Aniplex YouTube channel second promotional video for the anime Bocchi the Rock !.
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The anime adaptation of Bocchi the Rock! premiered on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV on October 9th, and is also broadcast on MRT Miyazaki Broadcasting, MBS, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and AT-X.
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
Synopsis
The story revolves around Hitori Goto, nicknamed "Bocchi-chan," a lonely high school girl who loves playing guitar and spends her days playing alone at home. By chance, she joins the "Kessoku Band" led by its drummer, Nijika Ijichi. She's not used to playing in front of people, but will she be able to become a great member of the band?
Voice actors include:
- Yoshino Aoyama as Hitori “Bocchi-chan” Gotou
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Nijika Ijichi
- Saku Mizuno as Ryоu Yamada
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Ikuyo Kita
Keiichirou Saitou (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Regards) is directing the anime at CloverWorks studio. Erika Yoshida (Lupin III: Part IV) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Kerorira (animation director of Wonder Egg Priority) is designing the characters.
The anime's "Kessoku Band" features Ikumi Hasegawa (voice of Ikuyo Kita) on vocals, who is also performing the opening and ending theme songs. Singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi wrote the lyrics, while Otoha, a member of the musical group 48foureight, composed the opening theme song titled "Seishun Complex" (Youth Complex). Maguro Taniguchi, vocalist and guitarist of the band KANA-BOON, then wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the ending theme song titled "Distortion!!"
Hamaji then launched the manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in December 2017, and the series is ongoing.
Source: ANN
