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Hanasakigawa High’s Poppin’ Party is far from the only band in town, and here they’re joined by the members of Afterglow, Pastel*Palettes, Roselia, & Hello, Happy World! as all five groups do their best to improve their appeal… with notably mixed results.
A semi-random gag comedy presented in chibi format. It can be watched as a stand-alone without having seen BanG Dream!.
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Momo Minamoto wants to eventually follow in her father’s footsteps and join the police force, but lacks confidence in her ability to stand up to criminals. By chance she happens to see the members of the secret crime-fighting agency Tsukikage returning from a job one night and mentions it in school the next day, catching the attention of two members of the group in her class who, interested in her impressive physical senses, decide to recruit her.
An agency-themed action-comedy with moderate yuri subtext and tertiary dramatic elements.
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10 years after the mysterious disappearance of all varieties fish on the planet, the enduring love of fishing leads humanity to create numerous planetoids stocked with giant artificially developed fish. Initially restricted to men only, they have recently been been opened up to women: This is the story of six girls selected to become space fishers.
A schoolgirl comedy with occasional mecha-based action scenes and re-occurring bursts of drama.
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Far in the future criminals facing a life in prison are given the chance to instead work for the Cyber Police as special agents of a sort. These are the stories of three such men tasked with stopping some of the most dangerous and violent offenders the city has ever seen.
A set of action-centric short stories featuring both thriller elements and small splashes of comic relief.
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Perennially unpopular, the members of the Ongaku Shoujo idol group have tried just about everything to increase their sales or attract more attention. Their luck finally changes one day after meeting the idol-crazy Hanako Yamadagi, who’s currently visiting Japan with her musician parents: With the help of her advice and practically eidetic memory they suddenly begin to improve by leaps and bounds.
A comedic management-focused idol series with small flashes of relationship drama. Though it includes the characters from the 2015 movie of the same name, in all other respects the two are unrelated.
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Attending the prestigious Seishou Music Academy, Karen Aijou holds a dream of performing on stage in the Starlight Revue with her childhood friend Hikari Kagura. A dream which finally seems within her reach when Hikari returns from overseas to attend Seishou as well… but the path to the Revue is a harsh one, and only a single performer out of a select group can qualify for the honor.
A school-life relationship drama centered on theater performance as combat. It has a large of amount of comic relief and a fondness for symbology.
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When the World of Dreams came under attack from dream-eating monsters who plunged its citizens into eternal sleep, princes from across the kingdom gathered to wage war against them… only to find their power sealed within rings. Rings which only the Princess of Traümere, an otherwise average girl summoned from modern day Earth, has the power of awakening.
An ever-more dramatic adventure series with occasional action scenes, a moderate level of comic relief, and a few romance elements.
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A century earlier Kouma Jinguuji’s sister disappeared in a flash of light, a light which additionally transported him and his colleague Tsubasa Hayakawa through time to the present day. Separated on arrival Kouma is taken in by the headmaster of the prestigious Koyomi Academy and quickly becomes the student council president, using his new position to seek out Hayakawa and hopefully unravel the mystery surrounding his sister’s disappearance.
A drama with slice of life elements, a moderate amount of comic relief, and infrequent action scenes.
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When the secret criminal organization Panther Claw causes trouble no one but the shapeshifting combat android Honey can possibly hope to stop them. Panther Claw’s leader knows all about Honey’s various identities however, and has set in motion a plan to send her to the depths of despair.
An action series with a large amount of ecchi. It’s a new adaptation and does not require any familiarity with previous works in the franchise.
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In a world without horses there exists a subset of girls who have inherited the souls and physical attributes of racehorses from our world, and a special academy was created for these horse girls in order to prepare them for nationally-viewed racing and performance events. Special Week is one such girl who has recently arrived from the countryside, and she’s determined to rise to the top of the rankings.
An idol-focused school life show fused with a horse-racing themed sports comedy.
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