Sound! Euphonium Anime’s Song Continues in New Trailer for ~Ensemble Contest~ Theatrical Release

 

After the event for the Sound! Euphonium anime was canceled early today due to a typhoon currently climbing Japan, the series still showed off the latest trailer for its upcoming theatrical release of Sound! Euphonium: Special Edition ~Ensemble Contest~, previewing the main theme “Ensemble” by TRUE. 

 

 

Director Tatsuya Ishihara, who returns from the previous films and series, thanked fans for their continuing support of the series:

 

 

#ユーフォ_アンコン 新情報をお楽しみいただいている皆さまへ????

石原立也監督からのメッセージをお届けします！

今後とも『響け！ユーフォニアム』をどうぞよろしくお願いします！#anime_eupho pic.twitter.com/Gp05YrA46h

— アニメ「響け！ユーフォニアム」公式 (@anime_eupho) June 3, 2023

 

The Sound! Euphonium theatrical release, set to be screened in limited theaters across Japan from August 4 will also be released around the same time on Blu-ray in Japan. A third season was previously confirmed to be set in Kumiko’s third year of school with Kumiko leading the club, the first story of that is being shown in Sound! Euphonium: Special Edition ~Ensemble Contest~ beginning a new song in the melody that is Kyoto Animation’s orchestrated anime series.

RELATED: Special Edition Sound! Euphonium Anime Hits Japanese Theaters in August

 

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.