We're about half way through the submission period for BanPa's wintery community event, DokiDoki Decoration ~ Winter 2022 ❄️!

Want to know how to participate? Click here to check the original announcement post with the rules!

Submissions close on the 25th of December so make sure to get any submissions in before then!

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So, let's not beat around the bush: there's been a lot of unpopular opinion posts.

Like a lot.

And to be real, there's a lot that have breached the line of just general hate rather than a reasonable opinion.

Because of that, this has sprouted a lot of negativity and discourse. That's not great.

So instead of asking y'all to stop and starting even more negative discussion, why don't we start making appreciation posts? It doesn't have to be just about your best girl. Talk about your best girls, your favourite band, your favourite songs, the event stories you liked, the beautiful and talented seiyuus-- anything you really truly love and appreciate about Bandori!

A lot of these unpopular opinion posts have spread a lot of negativity, and I think the only way to beat that negativity is to spread positivity!

I know some have already started doing some of those, so why don't we continue that~?

• My best girl is Himari Uehara! I'm sure I've stated this a million times and the people who know are probably like, "Yes, Trashy, we know. You love Himari. We get it." But Himari has helped me a lot in the year GBP has been around. Around the time of Bandori's release, I had a falling out with a friend, and it was extremely devastating as it happened the morning after my birthday. I was crying the whole day and I had lots of trust issues with my other friends. Himari's bright and bubbly personality made me smile through that, reminding me that everything was going to be okay. I also relate to Himari in a lot ways, from being easily teased by some very close friends to wanting to do everything for my friends but being paralysed at the heat of the moment and not knowing what to do. Himari, as fictional as she may be, was my shining beacon in the last year and she has motivated me to keep going and to keep doing my best. Hey, hey, hoh~!

• My two favourite songs ever are actually Poppin' Party songs: Star Beat! Hoshi no Kodou and Light Delight. Star Beat is actually the song that had me interested in the Bandori franchise, and it's what led me to meet many great people and become a moderator on this site! I love it, and do plan to cover it one day~ Light Delight is a song that spoke to me, reading the English translation of it, and I understood and felt all the emotion in it. Poppin' Party's songs are honestly very good, and are always so nice and relaxing to listen to.

• The number of characters in Bandori was a bit overwhelming at first, but it's honestly really nice to see such different and unusual personalities! Each character is so unique and special, and their development in the last year has been truly amazing. The writing that goes into this game is brilliant, and I love it.

What are some things you guys love about Bandori~?

Hello BanPa community! It's Manager Moyu here with my first managerial post! ^-^

First, I'd like to preface this post with an apology. Back when me and Nyx took the roles as Bandori Party's managers, we had promised to send out a questionnaire form for users to fill in. We had never gotten to doing so due to our real lives being busy, forcing us to make several setbacks in our plans. We will try our best to manage Bandori Party as a whole but I also ask for people's understanding when I say that life can get in the way sometimes.

With that being said, we are posting a Bandori Party survey/questionnaire! It's a short form with a few questions, all being optional. We hope you can fill it in as fully and as honestly as possible. We would like to know your opinions on the management both presently and in the past and about what could be done to make the site better and more fun for everyone!

Please access the form by clicking here!

The form will remain open until approximately the 4th of December so please make sure to get your say in when you can!

Thank you all for continuing to support Bandori Party! <3

CharaExpo 2018 Formal Write-up!

Hi all, if you didn't follow on twitter, I made it out to California this weekend for CharaExpo! It was an amazing event, despite all the issues a lot of people had with it. Let's start with the beginning of the event!

Day 1 Event Thread

The event started at 7AM PST for me! I had slept a good 8 hours in preparation for 'getting up early'. Bushiroad had made an official tweet that the lines were not allowed to form until 6AM. My boyfriend and I got some breakfast at our hotel down the road and made it about 7:30AM, and by the time we got there, the line was already wrapped through the gazebo! We were kind of shocked, since this was just a Bushiroad-exclusive event. We got into line and talked with some new friends about how they were actually there for Vanguard... So we got a bit hopeful and planned out our merch-strategy. You had to spend 30 USD to get a voucher to exchange for an Autograph Signature ticket, up to 3. Since it was my boyfriend and I, we needed 4 for the 2 lives that would be occurring later that day (Poppin'Party and RAISE A SUILEN).

About 9AM, we were allowed to get wristbands, and the line snaked back around the other side of the outside of the Anaheim Convention Center. We waited an hour until everyone was allowed to rush the event. Before we had gotten to the doors (Maybe 300 people behind) we were already getting pictures of what the merchandise line looked like. When we finally walked in, we were met with the Roselia and RAISE A SUILEN stands. I was really shocked, so I stopped to take photos before proceeding to the 3-times-wrapped merchandise line. I was really, really feeling some dread about the specific merch i wanted and the Live tickets... It took maybe an hour to get through the line, and by the time we were in all BanG Dream sign-tickets were gone (as I had been updating the twitter as it happened). We assumed the Live tickets would have 300 or so seats, but that apparently was not the case as we got in line to exchange and live tickets were gone. My boyfriend got a bit salty as I had purchased 5 tickets worth of merchandise and we couldn't use them for anything... The staff member did tell us, however, we would be able to stand outside for the Poppin'Party and RAISE A SUILEN concerts, which previously Bushiroad said was not allowed.

We just took it with the grain of salt we had, and went straight over to the left-railings and got good standing spots and waited for it to begin.

Poppin'Party Mini Talk + Live Thread

Seeing the girls in person felt so surreal. Aimin is just as radiant as I imagined, she's actually really blinding. Rimirin is so sweet and full of giggles, and Sae is so... Sae. There's really no way to describe her. The girls came out in their Star beat! outfits and I already knew what we were in for. I think it's really nice they bring these outfits back out so often, even if they are a bit older. Saechi and Aimin immediately commented on the size and excitement of the crowd, as it was much larger than it was in the Summertime when they came last year for GrandFest (which, happened the same weekend as AX, mind you). The girls could hardly speak without the crowd cheering at them, which kind of made me annoyed but what can you do...

They had a quick introduction and Aimi commented on the absence of Ayasa (having her own solo live) and Hasshi (apart of the Im@s CG Live). She reminded us of the feeling of "doki doki, kira kira" being able to make us feel less lonely and have our feelings reach them. Sae had a small moment where she talked about how it was a different experience being apart of the project as a non-seiyuu talent who became seiyuu for the job. She loves how unique it is to bring a character to life not just with her voice, but also her talent.

There was a short segment where the artistes explained how they are like their character. Rimirin of course noted the love for chocolate and being a "Shy Girl" (in English). She asked how to say Choco Coronet in English, but I don't think the crowd really understood so they just yelled it back at her (Which, is still mostly accurate). Saechi brings up her 20 Rabbits and how it "just happened", and Aimin talks about how she gets very lonely when she's not around people, and the MC reminded her of the crowd that was here with her!

The girls then dug out the GBP app and played some songs for us. Someone next to me was shocked they could play the game well, especially with the crowd chanting and yelling at them as they played. It was also impressive for me to see the girls playing the English app and still being able to change the settings correctly to what they usually play. I was ready to play with them at first, thinking they would allow multi-lives. However, that was not the case and I was severely upset at it and the live began.

SET LIST

Tokimeki Experience - Time Lapse - Teardrops - Star Beat!

The live began with everyone in the seated area actually jumping out of their seats and coming up to the railing. Aimi asked everyone to go back to the seats, where only a few people obliged (she asked in Japanese). She realised they wouldn't be moving soon, so she just told them to be careful as the concert began. They had a wonderful set, I was extremely happy Time Lapse was played since its one of my favorite songs from the group. Aimi, Sae and Rimi all threw their picks at the audience to grab as souvenirs.

The live ended and a small encore-shout ensued but was quickly diminished when they realised there would not be one. The crowd dispersed and since it was already 1:30, I finally took the time to creep around the venue and take extra photos of everything, including Cosplay!

I took a bit of a rest to charge my phone and get lunch at a near-by Carl's Jr. since it had crept up to 3 PM by the time I was finished searching the venue. I got back about 4 PM and found some decent standing seats for my most-awaited event: RAISE A SUILEN.

RAISE A SUILEN Live Thread

The girls were nothing more than powerful at their performance. There really is little I can say about the performance in words that could possibly hope to capture the feelings, the performance, and the sheer stage-presence of RAISE A SUILEN. However, the staff were prepared this time for the crowd. They forced barriers onto the seating to herd everyone to stay into their row. Before it began, the staff reminded everyone of the policies and that they needed to stay right where they were for this concert as the Poppin'Party one had a few ... incidents.

SET LIST

R.I.O.T - That is How I Roll! Orchestra of Smiles (Reo) - Shuwarin Drea~min (Reo) Hey-Day Capriccio - Goka? Gokai?! Phantom Thief - Scarlet Sky - Mouichidou Luminous - UNSTOPPABLE

Starting and ending the show with their original songs is the smartest choice, they're easily the most powerful songs on their set. The wubs of the DJ stand and powerful guitar riffs are not easily ignored. During the introduction segment, Raychell prompted us, "Say My Name". Hearing Reo sing the cuter-sounding songs were definitely a treat. There were several instances where RAS were trying to direct the light-sticks for Orchestra and Shuwa, but I think most people ignored them. When the girls announced they would be playing Mouichidou, most of the crowd lost it. This is the first time it has been played live, since the single itself just came out in September. Risa told us the song would be more Mature since Raychell was singing it, and boy, was it full of bass!

Risa Tsumugi (DJ) spoke pretty fluent English and translated most of the other member's comments, including on the crowd's energy through-out the live. When UNSTOPPABLE finally ended, they were still on stage with lights off, instruments in hand. I took this moment to start the encore, as the crowd seemed to be in amazement of the set. I figured if they were still on stage with their instruments, then possibly.. we could really get an Encore! The first wave I started went on for about a minute, until a second string started after they had walked off finally. We asked for 5 minutes to get an encore from RAS. One of the staff members had to come on stage and tell us the event was over, there would be no encore, and to go home and get ready for Day 2. We all felt pretty defeated, but had a good laugh about it. I figured the girls were probably back-stage in shock we were going this hard.

I had to go to another event in Alhambra, so I got back to my hotel pretty late. My first day of trying to ticket didn't go well, so I didn't really want to try to get tickets again. I already bought the merchandise I wanted, anyway. I got up right before 10 AM and checked out of my hotel and got in about 12 PM.

Day 2 Event Thread

Aimi's signkai sold out in just 20 minutes! Quickly following was Saecchi and Rimirin. This all happened before I even got in the door. My friend Wendy was messaging me saying she would try and see if a friend would grab me a Saecchi ticket, but it was not to be. I asked if there were any RAISE A SUILEN left, I would take it. I sat down for the Vanguard talk show for Aimin and to try and get a good seat for Revue, but Wendy messaged me to come pick up my Natsume ticket!!! I got up as quickly and discreetly as possible, as I didn't wanna be rude to the guests but I had to GO. GET. THAT SIGN... I met up with them, and headed back to camp in line for an hour. I was the 4th person in line. I was also told the Natsume ticket I had was the very, last, one. I wanted to cry. I asked for some help composing a small message in Japanese for Natsume, and while I waited I talked to the Franchise discord and they convinced me to let Natsume know I had organized the Flowerstand for them. So I added some additional lines to my greeting and tried practicing. I was just so nervous though. When it was my turn, I started out pretty well. I told her I loved the passion from their show, and was excited to meet her, get her sign. Quickly, my brain turned to mush, I stumbled over the rest of my japanese so bad the Translator next to me was confused, and Natsume was confused, so I just said, "I wanted to tell her I organised the Flasta..." Natsume went "AH!!" and recognised I drew Risa from the pen name I provided for my signboard. I was so nervous all i could say was like, "yes!" over and over, and "arigatou"... Natsume kept saying things back to me in English.

I posted my signboard up and realised she had wrote "Thank you for the flowers" on it! I was so flustered & shaky that I literally didn't realise it until maybe 30 minutes later event when my friend had asked how she knew about it because she wrote that on the board... I felt like such a mess. I had lunch to calm down before we went back to the venue to get my phone charged before Roselia's live.

At this point, we had been confirmed that the Roselia seating would be taken one step further from the RAISE A SUILEN concert yesterday. Upon entry, you would be getting a seat assignment. Last minute chuusen? Basically a given with Bushiroad, I guess. They also were telling multiple people not to stay for the show, there would not be standing seats. However, I decided we would really find out when the event started.

I finally got to meet fellow Staff member, LatidoReMe! We caught up on all the happenings and tried to find a good view of the stage since people here don't believe in proper concert etiquette. By the time they had re-set up the standing area, we were on the outside of it and moved straight up. However, we couldn't see where the keyboard would be normally set up. Figured it would be fine, and I was right. When the show began, the girls on either side made sure to give us on the left-standing area plenty of love. I think Yukki, Aiai, and Kudoharu sent us tons of kisses. The girls came out in the Blue Rose outfits.

Roselia Live Thread

The concert started pretty normally, and the talk sessions were quite short. Meguchii was very talkative as Ako for this live, and Yukki tried to keep quiet as her English was, "not good". They have such a good friend-like chemistry on stage.

SET LIST

Nesshouku Starmine - R - NeoAspect - ONENESS - Re:birthday - Tamashii no Refrain (w/ Nonchan) - BLACK SHOUT (w/ Nonchan) - LOUDER (w/ Nonchan)

After Re:birthday ended, the girls were talking about themselves and how it was weird to preform with four. The crowd began to wail a little bit, and a keyboard appeared from the dark by staff members (I was told, I couldn't see this area). The girls were talking in Japanese, but I felt my throat close up, and Aiai shouted, "SHIN MEMBER". With my 2 year-old Japanese vocab, I knew she had just said new member. My head got light, and my throat closed up. My eyes were rolling, tears were starting to well up. I asked everyone beside me, "Did she just say 'Shin Member'? Did they really, did they really bring her? Rinko? Kanon?" I think everyone else was in just as much shock because I got no reply, and she entered the stage.

I can only liken the feeling I got at that moment to a severe panic attack. I was having a really hard time breathing, I had to fan myself. Everyone was telling me it was okay, and they were right. It was so much more than okay. I need to preface this with, I don't even stan Roselia. I had a hard time distinguishing songs other than R and ONENESS for the set list because they blur together for me. I switched my light to white and sent a single tweet so everyone else who was absent could feel the moment, KANON SHIZAKI! I managed to bring myself back to reality as Tamashii no Refrain started, and I kept my blade white for the duration of their concert after that. I have no real words for the moment Nonchan joined us as Rinko. The rest of the live was a fight, the crowd got louder and more passionate.

The ending comments were sweet, and the guitars were taken away before they left the stage (probably to dissuade "encore" chants from happening again). The girls had to physically shush the crowd so they could do their silent bow at the end, and they had us all put our pinky to the air and devote ourselves to Roselia. Others said it looked like Nonchan was crying. She was soft spoken, had little to say except for welcoming her to the stage.

After the girls left, the small wave of encore tried to stir up again, but I think even if we could have gotten one, we should have ended the concert there.

Hello everyone~ As you might know, Re:Zero 2nd collab is coming to JP BanG Dream! really soon! I come to you with a quick overview of the collaboration so you know what to expect, enjoy!

• The event is a challenge live and called "Summer Returning to Zero".
• The event is going to begin on the 20th of August and is going to on the 29th of August.
• The event synopsis is:

Summer vacation. Kanon and the others hear a rumor from Eve about a "good fortune-telling" and decide to go to a theme park together.

However, the result of the fortune-telling was unexpected--?

• The members featured in the event story are Kanon, Eve and Kaoru.
• The event card is a ★★★ Kaoru - Roswaal L. Mathers from Re:Zero. You will be able to obtain it through gaining event points! As collab cards, it is limited.

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• Just like previous collabs you will be able to obtain emblems/badges by playing lives. You can exchange them for rewards like: limited 1st and 2nd collab pins, limited 1st collab cards (★★★ Lisa and ★★★ Sayo), Apple (regenerates 10 live boosts), and more!

• We are getting 2 new gacha collab cards, obtainable through gacha only during the collab period~
• Meet the ★★★★ Eve card - Echidna from Re:Zero.

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• Another gacha card is ★★★★ Kanon card - Elsa Granhiert from Re:Zero.

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• Fantasy World Beginnings is rerunning alongside the new collab gacha - you will be able to roll for cards from the 1st Re:Zero collab: ★★★★ Yukina, ★★★★ Rinko and ★★★ Ako!

Let's take a look at the upcoming collab songs!

During the collab we are getting 2 new songs:

• STYX HELIX - Roselia, the first ending theme of the first season of the Re:Zero anime.

• Memento - Morfonica, the first ending theme of the second season of the Re:Zero anime.

• Additionally, Realize - Roselia (the first opening theme of the second season of the Re:Zero anime) is getting a special difficulty.
• Here are the other Re:Zero songs added before!

Redo - Afterglow, Paradisus-Paradoxum - Roselia, Stay Alive - Pastel * Palettes

Not enough starts to roll for the collab cards?

During the collab there will be a couple of campaigns which grant some stars, let's check them out!

• x1000 Stars and x10 Tone Crystals

Anyone who logins for the first time during the colab period gets these rewards.

• A total of x1650 Stars

Get 150 stars everyday for 11 days. In addition, you can listen to Eve, Kanon, and Kaoru's login campaign exclusive voices that change daily.

• A limited collab title and "Witch's Tea" (recovers 10 live boosts)

Get these by clearing the collab missions.

• Watch Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (2nd season)

You can watch it for free on ABEMA for 2 weeks ★★

• Win 5000 yen (around 37$)

10 lucky people who follow @bang_dream_gbp on twitter and retweet this tweet will have a chance to win almost 40 dollars.

There are 2 more campaigns to be announced so let's look forward to them!

BanG Dream! released 8 profile pictures and 8 profile picture frames for you to use!

You can find them all in Bandori Party's gallery.

As of right now, this is all we know about the collab!

Hopefully you enjoyed this post, good luck during the event!

Bandori Party is now available in Ukrainian! 🇺🇦

If you see any translation issue or want to help improve the translations: https://bandori.org/help/Translators%20guide

Thank you so much to our translators who worked hard to translate the site 💕

INTRODUCTION TO THE BANDORI SEIYUU PT. 5

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PoppiPa, Afterglow, PasuPare, Roselia, Guri*Guri, RAISE A SUILEN, Side

INTRODUCTION TO THE BANDORI SEIYUU

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Afterglow, PasuPare, Roselia, HaroHapi, Guri*Guri, RAISE A SUILEN, Side

Days of BanG Dream!

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make this event a success! We loved your entries!

As promised, you all received a badge on your profile, as a thank you for participating.

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Bandori.News Round Up! vol. 8

Game News

With the start of a new Popipa Event, featuring Arisa and Kasumi as prizes, came a new cover song from Hello, Happy World, "Himawari no Yakusoku" from Stand by me Doraemon! With its release, we also glimpsed there would be 3 new covers in August. The first one revealed from Roselia is "The Everlasting Guilty Crown", from the anime Guilty Crown. The next two covers will be by Poppin' Party on 26 August, and Afterglow on 31 August.

Speaking of Poppin'Party, the event also came with a Popipa gacha, featuring a 4 Star Saaya, 3 Star Tae, and 2 Star Rimi! You can view the stats here of course! There was also a brand new original song, "Natsu no Doon!", a probable B-Side to "Hachigatsu no if"!

GBP also has been running some summer campaigns to celebrate the airing of commercials, the opening of the collaboration cafe, and Comiket! Bandori Updates gave us all the information on what to expect for the next month. Paid star promotions, the return of the guaranteed 4 Star Gacha, and a starter pack of 1000 Stars and 30 Music Crystals if you log in before 30 August at 3pm! There are also some promotional 2 Star Bandori Cafe girls waiting in your present box if you haven't picked them up yet. There will also be a free costume every day, for 20 days until 18 September with a bonus 50 Stars!

Finally, on 18 August at 9PM JST, another CiRCLE Broadcast will be streamed, this time with the Voice Actors of Lisa Imai and Rinko Shirokane! Thanks for the heads up, Bandori Updates!

Merchandise & CD News

In merch news, there isn't very much we haven't already reported on. A score book for Black Shout will be released soon.

You can also still pre-order Afterglow's That is How I Roll! though you will not get any bonuses at this date. The same goes for Roselia's 3rd single, Nesshouku Starmine.

Thank you to everybody who participated in our first ever Mad Lib Mania event! As we expected, we got a lot of entrees that turned out to be chaotic and ridiculous, which is how Mad Libs should be. We will be handing over participation badges to qualifying users.

If you participated and did not receive your results, please send me a direct message. We will be doing the prize raffle in three days, so don't miss out.

Please make sure to stick around for more fun events! We will be making the next Mad Lib Mania better and more streamlined so more users can enjoy it and so we can finish the event on a more timely basis.