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 gift us more series and films. We have al…
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Sound! Euphonium 3
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First Impression: Sound! Euphonium 3
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
New Beginnings – Q2 2021 Check In
It’s been nearly two months since my last post on this blog. Sorry for the impromptu hiatus. My dad had spinal surgery and helping him through recovery and…
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)…
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…
Sound! Euphonium S3 Review — A-
The band is back.
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 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…
A New Horizon?!: New Beginnings?
After many many many months (*cough cough* 17 to be exact) of not playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. Like in a previous post I talked about what a…
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.…
Why Sound! Euphonium Resonates With Me
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Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 13 (Fin) – A New Breath
This finale starts out by briefly going through the five days leading up to the nationals. They are days that are filled with more joy and fun than…
Hibike! Euphonium 3 – 02 – The New Kitauji Trinity
President Kumiko suddenly finds herself with a new euphonium ace (or at least her equal) in Kuroe Mayu, formerly of Seira High. Unlike Kanade, she doesn’t seem the…
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…
The Kyoto Tower x Sound! Euphonium collab
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New Beginnings – Yuricon 2023 Online
Happy New Year! Like the rabbit it is associated with, I am leaping into 2023 with new ideas and projects. One of my projects for the year is…
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…
Check out this Secret Sound! Euphonium fan spot!
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Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 148 – Girls Band Cry, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Sound! Euphonium 3
00:00 Intro 01:40 Girls Band Cry 11:30 Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night 20:26 Sound! Euphonium 3 32:55 Outro You can find Kaiseki Anime Podcast on Spotify and…
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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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Still Frame: An Explanation, and New Beginnings
After a few long, terrible, agonizing seconds of generally not very intense thought, “Still Frame” is the title I came up with for posts about the state of…
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.
The Next Chapter: Idols, Reflections, and New Beginnings
Hey everyone, this article is going to be a bit different than the others. The following unfinished work will be the last thing I write on this website,…
Mayonaka Punch Episode 2: New Beginnings and Challenges
Review of Mayonaka Punch Episode 2. Discover the introduction of new characters, the development of Masaki and Live's dynamic, and the challenges they face as they embark on…
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy – S2 02 – Two New Beginnings
Tsukimichi steps away from Makoto, Tomoe, Mio, and the Demiplane Gang entirely this week, instead focusing on the stories of the other two heroes from Makoto’s world. First…
Sound! Euphonium The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day aka A Reading by John Moschitta Jr.
Sound! Euphonium has been an interesting ride as a series. The first season seemed like it could go either way but turned out fairly strong with some really…
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…
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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 – 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…
Anime Roundup No.1: Old endings and new beginnings
My weekly anime roundup. What I have watched, what did I thought of it, and what you should avoid at all costs!
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all”
Is this the first post of 2022? Yes, yes it it! Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳🥂 I’m all about new beginnings, I love them and January has always…
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 – 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…
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…