Show by Rock!! explained

Show by Rock!!
Creator:Sanrio
Developer:Geechs (2013–2017)
Edia (2018–2019)
Publisher:Geechs (2013–2017)
Edia (2018–2019)
Genre:Rhythm
Platforms:iOS
Android
Released:July 30, 2013 (iOS)
June 27, 2014 (Android)
Type:tv series
Director:Takahiro Ikezoe
Music:Yasuharu Takanashi
Funta7
Rega Sound
Studio:Bones
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:Tokyo MX, ytv, BS11
First:April 5, 2015
Last:June 21, 2015
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Show by Rock!! episodes
Type:tv series
Show by Rock!! Short!!
Director:Takahiro Ikezoe
Music:Yasuharu Takanashi
Funta7
Studio:Bones
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:Tokyo MX, ytv
First:July 4, 2016
Last:September 19, 2016
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Show by Rock!! episodes#Show by Rock!! Short!! (2016)
Type:tv series
Show by Rock!!#
Director:Takahiro Ikezoe
Music:Yasuharu Takanashi
Funta7
Rega Sound
Studio:Bones
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:Tokyo MX, TVA, ytv, BS11
First:October 2, 2016
Last:December 18, 2016
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Show by Rock!! episodes#Show by Rock!!# (2016)
Type:tv series
Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!
Director:Seung Hui Son
Music:Yasuharu Takanashi
Funta7
Studio:Kinema Citrus
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, UHB, SUN, TV Tokyo
First:January 9, 2020
Last:March 26, 2020
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Show by Rock!! episodes#Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!! (2020)
Show by Rock!! Fes A Live
Developer:Now Production (2020-2022)
Publisher:Square Enix
Genre:Rhythm
Platforms:iOS
Android
Released:March 12, 2020
Type:manga
Author:Takemaru Yokoshima
Publisher:Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic:Seinen
Magazine:Young Ace
First:July 4, 2020
Volumes:1
Type:tv series
Show by Rock!! Stars!!
Director:Takahiro Ikezoe
Daigo Yamagishi
Music:Yasuharu Takanashi
Funta7
Akiya Suzuki
Studio:Kinema Citrus
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, SUN, UHB
First:January 7, 2021
Last:March 25, 2021
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Show by Rock!! episodes#Show by Rock!! Stars!! (2021)

Show by Rock!! (stylized in all caps; also known as Show by Rock!! Gonna be a Music Millionaire!) was a Japanese mobile rhythm video game developed and published by Geechs (later Edia), in conjunction with Sanrio. It was Sanrio's first-ever franchise project aimed for the older demographic and the company's first music-based franchise. The game was released on July 30, 2013, for iOS and on June 27, 2014, for Android devices. In January 2018, development transferred from Geechs to Edia with its service discontinued on December 26, 2019. A successor to the original game was later developed by Now Production and published by Square Enix on March 12, 2020, on all mobile platforms with its service discontinued on November 30, 2022.

Four anime adaptations based on the series were made. The first three animated by Bones and is the first late night anime based on a Sanrio character or franchise. Season 1 aired in Japan between April and June 2015 on Tokyo MX, a short anime aired from July to September 2016 and a second season aired from October to December 2016. The third season of the series was animated by Kinema Citrus and aired from January to March 2020. A fourth season aired from January to March 2021. A manga adaptation of the first series began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine in July 2020.

Gameplay

Show by Rock!!

Show by Rock!! was a mobile game, combining elements from both rhythm games and raising sim games. Players could choose from 26 different bands, each having their own music style and uses special cards for each gameplay. The player's team could have up to five cards, and choose one support player from a list. The player had a certain amount of "soul" for each element depending on their cards. The player could play whichever song they would like from the band of their choice, as well as the level that worked with their team. Occasionally, a band's members' Melodisian Stones may turn dark, and thus a boss battle appears. For the boss battles, you may only choose a song from the band whose Melodsian Stones turned dark, and the goal for each boss battle is to survive until the end. Players also got to create their own character at the start of the game, and design their own room.

Fes A Live

Gameplay for Fes A Live was similar to that to the original series that preceded it, but presented it in a landscape format similar to The Idolmaster and BanG Dream!. Unlike the previous game, the game only had a limited amount of bands presented but each are assigned to their musical alignment: Melody, Harmony and Rhythm instead of the traditional elemental attributes of the previous game. Gameplay for the live section mode had the same elements from the original and inherits newer twists such as swipeable notes, the ability to adjust scrolling speed and a more traditional 5-note layout.

A new feature of the game was the town of GURF, which served as a main hub for the player. Players had to customize with specific buildings in order to gain sound dollars, the game's free currency. These could also be earned by obtaining items after each play session specific to each band, which could be sold to the shop and also could level up each band. As the player leveled up, newer slots in the town were added in order to add more buildings. Also, players could also upgrade buildings by buying them through the in-game store using sound dollars as well. The game also had a boss battle mode, which could be accessed through by finding a corrupted myummon in town and defeating it could earn players with more currency. The game's bromide system also returned, allowing players to obtain bromide cards through gacha using Melodisian Stones and each card could be evolved if certain levels are reached, each having various rarity. In addition to a story mode, the game also had a 69 Memorial Mode, which allowed players to read the storyline of the original anime series for new players of the game.

Plot

Show by Rock!!

Cyan Hijirikawa is a first-year high school student who has a good passion for music. However, she is very shy and doesn't have the courage to join the school's music club. But on one fateful night, she gets sucked into the rhythm game she had been playing on her smartphone after receiving an item called "Strawberry Heart". Cyan ends up in a new world called Midi City, a place where those who command music control everything. There, she sees a concert performed by a kemono band called Trichronika and realizes she had taken on the form of a white kemono cat girl, dressed in a costume resembling Gothic Lolita fashion. However, when a "dark monster" starts to attack the concert and begins to corrupt the Melodisian stones of the Trichronika members, Strawberry Heart materializes in Cyan's hands and tells her to play something with it to defeat the monster. As she saves the band from turning into dark monsters themselves, she returns to her human form, but retaining her cat ears and tail. She is then approached by Maple Arisugawa, the CEO of Banded Rocking Records to join his recording agency. She meets ChuChu, Retoree, and Moa, the guitarist, bassist, and drummer of Plasmagica, one of Banded Rocking Record's bands. Retoree asks Cyan to join, and she accepts. Together, they all tackle and perform together in the music scene, aiming to be the best music band of all Midi City, discovering the secrets surrounding the Dark Monsters and importantly for Cyan, to find a way to get back to her own world.

Show by Rock!!#

Set after the events of the first season, the intergalactic fleet led by the malevolent Queen of Darkness, Victorious, unleashed a devastating attack on Sound Planet in the future, causing total destruction of Midi City. Upon its destruction, a mysterious band named Bud Virgin Logic appeared and performed a malevolent tune to the surviving denizens while Dagger Morse corrupts all the citizens, draining them of their sound energy and plunging the city into chaos and despair. From the attack, only Ninjinriot survived and feared the worst scenario that would lead to the fall of the Sound Universe. With no choice, the band traveled back in time to prevent it from happening. In present-day Midi City, Maple told the members of Plasmagica, Shingan Crimson, and Criticrista that their recording label is holding a beneficiary concert to the people with somewhat positive reactions. Though at the time of the concert, Plasmagica, despite not having Cyan is eager to perform, until Bud Virgin Logic appeared alongside Dagger Morse, who announced he will destroy the ones who defeated them. But they were thwarted by Ninjinriot, who rescued the trio. After Dagger and his band retreated, Arashi told them that bad things will happen if they don't stop Dagger and Bud Virgin Logic, resulting in the said bad future and got everyone worried that there will be a new battle. At the same time in the Human World, Cyan Hijirikawa was stuck in a writer's block regarding composing a song for her band in the upcoming school festival. Kamui arrived at the Human World and transported Cyan back to the Sound World in order to prevent the dark future from happening. With the entire world in a knife's edge, it's up to Cyan and her friends once again to stop Dagger and Victorious from destroying the Sound Universe.

Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!

Taking place somewhere after the second season, the story focuses on Howan, a Fox Myummon who lives in the countryside on Sound Planet. Though she enjoys her peaceful life in the countryside, Howan dreams of music stardom and gets the chance to achieve her dream when she passes the audition for a music competition in Midi City. Meanwhile, the guitarist Mashima Himeko is equally passionate about music but feels uncomfortable having been placed in a band with two other young artists, the bassist Delmin and the drummer Ruhuyu. Howan loses her audition pass, making her unable to join the audition. Under the glittering lights of Midi City, when Howan is distraught at losing her audition pass, Howan, Himeko, Delmin and Ruhuyu meet each other for the first time and discover together with what they could never reach alone.

Show by Rock!! Stars!!

Taking place after the third season, bands from previous seasons like Plasmagica, Criticrista, Mashumairesh!!, Dokonjofinger and more are back to Midi City for an epic encore. The all-star battle of the bands is set to feature their toughest competition yet.

Characters

Main bands

The starter band in the video game's story mode, composed of four members gathered by Maple Arisugawa of Banded Rocking Records. Cyan hopes for her band to be the best, and they aim for the top of the Music Industry. They are also the featured group in the Show By Rock!! anime.[1]
The second main band of the game, classified as a visual kei band. Like Plasmagica, they are also contracted to Banded Rocking Records and also aim to become the best in Midi City.[3]
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  • Tsurezurenaru Ayatsuri Mugenan is the game's Enka band, which plays a fusion of both rock and traditional Japanese music. They came to Midi City to spread Far East music. The songs in the game were all performed by Salia of the band Unicorn Table until "Sadame" which was performed by Saori Hayami in Japanese and Dawn M. Bennett in English.
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  • Trichronika is an all-male idol group and the first band Cyan met in the anime. It is composed of three members, signed to the major idol label Judas.
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  • A new group debuting in the game and anime, they are a four-piece band composed of students from the St. Midi Middle School's Student Council.[7] In the anime, the group is working for Unicorn Virtual Music and is eyeing Cyan after she arrived in the sound world. Because of their defeat through a rematch against Plasmagica, Dagger was able to corrupt their Melodisian Stones and turn them all into dark monsters. After they were purified and returned to their original forms, Criticrista joined Banded Rocking Records after Dagger Morse is defeated.
    Arcareafact is an all-male band composed of four wealthy members, signed to the major idol label Judas. The members are named after chemical elements. Titan=Titanium; Selen=Selenium; Argon=Argon; Orion=Aurum. The band's official abbreviation is .
    A mysterious band that appears in the second season allied with Dagger Morse. They have melodies as sharp as a knife and delicate vocals as transparent as glass. They were once innocent until Dagger corrupted them and their Melodisian Stones, forcing them to work for him.
    A band hailing from the countryside of the Sound World. In the anime, all of the members had a brief cameo, portrayed as high school students in the countryside who held Tsurezurenaru Ayatsuri Mugenan in high regard and wished to go to Midi City to cheer them on in person, then later signed a recording contract with Ogasawara prior to the last episode of season 1. The group returned in the second season alongside their manager and later became contracted to Unicorn Virtual Music prior to the finale. All the songs in the game are performed by Luna, an artist signed to Nippon Columbia.
    A band hailing from the water capital of Venicillin, they came to Midi City to perform for the first time. The songs in the game are sung by artist Chihiro.
    A band originating from Midi City's Yokai Street, composing of family members based around yokai. All of the songs in the game are performed by J-pop artist Marie Ueda.
    A Lolita rock band whose motif are based on sweets that appears in the second season. All of them are fans of other bands while being good at making sweets and desserts.
    A four piece ninja band that came from the future to prevent the Queen of Darkness from invading Sound World and using its energy to conquer the galaxy. They have no known record label and perform exclusive shows on the streets.
    A superhero band with a hot heart and a marketing soul. Normally they are employees for the major musical instrument chain of stores, "Revolution Music Store." Every week on its rooftop they hold a "Superhero Live Show.”
    A three-piece indie band working in Shibu Valley, now a four-piece band after Uchuura joined the band. They were hired to protect the Gates to the purest Melodisian stone lying in the mountains of Sound World. The band is based on the real-life band KFK.
    A band that debuted later in the first game's life and is the last band added in the original game. Yokazenohorizon is a four-piece Electronica rock band that hails from Fourthvalley, an area somewhere in Midi City where they play artistic and atmospheric sounds in the Yokaze Bar. The band will later make their formal anime debut in Stars.
    Debuting first in the Mashumairesh!! anime before appearing in the successor game Fes A Live, Mashumairesh!! is a four-piece rock band who formed after Howan missed an audition for a music competition in Midi City and met up with Himeko, Delmin and Ruhuyu. They are notable for their "popping and emotional sounds,” which sparkle into everyone's hearts with gorgeous and joyful smiles.
    Debuting first in the Mashumairesh!! anime before appearing in the successor game Fes A Live, Dokonjofinger is a heavy metal high school band hailing from the infamous Dokonjo Kita Academy in Midi City. Known for its unique style of heavy rock, they were formed when the principal summoned the 4 of them into his office, telling them that they were to form a band as community service or otherwise be expelled from the school.
    Debuting first in the Mashumairesh!! anime before appearing in the successor game Fes A Live, Reijingsignal is a 3-piece electronic rock band known for their advanced and high-level sound, vocals, and sense. They are shown to have no leader, as they believe that all 3 members are equals that hone themselves against each other to become better.
    Debuting in Fes A Live, Kuronoatmosphere is a 5-piece punk rock band whose members are themed after time and numbers. The band has broken up due to unknown reasons and were strangely responsible for the sudden spike in Dark Monster threats in MIDI CITY. They all serve as the main antagonists in the game’s story.
    Debuting in Fes A Live, Zerotickholic is a female rock band originating in St. Midi Middle School, utilizing tantalizing and angelic voices with special musical instruments.

    Supporting characters

    A former agent of Unicorn Virtual Music and currently the President and CEO of Banded Rocking Records, he's an egg Myumon who manages both Plasmagica and Shingancrimsonz. Both serious and goofy, he seems to have a bondage and pain fetish, as he sometimes enjoys being punished by his secretary. Thought to be goofy due to his antics, he is very caring towards the bands he formed and treats them as his family while knowing that music can't be weighed by money. Maple also knows about the existence of Strawberry Heart and its relations to Grateful King.
    The secretary of Banded Rocking Records, she is a mouse Myumon who also looks after both bands. She tends to be strict to Maple and has a dominatrix-like personality.
    Grateful King is a famous composer and singer, whose skills in composition and music are legendary to everyone in Sound World. However, since he was contracted with Unicorn Virtual Music, Dagger was using him in his plans by making him compose the most powerful song that would make him ruler of Sound World. Due to Dagger’s evil ambitions, he decided to possess the legendary instrument Strawberry Heart to rescue Cyan after she was brought to Sound World while using it as a way to communicate with her and the others. Now serving as Cyan's instructor in Midi City, it gives her advice on how to defeat Dark Monsters. It's sometimes called "Mr. Berry" by Cyan due to its long name. Later in the series, the members of BRR became aware of its existence.
    Master is a hedgehog cat Myumon and the owner of Studio UNZ, the place where both Mashumairesh!! and Dokonjofinger usually practice. He treats the two bands like part of his family and guides them in various ways through their music.
    The main protagonist of Fes A Live and also the main avatar for the player, Rocker is a Myumon of unknown species (appearance is depended on the customization by the player) who once lived in GURF, a town in the outskirts of Midi City which has since declined due to lack of tourism from music bands. One day, he revisited his family's music shop and found an old amplifier, which is possessed by the spirit of Jeepe Parisugawa. Jeepe asked Rocker to help him revitalize tourism in GURF and also solve the mystery behind his death. On his mission, met up his old friend: an amateur photographer and paparazzi named Rameca and told her to join in. As he and Rameca helped each other with their mission, they also investigate strange appearances of Dark Monsters all over Midi City.
    Rocker's closer friend, Rameca is a Chinchilla Myumon as well as an amateur photographer and writer for articles on Midi City's best bands. Though a newbie, she aims to be the best reporter in all of Midi City, which also the reason she joined Rocker's cause on boosting music tourism in their town. Her name is a play on the word “camera.”
    A deceased ghost who has possessed an old amplifier inside Rocker's old music store. He was once a famous guitarist in Midi City and appeared in GURF 69 years ago, before his mysterious death after a live show, causing his soul to wander all over Midi City. He asked Rocker to revive the old town back to its former glory.

    Antagonists

    The agent for Criticrista and Dagger's employee. He is fired after Criticrista is defeated by Plasmagica in the battle of the bands, but then became an agent for Uwasanopetals prior to the season 1 finale and resigned as an agent to Dagger Morse. However, he is then reinstated to the company again in the season 2 finale.
    The main antagonist of season 1, he is the president of Unicorn Music and is the one responsible for the appearance of the Dark Monsters. He was defeated by Cyan in the first season finale but it's revealed in the second season that he survived and recruited Bud Virgin Logic to be his new band. He is mistakenly accused of working for the Queen of Darkness Victorious, but it’s later revealed he has no allegiance with her whatsoever. In the end, he teamed up with Maple in order to defeat her and change the future.
    The true main antagonist of season 2. A female devil Myumon, she is known as the Queen of Darkness, who rules the planet Ordinis, a harsh world filled only with people desiring results and efficiency. As a child, she and her best friend Astreal both believed in justice and loved to sing together. However, by the end of the exams, she came to believe that only the strong can survive and the weak die when she fell from a cliff after Astreal betrayed her even though she helped Astreal earlier. This caused her Melodisian stone to be corrupted, resulting in her becoming cold, evil and bitter, hating music, and her heart being filled with hatred, rage, and jealousy. When she gained new powers from the darkness, she ended up scaring Astreal into falling off the cliff and claimed the throne as the new ruler of Ordinis. In her later years, she commanded an invasion fleet to commit mass genocide on several planets to extract their Sound Energy. She planned to take over the Sound Universe and create a world of hopelessness, darkness, and despair. She also went undercover as a secretary for Arcareafact, until she revealed she betrayed them and stole their money and belongings.

    Media

    Video games

    The game was first unveiled by Sanrio on the game's official website and was first released on July 30, 2013, for iOS and later on Android platforms on June 27, 2014. Sanrio's Chief Director of License Business Akito Sasaki said at a licensing expo that the reason for the game's artistic distance from Sanrio's usual style is because it is geared toward young boys (although it ended up appealing older girls around 15–19 years old). Several promotional videos were also released for the game, and were uploaded to Sanrio's official YouTube account.[8] Service for the game was discontinued on December 26, 2019.[9]

    A sequel game to the series titled Show by Rock!! Fes A Live was developed by Now Production and published by Square-Enix in both iOS and Android devices on March 12, 2020.[10] [11] On September 29, 2022, it was announced that the game's server will shut down on November 30.[12]

    Anime

    See also: List of Show by Rock!! episodes. A 12-episode anime adaptation of the game animated by Bones aired on Tokyo MX between April 5 and June 21, 2015.[13] [14] [15] The series is directed by Takahiro Ikezoe and written by Touko Machida, with music composed by Yasuharu Takanashi, Funta7 and Rega Sound. The opening theme is and the ending theme is "Have a Nice Music!!", both performed by Plasmagica (Cyan (Gt. & Vo.) (Eri Inagawa / Bryn Apprill), Chuchu (Gt. & Vo.) (Sumire Uesaka / Alexis Tipton), Retoree (Ba. & Vo.) (Manami Numakura / Caitlin Glass) and Moa (Dr. & Vo.) (Ayane Sakura / Monica Rial)).[16] Shimomura of Sanrio commented that "Sanrio is targeting males who like anime and games, a demographic we haven't targeted up until now, in order to develop cross-media marketing through games, anime, and SNS." Inagawa commented that "This has been a long-awaited anime adaptation. I'm so happy I could cry."[17] [18] [19]

    The series is licensed in North America by Funimation, who simulcast the series as it aired and began streaming a dubbed version from June 7, 2015.[20] [21] Funimation released the first season on Blu-ray and DVD on December 6, 2016, in North America and on February 20, 2017, in the United Kingdom.[22] [23]

    A short anime series titled Show By Rock!! Short!![24] aired from July 4 to September 19, 2016, and is also licensed by Funimation. The main theme is by Plasmagica.[25] A second season, Show By Rock!!#, aired from October 2 to December 18, 2016.[26] [27] The opening theme is while the ending theme is "My Song is YOU!!", both performed by Plasmagica.

    A third season, titled, is produced by Kinema Citrus and aired on Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, UNB, SUN, and TV Tokyo on January 9, 2020.[28] Seung Hui Son directs the series, with Daisuke Tazawa as the series's scriptwriter and Nobuyuki Itō as character designer. Polygon Pictures handles the series's 3D animation scenes while both Yasuharu Takanashi and Funta7 returned to compose the series's music in Pony Canyon.[29] [30] Funimation has licensed the third season.[31] [32] The season aired for 12 episodes.[33]

    A fourth season titled Show By Rock!! Stars!! aired on Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, SUN, and UHB from January 7 to March 25, 2021.[34] [35] Takahiro Ikezoe and Touko Machida both return to direct and write the series alongside new director Daigo Yamagishi. Yasuharu Takanashi, Funta7, and Akiya Suzuki are returning to compose the series' music. ENGI will handle the series's 3D animation scenes with Hiroki Yoshioka as CG producer.[36] Both Plasmagica and Mashumairesh performed the series's opening theme with Mashumairesh performing the series' ending theme .[37] Funimation licensed the series and will stream it on its website in North America and the British Isles, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab.[38]

    Manga

    A manga adaptation of the first anime was written and illustrated by Takemaru Yokoshima and began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine on July 4, 2020.[39] The manga's first tankōbon volume was released on December 28, 2020.

    Reception

    Nick Creamer of Anime News Network gave the first episode a positive rating, stating that the "debut was a wild merry-go-round of delirious nonsense, but most of it was the enjoyable kind of nonsense" and "this was a wild and largely entertaining debut, but it also leaves me with plenty of reservations. Shows that rely on novelty to stay interesting often fizzle out quickly, and Show By Rock!! premise doesn't necessarily seem unique or engaging enough to have much staying power once the sparkles fade."[40] However, Amy McNulty gave the first two episodes a B+, saying that "Show By Rock!! is hard to pin down. It's like a pinch of Di Gi Charat, a dash of The Idolmaster and a quart of Sanrio-style magical girls mixed together and thrown into a frenetic cyberpunk setting. It attempts to do too much at once, yet it manages to juggle plot points fairly well so far."[41]

    The popularity of the anime is also shown at the 30th Sanrio Character Ranking with Plasmagica ranking at sixth place and Shingan Crimsonz at second place.[42]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Plasmagica. Sanrio. October 13, 2014. Japanese.
    2. Web site: Sanrio's New Social Game Show By Rock!! Gets Animated Promo Video. Anime News Network. May 3, 2013. October 13, 2014.
    3. Web site: Characters SHOW BY ROCK!! Official Web Site. Sanrio. October 13, 2014. Japanese. – click second icon
    4. Web site: Tsurezure Characters SHOW BY ROCK!! Anime Official Web Site. Sanrio. October 13, 2014. Japanese.
    5. Web site: Trichronika Characters SHOW BY ROCK!! Anime Official Web Site. Sanrio. October 13, 2014. Japanese.
    6. Web site: Criticrista Characters SHOW BY ROCK!! Anime Official Web Site. Sanrio. October 13, 2014. Japanese.
    7. Web site: Hiromi Igarashi, Ai Kayano Join Show By Rock!! Anime's Cast. Anime News Network. February 2, 2015. February 3, 2015.
    8. Web site: Sanrio's New Social Game Show By Rock!! Gets Animated Promo Video. Anime News Network. May 5, 2013. September 10, 2014.
    9. Web site: Original Show By Rock!! Game App Ends Service After 6 Years. Anime News Network. November 26, 2019. November 26, 2019.
    10. Web site: スクエニが『SHOW BY ROCK!!』新作スマホゲームをリリース。テレビアニメ新シリーズが2020年1月に放送. Famitsu. November 24, 2019. November 24, 2019. Japanese.
    11. Web site: 【事前登録】『SHOW BY ROCK!!』のリズムゲーム最新作が登場!『SHOW BY ROCK!! Fes A Live』. Famitsu. November 24, 2019. November 24, 2019. Japanese.
    12. Web site: 【重要】運営サービス終了のお知らせ(9/29) NEWS SHOW BY ROCK!! Fes A Live (ショバフェス) SQUARE ENIX . 2022-10-29 . info.showbyrock-fes.com . Japanese . 2022-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929170354/https://info.showbyrock-fes.com/inc/news/report/202209-1541.html . dead .
    13. Web site: サンリオ発!バンドをテーマにしたキャラクタープロジェクト『SHOW BY ROCK!!(ショウバイロック)』TVアニメ化決定 2015年深夜放送開始. PR Times. September 8, 2014. September 10, 2014. Japanese.
    14. Web site: 「SHOW BY ROCK!!」2015年アニメ化発表!声優・稲川英里シアンコスプレでお祝い. Mobile Media Production. September 8, 2014. September 10, 2014. Japanese. September 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200040/http://newslounge.net/archives/143541. dead.
    15. Web site: Sanrio's Show By Rock!! Mobile Rhythm Game Gets TV Anime in 2015. Anime News Network. September 8, 2014. September 10, 2014.
    16. Web site: VIDEO: Sanrio "Show By Rock!!" Anime Announced. Crunchyroll. September 8, 2014. September 10, 2014.
    17. Web site: Production on TV Anime Show By Rock!! Announced. Tokyo Otaku Mode. September 11, 2014. September 11, 2014.
    18. Web site: Show By Rock!! TV Anime's 2nd Band Promo Video Posted. Anime News Network. October 24, 2014. October 26, 2014.
    19. Web site: Show By Rock!! TV Anime's 3rd Band Promo Video Posted. Anime News Network. November 28, 2014. November 28, 2014.
    20. Web site: Funimation Licenses The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Show By Rock!! Anime. Anime News Network. March 28, 2015. March 29, 2015.
    21. Web site: Funimation Streams Ninja Slayer, Yuki-chan, Ultimate Otaku Teacher, Arslan, Show by Rock, Mikagura With English Dubs. Anime News Network. May 13, 2015. May 13, 2015.
    22. Web site: Amazon.com: Show By Rock!!: The Complete Series (Blu-ray/DVD Combo). 6 December 2016 . Amazon. December 13, 2017.
    23. Web site: Show by Rock - Complete Season 1 Dual Format Blu-ray. 20 February 2017 . Amazon. December 13, 2017.
    24. Web site: Show By Rock!! TV Anime Gets Sequel, New Short Anime. Anime News Network. November 8, 2015. November 8, 2015.
    25. Web site: Funimation Licenses Drifters, Show By Rock Short anime. Anime News Network. July 3, 2016. July 3, 2016.
    26. Web site: Show By Rock!! 2nd Season to Premiere in October. July 4, 2016. Anime News Network. July 4, 2016.
    27. Web site: Show by Rock!! 2nd Season's 1st Promo Video Reveals October 2 Premiere. September 2, 2016. Anime News Network. September 2, 2016.
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    29. Web site: 【フジテレビ】『SHOW BY ROCK!!』3年ぶりの最新作をFODにて最速先行配信が決定! 『SHOW BY ROCK!!ましゅまいれっしゅ!!』. PR Times. November 24, 2019. November 24, 2019. Japanese.
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