GIRLS BAND CRY The Movie: Youth Rhapsody

GIRLS BAND CRY The Movie: Youth Rhapsody

2025 · 110 min · ★ 8.0 · Animation, Drama, Comedy, Music

After she drops out of school and moves to Tokyo by herself, Nina Iseri meets Momoka Kawaragi, the vocalist of her favourite band, and discovers the allure of music. Together with Subaru Awa, who always hides her true intentions, Tomo Ebizuka, who was ignored by her parents, and Rupa who has no relatives, Nina starts the rock band Togenashi Togeari. The five girls who all have their own worries confront the absurdities of the world and search for their place to belong.

Directed by Kazuo Sakai

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