Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu e Yōkoso

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Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu e Yōkoso
Original title 響 け! ユ ー フ ォ ニ ア ム 北 宇 治 高校 吹奏 楽 部 へ よ う こ そ
transcription Hibike! Yūfoniamu: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu e Yōkoso
Hibike! Euphonium logo.png
Logo of the anime
genre Drama , slice of life
Light novel
country JapanJapan Japan
author Ayano Takeda
illustrator Nikki Asada
publishing company Takarajimasha
First publication December 5, 2013 - ...
expenditure 8 + 2
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Hami
publishing company Takarajimasha
magazine Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web
First publication November 28, 2014 - October 30, 2015
expenditure 3
Anime television series
title Sound! Euphonium
Original title 響 け! ユ ー フ ォ ニ ア ム
transcription Hibike! Yūfoniamu
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2015-2016
Studio Kyoto animation
length 25 minutes
Episodes 26 in 2 seasons
Director Tatsuya Ishihara
music Akito Matsuda
First broadcast April 8 - July 2, 2015
October 6 - December 29, 2016 on Tokyo MX , Sun TV , KBS Kyōto
synchronization
Anime movies
► Gekijoban Hibike! Euphonium - Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu e Yōkoso (2016)
► Gekijoban Hibike! Euphonium - Todoketai Melody (2017)
► Liz and a blue bird (2018)
► Gekijoban Hibike! Euphonium - Chikai no Finale (2019)

Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-bu e Yōkoso Japanese 響 け! ユ ー フ ォ ニ ア ム 北 宇 治 高校 吹奏 楽 部 へ よ う こ そ , Hibike! Yūfoniamu , German “Sound! Euphonium: Welcome to the Kitauji high school brass music club ”, also with the English sub-title Sound! Euphonium , is a Japanese light novel series by Ayano Takeda , which has been published by Takarajimasha since 2013 .

The action takes place in Uji and focuses on the school orchestra, the brass music club of the Kitauji High School, which is constantly improving thanks to the strict management of the newly appointed supervisor.

An adaptation in the form of a manga, drawn by Hami, has been available on the Kono Manga Ga Sugoi! Website since November 28, 2014 . released. An anime adaptation of Kyoto Animation, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, aired in Japan in 2015 and 2016. Both seasons received a feature-length summary.

The first independent film Liz and a Blue Bird was released in 2018 , followed in 2019 by Gekijōban Hibike! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale .

action

The orchestra of the Kitauji High School Wind Music Club had previously participated in the prestigious national competition for school orchestras and was a master school. After the club's supervisor changed, they have since been unable to qualify for the prestigious competition. Thanks to the strict management of the new supervisor Noboru Taki, the students improve steadily as a group and also develop their individual strengths. The students compete with each other for the chance to play solos with their instruments. While most of the protagonists focus on the orchestra, other students prioritize their academic performance and leave the orchestra. After hard work and a lot of hardship for everyone involved, the day of the competition has finally come.

characters

main characters

Kumiko Ōmae ( 黄 前 久 美 子 , Ōmae Kumiko )
Speaker: Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kumiko, a first year student of college, is the main character of Hibike! Euphonium. She speaks regular Japanese, which is a rarity in the Kansai region. She is an indecisive person who is easily influenced by the opinions of others. She doesn't like her own character as she has a hard time communicating her wishes to others. She plays the euphonium . She lives near the Byōdō-in temple and is friends with the Shuichi's family. Her school bag is simple and she doesn't seem interested in excessive kitsch. Kumiko and Shuichi have been friends since childhood. She likes novels that include extreme content that contrasts with her character. She's a couch potato and doesn't get on really well with sports enthusiasts, except for Hazuki.
Hazuki Katō ( 加藤 葉 月 , Katō Hazuki )
Speaker: Ayaka Asai
Hazuki is a kind girl who speaks innocently. She's in the same class as Kumiko and she's tanned from being a tennis club member during pre-college. She likes the trumpet and joined the concert band club, but ended up playing the tuba . She is a cheerful, cheeky mood-maker and a person who likes to focus on herself rather than supporting others.
Sapphire Kawashima ( 川島 緑 輝 , Kawashima Safaia ) /Midori ( 緑 )
Speaker: Moe Toyota
Sapphire, also in 10th grade, is more petite than the other girls and looks younger than she is. She is rather shy at first, but thaws out with her friends. However, she is a little ashamed of her extravagant name Sapphire ( 緑 輝 , Safaia , dt. "Green shine") and asks everyone to use the more normal name Midori ( 緑 , dt. "Green") instead . She comes from a different middle school than Kumiko and Hazuki, the Seijo Middle School ( 聖女 中等 学院 , Seijo Chūtō Gakuin ), which has a very ambitious orchestra. Sapphire plays the double bass with devotion because she affectionately calls "George".
Reina Kōsaka ( 高 坂 麗奈 , Kōsaka Reina )
Speaker: Chika Anzai
Reina is a pretty trumpet player with long black hair. She is a member of the Concert Band Club at the same pre-college as Kumiko. She is considered a good student by others and even goes to the music room outside of the club's activities. Although she has a polite demeanor, the others shun her, as she often puts on a sullen expression. She cherishes and takes care of her trumpet , which her parents gave her when she was in pre-college.

Other important orchestra members

Asuka Tanaka ( 田中 あ す か , Tanaka Asuka )
Speaker: Minako Kotobuki
Asuka is in 12th grade and is vice president of the brass band. She wears glasses and tends to talk about music in great detail at every opportunity. Asuka directs the orchestra's bass register. Many members wanted her to take the role of president, but she declined. Like Kumiko, she plays the euphonium.
Haruka Ogasawara ( 小 笠原 晴 香 , Ogasawara Haruka )
Speaker: Saori Hayami
Haruka is also in grade 12, president of the music club and heads the orchestra's woodwind register. She has a sincere character, but is not particularly assertive, which is why she often wonders if she is the right person for the role of president. Haruka plays the saxophone .
Kaori Nakaseko ( 中 世 古 香 織 , Nakaseko Kaori )
Speaker: Minori Chihara
Kaori is another girl in the 12th and treasurer of the orchestra. She has medium-length, very dark hair and has a gentle character, which makes her very popular among the younger members. Kaori plays the first trumpet.
Shūichi Tsukamoto ( 塚 本 秀 一 , Tsukamoto Shūichi )
Speaker: Haruki Ishiya
Shūichi is a first year student. He is Kumiko's childhood friend; both went to the same pre-college. He and Kumiko are not in the same class as they are taking different courses. The two had fallen out after he made a derogatory comment on Kumiko in third year of pre-college. He actually played the horn , but after winning a round of rock-paper-scissors he was allowed to play the trombone . He notices minor conflicts within the Concert Band Club, which he reports to Kumiko. Because a second year student had a problem with a third year student who was not practicing enough and not good at playing, the number of second year students dropped dramatically.
Aoi Saitō ( 斎 藤 葵 , Saitō Aoi )
Speaker: Yōko Hikasa
Aoi is Kumiko's childhood friend and she is two years above her. They often played together because they lived in the same neighborhood. During pre-college, the two lost sight of each other. They found themselves again in the concert band club. She plays the tenor saxophone.
Noboru Taki ( 滝 昇 , Taki Noboru )
Speaker: Takahiro Sakurai
Noboru is the new music teacher at the Kitauji High School, at the same time the supervisor of the brass music club and thus also the conductor of the orchestra. He is extremely polite, very methodical, and especially popular with the female students at first. His calm but very honest manner soon made him known as the "cold, beautiful devil". He tries to strengthen the independence in his students, but also challenges them strongly so that in the end they achieve their common goal, the national music competition.
Takuya Gotō ( 後 藤 卓 也 , Gotō Takuya )
Speaker: Kenjiro Tsuda
Takuya is a sophomore student who plays the tuba .
Riko Nagase ( 長 瀬 梨子 , Nagase Riko )
Speaker: Miyuki Kobori
Riko is a sophomore student. She plays the tuba .
Natsuki Nakagawa ( 中 川 夏 紀 , Nakagawa Natsuki )
Speaker: Konomi Fujimura
Natsuki is a second year student who plays the euphonium .
Yūko Yoshikawa ( 吉川 優 子 , Yoshikawa Yūko )
Speaker: Yuri Yamaoka
Yuko is a sophomore student who plays the trumpet . She worships Kaori.
Michie Matsumoto ( 松本 美 知 恵 , Matsumoto Michie )
Speaker: Aya Hisakawa
Michie is Kumiko's class teacher and the concert band club's vice-supervisor. She is known as a terrifying teacher.
Mamiko Ōmae ( 黄 前 麻美 子 , Ōmae Mamiko )
Speaker: Manami Numakura
Makiko is Kumiko's older sister. She is a college student and plays the trombone.
Akiko Ōmae ( 黄 前 明子 , Ōmae Akiko )
Speaker: Haruhi Nanao
Akiko is the mother of Kumiko and Mamiko.
Azusa Sasaki ( 佐 々 木 梓 , Sasaki Azusa )
Speaker: Azusa Tadokoro
Azusa goes to Rikka College and is Kumiko's rival.
Mizore Yoroizuka ( 鎧 塚 み ぞ れ , Yoroizuka Mizore )
Nozomi Kasaki ( 傘 木 希 美 , Kasaki Nozomi )
Masahiro Hashimoto ( 橋本 真 博 , Hashimoto Masahiro )
Satomi Niiyama ( 新 山 聡 美 , Niiyama Satomi )

Publications

Light novel

The light novels are written by Ayano Takeda and illustrated by Nikki Asada. The first volume was published on December 5, 2013 by Takarajimasha Publishing House. So far (as of July 2018) eight volumes have been published. In 2016 there were also two offshoots of the main series.

By April 2018, the series had sold more than 1.4 million copies.

Manga

A manga adaptation by the draftsman Hami has been carried out on Takarajimasha's web manga magazine Kono Manga ga Sugoi since November 28, 2014 ! Web . Since then, the first volume of the light novel has been converted into two manga, while a volume of the manga equivalent currently exists for the second novel. A second volume will follow in October 2016.

Anime

An anime adaptation called Hibike! Euphonium was realized by Kyoto Animation under the direction of Tatsuya Ishihara . The character design and animation management comes from Shōko Ishida.

The first season with 13 episodes was broadcast from April 8 to July 2, 2015 after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) on Tokyo MX , Sun TV and KBS Kyōto , as well as on TV Aichi with an offset of up to two days , BS11 and AT-X . Crunchyroll is streaming the series as sound! Euphonium parallel to the Japanese broadcast worldwide outside of Asia also with German subtitles. One film in the series won an award in Japanese cinemas on April 23, 2016. A second season with a further 13 episodes was broadcast from October 6 to December 29, 2016. Like the first season, this will be offered worldwide through Crunchyroll.

music

The series music comes from Akito Matsuda.

In the first season, the title Dream Solister by Miho Karasawa (True) is used in the opening credits and Tutti! ( ト ゥ ッ テ ィ! ) Composed and written by ZAQ , sung by the “Kitauji Quartet”, d. H. the voice actors Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota and Chika Anzai in their respective roles - in the last episode, however, a brass music instrumental version was used. In addition, other instrumental pieces were used: in sequence 1 Abarenbō Shōgun no Thema by Shunsuke Kikuchi and Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach ; in series 2 and 3 the 9th symphony by Antonín Dvořák ; in episodes 3 and 4 The Marines March by James M. Fulton; in episode 5 The Fairest of the Fair March by John Philip Sousa , Funiculì, Funiculà by Luigi Denza and Rydeen (from the mini album of the same name by Yellow Magic Orchestra ) by Yukihiro Takahashi ; subsequently 6 to 9 Mikazuki no Mai ( 三 日月 の 舞 ) by Akito Matsuda; in episode 6 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (same melody as Santa Claus comes tomorrow ) and in episode 8 Ai o Mitsuketa Basho by Hanako Oku .

For the second season, the opening title Soundscape ( サ ウ ン ド ス ケ ー プ Saundosukēpu ) by TRUE was used, and the closing title Vivace! ( ヴ ィ ヴ ァ ー チ ェ! Vivāche! ) Composed and written by ZAQ, sung by the Kitauji Quartet or, in the last episode, the piece Hibike! Euphonium (Last Ver.) ( 響 け！ ユ ー フ ォ ニ ア ム (Last Ver.)).

Trivia

As a real model for the rival Rikka High School , the Kyoto Tachibana High School , which had already become famous for its senior band beyond the borders of Japan, was the godfather. The costumes of the Rikka High School were modeled on the real costumes of Kyoto Tachibana High School, but in light blue. This also gave rise to the nickname "Light Blue Devils", derived from Tachibana High's "Orange Devils" (in Japanese: オ レ ン ジ の 悪 魔, Orenji no akuma).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kyoto Shimbun : 宇 治 舞台 に 吹奏 楽 部 の 青春 描 く 同 大 生 で 作家 の 武田 さ ん. Retrieved April 10, 2015 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Crystalyn Hodgkins: Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (March - May 2018). In: Anime News Network. May 7, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Crunchyroll Adds “Sound Euphonium”, “Hello !! KINMOZA ", and New Season of" Tesagure! Bukatsumono ". In: Crunchyroll. April 4, 2015, accessed June 5, 2015 .
  4. ↑ It will be musical again with the second season of sound! Euphonium. In: Crunchyroll. October 5, 2016, accessed October 7, 2016 .
  5. ↑ sound! Euphonium Author's New Novel is About High School Canoeing Team. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 『京都 橘 高校 吹奏 楽 部 マ ー チ ン グ バ ン ド「 オ レ ン ジ の 悪 魔 」中毒 者 の 自 分 用 動画』. Retrieved December 31, 2019 (Japanese).

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