Togenashi Togeari band includes:
- • Rina as vocalist Nina Iseri
- • Yuuri as guitarist Momoka Kawaragi
- • Mirei as drummer Subaru Awa
- • Natsu as keyboardist Tomo Ebizuka
- • Shuuri as bassist Rupa
Earlier this July, it was announced that cast members Mirei and Natsu were going on hiatus due to poor health reasons. The remaining three main cast members — Rina, Yuri, and Syuri — will continue performing.
Toei Animation describes the premise of Girls Band Cry as:
The main character drops out of high school in her second year, and aims at entering a university while working alone in Tokyo. A 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.
Source: Toei Animation Official Twitter
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