Ao no Orchestra

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| image = Ao no Orchestra 1.png

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Hajime Aono

| ja_kanji = 青のオーケストラ

| ja_romaji = Ao no Ōkesutora

| genre = {{ubl|Coming-of-age|Drama{{cite web|script-title=ja:「青のオーケストラ」6巻発売で新作コラボPV公開、198ページの試し読みも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/342919|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=ja|date=August 8, 2019|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412012855/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/342919|url-status=live}}|Music{{cite press release|script-title=ja:"青のオーケストラ" 原作公式キャラクターグッズがマイム・コーポレーションより発売決定！２０２１年１２月上旬より先行予約開始！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000005.000081571.html|publisher=Mime Corporation|via=PR Times|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=ja|date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412013708/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000005.000081571.html|url-status=live}}}}

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|type = manga

|author = {{ill|Makoto Akui|ja|阿久井真}}

|publisher = Shogakukan

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|demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

|imprint = Ura Sunday Comics

|magazine = {{ubl|{{ill|Ura Sunday|ja|裏サンデー}}|{{ill|MangaONE|ja|マンガワン}}}}

|first = April 25, 2017

|last =

|volumes = 12

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| type = tv series

| director = Seiji Kishi

| producer =

| writer = Yūko Kakihara

| music = Akira Kosemura

| studio = Nippon Animation

| licensee = {{English anime network|SEA=Plus Media Networks Asia}}

| network = NHK Educational TV

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| first = April 9, 2023

| last =

| episodes = 24

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{{Nihongo|Ao no Orchestra|青のオーケストラ|Ao no Ōkesutora|{{lit.}} "Blue Orchestra"|lead=yes}} is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by {{ill|Makoto Akui|ja|阿久井真}}. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's {{ill|Ura Sunday|ja|裏サンデー}} website and {{ill|MangaONE|ja|マンガワン}} app since April 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nippon Animation aired from April to October 2023. A second season is set to premiere in Q4 2025.

By December 2021, Ao no Orchestra had over 3.3 million copies in circulation. In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category.

Plot

Hajime Aono, a boy who loved to play his violin and one who used to win many prizes in violin competitions, had greatly admired his father a professional violinist. After a bittersweet divorce of his parents, caused by headlines of his father's scandalous affair, Aono swears to never touch the violin again. In his last year of middle school, Aono comes across an aspiring violinist Ritsko Akine, who loves to play in the infirmary. After meeting a few times, and Aono showing interest in her 'horrible' playing skills, he is set up to teach her by a teacher. This teacher later pushes him to regain his talent by joining the orchestra club at a prestigious high school, which have won national competitions eight years in a row. Once persuaded, Aono and Akine manage to get accepted to this prestigious school after diligently studying. After his opening ceremony into high school where the orchestra club gave a performance, he has a look around the orchestra club along with Akine where he meets Nao Saeki, a violin genius who has achieved the top score in many competitions and was admitted to the school purely on musical talent. From there on, they compete in their violin skills within the orchestra club.

Characters

;{{Nihongo|Hajime Aono|青野一|Aono Hajime}}

:{{voiced by|Shōya Chiba}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Blue Orchestra TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Visual, Promo Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-24/blue-orchestra-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-visual-promo-video/.195257|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 24, 2023|date=February 24, 2023|archive-date=February 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224094201/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-24/blue-orchestra-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-visual-promo-video/.195257|url-status=live}}

:Hajime's violin performances are performed by Ryota Higashi.

;{{Nihongo|Ritsuko Akine|秋音律子|Akine Ritsuko}}

:{{voiced by|Ai Kakuma}}

:Ritsuko's violin performances are performed by Yurie Yamada.

;{{Nihongo|Nao Saeki|佐伯直|Saeki Nao}}

:{{voiced by|Shimba Tsuchiya}}

:Nao's violin performances are performed by Takuto Owari.

;{{Nihongo|Haru Kozakura|小桜ハル|Kozakura Haru}}

:{{voiced by|Minako Satō}}

:Haru's violin performances are performed by Kyoko Ogawa.

;{{Nihongo|Ichirō Yamada|山田一郎|Yamada Ichirō}}

:{{voiced by|Makoto Furukawa}}

:Ichirō's violin performances are performed by Harumi Sato.

;{{Nihongo|Shizuka Tachibana|立花静|Tachibana Shizuka}}

:{{voiced by|Lynn}}

:Shizuka's violin performances are performed by Karen Kido.

;{{Nihongo|Yō Hatori|羽鳥葉|Hatori Yō}}

:{{voiced by|Shintarō Asanuma}}

:Yō's violin performances are performed by Tomotaka Seki.

;{{Nihongo|Sō Harada|原田蒼|Harada Sō}}

:{{voiced by|Junya Enoki}}

:Sō's violin performances are performed by María Dueñas.

;{{Nihongo|Ryūjin Aono|青野龍仁|Aono Ryūjin}}

:{{voiced by|Ryōtarō Okiayu}}

:Ryūjin's violin performances are performed by Hilary Hahn.

;{{Nihongo|Mari Tateishi|立石真理|Tateishi Mari}}

:{{voiced by|Konomi Kohara}}{{cite web|last=Dennison|first=Kara|title=Blue Orchestra TV Anime Tunes up with Six New Cast Members|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/04/06-1/blue-orchestra-tv-anime-tunes-up-with-six-new-cast-members|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=April 6, 2023|date=April 6, 2023|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406135843/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/04/06-1/blue-orchestra-tv-anime-tunes-up-with-six-new-cast-members|url-status=live}}

;{{Nihongo|Chika Yonezawa|米沢千佳|Yonezawa Chika}}

:{{voiced by|Kaori Maeda}}

;{{Nihongo|Osamu Shibata|柴田修|Shibata Osamu}}

:{{voiced by|Jun Fukushima}}

;{{Nihongo|Hajime's mother|青野の母|Aono no Haha}}

:{{voiced by|Chiwa Saitō}}

;{{Nihongo|Takeda-sensei|武田先生}}

:{{voiced by|Hayato Kaneko}}

;{{Nihongo|Hiroaki Ayukawa|鮎川広明|Ayukawa Hiroaki}}

:{{voiced by|Daisuke Ono}}

;{{Nihongo|Mizuki Machii|町井美月|Machii Mizuki}}

:{{voiced by|Chika Anzai}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Blue Orchestra TV Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-02/blue-orchestra-tv-anime-reveals-7-more-cast-members/.198739|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 2, 2023|date=June 2, 2023|archive-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603011722/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-02/blue-orchestra-tv-anime-reveals-7-more-cast-members/.198739|url-status=live}}

;{{Nihongo|Tsubasa Takahashi|高橋翼|Takahashi Tsubasa}}

:{{voiced by|Ruriko Aoki}}

;{{Nihongo|Takami Kimura|木村隆美|Kimura Takami}}

:{{voiced by|Hisako Kanemoto}}

;{{Nihongo|Himeko Susono|裾野姫子|Susono Himeko}}

:{{voiced by|Mai Kanazawa}}

;{{Nihongo|Kayo Takimoto|滝本かよ|Takimoto Kayo}}

:{{voiced by|Mai Fuchigami}}

;{{Nihongo|Sanae Iida|飯田早苗|Iida Sanae}}

:{{voiced by|Rumi Okubo}}

;{{Nihongo|Tsutomu Kikuchi|菊池努|Kikuchi Tsutomu}}

:{{voiced by|Takahiro Mizushima}}

Media

=Manga=

Written and illustrated by {{ill|Makoto Akui|ja|阿久井真}}, Ao no Orchestra started in Shogakukan's {{ill|MangaONE|ja|マンガワン}} app on April 25, 2017;{{cite tweet|author=Makoto, Akui|number=856840932704079872|user=akui_m|script-title=ja:新連載始まりました！青のオーケストラ(作者：阿久井真) #青のオーケストラ #マンガワン http://manga-one.com/info.php?title_id=288|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=ja}} it also started in Shogakukan's {{ill|Ura Sunday|ja|裏サンデー}} website a week later on May 2.{{cite web|script-title=ja:青のオーケストラ|url=http://urasunday.com/blueorchestra/index.html|website=Ura Sunday|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504112532/http://urasunday.com/blueorchestra/index.html|archive-date=May 4, 2017|language=ja}} Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The first volume was released on July 19, 2017. As of March 12, 2025, 12 volumes have been released.

Elex Media Komputindo has licensed the manga in Indonesia since 2019.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 8, 2019|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-08/elex-media-begins-releasing-makoto-akui-the-blue-orchestra-manga/.148786|title=Elex Media Begins Releasing Makoto Akui's The Blue Orchestra Manga|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 6, 2023|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406211450/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-08/elex-media-begins-releasing-makoto-akui-the-blue-orchestra-manga/.148786|url-status=live}}

==Volumes==

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|OriginalRelDate = September 12, 2018{{cite web|script-title=ja:「青のオーケストラ」幕張総合高校シンフォニックオーケストラ部とのコラボPV|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/299397|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=Japanese|date=September 12, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412012905/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/299397|url-status=live}}

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|OriginalRelDate = January 18, 2019{{cite web|script-title=ja:【1月18日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/316291|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=Japanese|date=January 18, 2019|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122023436/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/316291|url-status=live}}

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|OriginalRelDate = August 8, 2019{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月8日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/342617|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=Japanese|date=August 8, 2019|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412014540/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/342617|url-status=live}}

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|OriginalRelDate = May 12, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:【5月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/378497|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=Japanese|date=May 12, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202153211/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/378497|url-status=live}}

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|OriginalRelDate = September 11, 2020{{cite web|script-title=ja:【9月11日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/395765|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=Japanese|date=September 11, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917194218/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/395765|url-status=live}}

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|OriginalRelDate = April 19, 2021{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/424689|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=ja|date=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412012856/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/424689|url-status=live}}

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|OriginalRelDate = March 31, 2023{{cite web|script-title=ja:【3月31日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/518600|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 3, 2023|language=ja|date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=April 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403213428/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/518600|url-status=live}}

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=Anime=

In April 2022, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Makoto Akui's Ao no Orchestra Manga Gets TV Anime (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-11/makoto-akui-ao-no-orchestra-manga-gets-tv-anime/.184534|website=Anime News Network|access-date=April 12, 2022|date=April 11, 2022|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412055106/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-11/makoto-akui-ao-no-orchestra-manga-gets-tv-anime/.184534|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「青のオーケストラ」TVアニメ化、強豪オーケストラ部を舞台に描く青春物語|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/473568|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 12, 2022|language=ja|date=April 12, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506191958/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/473568|url-status=live}} The series is produced by Nippon Animation and directed by Seiji Kishi, with scripts written by Yūko Kakihara, character designs handled by Kazuaki Morita, and violinist performances for the character Hajime Aono by Ryota Higashi.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「青のオーケストラ」制作陣に岸誠二・柿原優子・日本アニメーション、PV第1弾も公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498641|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 23, 2022|language=ja|date=October 23, 2022|archive-date=October 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023125342/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/498641|url-status=live}} It aired from April 9 to October 8, 2023, on NHK Educational TV,{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Blue Orchestra Anime Premieres on April 9|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-02-08/blue-orchestra-anime-premieres-on-april-9/.194645|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 8, 2023|date=February 8, 2023|archive-date=February 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208145921/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-02-08/blue-orchestra-anime-premieres-on-april-9/.194645|url-status=live}} with Plus Media Networks Asia handled Southeast Asia release for simulcast premiere on Aniplus Asia.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Blue Orchestra Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-03/aniplus-asia-airs-simulcast-of-blue-orchestra-anime/.196731|website=Anime News Network|date=April 3, 2023|access-date=April 6, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405214406/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-03/aniplus-asia-airs-simulcast-of-blue-orchestra-anime/.196731|url-status=live}} The opening theme is "Cantabile", performed by Novelbright, while the ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Yūsari no Canon"|夕さりのカノン}}, performed by Yuika.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Novelbright Performs Opening Theme for Blue Orchestra Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-18/novelbright-performs-opening-theme-for-blue-orchestra-anime/.196127|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 18, 2023|date=March 18, 2023|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319040704/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-18/novelbright-performs-opening-theme-for-blue-orchestra-anime/.196127|url-status=live}}

After the final episode of the first season, a second season was announced to be in production.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Blue Orchestra Anime Gets 2nd Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-08/blue-orchestra-anime-gets-2nd-season/.203226|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 8, 2023|date=October 8, 2023|archive-date=October 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008125045/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-08/blue-orchestra-anime-gets-2nd-season/.203226|url-status=live}} The season is set to premiere in Q4 2025 and will consist of 21 episodes.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「青のオーケストラ」第2期、秋より全21話で放送青野を捉えたティザービジュアル|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/611366|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212102227/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/611366|archive-date=February 12, 2025|language=ja|date=February 12, 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Blue Orchestra Anime's 2nd Season Premieres This Fall With 21 Episodes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-12/blue-orchestra-anime-2nd-season-premieres-this-fall-with-21-episodes/.221125|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 13, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213031507/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-12/blue-orchestra-anime-2nd-season-premieres-this-fall-with-21-episodes/.221125|archive-date=February 13, 2025|date=February 12, 2025|url-status=live}}

==Episodes==

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| Title = Hajime Aono

| TranslitTitle = Aono Hajime

| NativeTitle = 青野ハジメ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Jinya Ichimura

| WrittenBy = Yūko Kakihara

| Aux2 = Seiji Kishi, Kunpei Maeda, Takahiro Tanaka

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|9}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Ritsuko Akine

| TranslitTitle = Akine Ritsuko

| NativeTitle = 秋音律子

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Kunpei Maeda

| WrittenBy = Yūko Kakihara

| Aux2 = Kunpei Maeda

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|16}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Umimaku High School Orchestra Club

| TranslitTitle = Umimaku Kōkō Ōkesutora-bu

| NativeTitle = 海幕高校オーケストラ部

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Shigeki Awai

| WrittenBy = Yūko Kakihara

| Aux2 = Jun Kamiya

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|23}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Nao Saeki

| TranslitTitle = Saeki Nao

| NativeTitle = 佐伯直

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Masanori Miyata

| WrittenBy = Yūko Kakihara

| Aux2 = Takahiro Tanaka

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|30}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Sou Harada

| TranslitTitle = Harada Sō

| NativeTitle = 原田蒼

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|7}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Rainy Day

| TranslitTitle = Ame no Hi

| NativeTitle = 雨の日

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|14}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Haru Kozakura

| TranslitTitle = Kozakura Haru

| NativeTitle = 小桜ハル

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|21}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Air on the G String

| TranslitTitle = G-senjō no Aria

| NativeTitle = G線上のアリア

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|28}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Senpai

| TranslitTitle = Senpai

| NativeTitle = 先輩

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|4}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = The Novices and the Experienced

| TranslitTitle = Shoshinsha to Keikensha

| NativeTitle = 初心者と経験者

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|11}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = The Night Before the Decisive Battle

| TranslitTitle = Kessen Zenya

| NativeTitle = 決戦前夜

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|18}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Audition

| TranslitTitle = Odishon

| NativeTitle = オーディション

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|25}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = My Own Timbre

| TranslitTitle = Jibun no Neiro

| NativeTitle = 自分の音色

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|2}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = Compromise

| TranslitTitle = Ayumiyoru

| NativeTitle = 歩み寄る

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|9}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = True Feelings

| TranslitTitle = Honne

| NativeTitle = 本音

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|16}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Concern

| TranslitTitle = Shinpai

| NativeTitle = 心配

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|23}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Another Truth

| TranslitTitle = Mō Hitotsu no Honne

| NativeTitle = もう一つの本音

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|30}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = The Truth

| TranslitTitle = Shinjitsu

| NativeTitle = 真実

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|27}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = As Yourself

| TranslitTitle = Kimi to Shite

| NativeTitle = 君として

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|3}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = Summer Location

| TranslitTitle = Natsu no Ibasho

| NativeTitle = 夏の居場所

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|10}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = Humoresque

| TranslitTitle = Yūmoresuku

| NativeTitle = ユーモレスク

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|17}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = Words to Give

| TranslitTitle = Okuru Kotoba

| NativeTitle = 贈る言葉

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

| WrittenBy =

| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|9|24}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = The Regular Concert

| TranslitTitle = Teiki Ensōkai

| NativeTitle = 定期演奏会

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|10|1}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| Title = From the New World

| TranslitTitle = Shin Sekai Yori

| NativeTitle = 新世界より

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy =

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| Aux2 =

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|10|8}}

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=Other media=

A promotional video featuring Star Wars musical theme "The Imperial March", composed by John Williams, and including illustrations from the manga, was uploaded by Deutsche Grammophon's YouTube channel on May 4, 2022, to celebrate Star Wars Day and Williams' 90th birthday.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョン・ウィリアムズ×人気漫画『青のオーケストラ』、スター・ウォーズの日を記念したコラボ実現|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/111694/2|website=Billboard Japan|access-date=May 9, 2022|language=ja|date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405214656/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/111694/2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:『青のオーケストラ』が「帝国のマーチ」を演奏 “スター・ウォーズの日”コラボアニメ公開|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2233650/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=May 9, 2022|language=ja|date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509072751/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2233650/full/|url-status=live}}

Reception

By December 2021, the manga had over 3.3 million copies in circulation. In 2023, Ao no Orchestra won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category, along with Call of the Night.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Chi, Blood on the Tracks, Sakamoto Days, More Nominated for 68th Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-02/chi-blood-on-the-tracks-sakamoto-days-more-nominated-for-68th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.192490|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202105233/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-02/chi-blood-on-the-tracks-sakamoto-days-more-nominated-for-68th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.192490|archive-date=December 2, 2022|date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Call of the Night, Blue Orchestra, Medalist, Ui×Kon Manga Win 68th Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-18/call-of-the-night-blue-orchestra-medalist-ui-kon-manga-win-68th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.193945|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118151520/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-18/call-of-the-night-blue-orchestra-medalist-ui-kon-manga-win-68th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.193945|archive-date=January 18, 2023|date=January 18, 2023|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|script-title=ja:第68回小学館漫画賞はメダリスト、初×婚、よふかしのうた、青オケ、明日カノ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/509357|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 18, 2023|language=ja|date=January 18, 2023|archive-date=May 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518234804/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/509357|url-status=live}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://urasunday.com/title/288|Official manga website at Ura Sunday}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://aooke-anime.com/|Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Anime News Network|manga|25518}}

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