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BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico,[a] stylized as BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO and also known as Garupa ☆ Pico, is a Japanese chibi short anime series by Bushiroad. Animated by Sanzigen in collaboration with DMM.futureworks, it is a spin-off of the main BanG Dream! series with characters from the mobile game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!. As of 2021, the show consists of three seasons.

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico

Promotional art for the first season

GenreMusic, comedy
Created byBushiroad
Based onBanG Dream!
Written byKō Nakamura
Directed bySeiya Miyajima
Voices ofSee Characters
Theme music composerRyota Suemasu (Elements Garden)
Ending theme"Pico! Papi! Girls Band Party! PICO!!!" (Season 1)
"One Extra Large! Garupa Pico" (Season 2)
"Picotarumono Fever!" (Season 3)
ComposersNoriyasu Agematsu, Junpei Fujita
Country of originJapan
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes78
Production
AnimatorsSanzigen
DMM.futureworks
Running time3 minutes
Original release
NetworkTokyo MX, SUN, YouTube
ReleaseJuly 5, 2018 –
March 31, 2022
Related
BanG Dream!

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico (2018)

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BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori (2020)

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BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! (2021–2022)

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The first season aired from July 5 to December 27, 2018, with episodes being aired live on the BanG Dream! TV variety show, Tokyo MX, SUN, and online on YouTube.[4][5] Consisting of 26 three-minute episodes, the show aired from July to December.[6][7]

A second season titled BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori[b] aired from May 7 to October 29, 2020.[8] The episodes were live streamed on YouTube and Periscope for BanG Dream! TV.[9] The 26-episode season ran from May to October.

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever![c] aired from October 7, 2021, to March 31, 2022.[10][11]

The show uses three pieces of theme music by the franchise's vocalists: "Pico! Papi! Girls Band Party! PICO!!!"[d] (Pico), "One Extra Large! Garupa Pico"[e] (Ohmori), and "Picotarumono Fever!"[f] (Fever!).[9][12] The first two themes were released as singles on August 22, 2018, and August 12, 2020, respectively; "Quintuple Smile" and "TWINKLE CiRCLE", both of which are theme songs for the game, were coupling tracks.[13][14] "Pico! Papi! Girls Band Party! PICO!!!" peaked at tenth on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, while "One Extra Large! Garupa Pico" topped at 13th.[15][16] Elements Garden's Ryota Suemasu and Asuka Oda were the composer and lyricist for the first theme, respectively, and Junpei Fujita took over composition for the second.[17]

Seiya Miyajima serves as the director and animated character designer for both seasons, while Takaaki Kidani is the executive producer. Elements Garden oversees music production, with Noriyasu Agematsu and Fujita as producers. Sanzigen and Dmm.futureworks are assisted with animation by Passione and Creators in Pack. The voice actresses from the parent BanG Dream! anime reprise their roles for Pico.[18]

A manga based on the show, BanG Dream! Garupa Pico Comic Anthology, was released on March 14, 2019, by Bushiroad and Kadokawa Corporation. The anthology features comics from 17 artists, including Miyajima, who illustrated the cover and opening chapter.[19]

  1. ^ Japanese: バンドリ！ ガールズバンドパーティ！☆ピコ, Hepburn: Bandori! Gāruzu Bando Pāti! ☆ Piko
  2. ^ Japanese: BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ～大盛り～, Hepburn: BanG Dorīmu! Garupa ☆ Piko ~Ōmori~, BanG Dream! GARUPA☆PICO ~Extra Large~
  3. ^ Japanese: BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ ふぃーばー！, Hepburn: BanG Dorīmu! Garupa ☆ Piko Fuiba!
  4. ^ Japanese: ピコっと！パピっと！！ガルパ☆ピコ！！！, Hepburn: Picotto! Papitto!! GARUPA☆PICO!!!
  5. ^ Japanese: 大盛り一丁！ガルパ☆ピコ, Hepburn: Ohmori Icchō! Garupa☆Pico
  6. ^ Japanese: ピコたるもの、ふぃーばー！, Hepburn: Pikotaru Mono, Fuibā!
  1. ^ "STORY 第1期 | 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ～大盛り～」公式サイト". BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "STORY 大盛り（第2期）| 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ」". BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "STORY | 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ」". BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (December 12, 2019). "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ Pico Mini Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Chapman, Paul (May 12, 2018). ""BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO" Kicks Off in July of 2018". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  6. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (May 24, 2020). "Chibi-style Girls Return in BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ Pico -Ohmori- Web CM". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Jackson, Josh (November 15, 2018). "Geekscape Reviews 'BanG Dream! Girls Band Party PICO Episode 20'". Geekscape. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "『BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ～大盛り～』の初回放送日が5月7日に決定" [The first broadcast date of "BanG Dream! Garupa Pico -Ohmori-" will be May 7]. Dengeki (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. March 22, 2020. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Mateo, Alex (March 25, 2020). "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ Pico Mini Anime Season 2 Unveils Visual, Ending Song, May 7 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  10. ^ Loo, Egan (June 6, 2021). "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Mini Anime Gets 3rd Season". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  11. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 21, 2021). "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! Mini Anime's Teaser Reveals October 7 Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  12. ^ "香澄×蘭×彩×友希那×こころ×ましろ×レイヤ – ピコたるもの、ふぃーばー！" [Kasumi × Ran × Aya × Yukina × Kokoro × Mashiro × Layer – PICO tarumono, FEVER!]. BanG Dream! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "シングルCD「ピコっと！パピっと！！ガルパ☆ピコ！！！」が本日発売" [Single CD "Picotto! Papitto!! Garupa☆Pico!!!" will be released today.]. Craft Egg (Press release) (in Japanese). 4Gamer.net. August 22, 2018. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "「バンドリ！」，ミニアニメのED主題歌「大盛り一丁！ガルパ☆ピコ」が本日発売" ["Bandori!", the ED theme song of the mini-animation "Omori Icchou! Garupa☆Pico" is released today]. Craft Egg (Press release) (in Japanese). 4Gamer.net. August 12, 2018. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "ピコっと!パピっと!!ガルパ☆ピコ!!!" [Picotto! Papitto! Garupa☆Pico!!!]. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  16. ^ "大盛り一丁!ガルパ☆ピコ【グッズ付初回完全生産限定盤】" [Ohmori Iccho! Garupa☆Pico [Limited Edition with goods]]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  17. ^ "Music". BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!. Bushiroad. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  18. ^ "STAFF&CAST | 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ～大盛り～」公式サイト". BanG Dream!. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  19. ^ "BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ コミックアンソロジー 2019年３月14日(木)発売!!" [BanG Dream! Garupa ☆ Pico Comic Anthology Released on Thursday, March 14, 2019!!]. Monthly Bushiroad (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2020.