This isn't a movie, it's a ticket stub. Ninety minutes of 3DCG stage work where the cameras swing through the rig, the penlight sea shifts color with each band's set, and the between-song MC banter does the emotional work that a plot would normally handle. Morfonica finally gets a slot on this stage alongside Poppin'Party, Afterglow, Pastel*Palettes, Roselia, Hello Happy World! and RAISE A SUILEN, which is the whole reason the 2nd Stage exists. There's no conflict, no arc, no lesson, just seven bands and the specific comfort of watching musicians you've followed across a franchise get their turn under the lights. Stay seated: three separate post-credit scenes, and yes, people walked out of the first two by mistake. If you know which band you'd wave your light for, you already know why you're going.

The BanG Dream! franchise returns to the big screen with its second animated concert film, a follow-up to BanG Dream! FILM LIVE. Poppin'Party, Afterglow, Pastel✽Palettes, Roselia and Hello, Happy World! are back on stage, and this time two new groups join them. Morfonica is a symphonic band built around a fantastical view of the world, and RAISE A SUILEN is a rock band that proclaims itself the best. With seven bands sharing the lineup, the question is what each of them is reaching for on this second stage. The film opened in Japanese theaters in August 2021, and its showings rotated between three different post-credit scenes from week to week.