CloverWorks has announced a Bocchi the Rock! anime film, titled Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars (Eiga Bocchi the Rock! Hoshi no Ashiato). The film will premiere in 2027.
The film will adapt “Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana,” a special story from the end of the fifth manga volume. It serves as a prologue focused entirely around Nijika Ichiji’s older sister Seika. Shin Wakabayashi is directing the film at CloverWorks, while Erika Yoshida will write the screenplay. In addition, Yukiko Horiguchi is designing the characters. The other staff members include:
- Stylist: Hiroaki Iriyama
- Color Key Artist: Kazuko Nakashima
- Art Director: Yuki Funagakure
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
- Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
- Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
- Graphic Design: Yūto Hama
- Distributor: Animec
Check out the teaser trailer and key visual for Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars below:
Aki Hamaji’s Bocchi the Rock! manga began in the Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in December 2017. The manga is still ongoing, and returned from a hiatus earlier this year. The Bocchi the Rock! anime series ran from October to December 2022. All 12 episodes are currently available to stream on Crunchyroll. Bocchi the Rock! Season 2 is currently in the works.
Yen Press publishes the series in English and describes the story:
Bocchi finally takes the stage in English, and she’s brought her best friend— crippling anxiety! Hitori Goto just wants to make friends, but the thought of approaching a stranger on her own makes her so nervous that she’s spent the entirety of middle school teaching herself how to shred on the guitar—to moderately successful (albeit anonymous) YouTube fame—in the hopes of seeming cool enough for someone else to reach out to her instead.
After bringing her guitar to school provokes zero interest, Hitori’s just about ready to shrivel up and die…which is when Nijika Ijichi comes across her moping in a playground and begs her to fill in for her band’s flaky guitarist for their first-ever live performance! It’s like her wish came true…but does this most antisocial of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of real people?!
