I first watched Sound! Euphonium years ago, and almost instantly fell in love with its characters, their goals, struggles, and most of all: their learning and constant aim for the better. And there's also the hypnotizing visuals, voices, music, sounds, and uncanny little details that -music connoisseur or not- make you believe this all is actually happening right in front of you.
Eupho's Season 1 and 2 were, for me: practically flawless; and even though I have mixed feelings about the movie and OVA that come before this 3rd and final season, I want to express: as of 2024, SOUND! EUPHONIUM is my favorite serialized audiovisual production of all time. And I put it like that because it now tops my former favorites: Twin Peaks, True Detective... and other live action, animated, and anime classics.
Sound! Euphonium - Season 3 tells about the last school year of our beloved president Kumiko Oumae, who now plays the euphonium like no other... until someone new comes to "threaten" her place in the ensemble. And with that little premise, once again: a universe of memorable moments unleash. Slices of beautiful friendship, uncertainty of the future, battles of wills and convictions, personal realization, reencounters, and much more.
13 episodes of around 24 minutes build up to some of the most amazing, gorgeous, intense, and INSPIRING scenes I've experienced in arts and entertainment. And the delivery of the aforementioned, through a big cast of wonderful characters, voiced by a hell of a perfect cast (special mention to Kumiko's Japanese voice actress) makes this season a must know, watch, finish, share, and repeat.
Artistically and technically, like its music: EXQUISITE; fresh, youthful, feminine, fun, a little sexy, moving, thought-provoking, and again: INSPIRING, Sound! Euphonium and its final season are an invaluable document of adolescence and humanity and is here to stay in the hearts of its audience forever. A treasure.
I'm a 34-year-old teacher, writer, and filmmaker... and my world has been rocked by an anime show about schoolgirls, their circumstances, and music. You can't imagine how much I can relate to them and how much of a Kumiko I found out I was and I still am.
Eupho is that thing I wanna reach out and "achieve" and I'm sure gonna use it whenever my own inspiration falters. From the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU, KyoAni and everyone involved in this marvelous masterpiece.
Here's my personal GOLD for this one. I'm gonna miss these a lot.
P.S. I chose #2.
