BanG Dream! Ave Mujica Film Sets October 16 Premiere
The film's October release lands just before the BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! /Ave Mujica sequel television anime, which premieres in January 2027, making the movie a bridge between the two series.
Key Facts
- The BanG Dream! Ave Mujica prima aurora film opens in Japan on October 16, 2026.
- The film is set six months after Ave Mujica's comeback and follows Sakiko Togawa's plan for a members-only masquerade.
- Advance tickets go on sale August 15, 2026, at theaters, online, and at Animate.
- The mini album Kami no Na wo, with insert songs from the film, releases on October 21, 2026.
- The BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! /Ave Mujica sequel television anime premieres in January 2027 on NTV and 29 affiliated channels.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Anime, Anime Corner.
The BanG Dream! Ave Mujica prima aurora anime film will open in Japan on October 16, 2026. The date was announced during a Bandori TV live stream on Thursday, which also debuted a new trailer and key visual for the project. The film is set six months after the comeback of the band Ave Mujica, with the story taking place in spring as the group's popularity grows and each member's activities gain momentum. Sakiko Togawa, the band's leader, proposes a members-only masquerade as their next stage, and the narrative follows her ambition to become a god. The film is a sequel to the BanG Dream! Ave Mujica television anime, which premiered in Japan in January 2025 and was animated by Sanzigen under director Kodai Kakimoto. The voice cast includes Kanon Takao as Sakiko Togawa, Yuzuki Watase as Mutsumi Wakaba, Rico Sasaki as Uika Misumi, Akane Yonezawa as Nyamu Yutenji, and Mei Okada as Umiri Yahata. Advance tickets go on sale August 15 at theaters, online, and at Animate, with goods-included tickets available at Comic Market 108 and the BanG Dream! STORE.
- The film opens on Friday, October 16, 2026, a date confirmed during the Bandori TV live stream on Thursday, which also premiered the new trailer and key visual.
- Ave Mujica's new casual clothes illustration, showing the members in spring outfits matching the film's setting, was also released.
- The Ave Mujica mini album "Kami no Na wo" (Name of the God), containing the film's insert songs, releases October 21, 2026.
- The voice cast includes Kanon Takao as Sakiko Togawa/Oblivionis, Yuzuki Watase as Mutsumi Wakaba/Mortis, Rico Sasaki as Uika Misumi/Doloris, Akane Yonezawa as Nyamu Yutenji/Amoris, and Mei Okada as Umiri Yahata/Timoris.
- MyGO!!!!! cast members also appear: Hina Youmiya as Tomori Takamatsu, Rin Tateishi as Anon Chihaya, Mika Kohinata as Soyo Nagasaki, Coco Hayashi as Taki Shina, Hina Aoki as Rana Kaname, and Hazuki Tanda as Mana Sumita.
- The band released the album "Ave Música" featuring the new song "The Whole Blue World," and will be part of the upcoming BanG Dream! Our Notes game.
- The BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! /Ave Mujica sequel television anime premieres January 2027 on NTV and 29 affiliated channels in Japan.
- The original Ave Mujica anime, titled Ave Mujica: The Die is Cast, premiered January 2025 and was animated by Sanzigen under director Kodai Kakimoto.
- Bushiroad launched the BanG Dream! multimedia project in January 2015, with the main anime's first season premiering January 2017.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.