Girls Band Cry THE MOVIE Sets May 21, 2027 Opening With Teaser
Toei Animation will open Girls Band Cry the Movie on May 21, 2027, with a teaser video and key visual revealed on Tuesday.
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Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Why it matters
The film moves the franchise past the TV series and its two compilation films into an original story, and Toei is pairing the theatrical release with a stage production and a Yokohama concert rather than a single-screen rollout.
Key Facts
- Toei Animation will open Girls Band Cry the Movie in theaters on May 21, 2027.
- Kazuo Sakai directs Girls Band Cry the Movie, with Jukki Hanada writing the screenplay and Kenji Tamai of agehasprings as music producer.
- A stage production of Girls Band Cry runs March 21 to 28 at Ikebukuro's Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo.
- The real-life TOGENASHI TOGEARI band performs at K-Arena Yokohama on March 20.
- The Girls Band Cry television anime ran 13 episodes from April 2024, and Crunchyroll began streaming it in November 2024.
The film is a new work for the Girls Band Cry anime, not an entry in the two-part compilation series that preceded it. Kazuo Sakai returns as director, Jukki Hanada writes the screenplay, and Kenji Tamai of agehasprings handles music production, with Yūsuke Tanaka composing and nari Teshima on character design. CG directors Jae Hoon Jung and Daiki Nakazawa also return, and all five band members are credited in the film. The teaser indicates that the TOGENASHI TOGEARI band goes on a national tour within the film's story. Two live events accompany the release: a stage production runs March 21 to 28 at Ikebukuro's Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo, and the real-life TOGENASHI TOGEARI performs at K-Arena Yokohama on March 20.
- Girls Band Cry the Movie is the franchise's first original film, following the 13-episode TV anime that premiered in April 2024 and the two-part compilation series.
- The compilation films were Seishun Kyōsōkyoku (October 3, 2025) and Naa, Mirai. (November 14, 2025).
- The returning cast is RINA, Yuri, Syuri, Mirei, and Natsu. Mirei and Natsu went on temporary hiatus for health reasons in July 2024 and returned to dialogue recording by April 2025.
Anime News Network and Anime Corner disagree on the date the teaser went live: ANN says it debuted Tuesday, Anime Corner says Monday. Toei Animation's official synopsis, carried by ANN, describes three girls adrift in Tokyo: one who dropped out of high school in her second year and aims at university while working alone, one betrayed by her friends, and one abandoned by her parents and surviving on part-time jobs. "We believe there's a place where we belong," the synopsis reads. "That's why we sing."
A game titled Girls Band Cry First Riff is in development. Another, Momoka (o) Wasshoi (Momoka Heave-Ho), launched for PC via Steam on September 28, 2025 (September 29 in Japan).
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