Sound Euphonium Season 3 revealed a new visual and short trailer introducing Mayu Kuroe. The anime will premiere in April 2024. Kyoto Animation is working on the sequel which will focus on Kumiko’s third year and carry on from the Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble movie, which premiered in Japan earlier this year. The movie and the third season were announced together.
Mayu is a new character in the anime: she is a third-year transfer student at Kitauji High School.
The anime is based on the light novel series by Ayano Takeda. The manga adaptation was serialized on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web magazine. The TV anime series has two seasons, both of which were animated by Kyoto Animation. They aired from April to July 2015 and October to December 2016 respectively. The franchise also has two animated films – Liz and the Blue Bird and Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day, released in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Both were animated by Kyoto Animation. Liz and the Blue Bird serves as a spin-off to the second season of the TV anime.
Yen Press licensed Sound! Euphonium’s novels in English and described the plot as follows:
Finding herself, one note at a time…After a terrible disappointment at the All-Kyoto Concert Band Competition, music has lost its spark for Kumiko. But her first year at Kitauji High School is a chance for a fresh start. So when it comes time to choose a club, she can’t resist joining the band again–even though they’re simply terrible. The strict new club director has promised to whip them into shape to reach Nationals, but the trouble runs deeper than just a lack of practice. Plus, the discord within the club tugs at Kumiko’s old insecurities. Will Kitauji High School find its rhythm before the competition? Will Kumiko?
Source: Official Website
© Ayano Takeda / Takarajimasha / “Sound! Euphonium Production committee
