'Hibike! Euphonium' Receives Final Movie in 2026

The Hibike! Euphonium 10th Anniversary Event announced the production of Saishuu Gakushou Hibike! Euphonium (Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie), scheduled for a 2026 premiere. The event also unveiled a teaser visual (pictured) and an announcement promo. The promo denotes the movie as "the theatrical version of Season 3."

Hibike! Euphonium adapts Ayano Takeda's music drama novel, which she penned under the Takarajimasha Bunko imprint from December 2013 to June 2019, featuring illustrations by Nikki Asada. Takarajimasha published the two-volume Rikka Koukou Marching Band e Youkoso spin-off in August–September 2016.

The Tobitatsu Kimi no Se wo Miageru (Watching as You Fly Away) spin-off volume depicting the band seniors' graduation and a collection of short stories, Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu no Minna no Hanashi (Stories from Everyone in the Kitauji High School Concert Band), were released in February 2021 and June 2024, respectively.

Produced by Kyoto Animation, the first two anime seasons aired in Spring 2015 and Fall 2016, each running for 13 episodes. The Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu e Youkoso (Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band) and Todoketai Melody (May the Melody Reach You!) compilation movies opened in Japan in April 2016 and September 2017.

The Liz to Aoi Tori (Liz and the Blue Bird) side story movie premiered in April 2018. The Chikai no Finale (Our Promise: A Brand New Day) sequel movie premiered in April 2019, taking place during the second school year. The Ensemble Contest-hen sequel screened in August 2023.

Hibike! Euphonium 3 (Sound! Euphonium 3), the third season and latest installment in the franchise, aired in 13 episodes in Spring 2024, adapting Kitauji Suisougaku-bu, Ketsui no Saishuu Gakushou (The Kitauji Concert Band's Decisive Final Movement), the final two volumes in the main story.

Crunchyroll simulcast all three seasons with subtitles. Pony Canyon USA released the first season on home video between June 2016 and August 2016, followed by the second season in August and November 2018. Eleven Arts licensed both compilation movies, the Liz to Aoi Tori side story movie, and the sequel movie in North America.

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Source: animate Times

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