Sound! Euphonium Season 1

Synopsis

After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional concert band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.

Main Cast

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Kumiko Oumae (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 57%

Chika Anzai

Reina Kousaka (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 49%

Ayaka Asai

Hazuki Katou (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 44%

Moe Toyota

Sapphire 'Midori' Kawashima (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Episodes

Episode 1

08 April 2015 - Welcome to High School

Kumiko enters Kitauji High School having been unable to forget what Reina said at a middle school concert band competition. She goes to visit the concert band at school along with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire, where they meet Reina again.

Episode 2

15 April 2015 - Nice to Meet You, Euphonium

Kumiko and the others join the concert band, and they choose their instruments. Their eccentric senior, Asuka, still likes to mess with them.

Episode 3

22 April 2015 - The First Ensemble

Kitauji High School Concert Band is preparing their parts for the ensemble, but some students are fooling around when they should be practicing.

Episode 4

29 April 2015 - Singing Solfège

Kumiko and the others prepare for Sunrise Festival. Kumiko and Shuichi talk about Taki-sensei on the way home from school, when they run into Reina.

Episode 5

06 May 2015 - Festival Time

The concert band receives their marching band uniforms and begins marching practice in preperation for SunFes. Things are different now, with the members all more engaged in practice. And SunFes day arrives.

Episode 6

13 May 2015 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba

Starting this year, the band holds auditions for members participating in the competition. First-year Hazuki has a chance, too. The bass section does everything they can to encourage her.

Episode 7

20 May 2015 - Crybaby Saxophone

The band is hard at work preparing for the audition and the competition. Aoi has trouble with her part, to which Taki says, "when will you be better by?"

Episode 8

27 May 2015 - Festival Triangle

The band is abuzz with talk about who they'll be going to the upcoming festival with. There's someone Hazuki wants to go with, but that someone is already going with someone else. Meanwhile Kumiko somehow ends up going with you-know-who.

Episode 9

03 June 2015 - Please, Audition

The audition for the competition participants has come. Everyone must demonstrate their abilities, whether they're a third-year or a first-year. And then, the results are revealed.

Episode 10

10 June 2015 - Straight Trumpet

The band suspects Taki played favorites in choosing Reina in the auditions. Noticing the band's rising distrust of Taki and Reina, he makes a proposal.

Episode 11

17 June 2015 - Welcome Back, Audition

Taki-sensei's proposal relieves the upset within the band, and everyone returns to practicing. Reina no longer isolates herself either, much to Kumiko's relief. But then she sees Yuko, who's been antagonizing Reina, speaking with her.

Episode 12

24 June 2015 - My Euphonium

The competition's coming up. Kumiko is suddenly asked to play a difficult phrase from a different part. She begins practicing, but...

Episode 13

01 July 2015 - Goodbye Competition

The competition performance is "only" 12 minutes long. It's both a blink of an eye and an eternity. The Concert Band members bet their entire youths on this competition. And Kitauji High School Concert Band's performance begins.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Yoko Kogawa Shunji Inoue Yota Tsuruoka Yoko Hatta
	Producer	Shigeru Saito Eharu Ohashi Shinichi Nakamura
Art	Prop Designer	Hiroyuki Takahashi
	Art Direction	Mutsuo Shinohara
Sound	Sound Director	Yota Tsuruoka
	Music Supervisor	Masahiro Owada
	Original Music Composer	Akito Matsuda
	Music Producer	Shigeru Saito
	Sound Recordist	Yasushi Nagura
	Sound Effects	Eiko Morikawa
Directing	Series Director	Naoko Yamada Tatsuya Ishihara
Crew	Special Effects	Rina Miura
Visual Effects	Supervising Animation Director	Shouko Ikeda
	3D Artist	Joji Unoguchi
	Color Designer	Akiyo Takeda
	Character Designer	Shouko Ikeda
Camera	Director of Photography	Kazuya Takao
Editing	Editor	Kengo Shigemura
	Online Editor	Naoki Kanazawa
Writing	Novel	Ayano Takeda
	Series Composition	Jukki Hanada
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