前言
最不待见偶像动画的群体，应该就是英语圈的欧美Anime Fans了。自诩婆罗门、几乎每个季度都看完全部新番的gigguk，在2023动画年度盘点居然都完全没提到MyGO就是证据。不过是为什么呢？
简单思考一下可以猜到，与如此热衷于爱抖露动画的中国人和日本人不同，欧美人对跨次元企划和爱抖露文化都毫无兴趣，根源在鬼佬的宗教传统。
宗教在今天的中国人看来是愚昧的代名词，但实际上并非如此，现代人灾难的核心，都与宗教息息相关。最先发现这个问题的是生活在十九世纪末的德国人尼采，在现代科学与制度高歌猛进的时代，尼采敏感地发现了虚无主义的危机。因为任何价值都无法为其自身赋予价值，钻石无法给钻石定价，善良、忠诚和笃信也无法给自己赋予价值，只有超越的存在(supernature beings)才能做到支持最高价值的价值。
而这种超越的存在，在欧美人看来，正是自罗马以来的基督宗教传统。虽然这种传统在发展中遭到中世纪人的扭曲，这种扭曲来自人为的强制性宗教，看似扩大了天主教的影响力，实际上却从根本上摧毁了宗教的根基。如同道德一般，宗教是只关乎于人的内心、只关于人与上帝的某种东西，如果被强制裹挟，只会变成人与人之间的某些联系。不过可悲的是，试图用强制改变某些只关乎内心之物的努力，到今天还长盛不衰。
不过幸运的是，欧洲人很聪明，马丁路德也好，加尔文也好，宗教改革和“因信称义”重新恢复了宗教本来的面貌。到今天欧洲的宗教，无论是英美的加尔文新教也好，欧洲的路德宗新教也好，还是罗马天主教也好，都是失去政治色彩的，只关乎于人内心本身的某种东西。
东亚人也有宗教，但看待宗教的观点与欧美人截然不同。中国自古以来就有民间信仰，但对大家来说，信仰是有理由的，如果今天焚香烧炉，那是因为希望明天祈雨所致。大家都是现实主义者，如果神不能带来利益，那自然没有信仰的价值。欧美人的思路则截然不同，对于他们来说，信仰才能得到某些东西，而不是为了得到某些东西才去信仰。信仰本身，是超越的存在。而东亚的神明，则没有这种尊严。
当然这种宗教传统也自然有利有弊，但在现代，没有宗教的皈依，中国人和日本人则要经受更多虚无主义的孤独。
正是因为这种孤独，才让我们更热衷于国家、民族和爱抖露。而欧美人因为已经有了足够的信仰，对爱抖露自然没有更根本的需求。国家、民族与偶像，看起来天差地别，其实完全一致，喜欢动画的欧美人对此更为清楚，reddit上有一堆纸片人美少女的教堂(例如r/SakurajimaMaiChurch)。
然而最看不惯偶像动画的欧美阿宅，仍然让MyGO拿到了jury版的年度动画，本身素质自然可见一斑。
年度喜剧人物(Comedic Character)：千早爱音
At her core Chihaya Anon is selfish and manipulative, but that’s part of why she stands out from the beginning of BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!. Anon’s desire for the spotlight drives much of the comedy in early episodes of MyGO and seeing her attempts fall flat is entertaining, as she tries to find any angle possible towards popularity. Her fun facial expressions only elevate the humor, as her excitement and frustration is hilariously wide open when others respond and foil her plans. This characterization only becomes funnier once the viewer realizes the pattern of incompetence and how she is lacking the skills to deserve any of the spotlight she desires.
Anon has more going for her than just her comedy, as she also has a strong character arc in the middle of the show, when her painful past is revealed and she grows to care about more than just her own spotlight. During this progression she develops strong relationships with her fellow band members, particularly with Tomori as the two grow to understand each other and the significance of the promise they made to stay as a band for their whole lives.
Anon excels regardless of the current direction or mood that MyGO is going for. She’s able to star as the image-obsessed and attention-seeking teenager in light-hearted moments, while also showing strong depth when the show goes in a more serious direction. While Anon didn’t manage to get the band named after herself, she still manages to steal the spotlight.
千早爱音的本质是自私又心机，但这也正是她在BanG Dream It’s MyGO!!!!!前期就惹人关注的原因。爱音想要站在聚光灯下的小私心是MyGO前期大部分喜剧情节的驱动力，而且一边看着她耍弄心思，绞尽脑汁，翻弄各种角度寻求人气，一边又看到她的计划失败实在是很有趣。当她计划即将成功的兴奋和被别人破坏的沮丧都写在了脸上，她生动活泼的面部表情只会增加幽默感。这种性格在后期变得更加有趣了，因为观众们明白了她如此废柴而且并没有能吸引别人目光的技能。
爱音在动画中盘展现了更多她的性格细节，使得爱音不再是个单纯的喜剧角色。当她留学失败的痛苦被揭露出来后，她也逐渐成长成不再只关心自己人气的女孩了。在她个人的成长里她与其他的乐队成员产生了坚固的关系，尤其是与灯。爱灯二人从相识到相知，最终二人也为履行许下的一辈子乐队誓言而共同留在乐队。
无论MyGO当前的剧情和情绪走向如何，爱音都表现出色。她在日常时虽然还是那个痴迷外表，寻求关注的少女，但在MyGO这部作品走向更加严肃的方向时，也能表现出这个人物性格的深度。当然，爱音没能成功把乐队名字改成Anon Tokyo，但在最后她还是偷走了众人的目光。
年度剧情动画（Drama）
The BanG Dream! franchise took a leap of faith in 2023, opting to focus on a new cast and take the series in a heavier direction for *BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!*— a decision that paid off wonderfully.
At their core, the cast of MyGO are all fundamentally broken people with their own personal issues: isolated, abandoned, hurt, manipulative, lost. The show excels in making these flawed individuals understandable and relatable, creating some of the most complex characters of the year. From abandonment issues to unrequited longing to grappling with the true weight of promises, each character undergoes their own meaningful growth. Much like the theme of the show, no character or action is ever insignificant, prompting the audience to reflect on every past event.
The show also shines from a visual standpoint, with strong cinematography and framing enhancing the storytelling and understanding of the cast. MyGO often opts for a show-don’t-tell style of storytelling, and this cinematographic strength is a crucial part in executing this. The show flourishes with its lighting, cleverly employing shadows to display Soyo’s manipulation or Taki’s regret. Characters are astutely blocked, visualizing separation and division, and reflect the communication struggles plaguing these characters.
All of this culminates into some of the best dramatic storylines of the year, as the characters and their flaws come to a collision, creating emotional highlights and top-notch moments, fitting for the best drama of 2023.
BanG Dream! 系列突然选择在2023进行了信仰之跃：选出了一批新主角，并把新系列导向了一个更加严肃的方向——BanG Dream It’s MyGO!!!!!——一个现在看来获得巨大成功的决定。
究其根本，MyGO的主角们都是坏掉的少女，有着各自的烦恼和矛盾：被抛弃，被疏远，受伤，心机，迷失。这部动画成功地把我们看到的这些角色创造的如此真实，又合乎情理，同时也创作出了一些2023年度最复杂的角色。从一直念叨着被抛弃，一个人独自对过去的渴望，到逐渐理解誓言的真正重量，每个角色都经历了对她们来说富有意义的人格成长。与本部番剧的主题很相似的是，没有一个角色或动作是没有意义的，催促着观众对动画中的每一秒都认真对待。
这部动画从视觉角度来看同样闪耀。强大的摄影和框架增强了观众对叙事和主角们的理解和探寻。MyGO是选择了一种把故事细节藏在暗处(show-don’t-tell)的叙事方式，而3D的摄影优势则成为了这种叙事方式的最佳拍档。在叙事过程中，MyGO从不吝啬它的光影，巧妙地运用阴影来展现素世的心机与立希的愧疚。故事中的角色被巧妙地用阴影隔开，把疏离和分裂视觉化了。最终也反映出了困扰主角们的沟通障碍。
所有的草蛇灰线都最终引入到今年最佳剧情的高潮部分。角色和她们的缺陷都碰撞在一起，创造出了情感上的爆发和顶级演出。因此，MyGO获得2023年度最佳剧情奖实至名归。
年度动画(Anime of the Year)
At first glance, taking five quirky teenage girls with the same hobby but starkly different personalities and sticking them together is an age-old recipe for a light-hearted and comforting “cute girls doing cute things” show. But what happens when you dial up those quirky personalities into fully-fledged realistic character flaws and start the show in media res following a traumatic break up of the group? Enter Bang Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!, a deceptively simple teenage band drama with more toxic character flaws than titular exclamation marks.
MyGO tells the tale of the dissolution and revival of the band Crychic, a band composed of girls who are fun, comedic, and charismatic… but also selfish, spiteful, and manipulative. The show commits to a “show, don’t tell” approach for this dysfunctional aspect of the characters—expressing the duality of their personalities and beliefs through physical behavior and emphasized by cinematography. Despite this heavy emphasis on the negative traits of the central characters’ personalities, the series ultimately brings home the storyline in a compelling manner that acknowledges the characters’ incompatibility in a mature way, rather than a saccharine forced harmony.
MyGO is a roller coaster of drama. It carefully balances the dysfunction of its characters against their cooperation towards a shared goal and repeatedly delivers thrilling twists that thwart their progress. Like any good roller coaster, it knows how to build up to a few especially momentous and delightful moments that form some of the most satisfying narrative climaxes of the year.
乍一看，五个各有怪癖，性格各异，却共同热爱音乐的少女们聚在一起组建乐队，其实是一个有点年头，但总归还是废萌(cute girls doing cute things)套路。但当你真的把这五个少女的个性升级为严肃的现实缺陷，然后再带入到经历过乐队创伤性崩溃的背景中开始剧情，会发生什么呢？BanG Dream It’s MyGO!!!!!就应运而生，一个看似单纯的少女乐队剧，其中角色的性格缺陷比跟标题里的惊叹号还多。
MyGO讲述了乐队Crythic的崩溃和再生：乐队里面的成员都有趣，搞笑，富有魅力………但也同样自私，有时充满恶意和心机。这部动画选择了一种把故事细节藏在暗处的叙事方式，来展开这些角色们身上的巨大缺陷——即通过角色们自己的行为(show, don’t tell)表达了角色们身上的两面性。这种叙事方式与强大的摄影设计相组合，把角色们的行为进一步深入地描写出来。虽然本作有对角色们身上的负面特质的过度强调，但系列整体却以令人信服的方式把角色和故事讲得非常合理，并且成熟地认可了角色们自有的不足，而不是强行创造甜蜜但虚假的和谐。
MyGO是剧情的过山车。它把角色间的不和与每个人共同努力为同一个目标奋斗这两面细致地平衡着，在此基础上，还能给我们提供一个又一个的反转，不断为主角们设下障碍。就像任何一个好的过山车，MyGO非常巧妙地设置了好几个极其精美和幸福的时刻，并最终构成了2023年最让人满意的叙事高潮。因此MyGO获得年度动画奖，实至名归！