Hoshi ga Hajimaru

The Stars Begin (星がはじまる) is a song by Argonavis and the first opening of the anime ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream! ANIMATION.

It was revealed for the first time during a promotional performance in front of Animate Ikebukuro on January 25, 2020; and a portion of it was uploaded to Twitter.

It was revealed to be one of the opening themes of the anime during the [https://www.youtube.com/live/bDBqkTenAwA?feature=share&t=3103 ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream! Anime Special Stream] on January 29, 2020. It's full version was shown for the first time during the first day of the ARGONAVIS 3rd LIVE "Sound Only Live" on April 28 of the same year.

It was added to AAside on its release on January 14, 2021; where it was used as the song for the band quests "First Rehearsal" and "Starting Live".

An special acoustic version by Kousuke Miyauchi (percussion), Ito Masahiro (vocals) and Hyuga Daisuke (guitar and vocals) was performed during both Kyoto performances of the ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- lives and to promote the tour a portion of one was uploaded to Twitter.

It is written by Nakamura Kou and Tomoya Tabushi (UNISON SQUARE GARDEN), composed by Tomoya Tabushi (UNISON SQUARE GARDEN) and arranged by Takuya Watanabe -who also played the guitar and was also in charge of all the other instruments and programming-; the bass was played by Igarashi (hitorie) and the drums by Hiroyuki Suzuki.

It is the title track for their third single with the same name, which was released on April 29, 2020. It is also included on their first album Starry Line, which was released on August 12, 2020; and on the fourth disc of the Argonavis AAside Memorial Album, which will be released on April 12, 2023.

Video
Creditless Opening= https://youtu.be/UyMplaC2wZg Live Performance (Live Royal Fes 2020)= https://youtu.be/T9sMENX_lww Full= https://youtu.be/SKPCneEju4Q https://youtu.be/k8G3ZbQNguA

Lyrics
Romaji=

(Dore kurai no Yes to No wo) (Ima wo yoku mite)

(Kimi ga naitecha kanashii yo) (4 COUNT de) Narasou narasou Narasou narasou Kanji = 諦める運命じゃないよね？

広大な宇宙の　ほんのわずかな鼓動 息遣いが聞こえる　僕を呼ぶような きっかけなんて本当は　何でもよかったんだな 君が見つけた歌が　寂しいのなんて今だけ

(どれくらいの YesとNoを)君と僕とで作ろうか (今をよく見て)この瞬間をもっと　つかまえた先へと

そして僕らの星がはじまる かすかに鳴ってるその音が生きてる証 一万光年先の銀河へ解き放て！ はじまった物語　そうさ　こんなところで 諦める運命じゃないよね？

荒唐で無稽だと誰かは言うかも だけど追いかけてる　止まれないのさ ぽっかり空いた　胸の穴埋めるダイヤモンド 砕けないものはないと　信じたっていいから

(君が泣いてちゃ悲しいよ)すれ違い　できた溝も (4カウントで)すぐ埋まるよ　僕らそういう関係なんだとっくに

そして僕らの歌がはじまる 名もなき小さな星たちを繋ぎ合わせて 百万光年先の銀河に届けるよ はてのない物語　今は　温めてる

遠くで小さく　光ってる あのかけらが　希望っていうやつ？ 鳴らそう　鳴らそう　僕らしかできない 鳴らそう　鳴らそう　諦める運命じゃないから――

やがて僕らの歌が聞こえる みんなに連鎖して繋がったら星座になれる

そして僕らの星がはじまる かすかに鳴ってる　その音が生きてる証 一万光年先の銀河へ解き放て！ はじまった物語　そうさ　こんなところで 諦める運命じゃないよね？

僕らが鳴らす　運命を信じろ！ English =

Live Performance
Argonavis
 * December 5, 2019: BanG Dream! Argonavis 2nd LIVE "VOICE -Hoshizora no Shita no Yakusoku-"
 * July 25, 2020: ARGONAVIS Special Live -Starry Line-
 * September 26, 2020: LisOeuf♪ Party 2020 -AUTUMN-
 * March 12 and 13, 2021: ARGONAVIS 3rd LIVE「CROSSING」
 * May 30, 2021: ARGONAVIS LIVE 2021 JUNCTION A-G
 * June 18-27, 2021: ARGONAVIS the Live Stage
 * August 28, 2021: Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-
 * November 23, 2021: Argonavis LIVE 2021 -Kitto Bokura wa-
 * January 2, 2022: ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022
 * October 1, 2022: Argonavis TOUR 2022 RUN-UP (Osaka)
 * October 2, 2022: Argonavis TOUR 2022 RUN-UP (Fukuoka)
 * October 10, 2022: Argonavis TOUR 2022 RUN-UP Tour Final
 * January 8, 2023: from ARGONAVIS 2nd LIVE -Rezonance- (DAY2)

Acoustic
 * January 25, 2020: Animate Ikebukuro Mini Acoustic Live
 * July 11, 2020: ARGONIGHT Always Rehearsing
 * July 18, 2020: ARGONIGHT Always Rehearsing in MixChannel
 * January 9, 2021: ARGONAVIS AAside New Year Event “Navi Hajime”
 * April 4, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Shizuoka)
 * April 10, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Osaka)
 * April 11, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Kyoto)
 * April 17, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Aichi)
 * April 18, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Kanagawa's night performance)
 * April 25, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Saitama)
 * May 1, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Tokyo)
 * May 2, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Tokyo)
 * October 16, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Autumm Session- (Hyougo)
 * October 17, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Autumm Session- (Okayama)
 * October 24, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Autumm Session- (Miyagi)

with Kousuke Miyauchi
 * April 11, 2021: ARGONAVIS Acoustic Tour 2021 -Spring Session- (Kyoto)

Trivia

 * It was added to D4DJ Groovy Mix on August 18, 2021 (JP / Removed) and April 1, 2022 (EN).