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Bocchi the Rock! Recap Part 1 & 2

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Based on the 2024 Anime Award-winning music series BOCCHI THE ROCK!, the compilation film follows an introverted, shy girl on her inspirational music journey as she struggles to overcome social barriers and find her place. It tells the story of young rocker Hitori Gotoh, also known as "Bocchi-chan," a middle schooler struggling with social anxiety. Amid her silence and solitude, she picks up a guitar and discovers that she is talented, but despite spending hours practicing and uploading popular videos of herself performing, her dreams of joining a band and making friends never materialize. The thought of reaching out to strangers makes her nervous, and instead, the awkward Hitori isolates herself even more, accepting her fate of solitude. Until one day, she meets Nijika Ijichi, the drummer for Kessoku Band, who encourages her to change her tune and helps her overcome her deep social anxiety!

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Neal A fantastic compilation of the series, hitting all the key moments and improving on the punch!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Salvador M It is a recapof the series, however, listening the song in the movie theater sound system is awsome Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review KISEKI Best music anime movie in 2024s Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Stephen Great! Definitely worth going to see on the big screen. Obviously the full show is a better watching experience than this edited/shortened version of it, but I think the way they edited it into a movie was still very well-done. It’s missing some important foundational plot-and-character-building scenes because of this, but there’s no way around that trying to fit 12 episodes into one film, so I can’t really complain about it too much. There definitely could have been room for a few good little moments that were left out, and that’s really my only reason for rating 4.5 stars instead of 5 — for reference I rate the original show 5 stars, and I would give the movie 4 stars if I had watched it at home on a tv (due to all the parts that were left out including the intro song and various exit songs), but seeing it in a theater on a huge screen surrounded by big speakers made it a WAY better watching experience, so I added half a star due to that improvement you almost feel somewhat like you’re at an actual concert when watching the concert scenes in the theater. Though it’s missing some good scenes, most of everybody’s favorite scenes from the show are still in this movie and the enjoyment factor of those scenes is given a huge boost by the movie theater, so yes I totally recommend going to see it this way. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Tony W There was some discontinuity due to condensing the series. Colorful and fun with good music Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review Bruno A great recap movie with a few added scenes to add more context. Just as fun, hilarious and wholesome as the series. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on the 2024 Anime Award-winning music series BOCCHI THE ROCK!, the compilation film follows an introverted, shy girl on her inspirational music journey as she struggles to overcome social barriers and find her place. It tells the story of young rocker Hitori Gotoh, also known as "Bocchi-chan," a middle schooler struggling with social anxiety. Amid her silence and solitude, she picks up a guitar and discovers that she is talented, but despite spending hours practicing and uploading popular videos of herself performing, her dreams of joining a band and making friends never materialize. The thought of reaching out to strangers makes her nervous, and instead, the awkward Hitori isolates herself even more, accepting her fate of solitude. Until one day, she meets Nijika Ijichi, the drummer for Kessoku Band, who encourages her to change her tune and helps her overcome her deep social anxiety!
Director
Keiichiro Saito
Producer
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Ishikawa
Screenwriter
Erika Yoshida
Distributor
Crunchyroll / Sony Pictures
Production Co
Cloverworks
Genre
Drama, Comedy, Music
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 2024, Limited
Runtime
2h 45m