The BOCCHI THE ROCK! manga by Aki Hamaji has other significant projects in the pipeline besides the compilation movie. The THEATER MILANO-Za in Tokyo will host performances of a stage play adaptation from August 11-20! The stage play, LIVE STAGE BOCCHI THE ROCK!, will release more information later on, including the cast and crew. So we will keep you updated!
About the BOCCHI THE ROCK! anime series:
At the CloverWorks animation studio, BOCCHI THE ROCK! is directed by Keiichiro Saito (key animator for Sonny Boy), with Yusuke Yamamoto (key animator for WONDER EGG PRIORITY) serving as his associate director. From October through December 2022, the show ran on Japanese TV and was available to stream on Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll describes the BOCCHI THE ROCK! storyline below:
Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...”
During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself.
After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend!
She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little...
On top of the stage play announcement, online store ANIPLEX+ has opened pre-orders for a duo of adorable BOCCHI THE ROCK! figures, both of Hitori Goto. The set of two figures depicts Bocchi-chan in one of her two deformed appearances. You can check them out below!
First up is the mendako figure:
Check out images of the Tsuchinoko figure below!
Pre-orders are now open for the set of two figurines, priced together at 5,500 yen ($40 USD). Orders close July 30, and will ship out starting in April 2024. You can click here to pre-order now!
Let us know if you will be attending the stage play adaptation of BOCCHI THE ROCK! in the comments below!