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Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

2023 · 58 min

A gentle, affectionate slice of school life where small logistical worries and quiet teamwork carry real emotional weight.

Directed by: Tatsuya Ishihara
Genres: Animation, Drama, Music
Starring: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Chika Anzai, Moe Toyota

Tagline: New generation, start!
Overview: 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...

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Directed by: Tatsuya Ishihara
Genres: Animation, Drama, Music
Starring: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Chika Anzai, Moe Toyota

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
music
work
identity
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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