A new anime film based on the TV anime BOCCHI THE ROCK! has been announced. Titled BOCCHI THE ROCK! The Movie: Starry Footprints, the film will be distributed by ANIMEC and is scheduled to premiere in Japan in 2027.
The story focuses on Seika, the older sister of Nijika Ijichi, and is based on the prequel chapter included at the end of Volume 5 of the original manga. The film explores a dream that begins with the separation of the Ijichi sisters ten years ago.
Meanwhile, the previously announced second season of the TV anime is still in production.
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Director: Shin Wakabayashi
Script: Erika Yoshida
Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi
Art Director: Yuki Funagakure
Director of Photography: Yuya Sakuma
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Graphic Design: Yuto Hama
Animation Production: CloverWorks
Distribution: ANIMEC
The original BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime aired from October to December 2022. It quickly became a major hit, especially among younger audiences, and received numerous awards, earning popularity both in Japan and internationally. In 2024, the series also received a two-part theatrical compilation film.
The anime is streamed on Crunchyroll, which describes the series as follows:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah…”
During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself.
After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend!
She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little…
Source: Official Website
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