BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re:, the first of the two-part recap films based on the BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime series, now has accumulative of 500 million yen (3.09 million USD) earned from 350,000 ticket sales according to Mantan Web.As reported, the first film 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. The movie ranked #4 in its second weekend, then #7 in its third.
The film’s official website has announced that the fifth week theatergoers from July 6 will receive a tin badge (nine types and one secret) randomly, one item per viewing.
Additionally, a guitar performance video of the first part’s opening theme song, “Tsukinami ni Kagayake” by Ritsuo Mitsui is now streamed on YouTube. He is the arranger of the song, saying on his official X (formerly Twitter): “It’s been a while since I’ve released a ‘playing a guitar’ video! I hope you enjoy it, whether you play guitar or not! I told myself, ‘No matter how many times I make a mistake, don’t stop my fingers!’ and kept playing it!”
Ritsuo Mitsui “Tsukinami ni Kagayake” Guitar Performance Video
Kessoku Band “Tsukinami ni Kagayake” Lyric Video
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…
Sources: Mantan Web, “BOCCHI THE ROCK!” anime official website 1, 2©Aki Hamaji/Houbunsha, Aniplex
