Music Anime Shows to Enjoy This Season!

Music invokes emotion, from the brightest and happiest to the most profound sorrows. Similarly, music anime shows feature colorful casts of characters as they explore the music of their lives. So, if you’re looking for the perfect show to dive into this season, these are the music anime you need to check out!

Carole & Tuesday

In the distant future, Mars has been colonized by humanity. And even though they might live on an alien planet, humans are humans, and life continues just as it always has. For Tuesday Simmons, the young daughter of a wealthy politician, she dreams of becoming a successful musician.

When Tuesday chooses to leave everything behind and travel alone with only a guitar, she meets an orphan girl from Earth, Carole Stanley. Together, the two embark on their journey to become Earth’s most significant musical group -and Mars!

Classicaloid

When high schoolers Kanae Otowa and Sōsuke Kagura are visited by entities known as ClassicaLoids of famous music composers Beethoven and Mozart, their lives are changed forever. Kanae and Sosuke live in a quiet town, far from the hustle and bustle of the big city, so when given the chance to energize their lives with music, they jump at the chance.

But when other ClassicaLoids of famous composers visit them, a mystery begins to form as to who and what the ClassicaLoids genuinely are and what the power Kanae and Sosuke wield truly is.

Love Live Superstar

Yuigaoka Private Girls High School was supposed to be demolished, but a stroke of luck kept the old building intact. With a fresh lease on life and a name to make for itself, Yuigaoka Private Girls High School is ready to show Tokyo what it’s made of. Enter Kanon Shibuya, a young girl eager to create an idol group called “Liella!”

As Kanon and her friends establish themselves as school idols, more members join over the years, proving that Yuigaoka Private Girls High School has what it takes to become something extraordinary. Love Live! Superstar is the fourth installment in the super popular Love Live! series and continues the series’ themes of friendship, perseverance, and the power of music.

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Blue Orchestra

Hajime Aono is a young middle school boy who is incredibly talented at violin playing. However, when his father, also a renowned violinist, becomes embroiled in a scandal, Hajime decides to never play the violin again as a form of protest. But when he meets Ritsko Akine, a young girl who plays the violin, his passion for playing reignites. Hajime eventually meets another violinist, Nao Saeki, and the two begin proving their immense skills by playing in their high school’s orchestra club. 

Blue Orchestra is both a celebration of violin playing and a coming-of-age story that follows Hajime’s journey as a young boy and musician. It can be challenging to escape the shadow of one family, especially if that shadow engulfs such a large portion of a person’s identity. Still, Blue Orchestra proves that everyone has the power to make their lives their own, regardless of what may happen around them.

Kids on the Slope

Sometimes, music doesn’t need to ultimately shape one’s life to be impactful. Other times, it can simply be the catalyst that guides a person on a path they otherwise would never have explored. That’s precisely the story of Kaoru Nishima, an extremely shy first-year high school student who moves to a new school. When he meets Sentaro Kawabuchi, a rambunctious problem student, Kaoru discovers that he loves jazz music. 

This love for jazz defines Kaoru’s journey through high school and becomes the soundtrack to his life. Kids on the Slope is a laid-back but touching slice-of-life anime that perfectly encapsulates music’s impact on a person and the good it can bring into their lives. Jazz is a unique genre of music because of its free-flowing nature and the way that it influences music all over the world. It’s the perfect genre to help describe Kaoru’s journey from a shy teenager to a confident adult.

What makes these music anime shows unique?

Music anime is unique because music itself is unique. Music can exist in virtually any form in any capacity. It can be the planet’s most intricate and textured medium or the most straightforward sounds that give us joy and comfort. Music can be the soundtrack to the greatest or the worst moments of our lives. It can tell stories without ever needing words. 

For anime and manga, strictly visual mediums, incorporating music – typically an aural medium, first and foremost – is a very cool fusion. Almost everyone listens to music, so the plots of these shows are instantly understandable and relatable. Music anime can take place in any setting, period, and star any kind of character and still work. Whether rock or hip hop, classical or jazz, music always has a voice, making these anime so fun to watch.

Have you watched any of these shows before? If so, which ones? Are there other music anime that we should talk about? Please let us know in the comments below! We would love to hear which music anime are your favorite!