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Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium TV Ad Reveals Premiere Date
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website of the Sound! Euphonium television anime began streaming a 30-second commercial for the show on Friday. The video shows some scenes from the anime, and reveals the anime's April 7 premiere date.
Teacher: New students, welcome to Kitauji High School!
Kumiko: Oh, it's the brass band club!
Reina: We weren't aiming for the nationals.
Girl: Huh? UFO?
Girl: Not a UFO, a euphonium.
Sapphire: The brass band club in this school, is... um, how do I put it...
Girl: Not as good as we thought.
Kumiko: TV anime, Sound! Euphonium. Premiering in April!
Girl: And so, the next song begins.
The website previously streamed a promo video on January.
The previously announced cast includes:
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Kumiko Ōmae
Instrument: Euphonium
Ayaka Asai as Hazuki Katō
Instrument: Tuba
Moe Toyota Sapphire Kawashima
Instrument: Contrabass
Chika Anzai as Reina Kōsaka
Instrument: Trumpet
Minako Kotobuki as Asuka Tanaka
Instrument: Euphonium
Saori Hayami as Haruka Ogasawara
Instrument: Saxophone
Minori Chihara as Kaori Nakaseko
Instrument: Trumpet
Haruki Ishiya as Shūichi Takamoto
Instrument: Trombone
Takahiro Sakurai as Noboru Taki
TRUE will provide the opening theme song, titled "DREAM SOLISTER," while Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai (as their characters) will sing the ending theme song, titled "Tutti." "DREAM SOLISTER" and "Tutti" will go on sale on April 22 and May 13, respectively.
There will be a kickoff event for the anime which will be held in AnimeJapan 2015 on March 21, and the four main cast members (Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai), Saori Hayami, Minori Chihara, and Takahiro Sakurai will make an appearance.
The anime adapts Ayano Takeda's Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-Bu e Yōkoso (Sound! Euphonium Welcome to Kitauji High School's Musical Instrument Club) novel. The original novel's story follows the Kitauji Music club, which used to always advance to national competitions. Ever since the adviser changed, though, it has not advanced past the Kansai tournament. However, thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instruction, the students are steadily improving. The club members' daily lives are full of ups and downs including fights over solos and the decision to resign club activities to focus on studies.
The anime begins when Kumiko Ōmae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school's brass band club as a first year. Kumiko's classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school...
Tatsuya Ishihara is directing the anime, and Jukki Hanada is in charge of the series scripts. Shoko Ikeda is designing the characters, and Naoko Yamada is the series technical director. Mutsuo Shinohara is the art director, and Akiyo Takeda is color key artist. Hiroyuki Takahashi is in charge of the musical instrument designs, and Kazuya Takao is the director of photography. Yota Tsuruoka is directing the sound, and Akito Matsuda is composing the music. Kyoto Animation, Pony Canyon, Lantis, and Rakuonsya make up the Hibike! Production Committee.
The anime will premiere on April 7 on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and KBS Kyoto. It will air on BS 11 on April 8, and on AT-X on April 10.
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