This weekend saw a special live event being held for the BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime, and a big reveal was served up in the process. BOCCHI THE ROCK! Season 2 was officially announced, and this time Yuusuke Yamamoto—who was assistant director on the first season—will …Read more »
Following the act of the first part that opened in June, the second BOCCHI THE ROCK! recap film is set to premiere in Japan on August 11. A North American release for both will arrive at a later date that has yet to be announced, …Read more »
Anime and manga series about aspiring bands and musicians have been a big deal for a long time… but K-ON! changed everything when its in-series band, Ho-kago Tea Time, became the first fictional characters to top the Oricon weekly music charts. Now the age of anime …Read more »
Fans of Bocchi the Rock! will soon have a fresh chance to see the series’ Kessoku Band in real life. The band will appear at the festival ROCK IN JAPAN on August 4. The lineup will include Bocchi the Rock! voice actors Yoshino Aoyama (Hitori Goto), …Read more »
If you’re interested in seeing what a BOCCHI THE ROCK! stage play is like, the Aniplex YouTube channel has just the video for you. Following August performances of LIVE STAGE BOCCHI THE ROCK! at THEATER MILANO-Za in Tokyo and building up to the February 28, …Read more »
It was previously revealed that the anime adaptation of Aki Hamaji’s BOCCHI THE ROCK! manga would be making its way to the big screen in a pair of compilation films. Now those titles have been revealed via the official social accounts, with the first due …Read more »
Back in April a BOCCHI THE ROCK! spinoff manga was teased in a fairly vague way, leaving fans guessing as to which character it would follow. Now the spinoff of Aki Hamaji’s manga has officially launched on Houbunsha’s Comic Fuz website, and it has Kumicho …Read more »
The cast of the BOCCHI THE ROCK! stage play are ready to jam out as Kessoku Band, as evidenced in a new visual that shows the cast in costume with their instruments and everything. The play adapting Aki Hamaji’s four-panel manga will have performances at …Read more »
Fans of Kessoku Band, rejoice, because the girls are heading to the big screen! This weekend saw the announcement of plans for a BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime film, which will serve up a compilation of the TV anime series when it hits theaters in Japan …Read more »
Bocchi the Rock!, Aki Hamaji’s manga about rockers in Shimokitazawa, has over 2 million copies in circulation, so this comes as little surprise: a spinoff manga is on the way. What’s it about? Who’s the lead? Will Hamaji be writing it? All we know for …Read more »
Fall 2022’s BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime was a critical and commercial hit, and as such its manga source material is seeing the effects of success. Aki Hamaji’s four-panel manga series runs in the pages of Manga Time Kirara magazine, and according to the publication’s official …Read more »
November is coming to an end. Tomorrow, the holiday season begins in earnest, and we make our way to the end of 2022. But this week, the Internet is focusing on one thing: their Spotify Wrapped results. The viral marketing campaign takes note of which …Read more »
This season’s Bocchi the Rock! is a cute musical romp for fans of all sorts of anime. Like rock music? Like hobby anime? Just feel a bit shy and wish someone understood? Hitori Gotoh and her new friends in Kessoku Band have you covered. That last …Read more »
The BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime is in the spotlight again thanks to some fresh promos highlighting the ongoing adaptation of Aki Hamaji’s manga. In addition to a second full trailer, there are new lyric and performance videos covering the “Guitar to Kodoku to Aoi …Read more »
A trailer is here for the anime adaptation of Aki Hamaji’s Bocchi the Rock! manga, which is now lined up for an October 8 premiere in Japan. In addition to the first video preview, more staff members have been revealed alongside the previously announced staff …Read more »
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