BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ PICO

BanG Dream!
Original title	バ ン ド リ
transcription	Bandori
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genre	Slice of Life , idol
Web anime
title	BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ PICO
Original title	バ ン ド リ！ ガ ー ル ズ バ ン ド パ ー テ ィ！ ☆ ピ コ, バ ン ド リ！ ガ ル パ ☆ ピ コ
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2018
Studio	Sanzigen
length	4 minutes
Episodes	37+ in 2 seasons
genre	Comedy , Slice of Life
Director	Seiya Miyajima
music	Elements Garden
First broadcast	0July 5, 2018– Dec. 27, 2018 (Season 1) May 7, 2020– (Season 2) on Tokyo MX , Sun TV , Youtube 0

BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ PICO ( バ ン ド リ！ ガ ー ル ズ バ ン ド パ ー テ ィ！ ☆ ピ コ, バ ン ド リ！ ガ ル パ ☆ ピ コ ) is a web anime by the animation studio Sanzigen and an offshoot of the anime TV series BanG Dream! of the Bushiroad franchise of the same name .

The almost four-minute episodes were all published on the company's YouTube channel. The first season of the short anime comprised a total of 26 episodes. A second season under the name BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ Pico ~ Ohmori ~ has been published on Bushiroad's Youtube channel since 2020.

production

BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ PICO was created in Studio Sanzigen under the direction of Seiya Miyajima . The characters in the series are represented as chibi figures. The production of a second season was announced in December 2019.

The theme song for the first season is Pikotto! Papitto! Garupa ☆ Pico !!! , while for the second season with Ohmori Iccho! Garupa ☆ Pico a new theme song was introduced. Both songs are sung by Kasumi , Yukina , Ran , Kokoro and Aya .

action

The individual episodes do not consistently have a context in terms of content, whereby individual episodes of the first season have a common thread. For example, all episodes that take place in the Live House CIRCLE can be brought into a historical context.

publication

The first season of "Garupa Pico" aired on July 5, 2018 on Tokyo MX and Sun TV . In addition, all 26 episodes were published on the Bushiroad company's YouTube channel in Japanese with English subtitles.

The second season has been shown since May 7, 2020, with one episode being published on a weekly basis on the Bushiroad YouTube channel.

synchronization

The characters have been dubbed by the voice actors who speak the characters in the main series. From the second season characters from the groups RAISE A SUILEN and Morfonica were added. Both groups made their first appearance in the seventh episode of the second season, which is the very first appearance in the anime franchise for the members of Morfonica. For a list of the voice actors , see BanG Dream! (Anime) #Synchronization or characters from BanG Dream! .

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

No.	title	content	Release	Views	link
1	Live House CIRCLE	On a stormy night Marina, the owner of Live House CIRCLE, is visited by all five bands: Poppin'Party , Roselia , Pastel ＊ Palettes, Hello, Happy World! and afterglow. Since the building does not have capacity for 25 musicians, they decide to leave the Live House in the direction of a restaurant.	05th July 2018	400,000+	S1E1
2	Think tank	After Poppin'Party played in front of only three fans on their last appearance, they are considering how they can attract more viewers in the future. To the chagrin of Arisa, the considerations - from Tae, who wants to take her rabbits on stage to Kasumi, who wants to fly over the entire stage - turn out to be too radical.	July 12, 2018	280,000+	S1E2
3	revolution	After Poppin'Party actually put their ideas into practice at their last concert, the members of Roselia are now considering how they can take their stage performance to the next level. Your topic is "Revolution". During their meeting, other guests accidentally disturb them. At their next concert, the group appears in a garment, much to the amazement of their audience.	19th July 2018	350,000+	S1E3
4th	Rock n 'roll baby	Reading fan comments, Tsugumi finds that she is the only member of Afterglow who hasn't received a review. Inspired by a death metal band, Tsugumi wants to change its demeanor. Although the following concert was successful, Ran ran away out of dismay at Tsugumi's change of image.	July 26, 2018	310,000+	S1E4
5	Pastel ＊ Palettes' Swimsuit Commercial	Pastel ＊ Palettes are participating in a flotation suit promotion to get more exposure. However, the program's activities consist of extreme stunts, such as a question and answer game while hanging on a trapeze or sliding on a surfboard as close as possible to a cliff without falling off.	0Aug 2, 2018	320,000+	S1E5
6th	Welcome to Michelle Land!	During a meal with the rest of the band, Kokoro asks where Michelle lives. After Misaki - who is actually in the bear costume - replies to her question with "Michelle Land", Kokoro's family promptly has an amusement park of the same name built. Misaki gets lost there and the band goes home with another Michelle.	09 Aug 2018	340,000+	S1E6
7th	CiRCLE Joint Concert Conference	The musicians of all bands meet for a joint meeting for their joint concert in the CIRCLE. After Kasumi fails to make an attempt to make a suitable statement, all the musicians make their own suggestions in a mess. Since the meeting hardly promises success, Kasumi invites everyone to the restaurant.	16 Aug 2018	240,000+	S1E7
8th	Drummers Gotta Drum	In a family restaurant, the drummers Sāya, Maya, Kanon, Tomoe and Ako discuss their problems compared to guitarists , e.g. E.g .: no possibility to carry the drums in pockets. After looking at different bags for their snares , the five order something to eat. Since Tomoe is the only one who orders pancakes instead of ramen , the waitress interprets the ongoing discussion as “ramen for everyone”.	23 Aug 2018	280,000+	S1E8
9	For the Love of Chocolate Cornets	Since Rimi constantly eats chocolate comets during her lunch break , Tae jokingly explains to her that if she continues to eat so many comets, she will transform herself into a chocolate comet. As the days go by, Rimi's addiction worsens to such an extent that she immediately begins to eat a snail shell , as they are of a similar shape. Tae's joke comes true and Rimi gradually transforms himself into a chocolate comet. When she wakes up, she finds that all of this was just a nightmare .	30 Aug 2018	230,000+	S1E9
10	What About the Garlic?	Moca and Ran wait in line in front of a ramen restaurant and hold small talk on various topics.	06 Sep 2018	180,000+	S1E10
11	Hello, Happy Sky Jam	Kokoro persuades the rest of the band to play music while they skydive . Kaoru faints due to her fear of heights , while Michelle and Kanon struggle to keep up with the others. As they get closer to Earth, everyone activates their parachutes . Michelle discovered that only the instruments were stowed in her backpack .	13 Sep 2018	290,000+	S1E11
12	Babanbo, Hear My Prayers	Ran becomes ill, so the rest of the band members try out various remedies . However, their joint attempts to alleviate Ran's Cold reach increasingly obscene scenarios. Moca reads about a religious cult that worship gods to ward off colds, which are accordingly of demonic origin. Even though Ran gets well, she cannot recall being sick at all.	Sep 20 2018	280,000+	S1E12
13	Twinkling Joyful Shopping District Frenzy Bushido Party	Marina, Misaki, Sayo, Rimi, Tsugumi and Maya plan the concert overnight and are accordingly exhausted before the other musicians enter the CIRCLE for rehearsals and are nursed back to life. The concert itself becomes a success. During the aftershow party, Marina explains that the CIRCLE will close at the end of the year, much to the scare of the bands.	27 Sep 2018	250,000+	S1E13
14th	Hello, Happy's Winter Mountain Hike	Inspired by Hagumi, Hello, Happy World! To go mountaineering , but without much success. Trapped in the cold , the five look for shelter in a mountain path that repels the cold. Since they only carry their instruments and a few snacks with them, they cannot make a fire . Misaki remembers that Michelle's costume has a built-in heating mechanism, so everyone snuggles up to Michelle.	04th Oct 2018	~ 210,000	S1E14
15th	Part time job	During their part-time job in a Konbini , Moca and Lisa talk about various topics, such as the planned closure of the CIRCLE. Lisa realizes that a deity is responsible for Ran's recovery.	Oct 11, 2018	260,000+	S1E15
16	Poppin 'shuffle	After a band rehearsal, Poppin'Party want to prepare for the way home. When Kasumi slips on the stairs and pulls everyone with him, they only realize when they get home that everyone has swapped their bodies due to the fall .	Oct 18, 2018	410,000+	S1E16
17th	Pastel ＊ Stroll	For a TV report, Pastel Palettes wander through the city and visit various shops, including the Yamabuki bakery , Tsugumi's café and the butchery of Hagumi's family. Sāya, Tsugumi and Hagumi give the musicians a number of samples that they cannot all eat.	Oct 25, 2018	260,000+	S1 E17
18th	Basement Maze	Poppin'Party go to rehearsals in Arisa's basement room, but find that the whole room is full of cardboard boxes, because Arisa's grandmother has ordered too many goods and these form a maze that Tae, Kasumi, Sāya and Rimi are trying to cross. In order not to get lost, Tae lays out breadcrumbs, but Rimi - who did not notice Taes' actual intention - eat them. When they are back at the starting point, Kasumi notices star-shaped stickers. Arisa put it on to find a way back, but Kasumi removed it from the boxes.	0Nov 1, 2018	190,000+	S1E18
19th	CiRCLE's Collapse	The girls are worried about the CIRCLE, which has to close due to the poor condition of the building - caused by the concerts of the bands. Out of frustration , they kick the walls and stamp the floor, so that the stage in the vaulted cellar, on which Marina is currently located, is further damaged and finally collapses.	0Nov 8, 2018	210,000+	S1E19
20th	Truth-Seeing Demon Eye	While they are cut off by a snow storm in a house, Ako, Eve, Himari, Kasumi, Marina, Ran and Rinko discover that Tomoe has been knocked out. While Ako tries to solve the case like a detective , Ran leaves the house while the others deny the crime. During the further "investigation" they have to find out that one after the other knockouts are knocked out until Ako is finally knocked down by Rinko. It turns out that this is a concept made up by Ako for the next concert, with Ran asking about her whereabouts in the story.	Nov 15, 2018	220,000+	S1E20
21st	"That Performance Sure Would Be Exciting	On the way to the band rehearsal, Yukina meets a stray cat and takes her to rehearsal. When she joined the other members, she brought several cats with her. Although Sayo strokes one of the cats, she and Lisa give Yukina the order to release the cats. When she sees a cat-like shadow on a corner of the wall, the silhouette turns out to be Kasumi. Kasumi is accepted by Yukina with Roselia before Sayo rejects her again.	Nov 22, 2018	680,000+	S1E21
22nd	Welcome to Michelle Cafe!	Marina is busy restoring the CIRCLE and since the café, which is understaffed for the Live House, she takes care of the customers at the same time. The girls decide to help Marina out. In order to attract more customers, they are converting the café into a Michelle café. When Marina accidentally cuts a rope that is holding a huge Michelle head with a chainsaw , she is buried by the gigantic head.	Nov 29, 2018	230,000+	S1E22
23	Pastel's Pajama Party	Pastel ＊ Palettes members are throwing a slumber party. Because they don't know what to do, Maya suggests telling scary stories. So she tells a story that scares Eve. When Hina tells a gruesome story, Eve hides under her blanket. As a joke, the four of them leave the room and turn off the light. When they re-enter the room and want to explain the joke to her, a scared Eve grabs her katana and tries to attack the girls.	0Dec 6, 2018	320,000+	S1E23
24	Twin rhythm	Sayo tries to leave the house to go to rehearsals, but her sister Hina tries to stop her because she wants to spend time with her. In a fast food - restaurant Hina considered her sister invited her fries to eat. Meanwhile, Sayo has problems during her rehearsal because she is hungry . Confused about Sayos, they decide without rehearsing her any further. When she returns home, she meets her sister, who offers her some fries.	December 13, 2018	~ 730,000	S1E24
25th	Christmas Eve Surprise	On Christmas Eve , Marina continues to renovate CIRCLE until she notices that the girls are organizing a Christmas party. They think back to their time in the live house while Kasumi, Yukina, Ran and Sayo motivate the girls for the upcoming concert. Kokoro and Michelle use a snow machine on the roof, which soon collapses and destroys the rest of the building.	December 20, 2018	220,000+	S1E25
26th	Reconstructed	Although Kokoro and Michelle can be saved from the rubble, everyone is sad about the now completely destroyed CIRCLE. Still, Kasumi feels that the live house can be saved and discovers that the stage has not been destroyed. Together the girls clear the rubble aside and prepare for their last concert. The concert that followed is a success. When everyone jumped up together, the precise landing caused water to burst the stage. As a result, the CIRCLE reopened as an onsen .	Dec. 27, 2018	250,000+	S1E26

Season 2 (2020)

No.	title	content	Release	Views	link
1	Live House CiRCLE	While rehearsing Poppin'Party in CIRCLE, Marina stumbles over a glowing object protruding from the ground. This object gives off a bright light before Kasumi pulls it out. It turns out to be an odd guitar-shaped artifact . The government can quickly followed by a research facility around the CIRCLE build, so the girls have trouble finding the live house.	0May 7, 2020	~ 120,000	S2E1
2	Poppin'Pastr	In the Yamabuki bakery, the members of Poppin'Party are considering which new types of pastry the family business should offer in the future, but this is proving difficult. Kasumi suggests inventing a pastry in which everyone contributes their favorite ingredient, but this also ended with little success.	May 14, 2020	~ 90,000	S2E2
3	Lisa Couture	Lisa appears completely drenched to the test due to the rain , which means she has to wear a sports suit . The other members of Roselia curiously hand over more dresses to try on.	May 21, 2020	120,000+	S2E3
4th	Himari SOS!	Himari is on a diet , but the withdrawal from food affects the samples negatively. So the other members of Afterglow decide to help Himari lose weight. However, all plans include eating during the exercises.	May 28, 2020	~ 90,000	S2E4
5	Pastel ＊ Desert	To get to the CIRCLE, Pastel ＊ Palettes cross a desert . Aya collapses on the way while Maya tries to help her. Through her attempts to help Aya, Maya begins to see a mirage of an oasis and her drums at some point before she collapses too. Maya finds her band members dreaming of this scenario in the studio of her talent agency. It turned out that the heater in the room was on.	04th June 2020	~ 80,000	S2E5
6th	Misaki Madness	During a concert by Hello, Happy World! Michelle is burned by the pyrotechnics used , much to Misaki's relief as she no longer has to wear the costume. Nevertheless, the withdrawal from her as the band's mascot leads to the fact that she suffers a nervous breakdown and at some point begins to attack anything that has resemblance to a bear . When her costume has been repaired, it will be destroyed again at the next concert, this time by electricity .	June 11, 2020	~ 90,000	S2E6
7th	New epithets	The members of Morfonica wander through the dark CIRCLE as RAISE A SUILEN spectacularly enter the Live House through the windows. They introduce themselves by their nickname , but Chiyu is appalled by her nickname. When the members of Morfonica express interest in wanting a nickname, the other five singers from the other bands appear and assign them a name, to the annoyance of Mashiro and Tsukushi.	June 18, 2020	95,000+	S2E7
8th	Cardfight !! Sister!	Asuka and Ako fight a duel in the style of the card game Cardfight !! Vanguard who has the cooler older sister. While Rokka tries to calm them down, Hina appears, summoning her sister Sayo. This encounter leads to the destruction of the entire planet .	June 25, 2020	95,000+	S2E8
9	Puzzle ☆ Pico	The girls are used as characters in a Tetris- like video game and disappear once all the members of a band have been played.	02nd July 2020	80,000+	S2E9
10	Hanazono Street Live	Tae is playing a street concert when Rei joins them. Over time, Sayo and Rinko join the duo. Although Tae wants a drummer for the next concert, another guitarist and a second keyboardist appear with Moca and Tsugumi. Michelle also shows up with balloons. To Tae's disappointment, the desired drummer appears in Tomoe only after the concert is over.	0July 9, 2020	~ 70,000	S2E10
11	Under the tea	Himari, Hina, Kokoro, Masuki, Maya, Rimi, and Yukina wake up in a dark place with no memory of how they got there. When looking for a light switch, they discover that they are in a submarine . You can find snacks and tea leaves . Masuki decides to find a way out of the submarine to find out that they are in the middle of Antarctica .	July 16, 2020	40,000+	S2E11
12	Girls' Band Newspaper	Much to Marina's annoyance, a newspaper called The Girls Band Times repeatedly destroys the CIRCLE window. Sāya, Himari, Maya, Lisa and Misaki are surprised to find past events of the girls in these articles while reading the newspaper. In order to finance the repairs to the destroyed windows, Marina takes a part-time job as a newspaper delivery man and destroys the window of Kasumi's room.	23rd July 2020	20,000+	S2E12
13			July 30, 2020

Web links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Season one entry in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
• Season two entry in the Anime News Network encyclopedia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Paul Chapman: "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO" Kicks Off in July of 2018. Crunchyroll , May 12, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jennifer Sherman: BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ Pico Mini Anime Gets 2nd Season. Anime News Network , December 12, 2019, accessed July 18, 2020 . 
3. ^ GiovanniJ03: La serie de cortos BanG Dream! Garupa Pico: Oomori revela un nuevo visual. Somoskudasai.com, May 7, 2020, accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).