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.

@randomuser2975

26 күн бұрын

Source of this information about not licensing it worldwide? Can you link it?

@bluecat.

22 күн бұрын

Does anybody know about the specific statistics? I really hope this anime is doing good.

@Ampaomike

22 күн бұрын

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

@kittycatcrunchie

20 күн бұрын

@@Ampaomike Because those are based on light novels usually, or webnovels, which means they already have a fanbase

@spammerman7556

15 күн бұрын

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.

@ExtremeTrain291

4 күн бұрын

Do you know what website he is talking about at 6:53 ?

@michaelhan2291

4 күн бұрын

@@ExtremeTrain291 nyaa, it's a torrenting site

@toxicrepeter8607

2 күн бұрын

​@@ExtremeTrain291 Nyaa

@Naule01

Күн бұрын

Pirate the anime and buy the CDs. 💞🎉 🎸💿

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 🙏

@aarongallardo3684

Ай бұрын

Oh? That's awesome!

Official translation are now available by Toei but they are 3 Episodes behind 😉 Also Momoka is Best Girl

@Gaporigo

Ай бұрын

Also only in Indonesia

@Jello_EL

Ай бұрын

@@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

@fukudacal

Ай бұрын

can i ask for a link to it? 🙏

@Jello_EL

Ай бұрын

@@fukudacal Link to what? 🏴‍☠️ sites💀

@yurie.channel

Ай бұрын

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.

@novaadityamr1724

Ай бұрын

Looking at this comment and say cathartic, this person really seeing the future.

@kalopseia

28 күн бұрын

fr

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

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

Shout out to Jukki Hanada, the lead writer of GBC who also worked on Love Live! Sunshine and A place further than the Universe

@dpolaristar4634

Ай бұрын

Its all right! Its all right!

@fukudacal

Ай бұрын

​@@dpolaristar4634the girls are alright!

@quinn_pop

Ай бұрын

LOVE LIVE?? i already wanted to watch this just from seeing it around but now i have to

@fazmoonmiuisbae8547

Ай бұрын

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

@Sotoyalay704

Ай бұрын

Didnt he worked on hibike too?

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.

@skeletor8951

Ай бұрын

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.

Girls Band Cry is honestly of the best anime this season

@F1ll1nTh3Blanks

Ай бұрын

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.

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.

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.

@Ampaomike

Ай бұрын

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

@sciencethygod

Ай бұрын

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.

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)

@patt-naniman922

29 күн бұрын

And also Thai Dubbed version, too!!!!!

@drnrch_

26 күн бұрын

wait, what indonesian licensor who take it??? muse Indonesia?

@Tharitkung

25 күн бұрын

@@drnrch_ they said it's on CATCHPLAY+ app

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.

@tinypopura

Ай бұрын

I can't even stream the illegal ones anymore without the risk of a virus installed on my computer. Torrents all the way.

@CWINDOWSsystem32

Ай бұрын

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.

@v-ia

20 күн бұрын

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)

@tinypopura

20 күн бұрын

@@v-ia I can't use a streaming site without 10 popups showing up trying to get me to look at naked cam girls.

@hyp3rsqu1d81

16 күн бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

Its never really been a problem before, an example being bang dream or the 20 or so idol shows

@micryt.

Ай бұрын

@@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.

@lrcnapkin

Ай бұрын

@micryt. bang dream started as 2 real bands well over a year before they had the anime or mobile game

@micryt.

Ай бұрын

@@lrcnapkin Well, in that case, they had different licensing deals. The music industry is messy when it comes to those.

@lrcnapkin

Ай бұрын

@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

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.

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.

@lenashou

Ай бұрын

France is the second market in the world for anime & manga so... it might be easier for us to get it

@ragnablade5397

24 күн бұрын

France was always better than any other country (except Japan obviously ) when it's about Manga/anime. Nothing new

@linkskywalker5417

23 күн бұрын

What about Mexico? Is it licensed there?

@SakurakoLover

14 күн бұрын

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

Best anime in years

@lawrencefrancisco1107

Ай бұрын

The year is not over but I agreed

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!

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.

@alphakowaclips

19 күн бұрын

I've seen the instrument plays were just mocap capture which explains all the subtle movements when they play music, especially the bassist solo

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?

@Thrano

Ай бұрын

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.

@Lyendith

19 күн бұрын

@@Thrano It’s not just the story either. You constantly hear guitars in the background, and it gives it such a chill vibe.

There is a petition "Urge Streamers to license 2024 Anime 'Girls Band Cry' " for asking toei to license girls band cry on Crunchyroll, guys please sign for it, we should let this good anime be know by the world

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.

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 don't know cgi can be this good

@alphakowaclips

19 күн бұрын

Play video games, marvel movies too. Cgi can be good but japan is just slow to learn it

the best anime of this season for me!

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.

The more eyes on this Anime the better. My favorite subs for the show are from Nakayubi !!

Another phenomenal video from PhenomSage

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 🙏🙏

@trainsandmore2319

Ай бұрын

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?

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.

@JunJ0_

Ай бұрын

And they are not just voice actresses, they also play in the band 😮

@RayearthIX

Ай бұрын

@@JunJ0_ This is the part that I find so great. Unlike most musical anime, the VAs are the actual REAL band members!

Another amazing drop from Phenom, keep it up man

Would be nice to get Toei's statement on this and see who is responsible for this situation

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.

@erikwirfs-brock2432

Ай бұрын

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

@lin_Qiu

Ай бұрын

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

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 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.

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.

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 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.

I'm definitely interested to watch this series...but now time to find a way to watch it

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

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

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. ❤❤

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

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

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!

vlc spotted, please get mpc-hc, also thank you for letting people know about gbc

Great contender for Anime Of The Season, Girls Band Cry is so good and the music of Togenashi Togeari is just excellent

Just wondering, where were you guys during MyGo?

ngl didn't expect you to just put the nyaa releases on screen lol

Where do yall watch good translation?

where to find the instruments you used ?

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...

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've been waiting over a month for an official US release. Guess that won't happen anytime soon. High seas it is.

Now I need to watch this

Oh I found a way and I am enjoying the music very much. Some of the best 3D animations I've seen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The soundtrack is such a banger

we love girls in the band that cry every friday!!! 😭

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

In France it’s available on some websites somehow

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 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.

This show is so good, it’s absolutely insane that no service picked it up for a NA release.

*clickbait title : you cannot watch this anime .* Me - watching girls band cry with good english subs on my ps4 : huh? 😆

@beejabandaree6200

Ай бұрын

Where??!

@AntiActionFox

Ай бұрын

@@beejabandaree6200 anime heaven and gogo anime. They're the only sites that work on ps4 for me

Oh, this explain a lot thank you

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.

*laughs in the pirate language of the 7 seas*

I saw official french subs get uploaded back when the show was on episode 8 lol

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

Can't fault their work on this...... Excellent !

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!

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.

Ooohh, this video is good good

Amazing video for amazing show.

just came back from watching it's great! an anime called girls band cry about a girl band that makes you cry

3:01 HE'S MENTIONED RRRAHHHHH

What used to be my go to songs during my gym workout turned out to be one of my favorite anime of the season. 👍 I only listen to their songs until one day I have some free time, I was like let's give Girls Band Cry and watch "Pretty sure it won't be really good cause at the end of the it's still a girls band anime" God I was wrong 😅 it doesn't feel like a band anime more like the characters fighting their fears. Fear of being seen as a disappoinment, fear of taking the first step and fear if you put too much effort into your passion that if you fail it's gonna hurt even more. Kinda like a psychology genre at some point NGL. Cute girls doing cute things? Nah... Nina might look adorable be she's stubborn as hell which is not the typical idol anime that acts cute and sometimes could turned cringy. Like the MC really unique

Kinda reminds me of Oshi No Ko being stuck with HiDive and the streaming it's only available in English speak countries. I wanna see anime through the official means but what can i do? Pirate it is then.

Just started watching. Have no actual opinions yet but unrelated: I really like Mirei's voice as Subaru.

I think I'm late to the party but why shouldn't I use utorrent?

Release the Phenom Discord subs

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

Muse Asia plsssss license this i beg youuuu and give your licenses to other streaming platforms!!

@codea4272

Ай бұрын

Or Ani One plsssss

if u like this kinda of 3D , i suggest watching slam dunk movie also because its also toei works

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.

8:23 This is incorrect. This is in every anime and every american movie/tv show. It's just normally put into the credits so it usually goes untranslated.

I may have read those bad fansubs...

@guessthatsitthen4982

Ай бұрын

It's Joever.

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. This is reason why some ugly 3d designs were used from the old 3d software

FK man I was gonna make a video god damn it I'm steel gonna make it though

I mean I thought the CGI also looked different than all other CG anime's you put on screen, the difference was I thought that was a good thing because those series you put up kinda looked like shit.

Torrent tracker goes brrr

It's like choosing between windows and Linux