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New Sound! Euphonium Anime About Kumiko's 3rd Year to Air in 2024 With Ensemble Contest Arc in 2023
posted on by Egan Loo
The "anime about Kumiko's third year in high school will air in 2024. In addition, the "Ensemble Concert" arc will get a "medium-length" anime (longer than a short, shorter than a feature) next year.
The anime for the Ensemble Concert arc will have both a Blu-ray Disc release and theatrical screenings. The in-story band (as represented by the TRUE, and the cast in stage readings) is performing summer concerts on August 13 and 14 at Tokyo's Line Cube Shibuya.
Original light novel author Ayano Takeda published the story of Kumiko's third year in high school in two novel volumes. The first volume shipped on April 17, 2019 and the second volume shipped on June 22, 2019.
Note: The next paragraph contains spoilers for the novels.
In the novels, the band once again focuses on getting gold at Nationals. Kumiko is the new band president, with her ex-boyfriend Shuuichi Tsukamaoto as vice president, and Reina Kousaka as the drum major. As with the previous year, new first years and transfer students enter the band with their own quirks, chief among them being Mayu Kuroe, a euphonium player from Seira Girls School. Mayu is a formidable presence in the school competition circuit, and Sapphire's former school.
The first 13-episode television anime series for the franchise premiered in April 2015. Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-Bu e Yōkoso "flashback" film in April 2016.
The 13-episode Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Todoketai Melody compilation film in September 2017.
Kyoto Animation then Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in March 2019.
The second new film, released the film on home video on June 2, 2020.
Source: Comic Natalie
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