Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)

Original title

劇場版 響け！ユーフォニアム～北宇治高校吹奏楽部へようこそ～

Directed by

Tatsuya Ishihara

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

G

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A first-year high school student joins her school's concert band. The story follows her and her fellow band members as they work together and prepare for performances.

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What happens

Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (Japanese: 劇場版 響け！ユーフォニアム ～北宇治高校吹奏楽部へようこそ～, Hepburn: Gekijōban Hibike! Yūfoniamu: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu e Yōkoso) is a 2016 Japanese animated film that serves as a recap of the 2015 anime television series Sound! Euphonium, which itself is based on the novel series of the same name by Ayano Takeda. Produced by Kyoto Animation and distributed by Shochiku, the film is directed by Tatsuya Ishihara from a script written by Jukki Hanada. The film follows first-year high school student Kumiko Ōmae joining the concert band of Kitauji High School. The film was announced in October 2015. Several of the cast and the staff from the anime series were confirmed to be returning for the film in December 2015. Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band premiered in Japan on April 23, 2016. The film grossed $36,476 outside Japan and received a nomination at the Japan Media Arts Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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