Sound! Euphonium (2015)
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass 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.
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Episode 1 - Mid-summer Fanfare
Release Date: 2016-10-06Having won first place at the Kyoto competition, Kumiko and the band are preparing to compete in the Kansai competition. A shadow looms over them when an old member, Nozomi Kasaki, enters the picture.
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Episode 2 - Hesitation Flute
Release Date: 2016-10-13Kumiko and her buddies head to the pool for one last breath of freedom before their grueling concert band training. There, Nozomi reveals some of what had happened the year before.
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Episode 3 - Troubled Nocturnes
Release Date: 2016-10-20The high school Kitauji fanfare begins its intensive summer camp before the Kansai competition. Kumiko is still trying to find out more about Asuka's refusal to reinstate Nozomi and intends to respect her promise to the girl.
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Episode 4 - Awakening Oboe
Release Date: 2016-10-27Nozomi finally meets Mizore. She learns, the hard way, why Asuka had been keeping her away.
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Episode 5 - Miraculous Harmony
Release Date: 2016-11-03Only three schools will be selected at the Kansai Concert Band Competition to compete in the Nationals. Will Kitauji High School be one of them?
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Episode 6 - Rainy Conductor
Release Date: 2016-11-10It's the school festival at Kitauji High School. Kumiko's sister insists on quitting college, while Taki reveals some things about his past with his wife.
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Episode 7 - Station Concert
Release Date: 2016-11-17Asuka's mother wants her to quit the concert band. This upsets everyone -- including her mother.
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Episode 8 - Rhapsody in Flu
Release Date: 2016-11-24Asuka invites Kumiko over for a study party. With Kumiko's sister quitting college and Asuka's band membership uncertain, Kumiko and Reina are forced to contemplate the role of music in their lives.
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Episode 9 - Sound! Euphonium
Release Date: 2016-12-01Asuka is about to lose her seat competing in the Nationals. But that might not be why she invited Kumiko over.
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Episode 10 - After-school Obbligato
Release Date: 2016-12-08Taki's deadline for Asuka draws near. She refuses to admit that she wants, more than anyone, to compete in the Nationals.
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Episode 11 - First Love Trumpet
Release Date: 2016-12-15With Asuka back in the competition, the orchestra is just about set for the Nationals. Meanwhile, Kumiko tries to understand why Reina is upset at her.
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Episode 12 - The Last Competition
Release Date: 2016-12-22It's the big day: the All Japan Concert Band Competition Nationals.
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Episode 13 - Early-Spring Epilogue
Release Date: 2016-12-29With the competition over and the third-years graduating, Kumiko is left to sort through her feelings: Is it a love of concert band, of the euphonium, or of something else?