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Sound! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale Gets 4 New Cast Members

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Soon, it will be time to say farewell to Kitauji High.

Earlier today, the official Sound! Euphonium anime website updated with a new key visual, as well as four new cast members for upcoming film Gekijōban Hibike! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale (Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Finale of the Oath).

We break the details down below.

Key Visual

The visual features the major cast members, playing their instruments, arranged in a circle around a shot of the entire band in concert.

Sound Euphonium Chikai no Finale Visual 001 - 20181214

Cast

The film will add the following:

  • Kanade Hisaishi (Euphonium): Sora Amamiya
  • Motomu Tsukinaga (Double Bass): Shimba Tsuchiya
  • Satsuki Suzuki (Tuba): Misaki Kuno
  • Mirei Suzuki (Tuba): Ayaka Nanase

All four characters are first-year members.

Gekijōban Hibike! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale will hit Japanese theaters on April 19, 2019. The feature will focus on Kumiko and others, as they enter their second year of high school.

Jukki Hanada (Love Live! School idol project, A Place Further Than the Universe) is writing the film’s script, while Shoko Ikeda (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya franchise) returns to provide character designs. Akito Matsuda (D-Frag!, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior) will score the feature’s soundtrack at Lantis.

Sound Euphonium Chikai no Finale Key VisualThe confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Kumiko Ōmae: Tomoyo Kurosawa
  • Hazuki Katō: Ayaka Asai
  • Reina Kōsaka: Chika Anzai
  • Sapphire Kawashima: Moe Toyota
  • Shūichi Tsukamoto: Haruki Ishiya
  • Natsuki Nakagawa: Konomi Fujimura
  • Yūko Yoshikawa: Yuri Yamaoka
  • Takuya Gotō: Kenjiro Tsuda
  • Riko Nagase: Miyuki Kobori

Sound! Euphonium made its anime début in during the Spring 2015 broadcast season. The series was helmed by Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad After Story, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions) at Kyoto Animation. Shoko Ikeda (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) provided character designs, while Jukki Hanada (Nichijou – My Ordinary Life, Love Live! School Idol Project) took charge of series composition.

Sound! Euphonium‘s second season aired in the Fall 2016 broadcast season.

PonyCan USA currently holds the rights to Sound! Euphonium in North America. The company released Sound! Euphonium on Blu-Ray across three four-episode volumes. In addition to the physical release, Crunchyroll is streaming the series in its entirety on their digital platform.

Source: Animate Times

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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