BanG Dream! Movie: Episode of Roselia - I: Yakusoku

It was difficult to temper my expectations before I watched this movie. Having played the game for 2½ years before putting it away for good early this year, I was really looking forward to reliving Roselia's story in animation. And as much as it pains me to admit... It delivered on some aspects, while falling short of…

I'm writing this review as a diehard fan of the Bandori franchise, watching all of the anime, buy merchandise and watching most of the lives. Especially so, Roselia is my favourite band in the series, both the 2D and 3D versions, so I was looking forward to anything that will have given my favourite band their time in…

Let's get this straight out of the way: Yes this is essentially a recap of the first 2 Roselia Band stories from the game, with a mix of some other events etc. (it is missing many, many details from previously presented story in the game) If you come into this movie expecting a deep story line, insane character…