It has been announced that the first film concert of the TV anime "Ao no Orchestra," based on a youth manga set in a high school orchestra club, "Ao no Orchestra Film Concert ~ Kaimaku High School Orchestra Club Regular Concert~" will be held at the Bunkyo Civic Center Large Hall (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) on July 20th. While footage of famous scenes from the first season, specially reconstructed for this performance, is shown, the orchestra will perform live classical masterpieces that appeared in the series.
This will be the first concert to feature members who participated in the orchestral recording of the anime, with Yoshida Yukichi acting as the conductor and members of Heartbeat Symphony (Senzoku Gakuen Philharmonic Orchestra) performing. In addition to the debut of an orchestral arrangement of "Cantabile," the opening theme (OP) of the first season of the TV anime, the performance will center on A. Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9 'From the New World,'" which was also performed by the main character, Aono Hajime, and his friends at the regular concert in the series.
Shoya Chiba, who plays Aono Hajime, Tsuchiya Shimba, who plays Saeki Nao, and violinist Azuma Ryota, who played the violin for Aono Hajime, will also be on stage to talk about the anime and perform an original reading drama.
"Ao no Orchestra" is a manga by Makoto Akui that has been serialized since 2017 on Shogakukan's manga site "Ura Sunday" and manga app "Manga One". The story is set in a powerful high school orchestra club and depicts the members' friendly competition. Aono Hajime, a genius boy who stopped playing the violin for a certain reason, begins to play the violin again after meeting a girl.
The first season of the TV anime aired from April to October 2023. The second season will air on NHK Educational TV in the fall of 2025. NHK Educational TV will rebroadcast the first season every Sunday at 5pm starting in April.
(C) Makoto Akui / Shogakukan / NHK, NEP, Nippon Animation (C) "Blue Orchestra" Film Concert Production Committee
