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Sound! Euphonium Franchise Gets Spinoff Novel Focusing on Natsuki
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Publisher Nikki Asada is again providing the illustrations. The spinoff, titled Tobitatsu Kimi no Se wo Miageru (Looking Up at Your Back as You Leap Up) will feature Natsuki Nakagawa as the protagonist. Takarajimasha posted a preview for the novel that states, "I am Natsuki Nakagawa, third year student at Kitauji High School. Today I am retiring from the concert band." The novel will also look at the students Nozomi Kasaki, Misore Yoroizuka, and Yūko Yoshikawa from Natsuki's point of view.
Takarajimasha and Asada also each posted an illustration on Twitter on Friday to commemorate the announcement.
announced in June 2019 that the studio had greenlit an anime project that will center on Kumiko's third year in high school. The event did not announce a format for the project.
Original light novel author Ayano Takeda published the story of Kumiko's third year in high school in two novels. The first novel shipped in April 2019, and the second novel shipped in June 2019.
The first 13-episode television anime series for the franchise premiered in April 2015. Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Kōkō Suisōgaku-Bu e Yōkoso "flashback" film in April 2016.
The 13-episode Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Todoketai Melody compilation film in September 2017.
Kyoto Animation then Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in March 2019.
The second new film, released the film on home video on June 2.
Sources: Takarajimasha's literary Twitter , Ayano Takeda's Twitter , Nikki Asada's Twitter via Hachima Kikō
