Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

New generation, start!

Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara

Produced by Kyoto Animation, Pony Canyon

202358 min7.7 / 10

A warm, character-driven school drama about a new band leader navigating ensemble dynamics and personal growth through the pressure of competition.

Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest, and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band club is so large that there seems to be no end to the problems. And as club leader, she finds herself busy consulting on all sorts of matters. While the other members are deciding on their teams, Kumiko herself hasn't even decided which she will join...

Questions people ask

  • Is Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

62/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity23

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise83

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love93

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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