Kyoto Animation Sets YouTube Premiere for Final Movement Part 1
The premiere is a promotional bridge for a two-part theatrical finale: Kyoto Animation is using a free, no-archive stream of Part 1 to push viewers toward Part 2, now screening since September 11.
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The official Sound! Euphonium website announced on October 8 that Final Movement: Sound! Euphonium Part 1 will premiere on YouTube's KyoAni Channel on October 11 at 10 PM. The stream marks the release of Part 2 and is limited to Japan, with no archive. Part 1 is a theatrical reworking of the 2024 TV anime Sound! Euphonium 3, with added scenes and performance footage.
Part 1 of Final Movement: Sound! Euphonium was released in theaters on April 24, 2026. The theatrical version reworks footage from the 2024 TV anime Sound! Euphonium 3 and adds many new scenes, including performance scenes not shown in the TV series. Tatsuya Ishihara is chief director, Taichi Ogawa directs, and Jukki Hanada wrote the screenplay.
The YouTube stream runs only within Japan and will not be archived. The original novel series is by Ayano Takeda, published by Takarajimasha Bunko.
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