Blue Orchestra

Blue Orchestra

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!

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Hajime Aono

1. Hajime Aono

Air Date: 2023-04-09

Ritsuko Akine

2. Ritsuko Akine

Air Date: 2023-04-16

Umimaku High Orchestra Club

3. Umimaku High Orchestra Club

Air Date: 2023-04-23

Nao Saeki

4. Nao Saeki

Air Date: 2023-04-30

So Harada

5. So Harada

Air Date: 2023-05-07

A Rainy Day

6. A Rainy Day

Air Date: 2023-05-14

Haru Kozakura

7. Haru Kozakura

Air Date: 2023-05-21

Air on the G String

8. Air on the G String

Air Date: 2023-05-28

Upperclassmen

9. Upperclassmen

Air Date: 2023-06-04

The Novice and the Expert

10. The Novice and the Expert

Air Date: 2023-06-11

The Night Before the Decisive Battle

11. The Night Before the Decisive Battle

Air Date: 2023-06-18

Auditions

12. Auditions

Air Date: 2023-06-25

My Own Timbre

13. My Own Timbre

Air Date: 2023-07-02

Coming Together

14. Coming Together

Air Date: 2023-07-09

Sounds of Truth

15. Sounds of Truth

Air Date: 2023-07-16

Worries

16. Worries

Air Date: 2023-07-23

More Sounds of Truth

17. More Sounds of Truth

Air Date: 2023-07-30

Truth

18. Truth

Air Date: 2023-08-27

Being You

19. Being You

Air Date: 2023-09-03

A Summer Place

20. A Summer Place

Air Date: 2023-09-10

Humoresque

21. Humoresque

Air Date: 2023-09-17

Parting Words

22. Parting Words

Air Date: 2023-09-24

The Subscription Concert

23. The Subscription Concert

Air Date: 2023-10-01

From the New World

24. From the New World

Air Date: 2023-10-08

Coming Apart

1. Coming Apart

Air Date: 2025-10-05

After their successful subscription concert performance, the Umimaku High School Orchestra Club sets their sights on winning the national competition. But with a new lineup of second-years leading, things are off to a rocky start. Only a few violinists turn up for the first morning practice, and Sakuma, the percussion section leader, bluntly criticizes Hatori, the newly appointed concertmaster, and other string members.

Ripples

2. Ripples

Air Date: 2025-10-12

Takimoto has been skipping morning practice without explanation despite being newly appointed as the second violin section leader. When Sakuma and other section leaders question her about it, she tries avoids the subject. Later, frustrated second violin members confront her. She responds by walking away, but not before muttering something. Susono is worried and gives Takimoto a surprising suggestion.

Responsibility

3. Responsibility

Air Date: 2025-10-19

On his way home from school, Aono unexpectedly bumps into Takimoto, who is crying alone in pain. As Aono shows concern for his senior, Takimoto slowly begins to speak. He talks about the events surrounding the club member who quit, and his own cold feelings and confusion after no longer finding meaning in club activities. These feelings overlap with Aono's, who once gave up the violin due to his relationship with his father. Aono talks about the pain he felt when he stopped playing, and how his feelings toward his father are different now than they were back then. Aono's words make Takimoto decide.

Sports Day

4. Sports Day

Air Date: 2025-10-26

With two months until the competition, the string instruments are beginning to come together under the guidance of concertmaster Hatori, and the sports festival is upon us. Ritsuko, a member of the inter-club relay team, is inspired by Aono's determination to have fun and give it her all as she competes. However, she is also chosen as the class's leader for the horse-riding battle. Aono is timid, and Saeki, who is also competing in the battle, becomes competitive. Haru, who can't help but root for Aono, who is in a different group, asks him a question that has been bothering her for a while.

Issues

5. Issues

Air Date: 2025-11-02

There is one month until the competition. With the entire band still unable to agree on an interpretation of the piece, they split into three groups and begin block practice, with Aono ending up in the same group as Sakuma. "Bacchanale" from Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson and Delilah" depicts the love and hate between a man and a woman amidst an antagonistic relationship. It is filled with elegance and charm, anger and sadness, lies and secrets. Haru, who is in a different group from Aono, grasps something from a conversation with Machii, a third-year senior who knows how Haru feels about Aono.

Regret and Progress

6. Regret and Progress

Air Date: 2025-11-09

Tachibana, who is in the same group as Ritsuko during block practice, is irritated by the other members of the club who refuse to take the initiative. Ritsuko senses that Tachibana is always conscious of Sakuma, a senior from the same junior high school. Tachibana tells Ritsuko about how he took over as captain from Sakuma at the junior high school orchestra club, which was a regular gold medalist in competitions, and about the bitter experience and regret he had when his own enthusiasm and sense of responsibility didn't translate into results. Tachibana and Ritsuko are tuning their instruments together. Sakuma is playing the timpani in a separate room.

Anger

7. Anger

Air Date: 2025-11-16

Aono is at home nursing a cold and is haunted by terrible nightmares. The competition is just around the corner, and he should be diving into rehearsals; however, everything is at a standstill. Apparently, the theme of the play has still not been fully grasped by everyone. In several meetings, they are searching for the anger that Samson must have felt, which needs to be expressed musically.

The Competition

8. The Competition

Air Date: 2025-11-23

The big day has arrived, and the competition is underway. Old acquaintances sit in the audience, watching over their former protégés. The competition is fierce, and just now, Mr. Ayukawa is criticizing his club members more severely than ever.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2025-11-30

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2025-12-07

Episode 11

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2025-12-14

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2025-12-21

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Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

2023-04-09

Episodes

45 (2 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast

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Production Companies

Nippon Animation

Nippon Animation

NHK

NHK

NHK Enterprises

NHK Enterprises