Best bukatsu Movies & TV Shows

Yell for the Blue Sky

As a child, Ono Tsubasa saw a Shirato baseball game on TV and was amazed at the Trumpet player in the band playing. Now, in order to play the Trumpet, she enters Shirato High School. There, she meets Yamada Daisuke, a catcher for the baseball team. With each others support, they go towards their dream of playing at Koushien.

Run time: 126m Release: 2016-08-20

Stars: Airi Matsui Arata Horii Fujiko Kojima Juri Ueno Mirai Shida Ryoma Takeuchi Shono Hayama Tao Tsuchiya Yuki Yamada Yuna Taira

Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band

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 surrounded by people with an interest in the brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some old friends, some new. 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 new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.

Run time: 103m Tagline: Aim for Nationals. Release: 2016-04-23

Stars: Ayaka Asai Chika Anzai Conomi Fujimura Kenjiro Tsuda Minori Chihara Miyuki Kobori Moe Toyota Saori Hayami Takahiro Sakurai Tomoyo Kurosawa

Saishuu Gakushou Hibike! Euphonium – Kouhen

The second part of Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie.

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Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day

The next piece begins! Kumiko is now in her second year at Kitauji High School, and with a new year comes new problems. As if making it to Nationals wasn't hard enough, Kumiko is tasked with mentoring the concert band's troublesome first years – each with their own distinct personality and problems to solve. With Kumiko busy juggling both the concert band and her new role as senpai, how does her relationship with Shuuichi fit into the picture?

Run time: 100m Tagline: We can become stronger and stronger. Release: 2019-04-19

Stars: Ayaka Asai Ayaka Nanase Chika Anzai Conomi Fujimura Haruki Ishiya Kenjiro Tsuda Minako Kotobuki Misaki Kuno Miyuki Kobori Tomoyo Kurosawa

Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest, and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band club is so large that there seems to be no end to the problems. And as club leader, she finds herself busy consulting on all sorts of matters. While the other members are deciding on their teams, Kumiko herself hasn't even decided which she will join...

Run time: 58m Tagline: New generation, start! Release: 2023-08-04

Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki Ayaka Asai Ayaka Ohashi Chika Anzai Conomi Fujimura Haruki Ishiya Moe Toyota Nao Toyama Tomoyo Kurosawa Yuri Yamaoka

Hold On, Baseball Team

An average high school baseball team is weakened when Hiroki, one of the star players on the team, receives a failing grade in school and cannot participate in any of the club’s activities till he passes again.

Run time: 76m Release: 2018-01-27

Stars: Akihisa Shiono Atshusi Arai Kenta Suga Riku Ozeki Ryosuke Yamamoto Seiji Fukushi Shuto Miyazaki Sogen Tanaka Takayuki Yanagi Yuta Koseki

Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!

Autumn is in the air as the Kitauji High School concert band prepares for the National Competition. The band hears troubling news that Asuka Tanaka, vice president of the club and one of the key euphonium players in the band, may quit! Asuka is beautiful and charismatic and everyone relies on her, but she also has a cool side and never reveals her true self. Kumiko doesn’t get along with Asuka initially, but her feelings change when she learns that Asuka may actually drop out. Asuka has feelings about the euphonium that she cannot tell anyone else…

Run time: 105m Tagline: I want to sound with you. Release: 2017-09-30

Stars: Aya Hisakawa Ayaka Asai Chika Anzai Kenjiro Tsuda Minako Kotobuki Miyuki Kobori Moe Toyota Nao Toyama Tomoyo Kurosawa Yuichi Nakamura