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The film adapts the story of the manga’s prologue about Seika, the older sister of Nijika Ichiji
A trailer announced Sunday that a film adaptation of Aki Hamajifour panel sleeve Bocchi the Rock! will open next year. Own Bocchi the Rock! hoshi no ashiato (Bocchi the Rock! The Movie: Footprints of the Stars) adapts “Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana”, the special story at the end of the fifth volume of the manga that tells a prologue about Nijika Ichiji’s older sister, Seika.
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Shin Wakabayashi (Wonder Egg Priority) directs the film in cloverand Erika Yoshida (Maebashi Witches, Trickster) returns from the previous television anime to write the script. Yukiko Horiguchi (K-ON!, lucky star, Tamako Market) is designing the characters.
Other staff members include:
yen press publishes the manga series in English and describes the story:
Bocchi finally takes the stage in English and brings her best friend: crippling anxiety! Hitori Goto just wants to make friends, but the thought of approaching a stranger on her own makes her so nervous that she spent all of high school teaching herself to play the guitar, with moderate (though anonymous) success. YouTube fame, hoping to seem cool enough for someone else to approach her. After bringing her guitar to school fails to spark any interest, Hitori is about to wither and die… and that’s when Nijika Ijichi meets her depressed on a playground and begs her to replace her band’s eccentric guitarist for their first live performance. It’s like his wish comes true… but does this antisocial introvert have what it takes to perform in front of real people?
The manga previously inspired a television anime that premiered in October 2022. A concert announced in February 2025 that the television anime would have a second season with Yusuke Yamamoto (Bocchi the Rock! assistant director, episode director) replacing Keiichiro Saitō as director and Keito Oda (Bocchi the Rock! key animator) join Carol in character design.
Bocchi the Rock! Re:The first of the anime’s two compilation films, it was released in Japan on June 7, 2024. The film sold 140,000 tickets and earned 218,470,888 yen (about $1.38 million) in its first three days. The second movie Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re:inaugurated on August 9, 2024.
Hamaji launched he Bocchi the Rock! sleeve in houbunsha‘s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in December 2017 and the series is ongoing. houbunsha He sent the eighth volume of the compilation book on November 27. yen press shipped the seventh volume on November 11.
Source: Comic Natalie
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