New Euphonium (あらたなユーフォニアム Aratana Yūfoniamu) is the first episode of the third season of the Hibike! Euphonium anime series. It was broadcasted on April 7, 2024.
Synopsis[]
As the new executive committee of the band, made of Kumiko Oumae, Reina Kousaka and Shuuichi Tsukamoto, writes their exchanges in a notebook for better communication, they prepare to welcome new first year members. Kumiko ends up in the same class for the third year in a row with Midori and Hazuki as well as Tsubame Kamaya. Tsubame then introduces her sister Suzume Kamaya to the bass section as she is interested in playing there. Suzume and her friends Kaho Hariya, Yayoi Kamiishi and Sari Yoshii discover the bass section and sign up there, save for Sari who already plays the Clarinet. After the new first years are assigned instruments, the band unanimously decides to win gold at Nationals.
Trivia[]
- The episode does not have neither an opening nor an ending.
- The piece the band plays at the beginning is Disco Kid, composed by Osamu Shoji in 1977.
- The piece the band plays for promoting the band on the school steps is an adaptation of the pop song Koi, by Gen Hoshino.