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BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico, (バンドリ！ ガールズバンドパーティ！☆ピコ) stylized as 'BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO and also known as Garupa ☆ Pico', is a Japanese chibi short anime series by Bushiroad. Animated by Sanzigen in collaboration with DMM.futureworks, it is a spin-off of the main BanG Dream! series with characters from the mobile game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!. As of 2021, the show consists of three seasons.

Series overview

Episodes

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico (2018)

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori (2020)

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! (2021–2022)

Production

The first season aired from July 5 to December 27, 2018, with episodes being aired live on the ''BanG Dream! TV'' variety show, Tokyo MX, SUN, and online on YouTube.[4][5] Consisting of 26 three-minute episodes, the show aired from July to December.[6][7] A second season titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori (BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ～大盛り～) aired from May 7 to October 29, 2020.[8] The episodes were live streamed on YouTube and Periscope for ''BanG Dream! TV''. The 26-episode season ran from May to October.

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! (BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ ふぃーばー！) aired from October 7, 2021, to March 31, 2022.[9][10]

The show uses three pieces of theme music by the franchise's vocalists: "Pico! Papi! Girls Band Party! PICO!!!" (ピコっと！パピっと！！ガルパ☆ピコ！！！) (Pico), "One Extra Large! Garupa Pico" (大盛り一丁！ガルパ☆ピコ) (Ohmori), and "Picotarumono Fever!" (ピコたるもの、ふぃーばー！) (Fever!).[11][12] The first two themes were released as singles on August 22, 2018, and August 12, 2020, respectively; "Quintuple Smile" and "TWINKLE CiRCLE", both of which are theme songs for the game, were coupling tracks.[13][14] "Pico! Papi! Girls Band Party! PICO!!!" peaked at tenth on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, while "One Extra Large! Garupa Pico" topped at 13th.[15][16] Elements Garden's Ryota Suemasu and Asuka Oda were the composer and lyricist for the first theme, respectively, and Junpei Fujita took over composition for the second.[17]

Seiya Miyajima serves as the director and animated character designer for both seasons, while Takaaki Kidani is the executive producer. Elements Garden oversees music production, with Noriyasu Agematsu and Fujita as producers. Sanzigen and Dmm.futureworks are assisted with animation by Passione and Creators in Pack. The voice actresses from the parent BanG Dream! anime reprise their roles for Pico.[18]

Other media

A manga based on the show, ''BanG Dream! Garupa Pico Comic Anthology'', was released on March 14, 2019, by Bushiroad and Kadokawa Corporation. The anthology features comics from 17 artists, including Miyajima, who illustrated the cover and opening chapter.[19]

External links

References

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