[MUSIC] The New Six Releases Behind-the-Scenes Look at "FUEGO" Music Video Shoot

NHK has released the third promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Makoto Akui's Ao no Orchestra (The Blue Orchestra) manga.

The opening theme song titled, "Cantabile" is performed by Novelbright.

The ending theme song is titled, "Yūsari no Canon feat. Yuika." Yuika is performing the song, syudou is arranging the song, and Soshina is writing and composing the song.

The anime premiered on April 9, 2023 on NHK E.

3RD PV:

MAIN CAST:

23-year-old musician Ryota Higashi will provide the violin playing for series protagonist Hajime Aono.

ADDITIONAL CAST AND MUSICIANS:

Ritsuko Akine voiced by Ai Kakuma, played by Yurie Yamada
Nao Saeki voiced by Simba Tsuchiya, played by Takuto Owari
Haru Kozakura voiced by Minako Sato, played by Kyoko Ogawa
Ichiro Yamada voiced by Makoto Furukawa, played by Haruma Sato
Shizuka Tachibana voiced by Lynn, played by Karen Kido
Yo Hatora voiced by Shintaro Asanuma, played by Tomotaka Seki
So Harada voiced by Junya Enoki, played by Maria Dueñas
Ryuji Aono voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu, played by Hilary Hahn

Konomi Kohara as Mari Tateishi
Kaori Maeda as Chika Yonezawa
Jun Fukushima as Osamu Shibata
Chiwa Saito as Hajime Aono's mother
Hayato Kaneko as Takeda-sensei
Daisuke Ono as Hiroaki Ayukawa

Chika Anzai as Mizuki Machii
Ruriko Aoki as Tsubasa Takahashi
Hisako Kanemoto as Takami Kimura
Mai Kanazawa as Himeko Susono
Mai Fuchigami as Kayo Takimoto
Rumi Okubo as Sanae Iida 

Takahiro Mizushima as Tsutomu Kikuchi

Jun Sakata is the anime's production supervisor and chief producer.

Seiji Kishi is directing the anime at Nippon Animation. Yuuko Kakihara is both writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Kazuaki Morita is designing the characters.

KEY VISUAL:

In the fall of his third and final year of middle school, Hajime Aono, a violin prodigy, stopped playing violin for his own personal reasons. But it was also that year when he got to know a girl who told him about a high school with a prestigious school orchestra. Suddenly, the gears in the clock of Aono's life began to turn again. This is the story of a youth drama that brings forth the harmony between music and the heart!