Episode 1 - We Met!

is the 1st episode of the anime BanG Dream! It was aired on January 21, 2017.

Summary
Kasumi starts her life at Hanasakigawa High, searching for the "sparkle-sparkle beat beat" feeling she once had when she looked up at the stars as a child. She is led by a trail of golden stars towards a pawn shop and discovers a star shaped guitar. After hearing Glitter*Green perform, which causes her buried feeling to emerge, she decides she wants to form a band.

Plot
Filled with eagerness and positivity, there are many students like Toyama Kasumi. However, when she was young and on a star-filled night, she heard something that changed her life. Ever since then, she has been searching for it again, the sparkling and glittering "Star Beat". From school clubs to friends, she'll search anywhere and everywhere to find it again. On her way home from school, she notices and follows a trail of star-shaped stickers that lead her to an old pawn shop named "Shooting Star". Inside the shop's storage area, she discovers an old star-shaped guitar...

Important Staff

 * Screenplay Writer: Ayana Yuniko
 * Storyboarder: Ootsuki Atsushi
 * Directors: Ootsuki Atsushi and Nakano Tsuyoshi
 * Animation Directors: Kojima Chika, Mizuno Tatsuya, Kishimoto Seiji, Kawashima Kumiko, Taniguchi Yoshiaki, Nagaya Yuriko, and Arai Tatsuya
 * Chief Animation Directors: Mizuno Tatsuya and Taniguchi Yoshiaki

Cast

 * Aimi as Toyama Kasumi
 * Otsuka Sae as Hanazono Tae
 * Nishimoto Rimi as Ushigome Rimi
 * Ohashi Ayaka as Yamabuki Saaya
 * Itou Ayasa as Ichigaya Arisa
 * Mimori Suzuko as Ushigome Yuri
 * Kitta Izumi as Uzawa Rii
 * Sasaki Mikoi as Wanibe Nanana
 * Tokui Sora as Nijikki Hinako
 * Fukuen Misato as Umino Natsuki
 * Ozaki Yuka as Toyama Asuka
 * Shinohara Emi as Toyama Kaori
 * Koyama Mami as Tsuzuki Shifune
 * Gibu Yuuko as Matsugi Ririko
 * Okamoto Mari as Ichigaya Mami
 * Shibuya Ayano as Student
 * Suzuki Takuma as Yamabuki Kōshi
 * Yamashita Mami as Teacher
 * Kaho Narumi as Yamabuki Sana, Stundent A
 * Iwata Rui as Yamabuki Jun, Student C
 * Yorita Natsu as Iizuka Yoshino
 * Sugiura Shiori as Friend 1
 * Mineuchi Tomomi as Friend 2