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(4/5)Update: I finished the show, and my opinion largely remains the same. Things do improve a bit in the 2nd half of the season, but even then, I felt really underwhelmed with both the characters and the music for most of the show. To the show's credit, Tomori serves as good representation of a character struggling with mental illness, even though it makes the show initially boring. I liked the pink haired girl and drummer girl well enough too. Almost everyone else felt very one dimensional and unrealistic though. If you're looking for a band anime, I'd highly suggest ぼっち・ざ・ろく or ガールズバンドクライ instead.
Original: I've only watched through episode 5, but so far I really don't see the appeal. If you want to watch an anime with a really slow development, and disjointed transitions, where half the characters have the personality and conversational skills of a doorknob, then maybe this anime is for you.
For me, every episode so far has been like "this could have potential? Maybe?". And so I keep watching, hoping that the next episode will actually be interesting. I guess part of it comes down to whether Tomori hooks you in episode 3 or not, since she's basically the special character of the show (and so far the one with the least personality. Edit: she does develop a personality halfway through). The voice acting overall ranges from decent to very artificial sounding, depending on the character.
The animation is great - if I didn't know it was 3D, I wouldn't realize it half the time. The extremely minimal music scenes have been nice. That said, I can't help but compare this to ガールズバンドクライ, which really leans into the 3D, and makes amazing use of lighting, panning, etc, to really add a special atmosphere and mood to the show - especially the musical performances. While GBC is less smooth than MyGo, it feels so much more alive to me.
An Oddly Charming Show
This is my first entry into the BanG Dream franchise. From my understanding, the original anime expects you to sort of know the characters already from the games while this one you can just jump into fresh. I didn't have any issues watching this with no prior background in the series.
The show itself is kind of weird to rate. It can be very melodramatic at times, the music is just okay and the voice acting talent varies a lot from character to character but I still had fun watching it. The cast of characters carry the show even though a few of them are pretty bland. I felt like the episodes focusing on Anon or the "side" characters were a lot more interesting than the Tomori episodes.
The character designs and animation are really good in this too. Its probably the best 3d anime I can think of visually.