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(Please note that I haven't watched this in a while, so take this with a grain of salt!)

Not counting things like Pokemon, which I admittedly didn't know was an anime at the time, this was my first anime, and what a great first anime it was! I was only around 10 when i watched this for the first time and I fell in love with it almost immediately. While it doesn't bring a whole lot to the table in terms of story (I do remember being bored at some points), it makes up for it with incredible music (the opening still remains one of my ... all time favorites!) and its fun, vibrant art and designs. It's hard to look away with how colorful the show can be and its cutesy character designs are still a big inspiration for me. Another big part of the show is its cgi segments during performances--that might seem like a bad thing if you've seen other shows that brought idol anime to the mainstream, but this show's cgi is unique, high quality, and just really cute! It definitely caught me off guard when I first watched, but it soon became one of my favorite parts of the anime.

I mentioned earlier that it was a great first anime, and I definitely do think its a good introduction to not just music anime, but anime in general (it certainly was for me lolol). While there definitely are tropes present, to me they were a good introduction to these tropes and didn't exactly hinder my enjoyment (but like I said at the beginning, take that with a grain of salt, I was 10). I feel like this would be a nice thing to show an older kid if you know they wouldn't really care about some cursing or fanservice (I think there's some fanservice? Once again I haven't watched in a while, but if anything it's not major). I've only seen this season, so I can't really say the same for later installments, but overall I think Show By Rock is a great show if you just need something cute to relax with, and you'll get some fun music too~☆