The official website for the BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime series has posted an additional trailer for the two-part recap films based on its TV anime series. The clip features the first part’s ending theme song, “Ima, Boku, Underground Kara” performed by Kessoku Band.As reported, the first of the two-part films, BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re: opened in 132 theaters across Japan on June 7, 2024, earning 218 million yen (1.39 million USD) on 140,000 admissions to make its No.1 debut in the weekend box office ranking. This new trailer immediately carries that news as well.
The site has also announced that the third week theatergoers from June 22 to 28 will receive a “Character Cable Holder,” a mini-size figure that attaches to smartphone charging cables and other devices. Two types will be available, Hitori Gotoh and Nijika Ijichi, and will be given to visitors at random, one item per viewing.
The TV anime adaptation of Aki Hamaji’s four-panel manga series BOCCHI THE ROCK! aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2022. Following the first part, the second part, titled BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re:Re: is set to release in Japan on August 9, 2024. As reported, Crunchyroll plans to bring the two recap films to theaters in North America.Crunchyroll describes the series as:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah…” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend! She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little…
Source: “BOCCHI THE ROCK!” anime official website / Twitter©Aki Hamaji/Houbunsha, Aniplex
