Sound! Euphonium is an anime television series adaptation of the novel series of the same name by Ayano Takeda. The first season is directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Jukki Hanada, and produced by Kyoto Animation. It aired in Japan between April 8 and July 1, 2015. Naoko Yamada served as series production director. The opening theme song is "Dream Solister" performed by True, while the ending theme song is performed by Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, and Chika Anzai. The ending theme for episode 8 is a trumpet and euphonium duet version of and the ending theme for episode 13 is a wind orchestra version of "Dream Solister". The anime is licensed by Ponycan USA in North America, and by Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. The seventh home media volume, released on December 16, 2015, bundled an original video animation (OVA) episode titled . Kyoto Animation produced an anime film retelling the events of the television series, which premiered on April 23, 2016.

A second season of the television series began airing on October 6, 2016. The opening theme song is performed by True, while the ending theme song is performed by Kurosawa, Asai, Toyota, and Anzai. The ending theme song for episode 9 is a euphonium solo version of (uncredited) and the ending theme for episode 13 is an orchestra version of "Sound! Euphonium". A short anime, titled , was bundled with the second season's first home video release volume, which was released on December 21, 2016. A second anime film retelling the events of the second season was released on September 30, 2017.

A new anime project was announced in 2019, focusing on Kumiko as a student in her third year. It was later revealed to be a third season that premiered on April 7, 2024, on NHK Educational TV. The opening theme song for the third season is "ReCoda" performed by True. Along with re-confirmation of the third season, the theatrical OVA Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest was announced in 2022, and was released on August 4, 2023. Tatsuya Ishihara returned to direct the OVA, with Taichi Ogawa serving as assistant director, Jukki Hanada writing the screenplay, Shoko Ikeda being posthumously credited for the character designs, and Akito Matsuda composing the music. The theme song for the OVA is "Ensemble" performed by True.

Series overview

Episodes Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2016)

Season 3 (2024)

Films

Two new animated films telling the events of Kumiko's second year at Kitauji High were scheduled for release in 2018. The first film, directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida, titled , focuses on Nozomi and Mizore and premiered on April 21, 2018. Theatrical distributor Eleven Arts released the film in theaters on November 9, 2018, in the United States. Shout! Factory released it on home video on March 5, 2019. The second film, titled and originally scheduled for release in 2018, is directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and focuses on Kumiko as a student in her second year and premiered on April 19, 2019. The film was released in select US theaters on July 11, 2019, and the English dub debuted on July 15, 2019. The English dub has a different voice cast compared to Liz and the Blue Bird, though Sarah Anne Williams, Ryan Bartley and Megan Harvey reprised their roles as Natsuki, Satomi and Yuko, respectively. The film was released on a home media set on June 2, 2020, from Shout Factory.

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