Sound! Euphonium Anime’s Melody Continues With Theatrical OVA in Summer 2023

 

As Kumiko becomes the head of the Kitauji High School Concert Band in her third year, she’ll be tasked with many trials that our floofy protagonist was not prepared for. Ahead of the third season of the Sound! Euphonium TV anime in 2024, Kyoto Animation announced today that the previously revealed theatrical OVA will be released in the summer of 2023 across Japan.

A teaser trailer and visual for Sound! Euphonium: Special Edition ~Ensemble Contest~ was unveiled to commemorate the news.

 

 

 

The Sound! Euphonium theatrical OVA, which is set to be screened in limited theaters across Japan in the summer of 2023 will also be released around the same time on Blu-ray in Japan. The third season was previously confirmed to be set in Kumiko’s third year of school, with the first story of that year being shown in Sound! Euphonium: Special Edition ~Ensemble Contest~ beginning a new song in the melody that is Kyoto Animation’s orchestrated anime series.

 

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The original Sound! Euphonium novels are published in Japan by Takarajimasha under their Takarajimasha Bunko imprint, and an English language version is also available from Yen Press. The first two seasons of Sound! Euphonium is directed by Tatsuya Ishihara at Kyoto Animation with Naoko Yamada chief directing the series and directing the spin-off film Liz and the Blue Bird. Both the series and films feature animation produced at Kyoto Animation.

 

Crunchyroll currently streams seasons 1 and 2 of Sound! Euphonium, describing the story as such:

 

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school. 

 

Source: Sound! Euphonium on Twitter

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.