Being President of the Kitauji Concert Band is hard work, especially if you have a tendency toward the kind of inarticulate splutters and awkward gestures that get you mixed up in all sorts of high…
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Sound! Euphonium 3
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Sound Euphonium, Season 3 Finale
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…
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 Season 3 and the Audition
Sound! Euphonium is a series and/or a franchise that is near and dear to my heart. I mean, it is an anime about band. I’ve been a band…
Sound! Euphonium is GARBAGE
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again; the word overrated is lazy. It is indicative of a person who is unwilling to analyze a story critically, but…
Sound! Euphonium production history
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…
I bought Sound Euphonium 3 merch!🎺✨
Another video just for the real ones. In all seriousness, Sound Euphonium 3 has been one of the biggest highlights of my week for the last 3 months…
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…
Sound! Euphonium ep6: real music
I haven’t remembered love this hard in awhile. And while I dreaded such things when I played, I’m happy to see the individual competition aspect of musicianship come…
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…
Sound! Euphonium S3 Review — A-
The band is back.
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)…
Why Sound! Euphonium Resonates With Me
Clipped from my Hibike Euphonium pilgrimage: https://youtu.be/Uqytgrs50Hw #hibikeeuphonium #kyoto #kyotoanimation #soundeuphonium #ユーフォ3期 #kyoani Sound Euphonium
Anime vs Real Life: Sound! Euphonium
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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.…
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…
The Kyoto Tower x Sound! Euphonium collab
Clipped from my Hibike Euphonium pilgrimage: https://youtu.be/Uqytgrs50Hw #hibikeeuphonium #kyoto #kyotoanimation #soundeuphonium #ユーフォ3期 #kyoani Sound Euphonium
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Check out this Secret Sound! Euphonium fan spot!
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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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3-Gatsu no Lion (First Impression)
Synopsis Having reached professional status in middle school, Rei Kiriyama is one of the few elite in the world of shogi. Due to this, he faces an enormous…
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.
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…
First Impression: Non Non Biyori, Season 3
Amid shots of gorgeous scenery, a handful of elementary and middle school-age kids attend the Japanese equivalent of a one-room country schoolhouse. Silliness ensues, periodically interrupted by mo…
First Impression: Kimi ni Todoke, Season 3
Sometimes a first date is more than just a first date. For Kazeyaha and Kuronuma, it’s the culmination of the feelings that have been developing and growing between…
First Impression: Laid-Back Camp Season 3
An adorably small Shima Rin gets off the train at a countryside station to meet her grandfather. No, this isn’t the latest installment of Honey, I Shrunk The…
[FIRST IMPRESSION] Attack on Titan Season 3
What can I say? Attack on Titan just seems to improve with every season.
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…
Get ready for Hibike Euphonium 3!
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Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 10 – No Filter
Kumiko walked into the faculty office wanting to ask Taki-sensei why he chose Mayu for the soli, but couldn’t do it. Instead, she asks why he chose four…
Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 08 – Short Straw
It’s Kumiko and the third-years’ last camp. The auditions for prefecturals are on the first night and announced the next morning. But after Kumiko earned both a spot…
Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 12 – True Meritocracy
In an unprecedented move, both Kumiko and Mayu are chosen in the auditions to play the soli in the Nationals. But only one can play, so they’ll have…
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 148 – Girls Band Cry, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Sound! Euphonium 3
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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 1 – 3 [First Impression]
Heheheheh~ Apothecary Diaries has finally begun!
First Impression: Classroom of the Elite (Season 3)
Everyone’s favorite cutthroat high schoolers are back, and they’re going to camp in the mountains for a week. The plan is for everyone to be split into groups…
First Impression: Dr. Stone Season 3 Part 2
The Kingdom of Science is in quite a bit of a pickle. After the crew of the Perseus is petrified with their boulder bodies thrown overboard at the…
I visited the real life setting of my favorite anime, Sound Euphonium.
Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Part travel vlog, part video essay, part documentary, this is a love letter to a TV show, a city, and an animation studio…
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Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 07 – Embracing the Struggle
For all of her maturity in most other matters, when it comes to Kumiko Reina can be especially childish. Just take her pouting when Kumiko doesn’t immediately discern…
Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 06 – Keeping the Peace
Kuroe Mayu didn’t appear in any of the photos of the Agata Festival because she was behind the camera, where she prefers to be. As they practice for…
Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 11 – Their Selfish Wants
First things first: The prefecturals. Did Kitauji High win Gold? Why yes, they did, but Euph still made us hold our breath along with Kumiko, Reina, and the…
Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 01 – The Last Dance
It’s been eight years—and I mean eight years to the freakin’ day—since I first watched and wrote about Hibike! Euphonium. It comes as no surprise for a top-flite operation like…
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Saving Private Sorami
First Impression: Chimimo
The everyday life of three sisters—Mutsumi, Mei, and Hazuki—is thrown for a loop bythe appearance of a bouncy, cute, spherical creature with an oni-like horn. Soon, Mochi, as…
First Impression: Noblesse
Okay, before I get into my first take on this one, I need to clear the air about something. Yes, I am aware that Noblesse has an OVA…