The film will adapt Nijika Ichiji’s older sister Seika’s story.
The popular anime “Bocchi the Rock!” is finally back with a new anime project. In a recent update, it was revealed that an anime movie titled “Eiga Bocchi the Rock! Hoshi no Ashiato” (Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars) will premiere in 2027. The film will adapt the Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana special prologue story from the end of the manga’s fifth volume, which focuses on Nijika’s elder sister Seika.
Eiga Bocchi the Rock! Hoshi no Ashiato
Premiere window: 2027
Animation studio: CloverWorks
Streaming platform: Crunchyroll (Season 1)
What do we know about the upcoming Bocchi the Rock! movie so far?
A short announcement teaser has been released for the movie, which announced its 2027 premiere window. A visual of Seika and Nijika has also been revealed.
Shin Wakabayashi is directing the film at CloverWorks, with Erika Yoshida returning from the anime to write the screenplay. Yukiko Horiguchi designs the characters.
Other staff members include:
- Stylist: Hiroaki Iriyama
- Colour Key Artist: Kazuko Nakashima
- Art Director: Yuki Funagakure
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
- Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
- Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
- Graphic Design: Yūto Hama
- Distributor: Animec
What is Bocchi the Rock! about?
The Bocchi the Rock! anime series is based on Aki Hamaji’s four-panel manga, which began serialising in Hobunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max in December 2017. A spin-off manga series Bocchi the Rock! Side Story: Kikuri Hiroi's Heavy-Drinking Diary began serialising in December 2023. The original manga has a very popular anime adaptation which came out in 2022. A second season has already been planned, although the release window is yet to be confirmed.
Yen Press publishes the manga in English and describes the story as:
Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in her closet shredding on the guitar may have earned her anonymous internet fame, it did nothing for her social skills. Now a high schooler, Hitori’s feeling ready to shrivel up and die-when she gets a sudden request to fill in for a band! It’s like her wish came true-but does this most anxious of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of a live audience?!