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 Girls' High School, searching for the "heart-pounding and sparkling" 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 heart-pounding "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 "Ryuseido". 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 Koushi
 * 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