The first compilation film for the Girls Band Cry anime, titled Seishun Kyousou Kyoku (Youth Runaway Melody), has released its main trailer and a new key visual. This film is set to premiere in Japan on October 3, 2025. A second compilation film, Naa, Mirai. (Hey, Future.), will follow on November 14, 2025.
About the Compilation Films
These two theatrical compilation movies will reconstruct the original Girls Band Cry TV anime series, which aired from April to June 2024, and will include new scenes. The films will revisit the journey of the band Togenashi Togeari, focusing on how its five members—Nina, Momoka, Subaru, Tomo, and Rupa—meet, clash, and ultimately grow together through music. The trailer highlights their contrasting perspectives and pasts, showcasing their challenging yet deeply resonant path towards becoming a cohesive band.
Production Details
Kazuo Sakai is returning to direct the compilation films at Toei Animation. Jukki Hanada is handling the series composition and script, with Nari Teshima as the character designer. Jaehoon Jung and Daiki Nakazawa are credited as co-CG directors, and Kenji Tamai is the composer. The voice cast from the original series will also be reprising their roles.
Synopsis of Girls Band Cry
The Girls Band Cry anime centers on Nina Iseri, a high school dropout who moves to Tokyo with aspirations of entering university while working independently. In the city, she encounters other young women facing their own struggles, such as betrayal by friends or abandonment by parents. Despite their individual hardships and the world often letting them down, these girls find common ground and a sense of belonging through forming a band, using music as their outlet to express their anger, joy, and sadness. The project is notable for linking the fictional band in the story to a real-life band, Togenashi Togeari, whose members had no prior professional experience.
