BanG Dream! Ave Mujica

The day Sakiko Togawa's privileged life crumbled, she painfully broke her vow to CRYCHIC and left the band behind—an act that tore her heart in two. As days fade into nights, she struggles to make ends meet until a certain cherished memory is tainted, pushing her to the edge.

Driven by a fractured sense of purpose and the need to reclaim what she lost, Sakiko forms Ave Mujica, a masked symphonic metal band. Its members are bound not by a shared goal but by the fragile threads of their divergent desires. Together, they weave a haunting masquerade of loss and rebirth, captivating audiences with a gothic musical stage play. But as the girls' ideals collide, the scars of their pasts rear their ugly heads. The brittle facade the girls have built threatens to collapse beneath them, bringing Sakiko to the verge of falling apart.

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Togawa, Sakiko Main

Takao, Kanon Japanese

Wakaba, Mutsumi Main

Watase, Yuzuki Japanese

Misumi, Uika Main

Sasaki, Rico Japanese

Yahata, Umiri Main

Okada, Mei Japanese

Yuutenji, Nyamu Main

Yonezawa, Akane Japanese

Takamatsu, Tomori Supporting

Youmiya, Hina Japanese

Chihaya, Anon Supporting

Tateishi, Rin Japanese

Nagasaki, Soyo Supporting

Kohinata, Mika Japanese

Kurata, Mashiro Supporting

Shindou, Amane Japanese

Kaname, Raana Supporting

Aoki, Hina Japanese

Matsuura, Hiroaki Producer

Hozumi, Shouta Producer

Kakimoto, Koudai Director, Sound Director

Ayana, Yuniko Script, Series Composition

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Jan 17, 2025

Kirumin

Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

ill be honest i wasn't expecting much of this series cause you know how peak was in previous season but deer goodness gracious THIS.ONE.ALSO.HAS.IT! and they step up even further in a unique way too, if bang dream My Go is friendship drama, then this one would be gothic drama!, just watching this was pure cinema literally! even the opening and ending is so lit like a battle anime,(which is not your usual bandori at all),

while watching im starting to realize this anime was way too maturity for a bang dream series anime, im not talking about their personal life problem or etc.. i ... mean technically that still counts but what i really talking about is how they show their "Melodramatic" in a unique way possible it can be to us viewers and if you understands that then your perspective reaction would be absolute cinema! its like drama-dramatic-dramatic cinema are transforming as one, slowly but surely that why kudos to whos the one directing this show,

also this may sound like im dissing but ill still say it, ngl ever since MY GO i was starting to think of this but i couldn't conclude it yet since im not sure but after watching THIS season anime im super sure now thattt "OG BANG DREAM SERIES IS A KID SHOW" well technically at first was kid show then at some point it turn into "showcasing characters" show for their game's player based entertainment and for promoting their songs overall, that why im grateful MY GO and Ave Mujica series didn't do that path

ANYWAYS

guys, if you want to watch this anime just be ready to be slap ok? cause they will literally slap you with GOTHIC! trust me on this, gothic opening and ending, gothic theater, gothic costume, gothic songs, and gothic melodrama. so i recommend you to watch it

P.S its still episode 3 so i maybe exaggerated this anime too much but i expect more will come, either that or ill edit this review later if im wrong when this anime is about to end its series

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 24, 2025

ChronoSigma

Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

I started watching this with zero context on this universe, only to find out an hour ago that this anime is actually based on a real Japanese band, and that this anime is not even the first season of its series. I seem to have enjoyed it even so.

Now, as a guy that usually watches action packed anime, I rarely watch shows with full female cast. However, I'm a sucker for dark, fast-paced, psychological drama (ahem, Madoka Magoka, I'm looking at you). And even though this show is technically slice of life (no supernatural so far), the drama of the characters is very real. Unlike ... a show like Oshi No Ko that depicts mostly the same setup, but ends up being too exagerated or inconsistent at times, Ave Mujica ends up much darker without even trying hard.

Each of the 5 main girls have their own issues and reasons for being in the band. Their interests are not aligned. They try, but end up making mistakes that upset the others. They break each other's expectations, then they try to compensate in the way they can.

At the end of the day, there is no villain.
You can't really even call it miscommunication.

It's just different people with different visions that try to sync, and sometimes fail. All of that despite the fact that their band seems successful for people on the outside.

Story: 9/10
Music: 10/10 (listen to it on youtube as well)
Animation: 6/10 (I hate the 3D CGI , and they DO seem like EMOTIONLESS DOLL sometimes)
Action: 8/10 (quite faster-paced compared show with full female case)

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 26, 2025

pffygo

Recommended

Preliminary (4/13 eps)

Loving the show so far.
This is a sequal to BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, which is a part of the BanG Dream! franchise. But need not to worry!! I have never watched the other series and found no difficulties understanding these two seasons because of my lack of previous knoledge.
I enjoyed It's MyGO!!!!! very much back then, and thus I was looking forward to the new season. But t the same time, I told myself that MyGO!!!!! was almost like a miracle of how well executed it was, so I shouldn't expect Mujica to be on the same level because to be honest, MyGO!!!!! was my ... favorite original anime series in the past few years.
But DAYUM!!! the first 4 episodes of Ave Mujica just blew my mind. The setting, the music, the plot twist!!! And just like MyGO!!!!! shining its spotlight on Tomori, the autistic girl, in this season, they are not hiding their care for mental illness. The representation so far is very truthful with its straightforward depiction and subtle hints throughout the show.
The plots itself is also my favorite in this season! I personally didn't really like music genre because usually the music is abrupt and contributes nothing to their character development, and the only reason I watched MyGO!!!!! was because I was too bored. But both MyGO!!!!! and Mujica's music are FIRE and you can definitely see their characters in the songs. On the other hand, Mujica no longer fixate on music, but rather the production behind the scenes, the struggles, the conflicts amongst the members' desires and restrains. The drama in Mujica is a LOOOOOT more realistic and suffocating. Especially when it enters episode 4, it's more of a psycho-horror movie than a band anime!!!
Anyways, if you like psycho-horror, band, complicated relationships, Ave Mujica should be your first choice this season!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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