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The cover of the new issue of Manga Time Kirara MAX is Bocchi with Kokoa Hoto from Gochiusa!
This special cover celebrates the magazine's 20th anniversary.
The November 2024 issue (and Chapter 81) is releasing on 19 September - just a day and a bit more!
AKFG performed in the same stage of Japan Jam after Kessoku Band performed.
In the stage, they performed "Rock'n Roll Morning Light Falls on You", and thanked Kessoku Band and Bocchi the Rock! Series for making the song alive even after years.
AKFG logo is also colored pink.
The movie has made impressive numbers with its estimated earning goes over 180 MILLION YEN (1.15 MILLION USD) on its weekend debut!
This is the first entirely recap movie that ranks first for weekend box office chart for Japan.
A moment from Umehara today:
"When I dropped my phone in a clinic, the dentist ask me if I'm a fan of Bocchi the Rock! as I have a BtR! sticker on it. I explained I worked on anime and BtR is my work, so the dentist played BtR! on the TV. BtR! is truly a family anime."
Sad news: the tree mural building, notable for being featured in Episode 4 as the background of the propho, is set to be demolished soon to make way for future developments of the neighbourhood.
Parts of the building and the area nearby are now being cleared.
The January 2024 issue of Manga Time Kirara MAX features Ryo and Nijika as the issue cover.
January 2024 issue will release on 17 November (this Friday!).
The Manga Time Kirara MAX July 2024 issue features Bocchi as the cover!
"The New Era of Guitar Hero Is Here"
July 2024 will be out on 17 May, which is just a day left!
The aftereffect of BtR phenomena can still be seen.
Lines of similar guitar models to Bocchi's Les Paul (mostly Epiphones) are found in secondhand guitar market in Japan as they are getting resold for various reasons.
Here's the cover for this month's Manga Time Kirara MAX, featuring Nijika and Kita!
The issue, alongside Chapter 79 of Bocchi the Rock! will be up on 19 July, which is in 26 hours more!
Another surprise tonight!
The themes of Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re: -
-Doppelganger (OP) and
-Re:Re: (ED, cover from AKFG)
is also out in streaming platforms too today on 11 August*!
(*also on midnight of local time)
Chinese BtR fans have made a special ad to celebrate Kita's birthday next week.
This billboard ad will be on display in Shanghai until Kita's birthday.
It has come to our knowledge that the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama has passed away recently.
Undoubtedly, his works are very influential in the industry and have inspired other animators and mangaka alike. And the references of the series always live in a lot of other
And here we go again - updated and confirms another thing about the upcoming US release:
The movie will be shown with PART 1 AND PART 2 COMBINED, with the total screening time listed as 2 hours and 45 minutes!
So suddenly someone brought a banner with Bocchi on it to an All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite match last night.
Here's the close-up of the banner.
(credits to u/superpool11 in Reddit)
Dates for Crunchyroll regions has been announced for the screenings of Bocchi the Rock! Re:/Re:Re: (combined)!
USA and Canada: October 6, 7 and 8
United Kingdom: October 7
France: October 15
Australia: October 17
The names of the recap movies of Bocchi the Rock! has been revealed as:
Part 1 (Spring 2024): Bocchi the Rock! Re:
Part 2 (Summer 2024): Bocchi the Rock! Re: Re:
The surprise for tonight is that we are getting a new visual for Re:/Re:Re: movie!
The website also has updated new character profile page including design images, so take a look in the official site:
Bocchi the Rock has a special booth in Comic Fiesta in Malaysia!
The booth features lots of chapter and magazine covers, manga video trailer and also selected manga pages, with a cardboard stand of Bocchi is available too.
According to the newly released list by the Recording Association of Japan (RIAJ), the Kessoku Band album has been certified as Platinum.
This means the number of its physical album sold has exceeded 250,000 copies!
Bocchi the Rock has a special booth in Comic Fiesta in Malaysia!
The booth features lots of chapter and magazine covers, manga video trailer and also selected manga pages, with a cardboard stand of Bocchi is available too.
Officially, you can soon listen to the live version of Kessoku Band songs in your streaming services as the Kousei LIVE album has started to roll out today*!
*Release time will follow midnight of your local account, so if your time isn't 18/1 midnight yet, please wait!
Guitarhero posted the infamous That Band guitar intro solo on her X (formerly Twitter) account.
Today (26 November) is the anniversary of Episode 8, which also marks the debut of the song along with the peak solo.
Ichiban Kuji, an anime lottery prize brand launched a new campaign for Bocchi the Rock with lots of BtR! product to be won!
Participants will be able to win posters, chibi figures, clear files, and most importantly, LAST ONE PRIZE of the special illustration board!
Today Bocchi the Rock! manga is officially released in English by
@yenpress
!
You can get it on various bookstores offline and online, physical or digital!
Amazon:
Barnes & Noble:
Indigo (for Canada):
Yamaha Music School is offering lesson courses for Seishun Complex and Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet!
These 3-months courses are available for guitars, drums, basses and vocals in various Yamaha school venues. No prior experience or ownerships of instrument needed to join.
Bocchi deserved to be loved.
Bocchi deserved to be cared.
Bocchi deserved to be protected at all costs.
Don't forget to vote for Bocchi in Must Protect at All Costs category and other Bocchi The Rock! nomination today!
Vote here:
These characters have stolen our hearts, earning their spot as nominees for the "Must Protect At All Costs" Character at 2024
#AnimeAwards
. Cast your vote daily and be their hero!
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In Kirara Exhibition, attendants can listen to Kessoku Band singing other Kirara anime song!
Kita: Cagayake!GIRLS (K-On! OP), Won(*3*)Chu Kiss Me (Sakura Trick OP)
Ryo: Daydream Café (Gochiusa OP)
Bocchi: Kill Me no Baby! (Kill Me Baby OP)
Nijika: SHINY DAYS (Yuru Camp OP)
Here are the people from Bocchi the Rock! who attended this year's Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
ICYMI, Bocchi the Rock won the Best Slice of Life. Kerorira receives the awards on stage.
A bus in Guangzhou is seen with Bocchi the Rock! livery on it, promoting the upcoming CICFXAGF China International Comic Con Animation and Game Exhibition that will be held in the city on 30 September.
Kinokuniya USA also has introduced their own collaboration-special membership card with Bocchi the Rock!
Any members can replace their card in-stores with a charge of USD5 only.
Today is the 1st anniversary of the anime premiere of Bocchi the Rock.
Hamazi-sensei has rewarded every one of us with her celebration art, thanking us for all our support until now!
We have confirmed info from the panel that the Kessoku Band album will receive a special cassette release!
A preorder page has been made available in Milan Records website:
Now the official account is teasing the shots from the Re: film OP, which is animated specifically from the film.
You can see some of the new scenes here.
Re:Kessoku Band mini album will release on streaming services 14 August!
Alongside themes for Re:/Re:Re:, this also means the first release of its last two tracks :
-Boku to Sangenshoku (ILOHAS collab song)
-Byoushin Shoujo
List of platforms:
It indeed is!
Watashi Dake Yuurei is now on music streaming platforms starting 11 August*!
*This album will be effectively online following 11 August midnight in your local region, so please wait till midnight if you still don't find it.
⏰ At midnight, on August 11th...
🌎 Bocchi the Rock! [Insert ep 10]
"Watashi Dake Yuurei" by SICK HACK, will finally be available worldwide on
@Spotify
&
@AppleMusic
Links in the tweet below 🍺
As Hamazi has missed both Bochi and Kita brithday before this, she solved the problem of the characters not having their birthday arts this year by.....combining all of them.
Since Ryo's birthday is later in September, unfortunately she was left behind.
Yep, its official. Kessoku Band is now the official ambassador for Underage Smoking Awareness month of 2023.
TIOJ also doing a giveaway in conjuction of this month, with BtR special BIG towel and Quocard up to the grabs!
Bocchi the Rock! Re: tops the weekend chart while only got screened in 132 cinemas nationwide, while other top films got around 300 cinemas in screening.
The last time a film made such record below 150 cinemas was Fate/Stay Night: Heavens Feel III.
The first 24 hours of Bocchi the Rock! Re: screening recorded an estimated 75 million yen in earnings (479k USD per current rate) - which is considered high for a recap film.
Wanna hear Kita Ikuyo sing Houkago Tea Time songs?'
A new preview of CrosSing song cover project has Ikumi Hasegawa sings "Don't Say Lazy", the first ED theme from K-ON!
The track will be a CD-only track for CrosSing Collection vol.4, releasing 29 May.
Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Les Paul Custom is now up for preorders!
This guitar features Bocchi's signature and special bag as well. Only 200 available and buyers will be chosen via lottery.
Manga sales for BtR! Volume 6 isn't subsiding for their sales in COMIC ZIN as they continue to top the chart in the store for 3 consecutive weeks.
The only explanation being:
COMIC ZIN Weekly Manga Sales Ranking via Natalie: Sep. 4 – Sep. 10, 2023
Bocchi the Rock! Vol. 6 not willing to budge here. Yumeochi Vol. 2 made its debut at No. 2 while Koori no Jouheki settles in at No. 3!
Source:
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As the time turns daytime in Japan now, more reports has pouring in about the movie.
We can now say that Re:Re: is the movie's ending theme - the cover from Kessoku Band's Guitarhero.
The opening theme is titled Doppelganger.
ABC-Mart, a Japanese footwear store has launched a collaboration with Bocchi the Rock!, with new illustration featuring Kessoku Band with Adidas Park ST.
ABC-Mart will open a pop-up store in their Shimokitazawa branch and selected branch throughout Japan!
New Mini Album - Re:Kessoku Band releasing 14 August!
The album will contain OPs and EDs of both films (Re:/Re:Re:) which, for both film may get their separate songs.
The PV trailer for Blu-ray and DVD release of LIVE STAGE Bocchi the Rock! has been released on Aniplex YouTube channel.
There are also some excerpts from behind-the-scenes and commentary, which will be included in the release.
YouTube link:
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The result of BillBOARD Japan 2023 Year End Chart is now out.
Kessoku Band album is crowned the best Download Albums of 2023 with a big margin of 59,704 Download sales!
Official figures of box office record just in:
Bocchi the Rock! Re: has
-topped the
#1
chart for the weekend
-140,000 people attending
-EARNED 210 MILLION YEN (1.34 MILLION USD) FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND
This is a thread of summary of questions being asked by Malaysian fans to Aki Hamazi (
@hamazi__
) during her pre-recorded Q&A session in Comic Fiesta in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon:
Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re: records an estimated earnings of 195 million yen (around 1.316 million USD) for its first weekend screening (9-12 August)!
As an addition, the Re: movie has recorded 540 million yen earnings until now.
Cover for English version of Volume 2, officially out on 23 January 2024.
Volume 2 will cover Chapter 14 (Enoshima chapter) to Chapter 25, with anime-adapted chapters ends on Chapter 21.
The new EP, "We will" has started rolling out in streaming services!
It will be available in your streaming services sharp at midnight of your region's local time - so be prepared!
(We can confirm it's already out in New Zealand at the time of this post)
Along with the tour, a new Kessoku Band EP will also be released: We Will
The EP contains 4 tracks of "demos of what Kessoku Band would sound in the near future"
The EP would be released on 6 November...but the early digital release is coming on 6 September (next Sunday)!
The Anime Awards by Crunchyroll has revealed the nominations and voting is open!
Bocchi the Rock is nominated in:
Anime Of The Year
Best New Series
Best Director (Keiichiro Saito)
Best Comedy
Best Slice of Life
Best Main Character (Hitori Gotoh)
Must Protect at All Costs
Voting for the 2024
#AnimeAwards
is now open, and your favorite shows are counting on your votes!
Remember, every day brings a fresh opportunity to make your vote count.
🏆 VOTE NOW:
From Itaindou, all the special seals from the series have now been revealed and is now up for preorder!
Not only the seals from Kessoku Band members (4 design for each member), but also other casts like Seika, PA-san, SICK HACK members, even Futari and Jimihen!
Bocchi the Rock! compilation film has been announced to be screened in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau!
Re: will be in cinemas on 26 July while Re:Re: will be on 11 October.
They also plan to bring film bonuses similar to the Japanese screenings like the Epigraph.
Along with the tour, a new Kessoku Band EP will also be released: We Will
The EP contains 4 tracks of "demos of what Kessoku Band would sound in the near future"
The EP would be released on 6 November...but the early digital release is coming on 6 September (next Sunday)!
Bocchi the Rock! has won the Japan Musical Instrument Store Grand Prize 2023 in Recommended Media Category!
In the same award, Bocchi's 2nd guitar model PACIFICA611VFM won the Guitar Category and Kikuri's bass YAMAHA TRBX series got 2nd place in the Bass Category.
The series thanked every fans that supported the series in Kadokawa Newtype Anime Award last Saturday.
As a recap, the series won:
Best Picture - Series Category
Best Director (Keiichiro Saito)
Best OP (Seishun Complex)
"I forgot tomorrow is Kita's birthday, so everyone please forgot Kita's birthday tomorrow"
(Note: Hamazi promised us Bocchi birthday illustration and she still don't do it until now)
Yuuho Kitazawa, vocalist and guitarist of the peggies made some short cover of Ima, Boku, Underground Kara (she's also the composer and lyricist of the song).
To celebrate 1st anniversary of the anime, there will be a new streaming of "Bocchi the Talk!" on 14 October!
The streaming which will feature all 4 Kessoku Band VA will talk about future plans of the series, including Kousei LIVE BD/DVD and the recap movie.
The lyric video of OP theme of Re:Re:, Doppelganger is out now on YouTube!
Composition: Masahiro Tobinai
Lyrics: Ai Higuchi
Arrangement: Ritsuo Mitsui
See the video here: