I’ve noticed through the years a lot of various comments regarding how the Euphonium franchise was created, so I thought that I’d post the accumulation of a lot of knowledge from interv…
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In the context of Sound Euphonium, the word “finale” takes on an extra layer of meaning. This is the final act of an anime series that has been…
Sound! Euphonium ep5: they’re awesome!
This show is being enjoyed by me in the most nostalgic and biased way possible. It’s hard to look on something that romances and plays to (pun intended)…
Musical Performances in Sound! Euphonium
The live performance is one of the most important moments in all music anime. If it’s good, it makes the characters feel more real and alive. If the…
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Sound! Euphonium S3 Review — A-
The band is back.
Anime vs Real Life: Sound! Euphonium
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New Beginnings in Sound! Euphonium 3
I almost never believed we’d actually come to the end. Some part of me thought Kumiko and Reina would live in this perpetual high school reality that would…
Sound! Euphonium Our Promise pamphlet interview
This is a newly translated roundtable from the pamphlet sold at Japanese theatres in April 2019 that introduced Sound! Euphonium ~Our Promise: A Brand New Day~ to audiences.…
Why Sound! Euphonium Resonates With Me
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New title: Sound Euphonium Films Preview Interview
This is another translation that I originally translated in 2017 to run on another site, but due to various circumstances, it was never run. With the recent arson…
Sound! Euphonium Our Promise booklet roundtable translation
This is a newly translated roundtable from the booklet included with the Japanese home video release of Sound! Euphonium ~Our Promise: A Brand New Day~. It features the…
Sound! Euphonium Ensemble Contest pamphlet roundtable translation
This is a translation for the roundtable that took place inside the theatrical OVA Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest’s pamphlet with director Tatsuya Ishihara, assistant director Taichi Ogaw…
How To Watch Sound! Euphonium in Order
Like so many music anime, you might expect Sound! Euphonium to be just one or two seasons of story, and if you want more you have to retreat…
Sound! Euphonium Season 3 and the Audition
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The Kyoto Tower x Sound! Euphonium collab
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Just Communication in Sound! Euphonium 2 – Part 1
Playing from the Heart Sound! Euphonium 2 is a phenomenal anime. There are plenty of things that make it great, but what brings these things together and elevates…
I bought Sound Euphonium 3 merch!🎺✨
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Bringing the Band Back Together: Sound! Euphonium 3
Sound! Euphonium 3 concludes a nine-year journey that follows the students of the Kitauji High School Music Club through the drama of high school and band competition. Taken…
Check out this Secret Sound! Euphonium fan spot!
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Just Communication in Sound! Euphonium 2 – Part 2
Making Things Clear The moe brass band and I welcome you to another installment of “Just Communication”. Last time, we examined music as a communicative practice and we…
Just Communication in Sound! Euphonium 2 – Part Final
Bringing Her Home Welcome back to the final part of Just Communication. Sound! Euphonium 2 has established a framework in which communication is powerful It has made…
The Unusual Production History of Genocyber
A cult classic in the schlock n’ gore OVA genre, Genocyber took an unlikely road from pitch to production.
Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Interview: Director Tatsuya Ishihara (febri)
This is a translation for a set of two interviews that febri ran with director Tatsuya Ishihara regarding the theatrical OVA Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest.
They knew I was a Sound! Euphonium fan 😅
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Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath’s Finale – New Year, New Challenges
This post will be opening on a much more personal note than usual. Sound! Euphonium is a band anime about mainly brass players and as a brass player…
Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Interview: Director Tatsuya Ishihara (Kyoto College)
This is a translation for a set of two interviews that Kyoto College’s online site ran with director Tatsuya Ishihara regarding the theatrical OVA Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest.
This Week in Anime - So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?
The third season of Sound Euphonium reignites the fandom controversy over Reina and Kumiko's relationship. Chris and Steve delve into it and why 'queerbaiting' is such a loaded…
I visited the real life setting of my favorite anime, Sound Euphonium.
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The Road To DECA-DENCE: Project History & Production Notes 01-05
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The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part II – Influences & Inspiration
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Hibike! Euphonium S3
Woah! There’s actually another season?! I never thought Hibike! Euphonium S3 would happen and that if they wanted to do more sequels, they would have continued in the…
Sound! Euphonium The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day aka A Reading by John Moschitta Jr.
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Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 148 – Girls Band Cry, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Sound! Euphonium 3
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Weird Sound
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Sound Leak
Author: Ukari (translated with author’s permission, please visit their website to see the original Japanese works!) To say here is far, The post Sound Leak first appeared on Kowabana.
Hibike! Euphonium S3 Production Notes #01-08: Approaching The Culmination Of TV Anime’s Most Ambitious Acting Effort
Season 3 of Hibike! Euphonium has been a masterful exercise in building up dread out of the mundane, with just as uncanny of a combination of storytelling efficiency…
Episode 510: Overlord Euphonium
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Episode 132 - Hibike! Euphonium
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Production Assistants and the Production Side
A while ago a manual on the job of a Production Assistant (制作進行) was published by the Association of Japanese Animation (AJA), defining what this job is and…
The Importance of Relatability in Anime for Me as Seen Through My Appreciations of Sound Euphonium and Free
Character relatability in anime is sort of an awkward concept. When people talk about a character being relatable, it often means that character reminds them of themselves but…
The Importance of Relatability in Anime for Me as Seen Through My Appreciations of Sound Euphonium and Free
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The History and Production of Turn A Gundam: Part I – Victory Gundam & Battling Depression
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Turn A Gundam Staff, Production, and Episode Analyses – Episode #43 “The Shocking Dark History”
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Sound of the Sky: How Sweet The Sound!
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Small History and Big History
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