On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019)

Original title

音楽

Directed by

Kenji Iwaisawa

Genre

animated film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 11m

Rated

12

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three bored high school delinquents decide to start a rock band even though they know nothing about music. The film follows their strange and low-key adventures as they stumble through making noise together.

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What happens

On-Gaku: Our Sound (Japanese: 音楽; lit. "Music") is a 2019 Japanese adult-animated musical comedy-drama film written, directed and animated by Kenji Iwaizawa, based on the 2005 self-published manga Ongaku to Manga by Hiroyuki Oohashi. The film was produced by the studios Rock’n Roll Mountain and Tip Top, and stars the voices of Shintaro Sakamoto, Tateto Serizawa, Tomoya Maeno, Ren Komai, Naoto Takenaka and Kami Hiraiwa. The plot concerns three high school delinquents with no prior musical experience who form their own rock music band. On-Gaku had its world premiere at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on 26 September 2019, followed by a limited release in Japan on 11 January 2020. It received praise for its deadpan humour, musical score and vocal performances, and won Best Feature at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the 75th Mainichi Film Awards. It was also nominated for Best Independent Animated Feature at the 48th Annie Awards and Best Animation Film at the 75th Mainichi Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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