Hibike! Euphonium ancon OVA Discussion

I just got to watch the OVA episode and you have no idea how much I've missed Kumiko, Reina and everyone else.

It's been so long since I've seen Hibike and I was just grinning the entire time. I absolutely can't wait for next spring.

Man, I forgot how good the animation was. KyoAni always delivers.

I felt like this was one of the most enjoyable parts of the series so far.

As a fellow clarinet player, I'm secretly happy the clarinet quartet won. ;)

There twitter has been posting various cuts from the OVA

https://twitter.com/anime_eupho/status/1691787654269149361?s=20

Not even 2 minutes into the intro and I was already crying.... and I didn't stop for the entirity of this OVA
I can't even begin to describe just how much I missed this show and Kumiko.

Both the character work and visuals didn't disappoint here either, and I might even go so far as to say this was one of the best parts of the series so far.

I kinda wanted to see the actual performances too but I still really like the decision to completely cut them out aside from a few much like season 2 did back then. It's still a ballsy move but it just works

"Soshite tsugi no kyoku ga hajimaru no desu" / "And so, the next piece begins"
I've never been happier to hear these words in my life.
I cannot wait for season 3 next year
Kitauji Fight! ON!

Girl in the middle looks familiar... cant place it tho.

it was cool seeing everyone again but not much really happened tbh. animation was good as usual though. hopefully s3 will be good since its a proper season and not just an ova/movie. maybe i need to read the novels cause i feel like they really skipped over kumikos 2nd year and it kinda sux. overall ill give it an 8/10 still excited for s3 hopefully itll be just a good as s2 was

Just finished this and it seems like they still haven't win the Nationals (when Kumiko was a 2nd year). Seems like they skipped the whole year. But we got Liz to Aoi Tori so that count as her 2nd year I guess.

Now Kumiko is a club president and it is her LAST year so I'm really hopeful that they will FINALLY win the Nationals.

Glad to see everyone again. I miss Asuka tho.....

I finally finished rewatching the rest of the series so I could watch this. I'm so glad real anime is back and so excited for next April.

Kumiko/Reina interactions are the highlight.

Pretty nice, but not enough of actual music. I was hoping for at least of one full performance of Kumiko's group, but we got nothing of the sort.
I don't even remember if there was such a thing in previous installments of the series, as I watched it a while ago. But that's a thing I want from music related anime.

No performance footage at all for any of the groups...? I get that there was a little glimpse, but not even a full one? I'd be okay with this being 3 hours long if it included footage from every group, honestly... This was shaping up to be better than Chikai no Finale, but that was just too much for me to let slip by. Solid 7/10 because it's Eupho, but man.

good ova but the powerpoint montage in the end was a meme

This was a very good continuation to Chikai, rounding up the rest of the year. KyoAni as always nailing the animation

Sad that they skipped the auditions part, atleast they could have shown few

I still think that if Liz, Chikai and Ensemble were to be a 2 cour season like year 1, it would be more phenomenal, they could have fleshed out more of the character interaction and dynamics.

Anyway this was still a 9/10 for me :p