Yesterday Sentai Filmworks announced that they have acquired the distribution rights to BanG Dream! Season 2 in United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Latin America, and Central America. You will be able to get the series from selected outlets, however.
BanG Dream! Season 2 Details
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the anime name MAL describes the general story as:
Kasumi Toyama has always been captivated by the “beat of the stars.” Since then, she’s been searching for something… a spark that’ll excite and thrill her! Following a trail of star-shaped stickers, she soon stumbles upon a Random Star guitar at her school mate’s house! Could this mark the start of something amazing?
A sparkling, heart-racing high school life begins for Kasumi as she decides to form a band!
The anime so far looks like a rock version of Love Live. The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, and AT-X channels on January 3. In North America, Asia, and Europe the show will stream in more than 60 countries.
Staff Details
- Director – Koudai Kakimoto
- Studio – SANZIGEN Animation Studio (replacing ISSEN and Xebec)
- Series Composition/Script – Yuniko Ayana
- Anime Character Design – Kazuyuki Ueda
- Sub-Character Design – Takuya Chanohara, Yuka Yamori
- CG Supervisor – Atsushi Mimura
Roselia and Raise a Suilen will be performing the opening theme songs for the anime. Roselia will perform the song “Brave Jewel” and Raise a Suilen will perform “R・I・O・T.“. There is also a third season planned for the anime which will be aired in October 2019.