Girls Band Cry Anime Gets a Brand New Film

There is more Girls Band Cry on the way. The anime’s official website revealed on Tuesday, alongside a teaser visual, that a brand new film has been greenlit.

The news lands just before the series reaches theaters in compilation form. The first compilation film, Seishun Kyosokyoku, opens on October 3, with the second, Naa, Mirai., following on November 14. The original television anime premiered in April 2024 and ran for 13 episodes, later reaching English speaking audiences through a North American digital release that August and a Crunchyroll stream in November.

Girls Band Cry follows young women trying to find their footing in Tokyo, including a girl who drops out of high school and others let down by friends and family, all of whom hold onto music as the one thing they can believe in. The show found an international audience quickly, becoming one of the first titles of its kind to offer official English subtitles abroad and an early international dub in Thailand.

The road has not been entirely smooth. Cast members Mirei and Natsu stepped back for a time in 2024 for health reasons while Rina, Yuri and Syuri carried on, and the pair had returned to recording by spring 2025.

My take: Girls Band Cry struck a real nerve with its raw, scrappy energy, so a fully new film rather than another recap is exciting news. I am glad the whole band is back together to tell more of this story.