Ahead of an August 9 theatrical release in Japan and in North America at a later date, a brand-new trailer for the second BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime recap film was released today, along with details about promotional events and exclusive gifts for theatergoers.
Voice actors Yoshino Aoyama (Hitori), Sayumi Suzushiro (Nijika), Saku Mizuno (Ryo) and Ikumi Hasegawa (Ikuyo) will celebrate the release of BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re:Re: with appearances at Shinjuku Wald 9, TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku and United Cinema across Tokyo on August 11. Additional appearances in pairs are also scheduled across multiple dates and venues.
Furthermore, Maaya Uchida (Seika), Sayaka Senbongi (Kikuri) and Kotori Kawai (PA-san) will attend Shinjuku Wald 9 on September 11 for a stage appearance aimed at a mature audience.
Stage Greeting Schedule
Filmgoers will receive a bonus manga by Aki Hamaji titled BOCCHI THE ROCK! Epigraph 2 while stocks last, as well one of six illustration cards by anime character designer Keroira for those attending in the first week of the film’s release.
The BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime, based off the manga of the same name by Aki Hamaji, aired between October and December 2022 with Crunchyroll streaming the series, describing the girl band anime as such:
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: Comic Natalie
