Sound! Euphonium (first season)

Sound! Euphonium (響け！ユーフォニアム) is an anime television series produced by. The 13-episode anime began airing on April 7, 2015, and finished on June 30, 2015. A 14th episode was included in the seventh DVD and BD of the series which was released on December 16th, 2015.

Staff

 * Original creator: Ayano Takeda
 * Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
 * Series Composition: Jukki Hanada
 * Music: Akito Matsuda
 * Character Design: Shoko Ikeda
 * Art Director: Mutsuo Shinohara
 * Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
 * Director of Photography: Kazuya Takao
 * Color Design: Akiyo Takeda
 * Setting: Hiroyuki Takahashi (instruments)
 * Animation Production: Kyoto Animation

Cast

 * Kumiko Oumae
 * Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese)
 * Reina Kousaka
 * Chika Anzai (Japanese)
 * Hazuki Katou
 * Ayaka Asai (Japanese)
 * Sapphire Kawashima
 * Moe Toyota (Japanese)
 * Shuuichi Tsukamoto
 * Haruki Ishiya (Japanese)
 * Asuka Tanaka
 * Minako Kotobuki (Japanese)
 * Kaori Nakaseko
 * Minori Chihara (Japanese)
 * Haruka Ogasawara
 * Saori Hayami (Japanese)
 * Noboru Taki
 * Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese)

Plot
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka.

However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.

Specials
Sound! Euphonium! The Everyday Life of Band (響け！ユーフォニアム「吹奏楽部の日常」) is a series of special episodes included in the Blu-ray/DVD releases of the first season of Sound! Euphonium. Each episode runs for approximately 2 minutes.

Music

 * "Abarenbō Shōgun Theme" (暴れん坊将軍のテーマ) - Shunsuke Kikuchi, arranged by Akito Matsuda
 * Orpheus in the Underworld - Overture - Jacques Offenbach
 * Marines' Hymn - James M. Fulton
 * Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: II: Largo (Trumpet solo) - Antonin Dvořák
 * The Fairest of the Fair March - John Philip Sousa
 * Funiculì, Funiculà - Luigi Denza
 * Rydeen - By YMO
 * March "Wind of Provence" (マーチ「プロヴァンスの風」) - Naoki Tasaka
 * Crescent Moon Dance (三日月の舞 Mikazuki no Mai) - Akito Matsuda (Namie Horikawa)
 * Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
 * The Place Where We Found Love (愛を見つけた場所 Ai wo Mitsuketa Basho) - Hanako Oku, arranged by Akito Matsuda
 * Scheherazade (Excerpts) - Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov

The opening theme of the first season is DREAM SOLISTER, sung by TRUE. The ending theme is Tutti! (トゥッティ!), sung by the Kitauji Quartet (Kumiko Oumae (Tomoyo Kurosawa), Hazuki Katou (Ayaka Asai), Sapphire Kawashima (Moe Toyota), and Reina Kousaka (Chika Anzai)).