# Where to Watch Sound! Euphonium

**Sound! Euphonium streams on Crunchyroll. Kyoto Animation's concert-band masterpiece — a school music story with the competitive fire of a sports anime and some of the most beautiful character animation ever produced.**

## Where to Watch

- [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/sound-euphonium)

Crunchyroll is the home for the series — this first season is where the band's climb begins.

## Synopsis

Kumiko played euphonium all through junior high, but she arrives at Kitauji High half-hoping to leave the instrument behind — especially after her ambiguous falling-out with Reina, the trumpet player whose competitive intensity once unsettled her. Naturally, her new friends drag her straight into the concert band, a club with faded glory and a new advisor who takes it seriously. What follows is the rare school anime about actually getting good at something: sectionals, auditions, jealousy, and the electric moments when practice suddenly becomes music. The Kumiko–Reina relationship is the show's dazzling, complicated heart.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 13
- **Premiered:** 2015
- **Studio:** kyoto animation co., ltd.
- **Score:** 8

## Watch Order

Start with this first season; the story continues through further seasons and films.

- Hibike! Euphonium: Suisougaku-bu no Nichijou — side\_story
- Hibike! Euphonium: Kakedasu Monaka — side\_story
- Hibike! Euphonium 2 — sequel

## If You Liked This

- **[K-On!](https://hozuna.com/anime/k-on)** — K-On! is the warm, low-stakes flip side of the school-band story — where Euphonium chases excellence, K-On! chases tea time.
- **[Hyouka](https://hozuna.com/anime/hyouka)** — Hyouka is KyoAni's other exquisite school series — the same breathtaking character animation applied to quiet mysteries.
- **[Girls Band Cry](https://hozuna.com/anime/girls-band-cry)** — Girls Band Cry brings the raw, emotional edge of music-as-survival if you want the intensity turned up.
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- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch Sound! Euphonium?

It streams on Crunchyroll.

### How many episodes is the first season?

Season one runs 13 episodes.

### Is Sound! Euphonium just a cute-girls show?

No — it's a genuinely competitive ensemble drama about ambition and mediocrity, closer to a sports anime than a slice-of-life.

### Do I need to know music to enjoy it?

Not at all. The show makes the stakes of every audition and performance legible to anyone — and the concert payoffs hit regardless.