Synopsis
Sound! Euphonium (2015), Season 1 is a school-band drama anime you can watch online on iFILM — thirteen episodes following the Kitauji High concert band, a club that long ago stopped dreaming about competitions.
Kumiko Oumae joins almost out of habit, having played since middle school. Alongside Sapphire on bass and Hazuki, who picks up the tuba, she lands in an ensemble full of old grudges where half the members can't be bothered. New conductor Taki-sensei changes that overnight: auditions, a competition lineup, a demand to actually mean it. Prep for the Sunrise Festival, a bitter row over whether Reina was picked as a favorite, a grueling audition pitting first-years against seniors — all building toward the twelve minutes on the contest stage the kids have wagered their whole adolescence on.
Kyoto Animation isn't really filming music here; it's filming growing up — envy, ambition, and the awkward pull between Kumiko and the fiercely driven Reina. The animation of the instruments and rehearsals is reason enough on its own. One for viewers who love quiet stories about a loose group hardening into a team. Stream Sound! Euphonium Season 1 online on iFILM.
13 episodes
S1·E1Welcome to High School
Kumiko enters Kitauji High School having been unable to forget what Reina said at a middle school concert band competition. She goes to visit the concert band at school along with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire, where they meet Reina again.
S1·E2Nice to Meet You, Euphonium
Kumiko and the others join the concert band, and they choose their instruments. Their eccentric senior, Asuka, still likes to mess with them.
S1·E3The First Ensemble
Kitauji High School Concert Band is preparing their parts for the ensemble, but some students are fooling around when they should be practicing.
S1·E4Singing Solfège
Kumiko and the others prepare for Sunrise Festival. Kumiko and Shuichi talk about Taki-sensei on the way home from school, when they run into Reina.
S1·E5Festival Time
The concert band receives their marching band uniforms and begins marching practice in preperation for SunFes. Things are different now, with the members all more engaged in practice. And SunFes day arrives.
S1·E6Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba
Starting this year, the band holds auditions for members participating in the competition. First-year Hazuki has a chance, too. The bass section does everything they can to encourage her.
S1·E7Crybaby Saxophone
The band is hard at work preparing for the audition and the competition. Aoi has trouble with her part, to which Taki says, "when will you be better by?"
S1·E8Festival Triangle
The band is abuzz with talk about who they'll be going to the upcoming festival with. There's someone Hazuki wants to go with, but that someone is already going with someone else. Meanwhile Kumiko somehow ends up going with you-know-who.
S1·E9Please, Audition
The audition for the competition participants has come. Everyone must demonstrate their abilities, whether they're a third-year or a first-year. And then, the results are revealed.
S1·E10Straight Trumpet
The band suspects Taki played favorites in choosing Reina in the auditions. Noticing the band's rising distrust of Taki and Reina, he makes a proposal.
S1·E11Welcome Back, Audition
Taki-sensei's proposal relieves the upset within the band, and everyone returns to practicing. Reina no longer isolates herself either, much to Kumiko's relief. But then she sees Yuko, who's been antagonizing Reina, speaking with her.
S1·E12My Euphonium
The competition's coming up. Kumiko is suddenly asked to play a difficult phrase from a different part. She begins practicing, but...
S1·E13Goodbye Competition
The competition performance is "only" 12 minutes long. It's both a blink of an eye and an eternity. The Concert Band members bet their entire youths on this competition. And Kitauji High School Concert Band's performance begins.
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