The Sound! Euphonium anime takes its triumphant orchestral sounds to the big screen when Sound! Euphonium, The Final Movie Part 1 opens in Japan on April 24, 2026. Ahead of that, the staff shared a new key visual that packs in all 17 main members, each performing against the backdrop of the Nagoya International Conference Center’s Century Hall, which serves as the National Competition venue. Taichi Ogawa ( Sound! Euphonium: May the Melody Reach You! ) takes over full directorial duties from The Final Movie with series director Tatsuya Ishihara stepping up as chief director for the films. Ogawa confirmed that there will be new animation and new scenes for the film version of the story at the stage event. The rest of the staff from the third season continue in their roles, with Jukki Hanada as series composer, Shoko Ikeda and Kazumi Ikeda as character designers with Kazumi also as chief animation director and music from Akito Matsuda in cooperation with Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and Progressive! Wind Orchestra. The anime continues to be produced at Kyoto Animation. Sound! Euphonium ’s TV anime seasons are streaming on Crunchyroll, including the third season, which is being compiled into these final films. Crunchyroll describes the full series as such: Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school. Source: Press release
