Two years is a long time in the world of music, but that’s precisely how long it’s been since the much-loved BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime first graced our screens on October 9, 2022 — even if that fact might leave Hitori wanting to crumble into dust.
Still, to commemorate the occasion, the series’ official X (formerly Twitter) account today unveiled a brand-new illustration by character designer/chief animation director Keroira.
BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime 2nd anniversary illustration
The series’ recent recap films, BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re: and BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re: Re:, premiered earlier this month in theaters across North America and the United Kingom. The double feature distributed by Crunchyroll is scheduled to release in France on October 15 and Australia on October 17.
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: Official X (formerly Twitter)
