Yen Press is giving fans a reason to be thankful today as they’ve announced the acquisition of the Sound! Euphonum light novel series. The publisher is looking to bring out the first volume of the series in summer 2017. The first novel in the series came out in 2013 from writer Ayano Takeda while the second landed in the winter 2015 season which had a few quick follow-up pieces for fans to dig into. Yen Press hasn’t talked about those titles at this point yet, nor about the manga.
The property was adapted into a popular anime series whose second season is currently airing.
Property Concept: After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko’s childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka.
However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
