so the studio actually explained why it wasn't licensed worldwide. since it's an anime original, with no other media or merch for it, that came beforehand, completely new, it's often seen as a risk by these streaming services since they got no clue if it will be popular. so the studio didn't feel like they could / couldn't charge big numbers for it to companies like Crunchyroll. They also said that since it's an anime original, a season 2 will depend on the merch sales. Who knows, with how popular the show is, they might license it in the future, and will be able to charge more money for it.
Then how every generic low quality Isekai anime gets license over this? Those anime studios aren't big as TOEI but they managed to slip away and got license anyway without merch to back it up. It doesn't make any sense
That doesn't make sense. There are a lot of anime originals out there that gets picked up by shit like crunchyroll and netflix. In the same season, Jellyfish had translation and this season we have Na Nare, both also have translations.
i love that this is the va’s first project because they are real musicians that learned to va for this project, and nina’s va has an incredible voice at 16 🙏
@@zom-bieezzz No, I mean that the kind of raspyness and sassyness portrayed in Subaru's JP VA is more often seen in EN Voices. Raspy voices are not common in JP VA, so having her type of voice is a very welcome one.
@@GaporigoYes but it will be updated on some 🏴☠️ sites incase people want to watch in the future with proper subs Edit: It is also available on Laftel in South Korea
If I can sum this series in one word, it would be raw (literally and figuratively). All these girls are dealing with issues constantly, so it feels cathartic when they release their feelings through music.
It had a pretty bad situation and start this season, but Girls Band Cry managed to achieve the greatness it deserved and its incredible that it was all pulled off by the fans that managed to watch it, as well as the team behind the creation of GBC, and the actual band formed for this anime, TogeToge. They are great VA's. I hope this anime gets more popular later, preferably sooner.
it's kind of amazing how this year we had 4 anime written by him, all on his own, and 3 out of 4 are well talk in the community. Then next season we get 2 anime and an upcoming movie written by him and only him. How the fuck does this guy gets anything done
There's currently only 3 countries outside of Japan that have the GBC license and one of the Recent countries being Indonesia with Official Toei ENGLISH SUBS. Update: 4 countries now
This is the closest we may get to what feels like a ground breaking indie production, get anime of the year award. I saw trailers and I thought, it was just folly. I thought it was a "Bang Dream" discount knock off and just moved on. I didn't give it a chance and I feel like an idiot. It's damn near a masterpiece from every single second and aspect.
This type of higher fps 3D anime style has been used quite a bit already in videogame animations. I've noticed this especially in chinese gacha games (for example Arknights, HI3 and PGR cinematics). I honestly always wondered when it would bleed into the Japanese animation industry, and I'm glad to see GBC being one of the first to use it fully. I hope CGI will continue to be used more as an alternative style rather than the "budget saving" CGI dragons/monsters.
TOEI did recently tried new 3D software like Unreal Engine few years ago. I thought it is rumored but thank god the japanese animation industry finally using new 3d software for decades
It's also worth mentioning that the script and series composition is being done by Jukki Hanada, the same guy behind A Place Further than the Universe, Sound Euphonium, and a decent amount of Love Live.
Also, the CGI direction is one of the best I've seen and really put its strength to great use. Examples are the facial expressions and camera works. It's amazing to see its potential and see how studios experiment with it and actually works.
Now they have official license for 4 countries outside Japan, AFAIK - South Korea - France - Indonesia - Thailand (just announce couple days ago and will release in July)
Thank you for talking about this show. It's spectacular. The direction is just incredible and every time Black and Red particles come off the MC I start to well up. I mean i haven't seen it... but also SobsPlease is doing such a great job.
As someone who grew up in the age of torrents it has been incredibly disheartening to see so many embrace streaming instead. I can't get too mad about the legal streaming sites, but the illegal ones are terrible. Torrents are about community; streaming is about making money.
Same here, I've been torrenting ever since my friend showed me how in elementary school nearly 20 years ago. For me, consistency, reliability, and ease of use are all reasons why I still prefer torrenting over streaming 95% of the time. It's way easier to choose the exact subs you want and confirm the audio and video quality of the file with torrents compared to trying to find a decent stream mirror on an illegal streaming site. Plus, the benefits of having the actual video file on your device are self-explanatory. Honestly, I have an annual subscription to HiDive, but even then I'll torrent some of the shows in their catalog for better subs and because their mobile app still sucks.
you're so lost. streaming is about letting people access media without the hardware for it. it's why we are streaming full videogames with services like geforce now. because people don't have the pcs to run it, just like not all people 10 years ago had a terabyte hdd to save all their anime on. the illegal streaming sites are better than the legal ones because they typically offer more range, better players, no region lock and no altered products due to cultural sensitivity checks (crunchyroll/funimation is effectively unwatchable because of this). streaming is just the grandson of torrenting and it does the same exact thing just less efficient and more focused on the user experience. (just like all media products today)
Firefox + ublock origin solves the issue for me. But i still torrent more than half the streaming sites out there either use the machine translated version or are just inconsistent on which translation they use. @tinypopura
My best guess why no streaming service licensed it is music. Since this is a special case of a real-life band being created with anime from the beginning there has to be some weird licencing wall stopping anyone from picking it up. I may be wrong, it's just my best guess.
@@lrcnapkin Yeah but as far as I'm aware those don't have real-life counterparts of the bands. Sometimes they'll perform in real life but it's not the same as having a full-time band. Maybe I'm wrong about my assumptions.
@micryt. definitely not, Toei was the one who formed the band specifically for the anime, so there is no special licensing that would cause the problem
Sobplease does an amazing job on the music scenes. They stylized their subs that complement the music segments so well that I thought they were from the official GBC channel
Nah cuz why does the series actually live up to its name??? Like every episode finds me either about to cry or already there-and you’re right about the performances being visceral like every episode I watch made me fall in love with music (and especially rock) that much more
I swear to god you don't fail to absolutely nail it with these videos, really appreciate the effort that goes into this stuff. Also it's good to see another who's awaited Girls Band Cry from the beginning, next up for me is that damn Pole Princess movie which I NEED to get my hands on ideally sooner rather than later.
After being unable to stream this show and everything they’re currently doing with the Precure franchise, I can safely describe Toei Animation using these words from John Oliver: They are run by clowns, Who are supervised by monkeys, Who report to caffeinated toddlers, Who are overseen by a bunch of fluffy puppies, Who are monitored by a wasted bachelorette party, Who’s boss is just a large, inflatable tube-man!
Worst of all is that the anime IS licenced. In FRANCE. What kind of deal were the French able to accept that American companies couldn't is really beyond comprehension.
its same for Grendizer U. It got Saudi Arabia license on it and has even English subs but its..so bad its MTL teanslated and Mecha fans are now subbing the shows for themselves just like GBC because Crunchyroll or others didn't put it despite Grendizer U and GBC are in Crunchyroll Anime 2024 promotionals
REALLY?!?!? I thought it was much more band focused than every other band series I've seen, that's one reason I like it. What the fuck is a band focused series to you?
I would have worded it more... diplomatically but yeah. This is much more music anime than most music anime. All it's missing is Rupa complaining about the price of bass guitar strings.
band focused, not music focused. I think that's his point. Most music anime focus heavily on just the band *making or practicing* music in some way and are pretty heavily music focused, rather than just the band *living life like a slice of life centred around band music.* 'Hibike! euphonium' and 'anonymous' noise for example; are both amazing anime but both almost solely focus on aspects related to music or music production/practice. The relationships between characters, for example, rather than focusing on the nuances (the time they spend together completely separate from music and music life) are instead very heavily focused around how it affects the music and performance - to then reflect back on how how it affects the character, rather than the other way around.
YO. When I looked up the main cast and saw that this was all of their first jobs, I was blown away! It's perfect to cast newbies in this kind of show. Love it.
Could not agree more with this. CR and TA have got to be puking buckets after not picking it up from day one. The sheer meme potential this series has had over its run time and the strength of its small but dedicated fanbase is testament to its marketing quality as well. Such a genuinely fantastic show that I'm glad is still getting traction, but its a real shame its not getting the spotlight it truly deserves. Awesome work as always! Solid script writing and solid editing to back it up. You and OtakuBox are a dangerously great pair 🙏🙏
Toei will soon realize that they have lost a lot of money over the piracy of this anime for refusing to give people outside of covered countries legal option to view it. Blue Archive finally got the legal viewing treatment, but GBC, just why?
@@trainsandmore2319 > Toei will soon realize that they have lost a lot of money over the piracy of this anime. To the contrary! Due to pirates' heroism, GBC on CR now has a potentially huge audience. P. loved and promoted GBC like crazy from ep1: every day a new meme video got posted on Reddit / Twitter / FB, fansub wars were wages, making a lot of noise, rave reviews were written. They hooked in the BangDream posse, the Weezer posse, the Vocaloid posse, bought JDM merch via packet forwarders, etc. Toei should pay them handsomely for doing all the PR work for which pro media consulting companies like Kantar charge millions of dollars!
Thank you for recommending this show! It slipped under my radar. When you said it was directed by the director of LL Sunshine, one of my favorite anime of all time, I was even more hyped. Keep up the good work!
@@Jery-ej3iz You should buy a lottery ticket! I mean Girls Band Cry's lead producer gave an interview in Kodansha Friday magazine where he said GBC project was started in 2019 as a response to 2018's SpiderMan: into the Spider-verse movie (which demonstrated Hollywood has mastered combining anime style with great entertainment and so future was bleak for japanese animation industry without evolving quickly).
My next goal at an anime convention is to go to a crunchyroll (or any streaming service) panel and ask their staff why this wasn't licensed. Then sit back and enjoy the mental gymnastics.
I mean, they're not going to say "Toei asked for more than we thought the license was worth/Toei has someone incompetent handling international licensing for this show who wasn't very communicative with us" that's not really how public facing communication works lol
There has petition for asking to license on crunchroll, but the sign is still low, if can get it higher i think will be more convincing, i think you can use this petition for asking
CR starts streaming GBC from 6th November 2024. Anyhow, the ball was not at CR mgmt but Studio Toei, who are famously eccentric with licensing and IP rights.
before i knew about any of the stuff going on with the anime and was getting impressions from the first episode, i noticed something was a little wrong with the subs from the start since i know a bit of japanese and i saw they weren’t completely accurate… then they made nina say “it’s joever” and somehow that made me really eager to continue the anime. also, thank you for telling me the director of love live sunshine also directed girls band cry because i did NOT know that and i’m a huge love live fan so it blew me away
I can't help but feel this is Toei's fault somehow, they have the trailer on their official English channel with a release date for "soon". So they know something
The director who directed LL Sunshine did an amazing job on GBC ngl, just marvelous, the songs, the story, the emotions of the characters, and also, the 3D CGI. After the huge debacle of LL Superstar 2nd season I was shocked when I saw such an amazing masterpiece, GBC, was directed by him lol
I remember back in April when I tried looking for this anime I couldn't find it anywhere. But seeing as 'those sites' had episode 1 available already, I just went ahead. I loved episode 1 but something felt so incredibly off... While the animation, expressions, voice acting, production; all of it was excellent! But the dialogue made no sense.. Obviously that's when I figured it out these weren't official. And unfortunately for the first few episodes, you kinda had no choice but to watch them like this... Thankfully the production being This Good, made me able to overlook the weird subtitles, since I was able to understand what the characters were saying just by how believable they moved and how convincing their voice acting was. Which I think speaks volumes about this show on its own! I'm really glad I stuck around for this anime as it has easily been my highlight of the year. And the fact it got this much attention just by word of mouth from fans is another layer to how well it's actually written.
funny story, GBC also has a promotion for Blu-ray bundles in Chinese on their official youtube channel But there's no release in any Mandarin-speaking country and all the ppl just got confused and begged in the comment section for the release of the anime I mean wtf is going on in Toeia
Man the first time I saw a clip of the series I fell in love with the visual style and the soundtrack, like it's smooth but then for fast actions it's really snappy, makes me want to hop into blender again
might be just me but I really love the direction multimedia music projects are going through these years. gone were the days of every studio trying to copy Love Live's success to mixed reactions, now they're trying to do new things and fit into niches people like
I hope it can be licensed in the future. If only to sell DVD BD copies. The op grabbed my attention and after the first ep I was sold. Also the raw emotions from the VAs are so good. At first I thought why did Toei go for CG, but now I think it's the perfect fit for this bombastic anime.
This is honestly much better. I'd take fansub translations any day over the trash "official localizations" we've been getting in recent years. Also remember: the main way these anime companies make money is BD sales and merchansiding. All you're doing with a streaming subscription is giving money to that streaming service.
I'm 54 years old and have been watching anime most of my life, this show is the first anime I have purchased the soundtrack CD (Togenashi Togeari) for ever. The show is incredible and the TogeToge album is even better. Every day this show languishes without someone brining it across to the regions unaware of its' brilliance is just a damn shame.
Amazon has the best cartoon selection now. Invincible, x men 97 and girls band cry. Amazon might be the cartoon collector goat. Sad but Toei is no longer the king of cartoons
Finally someone who gives the love this series deserves and shows it to everyone. Been following GBC since they started releasing their songs and been in love since then. ❤❤
Girls Band Cry was co-produced by Toei Europe, a french daughter company which does about 60% of outsourced CGI work for the "Ladybug and Cat Noir" euro-anime.
This video is very well-made. "Girls Band Cry" is an excellent anime that deserves to be seen by more people, and it should come with an official translation so that fans can fully appreciate its charm. I am a fan of "Girls Band Cry" from China, where the anime is very popular, but unfortunately, there is no official streaming channel available. We hope that one day it will be officially available in most regions of the world.
Its hard to believe I was so skeptical when this show was revealed as CG. I recognized there was something different from the PVs but I wasnt sold until I finally watched it and I've been absolutely in love ever aince.
I English captions I watched with had “*indistinguishable gremlin noises*” and “arE wE reAlLY gOnNA be oKaY? THe fEsTivAl's rIGht ARoUnd tHE cOrNeR.” Definitely the best subtitles for any anime ever…
Strangely, so many BtR fans are hostile towards GBC. Meanwhile the majority of BangDream/Bandori/Garupa fans embraced it, will even have a joint MyGo! x TogeToge concert in January.
I just watch it.....12 episodes in......desperate for ep 13 now......and Rupa is best girl.....and so Momo....Nina.....Subaru.....Tomo.....goddamn I love them all.
This was when I finally realized the point of being en/fr billingual. It's crazy the amount of stuff that only gets translated into French, had the same problem when trying to buy hard copies of Hibari-Kun
*Correction:* Not only in the US but there's no official licensee anywhere else in the world AFAIK. In Asia, aside from those you mentioned, we have Ani One, Muse Asia, Bilibili, and Aniplus fighting for the seasonal anime licenses but NONE of them takes this show. That's totally bizarre considering that Bocchi The Rock revigorated the "cute girls doing rock music" hype just a year ago.
Now they have official license for 4 countries outside Japan, that's is South Korea, France, Indonesia, and Thailand (just announce couple days ago and not release yet)
I understand enough Japanese where I don't need the subtitles a lot of the time so it really drives me insane when I see the subs be so wrong on the most straightforward things they are saying.
Damn... Thats sad. I would not know about this situation if not that video. Im currently in Japan for working holidays, so since 1st January, Im watching only on Japanese streaming sites and without subtitles... So, I had no idea... It's weird that literally no1 licensed such a great anime for west...
the story synopsis mirroring the real world release is like watching a faqing fairy tale unfold before your eyes. The uphill battle to promote 3D style anime weighed down by bad predecessors, girls“idol” anime, original music and a story with soul? Here’s to hoping for a quick rise to success 🍻 the sooner it becomes popular the more the original cast and creators can be preserved
I have been an anime fan for 45 odd years I have never watched a sub anime before until this series, and It's got me in to watching subs now I love this show
I never really think Orange studio CG is... lets say to my liking (I dare say it's overrated, but that's just me), but GBC totally retains that classic exaggerated expressiveness one comes to expect when watching anime; all the deformation and imperfection that you subconsciously recognize and one will be weirded out when it's gone or neutered in a typical CG anime. This might be as close as we can realistically get for a TV production to ArcSys' signature 2.5D CG fighting game animations.
Honestly, I am thankful that a real fansub group is taking care of this, and not Crunchyroll. I prefer good subtitles to speed, always, and without fan subs most releases are just in a sad state in this streaming epoch. No subbeed OPs and EDs, on-screen text mostly untranslated, no TL notes, no nothing. And that is even if translation itself is decent. As a long-time anime fan I'm sick of this. Fansubs were better by a long margin instead of what we have right now as a standard. So, good thing for Girls Band Cry.
curious to see if there are more overseas fans who see this show as "yuri romance" than "music anime" the discord for this anime is basically yuri leaning and they are spreading it around that this anime is yuri romance which turns off some people but for the record i 100% think this is music anime (duh) LOL its just so weird to see people ignore that aspect in place of sexuality.
Yuri fans....they will take anything and claim it as a yuri anime even if it's not about romance. It's pretty sad their only takeaway is "wow guys this show is so gay right? Lesbians"
Yuri fans are straight up annoying. They will immediately ship female characters when they have a slight bond with each other. Look at the Lycoris Recoil fanbase lol
I watched it from episode 1 (on pirating sadly), seemed like a decent anime it turned into a good one when the trio came together and turned into an absolute banger when all five of them became a band.
@@beejabandaree6200 Indonesia was the first country to receive official eng subs for GBC, starting around the time when episode 11 was airing in Japan. The same eng-sub became available during August 2024 in North America on Amazon and Microsoft Strore as non-streaming digital purchase. Global streaming of GBC on Crunchroll starts 6th of Nov 2024. Currently only Thailand has GBC in dubbed version.
i will never forget this one page that translated the first episode and Nina said "if you don´t take this decision it will be Joeover!" no. i´m not fucking kidding. it was hilarious as fuck also.
MuseAsia or any other Legit animeYT channel should license this and post it in YT, just seeing the demand here in YT should give them an idea that it is a hit.
Ha! GBC airs at 3am my time so at best I can watch it 4 hours later when the good fansubs are out. Also this series is amazing. I am cautious of CGI as much as the next guy, but this is absolutely great animation. All the sequences of the girls playing - as far as I can tell - shows them accurately playing what I'm hearing. This tells me someone gave a shit. And if the people making the show gave a shit, I'm also compelled to give a shit. The voice acting is... I'm not sure what it is but it sounds much more natural than anything else I've heard recently. The story itself is also great and the backstory behind the production is... fascinating. Finally, I like their music. I have bought all of it and most of the songs are pretty good.
It's most likely an issue to with the music rights. Japanese labels may be lax on what you can sing on a karaoke stream, but they're as ruthless as American labels, capitalism and all.
The reason why those anime sites have bad mtl is because those anime have discord servers wherein users can request for animes. And many of the noobs they request the fastest stuff, and what the admin for these anime sites do is that they build a rss feed to their website which automatically updates everytime a bad translation is released. Worst part is that they dont update them in future even when you asl the sites to do so via their discord server.
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so the studio actually explained why it wasn't licensed worldwide.
since it's an anime original, with no other media or merch for it, that came beforehand, completely new, it's often seen as a risk by these streaming services since they got no clue if it will be popular.
so the studio didn't feel like they could / couldn't charge big numbers for it to companies like Crunchyroll.
They also said that since it's an anime original, a season 2 will depend on the merch sales.
Who knows, with how popular the show is, they might license it in the future, and will be able to charge more money for it.
Source of this information about not licensing it worldwide? Can you link it?
Does anybody know about the specific statistics? I really hope this anime is doing good.
Then how every generic low quality Isekai anime gets license over this?
Those anime studios aren't big as TOEI but they managed to slip away and got license anyway without merch to back it up. It doesn't make any sense
@@Ampaomike Because those are based on light novels usually, or webnovels, which means they already have a fanbase
That doesn't make sense. There are a lot of anime originals out there that gets picked up by shit like crunchyroll and netflix. In the same season, Jellyfish had translation and this season we have Na Nare, both also have translations.
Ngl piracy is always part of anime.
Do you know what website he is talking about at 6:53 ?
@@ExtremeTrain291 nyaa, it's a torrenting site
@@ExtremeTrain291 Nyaa
Pirate the anime and buy the CDs. 💞🎉 🎸💿
@@ExtremeTrain291 nyaa-dot-si
i love that this is the va’s first project because they are real musicians that learned to va for this project, and nina’s va has an incredible voice at 16 🙏
Oh? That's awesome!
Subaru is peak VA. The Sassiness of her acting I've only seen in western EN DUB, and is so good that she went Sassy in the JP VA too.
@@HunteR3453 there's an English dub ?
@@zom-bieezzz No, I mean that the kind of raspyness and sassyness portrayed in Subaru's JP VA is more often seen in EN Voices. Raspy voices are not common in JP VA, so having her type of voice is a very welcome one.
she's YOUNGER than the CHARACTER she is playing??????
Official translation are now available by Toei but they are 3 Episodes behind 😉
Also Momoka is Best Girl
Also only in Indonesia
@@GaporigoYes but it will be updated on some 🏴☠️ sites incase people want to watch in the future with proper subs
Edit: It is also available on Laftel in South Korea
can i ask for a link to it? 🙏
@@fukudacal Link to what? 🏴☠️ sites💀
nah it is Subaru for me 😎
If I can sum this series in one word, it would be raw (literally and figuratively).
All these girls are dealing with issues constantly, so it feels cathartic when they release their feelings through music.
Looking at this comment and say cathartic, this person really seeing the future.
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It still made it to Anime Trending's 1st place last week without having official subs! I'll continue rooting for Nina the Gremlin and her crew
It had a pretty bad situation and start this season, but Girls Band Cry managed to achieve the greatness it deserved and its incredible that it was all pulled off by the fans that managed to watch it, as well as the team behind the creation of GBC, and the actual band formed for this anime, TogeToge. They are great VA's. I hope this anime gets more popular later, preferably sooner.
The VAs for the TogeToge girls are all also brand new VAs as far as we can tell, which is wild considering the performances they've done.
Shout out to Jukki Hanada, the lead writer of GBC who also worked on Love Live! Sunshine and A place further than the Universe
Its all right! Its all right!
@@dpolaristar4634the girls are alright!
LOVE LIVE?? i already wanted to watch this just from seeing it around but now i have to
it's kind of amazing how this year we had 4 anime written by him, all on his own, and 3 out of 4 are well talk in the community. Then next season we get 2 anime and an upcoming movie written by him and only him. How the fuck does this guy gets anything done
Didnt he worked on hibike too?
There's currently only 3 countries outside of Japan that have the GBC license and one of the Recent countries being Indonesia with Official Toei ENGLISH SUBS.
Update: 4 countries now
Girls Band Cry is honestly of the best anime this season
This is the closest we may get to what feels like a ground breaking indie production, get anime of the year award.
I saw trailers and I thought, it was just folly. I thought it was a "Bang Dream" discount knock off and just moved on. I didn't give it a chance and I feel like an idiot. It's damn near a masterpiece from every single second and aspect.
i want watching the full ep but cannot find it
Agreed
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks Considering Toei and their complete inexperience with this side of anime, you can't even be blamed for having that initial reaction.
This type of higher fps 3D anime style has been used quite a bit already in videogame animations. I've noticed this especially in chinese gacha games (for example Arknights, HI3 and PGR cinematics). I honestly always wondered when it would bleed into the Japanese animation industry, and I'm glad to see GBC being one of the first to use it fully. I hope CGI will continue to be used more as an alternative style rather than the "budget saving" CGI dragons/monsters.
TOEI did recently tried new 3D software like Unreal Engine few years ago.
I thought it is rumored but thank god the japanese animation industry finally using new 3d software for decades
Japan is no strange either, the idol@master and Uma Musame games are good examples. There's tons of other anime games with the asthetics showcased.
It's also worth mentioning that the script and series composition is being done by Jukki Hanada, the same guy behind A Place Further than the Universe, Sound Euphonium, and a decent amount of Love Live.
Figures that Toei would have to hire someone with actual experience in the genre they're trying to cash in on.
Also, the CGI direction is one of the best I've seen and really put its strength to great use. Examples are the facial expressions and camera works. It's amazing to see its potential and see how studios experiment with it and actually works.
I've seen the instrument plays were just mocap capture which explains all the subtle movements when they play music, especially the bassist solo
Video game have used those since decades ago. Wouldn't be surprise if they start using video game graphic asset to make anime.
Now they have official license for 4 countries outside Japan, AFAIK
- South Korea
- France
- Indonesia
- Thailand (just announce couple days ago and will release in July)
And also Thai Dubbed version, too!!!!!
wait, what indonesian licensor who take it??? muse Indonesia?
@@drnrch_ they said it's on CATCHPLAY+ app
Thank you for talking about this show. It's spectacular.
The direction is just incredible and every time Black and Red particles come off the MC I start to well up.
I mean i haven't seen it...
but also SobsPlease is doing such a great job.
As someone who grew up in the age of torrents it has been incredibly disheartening to see so many embrace streaming instead. I can't get too mad about the legal streaming sites, but the illegal ones are terrible. Torrents are about community; streaming is about making money.
I can't even stream the illegal ones anymore without the risk of a virus installed on my computer. Torrents all the way.
Same here, I've been torrenting ever since my friend showed me how in elementary school nearly 20 years ago. For me, consistency, reliability, and ease of use are all reasons why I still prefer torrenting over streaming 95% of the time. It's way easier to choose the exact subs you want and confirm the audio and video quality of the file with torrents compared to trying to find a decent stream mirror on an illegal streaming site. Plus, the benefits of having the actual video file on your device are self-explanatory.
Honestly, I have an annual subscription to HiDive, but even then I'll torrent some of the shows in their catalog for better subs and because their mobile app still sucks.
you're so lost. streaming is about letting people access media without the hardware for it. it's why we are streaming full videogames with services like geforce now. because people don't have the pcs to run it, just like not all people 10 years ago had a terabyte hdd to save all their anime on. the illegal streaming sites are better than the legal ones because they typically offer more range, better players, no region lock and no altered products due to cultural sensitivity checks (crunchyroll/funimation is effectively unwatchable because of this). streaming is just the grandson of torrenting and it does the same exact thing just less efficient and more focused on the user experience. (just like all media products today)
@@v-ia I can't use a streaming site without 10 popups showing up trying to get me to look at naked cam girls.
Firefox + ublock origin solves the issue for me. But i still torrent more than half the streaming sites out there either use the machine translated version or are just inconsistent on which translation they use. @tinypopura
My best guess why no streaming service licensed it is music. Since this is a special case of a real-life band being created with anime from the beginning there has to be some weird licencing wall stopping anyone from picking it up.
I may be wrong, it's just my best guess.
Its never really been a problem before, an example being bang dream or the 20 or so idol shows
@@lrcnapkin Yeah but as far as I'm aware those don't have real-life counterparts of the bands. Sometimes they'll perform in real life but it's not the same as having a full-time band.
Maybe I'm wrong about my assumptions.
@micryt. bang dream started as 2 real bands well over a year before they had the anime or mobile game
@@lrcnapkin Well, in that case, they had different licensing deals. The music industry is messy when it comes to those.
@micryt. definitely not, Toei was the one who formed the band specifically for the anime, so there is no special licensing that would cause the problem
Sobplease does an amazing job on the music scenes. They stylized their subs that complement the music segments so well that I thought they were from the official GBC channel
Nah cuz why does the series actually live up to its name??? Like every episode finds me either about to cry or already there-and you’re right about the performances being visceral like every episode I watch made me fall in love with music (and especially rock) that much more
Best anime in years
The year is not over but I agreed
I swear to god you don't fail to absolutely nail it with these videos, really appreciate the effort that goes into this stuff. Also it's good to see another who's awaited Girls Band Cry from the beginning, next up for me is that damn Pole Princess movie which I NEED to get my hands on ideally sooner rather than later.
After being unable to stream this show and everything they’re currently doing with the Precure franchise, I can safely describe Toei Animation using these words from John Oliver:
They are run by clowns,
Who are supervised by monkeys,
Who report to caffeinated toddlers,
Who are overseen by a bunch of fluffy puppies,
Who are monitored by a wasted bachelorette party,
Who’s boss is just a large, inflatable tube-man!
Worst of all is that the anime IS licenced. In FRANCE.
What kind of deal were the French able to accept that American companies couldn't is really beyond comprehension.
France is the second market in the world for anime & manga
so... it might be easier for us to get it
France was always better than any other country (except Japan obviously ) when it's about Manga/anime. Nothing new
What about Mexico? Is it licensed there?
its same for Grendizer U. It got Saudi Arabia license on it and has even English subs but its..so bad its MTL teanslated and Mecha fans are now subbing the shows for themselves just like GBC because Crunchyroll or others didn't put it despite Grendizer U and GBC are in Crunchyroll Anime 2024 promotionals
Wait im french and didnt knew it was licensed. I pirated it as always
REALLY?!?!? I thought it was much more band focused than every other band series I've seen, that's one reason I like it.
What the fuck is a band focused series to you?
I would have worded it more... diplomatically but yeah. This is much more music anime than most music anime. All it's missing is Rupa complaining about the price of bass guitar strings.
@@Thrano It’s not just the story either. You constantly hear guitars in the background, and it gives it such a chill vibe.
band focused, not music focused. I think that's his point.
Most music anime focus heavily on just the band *making or practicing* music in some way and are pretty heavily music focused, rather than just the band *living life like a slice of life centred around band music.*
'Hibike! euphonium' and 'anonymous' noise for example; are both amazing anime but both almost solely focus on aspects related to music or music production/practice.
The relationships between characters, for example, rather than focusing on the nuances (the time they spend together completely separate from music and music life) are instead very heavily focused around how it affects the music and performance - to then reflect back on how how it affects the character, rather than the other way around.
@@8BitShadow yeah what this guy said
Whoa, why the editing is so good? I tought this would be just talk and clips, but it's really well done, especially the cuts and transitions.
YO. When I looked up the main cast and saw that this was all of their first jobs, I was blown away!
It's perfect to cast newbies in this kind of show.
Love it.
And they are not just voice actresses, they also play in the band 😮
@@JunJ0_ This is the part that I find so great. Unlike most musical anime, the VAs are the actual REAL band members!
3:01 HE'S MENTIONED RRRAHHHHH
Could not agree more with this. CR and TA have got to be puking buckets after not picking it up from day one. The sheer meme potential this series has had over its run time and the strength of its small but dedicated fanbase is testament to its marketing quality as well. Such a genuinely fantastic show that I'm glad is still getting traction, but its a real shame its not getting the spotlight it truly deserves.
Awesome work as always! Solid script writing and solid editing to back it up. You and OtakuBox are a dangerously great pair 🙏🙏
Toei will soon realize that they have lost a lot of money over the piracy of this anime for refusing to give people outside of covered countries legal option to view it.
Blue Archive finally got the legal viewing treatment, but GBC, just why?
@@trainsandmore2319 > Toei will soon realize that they have lost a lot of money over the piracy of this anime.
To the contrary! Due to pirates' heroism, GBC on CR now has a potentially huge audience. P. loved and promoted GBC like crazy from ep1: every day a new meme video got posted on Reddit / Twitter / FB, fansub wars were wages, making a lot of noise, rave reviews were written. They hooked in the BangDream posse, the Weezer posse, the Vocaloid posse, bought JDM merch via packet forwarders, etc. Toei should pay them handsomely for doing all the PR work for which pro media consulting companies like Kantar charge millions of dollars!
Thank you for recommending this show! It slipped under my radar. When you said it was directed by the director of LL Sunshine, one of my favorite anime of all time, I was even more hyped. Keep up the good work!
the best anime of this season for me!
I don't know cgi can be this good
Play video games, marvel movies too. Cgi can be good but japan is just slow to learn it
You need to watch spiderverse. Cartoons overall have better 3d animation than anime
@@Jery-ej3iz You should buy a lottery ticket! I mean Girls Band Cry's lead producer gave an interview in Kodansha Friday magazine where he said GBC project was started in 2019 as a response to 2018's SpiderMan: into the Spider-verse movie (which demonstrated Hollywood has mastered combining anime style with great entertainment and so future was bleak for japanese animation industry without evolving quickly).
@@etomcat Call me the simpsons cuz I predicted it
My next goal at an anime convention is to go to a crunchyroll (or any streaming service) panel and ask their staff why this wasn't licensed. Then sit back and enjoy the mental gymnastics.
I mean, they're not going to say "Toei asked for more than we thought the license was worth/Toei has someone incompetent handling international licensing for this show who wasn't very communicative with us" that's not really how public facing communication works lol
There has petition for asking to license on crunchroll, but the sign is still low, if can get it higher i think will be more convincing, i think you can use this petition for asking
CR starts streaming GBC from 6th November 2024. Anyhow, the ball was not at CR mgmt but Studio Toei, who are famously eccentric with licensing and IP rights.
The more eyes on this Anime the better. My favorite subs for the show are from Nakayubi !!
Would be nice to get Toei's statement on this and see who is responsible for this situation
Licensed to Crunchyroll for North America and Europe. Will be huge./ Ep 1 airs Nov 7th
before i knew about any of the stuff going on with the anime and was getting impressions from the first episode, i noticed something was a little wrong with the subs from the start since i know a bit of japanese and i saw they weren’t completely accurate… then they made nina say “it’s joever” and somehow that made me really eager to continue the anime.
also, thank you for telling me the director of love live sunshine also directed girls band cry because i did NOT know that and i’m a huge love live fan so it blew me away
I can't help but feel this is Toei's fault somehow, they have the trailer on their official English channel with a release date for "soon". So they know something
The director who directed LL Sunshine did an amazing job on GBC ngl, just marvelous, the songs, the story, the emotions of the characters, and also, the 3D CGI. After the huge debacle of LL Superstar 2nd season I was shocked when I saw such an amazing masterpiece, GBC, was directed by him lol
Reminds me of iron man armoured adventures. The lead animator is a fan of marvel so idk if it was inspired or not
@@Jery-ej3iz Sheesh was the iron man series 3D made too?
@@Ryan-ol3gi yeah, it looks horrible but the show was surprisingly good. Better than mcu phase 1 and 2
I remember back in April when I tried looking for this anime I couldn't find it anywhere. But seeing as 'those sites' had episode 1 available already, I just went ahead. I loved episode 1 but something felt so incredibly off... While the animation, expressions, voice acting, production; all of it was excellent! But the dialogue made no sense..
Obviously that's when I figured it out these weren't official. And unfortunately for the first few episodes, you kinda had no choice but to watch them like this...
Thankfully the production being This Good, made me able to overlook the weird subtitles, since I was able to understand what the characters were saying just by how believable they moved and how convincing their voice acting was. Which I think speaks volumes about this show on its own!
I'm really glad I stuck around for this anime as it has easily been my highlight of the year. And the fact it got this much attention just by word of mouth from fans is another layer to how well it's actually written.
Another phenomenal video from PhenomSage
funny story, GBC also has a promotion for Blu-ray bundles in Chinese on their official youtube channel
But there's no release in any Mandarin-speaking country
and all the ppl just got confused and begged in the comment section for the release of the anime
I mean wtf is going on in Toeia
Man the first time I saw a clip of the series I fell in love with the visual style and the soundtrack, like it's smooth but then for fast actions it's really snappy, makes me want to hop into blender again
might be just me but I really love the direction multimedia music projects are going through these years. gone were the days of every studio trying to copy Love Live's success to mixed reactions, now they're trying to do new things and fit into niches people like
WERE SAILING THE SEVEN SEAS WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️
I hope it can be licensed in the future. If only to sell DVD BD copies. The op grabbed my attention and after the first ep I was sold. Also the raw emotions from the VAs are so good. At first I thought why did Toei go for CG, but now I think it's the perfect fit for this bombastic anime.
we love girls in the band that cry every friday!!! 😭
Gwen Stacy can relate
Can't believe no one licensing this. We all love all of them and their -gremlin- silly moments
Guess we sail the seven seas beause we live free! xD
This is honestly much better.
I'd take fansub translations any day over the trash "official localizations" we've been getting in recent years.
Also remember: the main way these anime companies make money is BD sales and merchansiding. All you're doing with a streaming subscription is giving money to that streaming service.
I've been waiting over a month for an official US release. Guess that won't happen anytime soon. High seas it is.
I'm 54 years old and have been watching anime most of my life, this show is the first anime I have purchased the soundtrack CD (Togenashi Togeari) for ever. The show is incredible and the TogeToge album is even better. Every day this show languishes without someone brining it across to the regions unaware of its' brilliance is just a damn shame.
It's available on Amazon Prime now.
Amazon has the best cartoon selection now. Invincible, x men 97 and girls band cry. Amazon might be the cartoon collector goat. Sad but Toei is no longer the king of cartoons
Finally someone who gives the love this series deserves and shows it to everyone.
Been following GBC since they started releasing their songs and been in love since then. ❤❤
oh that one! I've seen some teasers of this anime a while ago, and it caught my interest. didn't know it was already being released.
I'm definitely interested to watch this series...but now time to find a way to watch it
So glad that here in France an anime streaming service got the license for this show
Girls Band Cry was co-produced by Toei Europe, a french daughter company which does about 60% of outsourced CGI work for the "Ladybug and Cat Noir" euro-anime.
This video is very well-made. "Girls Band Cry" is an excellent anime that deserves to be seen by more people, and it should come with an official translation so that fans can fully appreciate its charm. I am a fan of "Girls Band Cry" from China, where the anime is very popular, but unfortunately, there is no official streaming channel available. We hope that one day it will be officially available in most regions of the world.
Feels like they were just trying to cash in on the likes of K-on and Bocchi, but without going all in.
Great contender for Anime Of The Season, Girls Band Cry is so good and the music of Togenashi Togeari is just excellent
Finally being released on Crunchyroll on November 6: there is some hope for the world 😂
Me reading your comment minutes after I bought Season 1 on Prime Video: 💀
@@nobodyhere100 If you've downloaded it, it's yours for ever (like burn it to disc) but a stream, CR or otherwise, can disappear any time.
@@etomcatGood point. Do you know how to download stuff onto a DVD?
@@ShikiObake Ah
Another amazing drop from Phenom, keep it up man
Its hard to believe I was so skeptical when this show was revealed as CG. I recognized there was something different from the PVs but I wasnt sold until I finally watched it and I've been absolutely in love ever aince.
I English captions I watched with had “*indistinguishable gremlin noises*” and “arE wE reAlLY gOnNA be oKaY? THe fEsTivAl's rIGht ARoUnd tHE cOrNeR.” Definitely the best subtitles for any anime ever…
I got a bootleg DVD of this from China and I don't regret it whatsoever
Now it seems available on Crunchyroll. Anyone know when crunchyroll licensed it ?
* laughs in French *
Seriously though, it’s so weird that it’s not licensed in _English_ of all languages.
If you like Bocchi the Rock!, then Girls Band Cry its for you
Strangely, so many BtR fans are hostile towards GBC. Meanwhile the majority of BangDream/Bandori/Garupa fans embraced it, will even have a joint MyGo! x TogeToge concert in January.
ngl didn't expect you to just put the nyaa releases on screen lol
all of this transitions feel like at any point of this video persona soundtrack is about to start
It's so sad cuz crunchy roll actually promoted this show being on their platform back in dec and then have been silent about it.
I just watch it.....12 episodes in......desperate for ep 13 now......and Rupa is best girl.....and so Momo....Nina.....Subaru.....Tomo.....goddamn I love them all.
This show is so good, it’s absolutely insane that no service picked it up for a NA release.
IF anything, every episode feels like a whole work of theatrical movie that's just a half an hour long because it's that good
Muse Asia plsssss license this i beg youuuu and give your licenses to other streaming platforms!!
Or Ani One plsssss
This was when I finally realized the point of being en/fr billingual. It's crazy the amount of stuff that only gets translated into French, had the same problem when trying to buy hard copies of Hibari-Kun
*Correction:* Not only in the US but there's no official licensee anywhere else in the world AFAIK. In Asia, aside from those you mentioned, we have Ani One, Muse Asia, Bilibili, and Aniplus fighting for the seasonal anime licenses but NONE of them takes this show. That's totally bizarre considering that Bocchi The Rock revigorated the "cute girls doing rock music" hype just a year ago.
for Japanese it's in Amazon Prime
Now they have official license for 4 countries outside Japan, that's is South Korea, France, Indonesia, and Thailand (just announce couple days ago and not release yet)
vlc spotted, please get mpc-hc, also thank you for letting people know about gbc
I understand enough Japanese where I don't need the subtitles a lot of the time so it really drives me insane when I see the subs be so wrong on the most straightforward things they are saying.
Damn... Thats sad. I would not know about this situation if not that video. Im currently in Japan for working holidays, so since 1st January, Im watching only on Japanese streaming sites and without subtitles... So, I had no idea... It's weird that literally no1 licensed such a great anime for west...
the story synopsis mirroring the real world release is like watching a faqing fairy tale unfold before your eyes.
The uphill battle to promote 3D style anime weighed down by bad predecessors, girls“idol” anime, original music and a story with soul?
Here’s to hoping for a quick rise to success 🍻 the sooner it becomes popular the more the original cast and creators can be preserved
I have been an anime fan for 45 odd years I have never watched a sub anime before until this series, and It's got me in to watching subs now I love this show
This is a really good anime! It is a real shame that none of the streaming services picked this show up. Hopefully someone will in due time!
I never really think Orange studio CG is... lets say to my liking (I dare say it's overrated, but that's just me), but GBC totally retains that classic exaggerated expressiveness one comes to expect when watching anime; all the deformation and imperfection that you subconsciously recognize and one will be weirded out when it's gone or neutered in a typical CG anime.
This might be as close as we can realistically get for a TV production to ArcSys' signature 2.5D CG fighting game animations.
Honestly, I am thankful that a real fansub group is taking care of this, and not Crunchyroll. I prefer good subtitles to speed, always, and without fan subs most releases are just in a sad state in this streaming epoch. No subbeed OPs and EDs, on-screen text mostly untranslated, no TL notes, no nothing. And that is even if translation itself is decent. As a long-time anime fan I'm sick of this. Fansubs were better by a long margin instead of what we have right now as a standard. So, good thing for Girls Band Cry.
curious to see if there are more overseas fans who see this show as "yuri romance" than "music anime"
the discord for this anime is basically yuri leaning and they are spreading it around that this anime is yuri romance which turns off some people
but for the record i 100% think this is music anime (duh) LOL its just so weird to see people ignore that aspect in place of sexuality.
Yuri fans....they will take anything and claim it as a yuri anime even if it's not about romance. It's pretty sad their only takeaway is "wow guys this show is so gay right? Lesbians"
now i see why they have a terrible reputation online Lol
Yuri fans are straight up annoying. They will immediately ship female characters when they have a slight bond with each other. Look at the Lycoris Recoil fanbase lol
Yes! It’s a solid show that I picked up late in the season. It’s a travesty that it wasn’t picked up by a streaming service.
Just wondering, where were you guys during MyGo?
Mygo was mid (I’ve nerved watched it)
*laughs in the pirate language of the 7 seas*
You need to also watch Bang Dreams It's MyGo. If you like Girls Band Cry you'll love MyGo.
I watched it from episode 1 (on pirating sadly), seemed like a decent anime it turned into a good one when the trio came together and turned into an absolute banger when all five of them became a band.
*clickbait title : you cannot watch this anime .*
Me - watching girls band cry with good english subs on my ps4 : huh? 😆
Where??!
@@beejabandaree6200 anime heaven and gogo anime. They're the only sites that work on ps4 for me
@@beejabandaree6200 Indonesia was the first country to receive official eng subs for GBC, starting around the time when episode 11 was airing in Japan. The same eng-sub became available during August 2024 in North America on Amazon and Microsoft Strore as non-streaming digital purchase. Global streaming of GBC on Crunchroll starts 6th of Nov 2024. Currently only Thailand has GBC in dubbed version.
i will never forget this one page that translated the first episode and Nina said "if you don´t take this decision it will be Joeover!"
no. i´m not fucking kidding. it was hilarious as fuck also.
It came out on Crunchyroll recently, finally. I don't know much more, but f*ck yes
Oh I found a way and I am enjoying the music very much. Some of the best 3D animations I've seen.
The soundtrack is such a banger
Ooohh, this video is good good
MuseAsia or any other Legit animeYT channel should license this and post it in YT, just seeing the demand here in YT should give them an idea that it is a hit.
Ha! GBC airs at 3am my time so at best I can watch it 4 hours later when the good fansubs are out.
Also this series is amazing. I am cautious of CGI as much as the next guy, but this is absolutely great animation. All the sequences of the girls playing - as far as I can tell - shows them accurately playing what I'm hearing. This tells me someone gave a shit. And if the people making the show gave a shit, I'm also compelled to give a shit.
The voice acting is... I'm not sure what it is but it sounds much more natural than anything else I've heard recently.
The story itself is also great and the backstory behind the production is... fascinating.
Finally, I like their music. I have bought all of it and most of the songs are pretty good.
It's most likely an issue to with the music rights. Japanese labels may be lax on what you can sing on a karaoke stream, but they're as ruthless as American labels, capitalism and all.
The reason why those anime sites have bad mtl is because those anime have discord servers wherein users can request for animes. And many of the noobs they request the fastest stuff, and what the admin for these anime sites do is that they build a rss feed to their website which automatically updates everytime a bad translation is released.
Worst part is that they dont update them in future even when you asl the sites to do so via their discord server.
6:54 think anyone can tell me what this website is? I don’t watch anime but this one caught my interest so I got no fuckin clue where to find this