The upcoming two-part Bocchi the Rock movie unveiled its new key visual on Monday featuring all members of the Kessoku Band wearing full band shirts. The first part of the film will premiere this spring while the second part is expected to premiere this summer.
Image from the movie Bocchi the Rock
The first season of Bocchi the Rock premiered in October 2022 and had a total of 12 episodes. It was animated by studio CloverWorks and directed by Keichiro Saito. The main cast will reprise their roles in the film:
Crunchyroll is streaming the first season of Bocchi the Rock and they describe it as follows:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who is so introverted and shy around people that she always begins her conversations with “Ah…” During her middle school years , she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even shy people like her to shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing the guitar six hours a day on her own. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar online under the name “Guitar Hero” and dreamed of performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only can she not find any bandmates, before she knows it, she’s in high school and still hasn’t been able to make a single friend! She actually almost became a closed person, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in the Kessoku Band, came to her. And so, her daily life begins to change little by little…
Source: Official website
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