Pre-Registration Opens for Girls Band Cry First Riff
DONUTS opened pre-registration for the smartphone game Girls Band Cry First Riff on November 3, 2026. The announcement came at the Girls Band Cry Special LIVE "Akairo no Hibiki Matsuri" at Pia Arena MM the same day.
2 sources 1h ago
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer.
Why it matters
Pre-registration is being run through social follows and a YouTube subscription rather than a store listing, and the game's own bands are booked for live houses in Kawasaki and Tokyo from December, so the rollout treats the fictional bands as working acts.
Key Facts
- DONUTS began accepting pre-registration for Girls Band Cry First Riff on November 3, 2026.
- Girls Band Cry First Riff is jointly developed by DONUTS and Toei Animation and is planned for iOS and Android.
- The first promotional video features the theme song "Mukidashi no Kyomei" sung by Togenashi Togeari.
- Garurifu Official Live Broadcast #4 streams on the Girls Band Cry YouTube channel on November 7, 2026 at 19:00.
- Kuzumimizuku, F-272 and Canna Lily have live shows scheduled from December 2026 through February 2027.
DONUTS develops the game jointly with Toei Animation. It is billed as a girls rock RPG in which players follow bands rising from the streets to the arena, with a story written by different writers for each band and full-3D live gameplay. The five members of Togenashi Togeari appear alongside game-original bands and characters. The official website was renewed with detailed character profiles, and a newly drawn key visual by illustrator Nari Teshima was released. The first promotional video uses in-development game footage and 3D live concert footage, set to the theme song "Mukidashi no Kyomei" sung by Togenashi Togeari. Pre-registration runs through following the game's official X account and subscribing to the anime's official YouTube channel. A release date is not yet set.
DONUTS and Toei Animation booked live shows for the game's original bands, with the first on December 11 at Kawasaki Serbian Night. That show is Kuzumimizuku's "Kawasaki Live House Training LIVE vol.1," subtitled "We Still Don't Have Many Original Songs, But." Doors open at 18:30 and the set starts at 19:00. Tickets for it went on sale at 22:00 on November 3, first come, first served.
- Kuzumimizuku: three more training lives at the same Kawasaki venue on January 17, February 11 and March 5, 2027.
- F-272: "1.5th ONE-MAN LIVE The Dissonant 'I DOLL' Re:LOAD" at CLUB CITTA' KAWASAKI on January 29, 2027, doors 18:00, start 19:00.
- Canna Lily: "3rd ONE-MAN LIVE 'Detouring Melody'" at EX THEATER ROPPONGI on February 7, 2027.
Streaming details for the shows sit with each band's own X account. "Garurifu Official Live Broadcast #4" follows on November 7 at 19:00 on the anime's YouTube channel, with Ai Furihata as MC, all four bands present, and producers Satoru Sato and Yusuke Haraoka on hand to show game footage. The release format is listed as smartphone, iOS and Android, with the date still open. Toei Animation's Katsuhiro Takagi is credited as president and representative director, and DONUTS is led by representative director Keisei Nishimura.
Written with AI by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited. See our editorial policy.
Add Yomimono as a preferred source on Google