Bocchi the Rock Manga Gets 2027 Film About Nijika and Seika
A teaser trailer on Sunday announced that Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! will get an anime film opening in 2027.
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Why it matters
The film adapts a volume-five bonus story about Seika rather than the manga's opening arc, so it sits alongside the announced second season as a separate production rather than a recap of the television run.
Key Facts
- Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars opens in 2027.
- The film adapts "Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana," a special story from the end of the fifth Bocchi the Rock! manga volume about Seika Ijichi.
- Shin Wakabayashi directs the film at CloverWorks, with Erika Yoshida writing the screenplay and Yukiko Horiguchi designing characters.
- Aki Hamaji launched the Bocchi the Rock! manga in Manga Time Kirara Max in December 2017, and Houbunsha shipped the eighth volume on November 27.
- A second Bocchi the Rock! television season was confirmed in February 2025, with Yusuke Yamamoto replacing Keiichiro Saito as director.
The film is titled Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars, and it adapts "Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana," the special story at the end of the fifth manga volume that recounts a prologue about Nijika Ijichi's older sister Seika. Shin Wakabayashi directs at CloverWorks, with Erika Yoshida returning from the television anime to write the screenplay and Yukiko Horiguchi designing the characters. Animec distributes. The television anime premiered in October 2022, and a second season was confirmed in February 2025, with Yusuke Yamamoto replacing Keiichiro Saito as director. The main cast of the anime reprises their roles in the film: Yoshino Aoyama as Hitori Goto, Sayumi Suzushiro as Nijika Ijichi, Saku Mizuno as Ryo Yamada and Ikumi Hasegawa as Ikuyo Kita.
Nijika Ijichi and her older sister Seika take the center of the story, which reaches back to before the formation of Kessoku Band. The film's production list continues past the headline credits: Hiroaki Iriyama on styling, Kazuko Nakashima as color key artist, Yuki Funagakure as art director, Yuya Sakuma as compositing director of photography, Daisuke Hiraki on editing, Akiko Fujita as sound director and Yuto Hama on graphic design.
The manga runs in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max, where Hamaji launched it in December 2017. Houbunsha shipped the eighth compiled volume on November 27, and Yen Press, which publishes the series in English, shipped the seventh volume on November 11. The second television season has its own director change, with the first season's assistant director Yusuke Yamamoto stepping in for Keiichiro Saito and the main cast returning.
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Sources
- Anime News Network Bocchi the Rock! Manga Gets Anime Film in 2027
- Anime Corner Bocchi the Rock Gets Movie Starring Nijika and Seika in 2027