Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, announced today that the heartwarming yet emotionally charged music anime Bocchi The Rock! Recap Part 1 & 2 will hit UK cinemas for a limited special run featuring the omnibus recap film on October 7,2024.
Based on the 2024 Anime Award-winning music series, Bocchi The Rock!, the compilation film follows an introverted, shy girl on her inspirational music journey as she struggles to overcome social barriers and find her place. It tells the story of young rocker Hitori Gotoh, also known as “Bocchi-chan,” a middle schooler struggling with social anxiety. Amid her silence and solitude, she picks up a guitar and discovers that she is talented, but despite spending hours practicing and uploading popular videos of herself performing, her dreams of joining a band and making friends never materialize. The thought of reaching out to strangers makes her nervous, and instead, the awkward Hitori isolates herself even more, accepting her fate of solitude. Until one day, she meets Nijika Ijichi, the drummer for Kessoku Band, who encourages her to change her tune and helps her overcome her deep social anxiety!
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Originally announced as two separate films, Bocchi The Rock! Recap Part 1 & 2 beautifully combines all of season one into one cinematic experience, and features a brand-new animation element. A new lyric video, “Tsukinami ni Kagayake” (“Shine as usual”), was created for the opening sequence of the compilation film, as well as a new ending theme song, “Ima, Boku, Underground Kara” (“Now, I’m Going From Underground”) by Kessoku Band. The first season is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll.
Bocchi The Rock! Recap Part 1 & 2, distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment, will be released in UK cinemas on October 7, 2024. The film will only be available in Japanese with English subtitles.
Film Credits: Created by Aki Hamazi. Directed by Keiichiro Saito. Screenplay by Erika Yoshida. Produced by Cloverworks. Runtime for Part 1: 89 minutes. Runtime for Part 2: 76 minutes. Total Runtime for combined film: 165 minutes.
