History Anime / ShowByRock

In 2019, a third and fourth season were announced to premiere in 2020. The new season, ''Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'', Now animated by Creator/KinemaCitrus and Creator/PolygonPictures, with Creator/{{ENGI}} for Stars' CGI), which takes the focus away from our original cast of bands and instead introduces three new bands as protagonists: Mashumairesh!!, the eponymous all-girl group, Dokonjofinger, an all-boy group, and Reijingsignal, an all-girl rival trio. Taking some cues from the ''Fes A Live'' game, the center of this adaptation turns to Howan, a native Myumon who travels to Midi City in order to make her big break as an artist.

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In 2019, a third and fourth season were announced to premiere in 2020. The new season, ''Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'' (Now animated by Creator/KinemaCitrus and Creator/PolygonPictures, with Creator/{{ENGI}} for the second season's CGI), takes the focus away from our original cast of bands and instead introduces three new bands as protagonists: Mashumairesh!!, the eponymous all-girl group, Dokonjofinger, an all-boy group, and Reijingsignal, an all-girl rival trio. Taking some cues from the ''Fes A Live'' game, the center of this adaptation turns to Howan, a native Myumon who travels to Midi City in order to make her big break as an artist.

All of this culminates in the fourth season, ''Show by Rock!! Stars'', where the main bands from previous seasons get to interact more intimately with each other and have the older bands mentor the younger ones. This series started airing in the Winter 2021 season.

!!Trope by Rock!!

** Ruhuyu once is so shocked she performs the "[[Manga/OsomatsuKun Sheeeh! pose]]".

[[WMG: Tropes relating to ''Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'' are:]]

* WinTheCrowd: InUniverse, Shingan Crimsonz opens for Trichronika, and Shu☆zo's rabid fans are not happy, not helped by Crow calling the audience "Cattle" which really pisses off the piglets. But once Crow starts singing, they make the crowd their fans.

In 2019, a third and fourth season were announced to premiere in 2020. The new season, ''Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'' (Now animated by Creator/KinemaCitrus and Creator/PolygonPictures, with ENGI for the second season), takes the focus away from our original cast of bands and instead introduces three new bands as protagonists: Mashumairesh!!, the eponymous all-girl group, Dokonjofinger, an all-boy group, and Reijingsignal, an all-girl rival trio. Taking some cues from the ''Fes A Live'' game, the center of this adaptation turns to Howan, a native Myumon who travels to Midi City in order to make her big break as an artist.

All of this culminates in the fifth season, ''Show by Rock!! Stars'', where the main bands from previous seasons get to interact more intimately with each other and have the older bands mentor the younger ones. This series started airing in the Winter 2021 season.

* RealityEnsues: When Angelica and Maple go to Unicorn Virtual Music to [[spoiler: bust out Grateful King]], Angelica does the usual spy back flips, breaking through windows, blowing up doors, and dodging lasers. However, because of all of the noise she's been making entering the building, the security alarm goes off and they're forced to make their mission quick.

* SupportingProtagonist: Howan is ''Mashumairesh's'' main character, but the story is more about Himeko learning to open up to the others more through her growing friendship with Howan.

All of this culminates in the fifth season, ''Show by Rock!! Stars'', where the main bands from previous seasons get to interact more intamately with each other and have the older bands mentor the younger ones. This series atarted airing in the Winter 2021 season.

In 2019, a third and fourth season were announced to premiere in 2020. The new season, ''Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'' (Now animated by Creator/KinemaCitrus and Creator/PolygonPictures), takes the focus away from our original cast of bands and instead introduces three new bands as protagonists: Mashumairesh!!, the eponymous all-girl group, Dokonjofinger, an all-boy group, and Reijingsignal, an all-girl rival trio. Taking some cues from the ''Fes A Live'' game, the center of this adaptation turns to Howan, a native Myumon who travels to Midi City in order to make her big break as an artist.

* {{Adorkable}}: There's no better way to describe Shingan Crimsonz in one word.

* MythologyGag: The store Howan is shown working part-time at in episode 7 of the anime is the Sanrio Animestore, an actual, official store she serves as a mascot of in real life.

** Howan and her grandmother treating her grandfather as someone who had already passed on only for her still-living grandfather to shout out that no, he's still alive.

* LargeHam: Ruhuyu is loud and chews the scenery frequently for dramatic effect. Rararin is [[ColdHam a more subdued example]], but still counts as she's fond of waxing metaphors in an exaggerated manner to look and sound cool as part of her band's image.

* TheRival: Reijingsignal for Mashumairesh. Their leader, Rararin, is especially very eager to see Howan's growth as a WorthyOpponent sometime in the near future.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Howan is many things Cyan from the first series is not: unlike Cyan, who was a regular human from Earth who was, against her will, transported into the world of the Myumons in Midi City [[TheChosenOne for a greater]] [[spoiler: or rather, sinister]] purpose, Howan is an ordinary native Myumon with much humbler, and down to earth goals of going to Midi City on her own volition. While both are nice girls on their own, Cyan was very shy around others while Howan is easily comfortable and quickly gets along with people she just met just fine. Though they're both talented in their own way, Cyan is noted to be extraordinarily skilled in guitar from the get-go and is recognized as such while Howan, despite having her potential recognized by Rararin, is still considered a greenhorn in the world of rock. Even the way they joined their respective bands contrasts greatly with each other: Cyan was quickly recruited early on into Plasmagica by [=ChuChu=] after seeing her throw a wicked guitar riff with Strawberry Heart against a Dark Monster in episode 1[[note]]though Cyan only got to join in episode 2[[/note]], while Howan took the initiative by herself to join Mashumairesh (then unnamed), after realizing she belonged with them while she was with Reijingsignal but only after six episodes in.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Howan is many things Cyan from the first series is not: unlike Cyan, who was a regular human from Earth who was, against her will, transported into the world of the Myumons in Midi City [[TheChosenOne for a greater [[spoiler: or rather, sinister]] purpose]], Howan is an ordinary native Myumon with much humbler, and down to earth goals of going to Midi City on her own volition. While both are nice girls on their own, Cyan was very shy around others while Howan is easily comfortable and quickly gets along with people she just met just fine. Though they're both talented in their own way, Cyan is noted to be extraordinarily skilled in guitar from the get-go and is recognized as such while Howan, despite having her potential recognized by Rararin, is still considered a greenhorn in the world of rock. Even the way they joined their respective bands contrasts greatly with each other: Cyan was quickly recruited early on into Plasmagica by [=ChuChu=] after seeing her throw a wicked guitar riff with Strawberry Heart against a Dark Monster in episode 1[[note]]though Cyan only got to join in episode 2[[/note]], while Howan took the initiative by herself to join Mashumairesh (then unnamed), after realizing she belonged with them while she was with Reijingsignal but only after six episodes in.

''Show By Rock!!'' is notable for being Sanrio's attempt at appealing to a wider demographic, being aimed at older audiences than their traditional fare. It premiered on April 5, 2015, and can be watched with a subscription on Creator/FUNimation's website [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/show-by-rock/home here]].

In 2019, a third and fourth season were announced to premiere in 2020. The new season, ''Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'', takes the focus away from our original cast of bands and instead introduces three new bands as protagonists: Mashumairesh!!, the eponymous all-girl group, Dokonjofinger, an all-boy group, and Reijingsignal, an all-girl rival trio. Taking some cues from the ''Fes A Live'' game, the center of this adaptation turns to Howan, a native Myumon who travels to Midi City in order to make her big break as an artist.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitutes: Inverted. It's implied that Cyan has been watching a group of three girls who are members of her school's music club, since her imagine spot features them prominently. [[spoiler: Girls who happen to closely resemble Retoree, [=ChuChu=] and Moa, who are her genuine bandmates!]]