Fans of the Sound! Euphonium anime will want to visit Hotel Keihan Kyoto Grande from September 23 until November 20, 2022! The second-floor restaurant Octava will be holding a special collaboration cafe with the series in conjunction with the Keihan Electric Railway. The project is part of the collaboration between the series and the local railway that began in August, and fans will be able to order food and drink items inspired by their favorite characters.

Collaboration Menu

Kumiko’s Omurice

Reina’s Pasta with Sweet and Spicy Tomato Sauce

Hazuki’s Matcha Ice Cream & Sapphire’s Macarons

Mr. Taki’s Spicy Curry Pizza

Sound! Tuba-kun’s Fruit Cake

Drink Menu

Kumiko’s Strawberry Milk

Reina’s Butterfly Pea

Hazuki’s Blue Soda

Sapphire’s Orange Juice

Band President & Vice President’s Matcha au Lait

Straw Tags

Bonuses

Bonus for Dining In-store: Lunch Mat

Drink Order Bonus: Coaster (5 varieties, 1 secret)

*Coasters will be given at random.

Life-size Panels

From omurice and pasta to fruit cake and spicy curry pizza, there is certainly a dish perfect for everyone at the cafe. Guests can also enjoy five different types of drinks, and a coaster will be handed out at random for each order. Those dining at the cafe will enjoy their meal on a special lunch mat, and life-size character panels will be perfect for snapping some photos for social media. Music from the series will be played on-site, so come enjoy while you can!

Sound Euphonium will be getting a third season in 2024! The first season of the popular anime series aired in 2015 and was followed by a second season the following year. A film was released in 2019 featuring a brand-new story. The third season will revolve around Kumiko Oumae as she attends the third year of high school.

A new animated film, ‘Ensemble Contest,’ will be released on Blu-ray and shown in select theaters in 2023.

The announcement was made during a Sound Euphonium event held on June 4 at Uji City Cultural Hall, the sixth such event to take place. A trailer for the new season was shown to excited audiences anxious for the story to continue after four years.

Check out the trailer at the link below. 

https://youtu.be/_juRk_cAR9I

More details will be released at a later date, so stay tuned for more!

The story’s band, represented by the company’s real-life band Progressive! Wind Orchestra, will be performing summer concerts on August 13th and 14th at Tokyo’s Line Cube in Shibuya. Please see the official website for details on how to get tickets!

Eight years after the first season aired, new anime and events are still being scheduled. Stay tuned to see where the story goes next!

©武田綾乃・宝島社／『響け！』製作委員会

Keihan Holdings and Keihan Railway have announced a collaboration with anime Hibike! Euphonium, titled Keihan x Sound! Euphonium 2021. The collaboration will start on September 1, 2021.

Keihan x Sound! Euphonium 2021 STAGE TOUR Map (Sample)

Life-size Character Panel (Sample)

Commemorative Name Plate (Sample)

A: September 1 ~ September 30, 2021
B: October 1 ~ October 31, 2021
C: November 1 ~ November 30, 2021

Commemorative Ticket Sales

Sound!! Euphonium tells the story of the brass band members of a fictitious school in Uji City. Many real-life sights and events from the city are featured in the series, including some of the stations on the Keihan Uji line. The series, which has released a total of six works including a TV anime and movie, celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2020 and announced that a sequel was in production. This exciting collaboration will add to the excitement for the new series while boasting the charms of the Uji area!

A STAGE TOUR MAP listing the spots visited in the anime will be distributed, featuring a selection of major Keihan Railway stations and other locations throughout the city. The new STAGE TOUR app will allow you to take photos with your favorite characters using AR technology. A digital stamp rally will be held throughout the locations.
There are plenty more exciting projects too, including life-sized character panels and name plates throughout the railway stations. In addition, three commemorative name plate designs will be installed throughout the Keihan Line vehicles along with the release of special commemorative tickets.

Enjoy a scenic trip around Kyoto on the Keihan Line with Sound!! Euphonium!

A special Sound! Euphonium collaboration event is coming to the Kyoto Tower observation deck from September 1 until November 30, 2021!

Tickets

Rubber Coaster (5 varieties): ¥990 each (Tax Included) / Mini Framed Magnet (5 varieties): ¥660 each (Tax Included) / Commemorative Medals (5 varieties): ¥700 each (Tax Included) / B2-size Paper Poster: ¥770 (Tax Included) / Mouse Pad: ¥550 (Tax Included)
*Merchandise to be released in mid-September

Mini Name Plate (10 varieties): ¥2,000 each (Tax Included) Releasing September 1

Special Purchase Gifts (5 varieties)

Train Accessories

Life-sized Panels

The designs used for this collaboration will also make an appearance in a special Sound! Euphonium hotel room at the Kyoto Tower Hotel. The room will have scenes from the anime series on display, life-sized portraits of the characters, and handwritten messages from the band members on the wall. 

The Kyoto Tower event takes place in conjunction with a Sound! Euphonium x Keihan Electric Railway collaboration, in which travelers can use a special map to visit the locations of scenes from the Sound! Euphonium series. Life-sized panels, commemorative train tickets, and model trains will also be on display! Guests can also see the trophy and award certificate given to the Kitauji Brass Band.

Those purchasing over ¥2,000 yen (including tax) on merchandise will receive one of five original posters. 

Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath’s Finale is an anime film adaptation of the manga series Sound! Euphonium. The film was released in cinemas all over the country and became incredibly popular.

The story is set in Uji city, Kyoto at the time of a yearly local festival. A special film trailer that was recently released reveals yet more of the film’s contents. The trailer follows the story of the young girl Kumiko Oumae, who is about to enter her third and final year of high school. As a devoted member of the school band’s wind section, she has a dream to win the national finals. Please check out the official trailer:

Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath’s Finale special trailer: Kumiko

The Sound! Euphonium series has been ongoing since 2015. Finally, you can follow the main character Kumiko Oumae on her desperate journey as she reaches her third and final year of high school. Holding onto her dream of winning first place in the national finals, she practises endlessly. Will she be able to achieve her final dream?

©Ayano Takeda・Takarajimasha / “Hibike!” Production Committee

The official website for the upcoming anime film Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath’s Finale released a new visual along with information on new cast.

The visual centres on Kumiko Oumae (voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa) who is now a second-year high school student. She is surrounded by the other supporting characters each playing their instruments with intent looks on their faces.

The newly-announced cast features a line-up of four new first-years:

Sora Amamiya as Kanade Hisaishi

Ayaka Nanase as Mirei Suzuki

Misaki Kuno as Satsuki Suzumi

Shimba Tsuchiya as Motomu Tsukinaga

Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath’s Finale will hit Japanese theatres on April 19, 2019.