On-Gaku: Our Sound

Name: On-Gaku: Our Sound
Genre: Drama, Animation, Musical
Released: March 9, 2021
Duration: 71 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Kami Hiraiwa, Naoto Takenaka, Ren Komai, Shintarô Sakamoto, Tateto Serizawa

2021

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GKIDS | Release Date (Streaming): March 9, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Kami Hiraiwa, Naoto Takenaka, Ren Komai, Shintarô Sakamoto, Tateto Serizawa, Tomoya Maeno, Yasuyuki Okamura

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Animated almost entirely by director Kenji Iwaisawa, and featuring a lead performance by Japanese alt-rock legend Shintaro Sakamoto, On-Gaku: Our Sound brings its own sound and vision to the Hiroyuki Ohashi manga from which it was adapted.

Summary: When you’re a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock ‘n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – mostWhen you’re a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock ‘n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – most importantly – jam out. [GKIDS]… Expand

Director: Kenji Iwaisawa

Genre(s): Drama, Animation, Musical

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 71 min

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Maya Phillips

Mar 11, 2021

In a world of C.G.I.-everything, “On-Gaku” comes as a refreshing blast from the past. Read full review

Mary Beth McAndrews

Mar 9, 2021

So often the medium focuses on being flashy with quick cuts, long action sequences and epic characters who must save the world. But, not in On-Gaku: Our Sound. Here, Iwaisawa pushes the form in a new direction that ebbs and flows with the sound of music. Read full review

Polygon Toussaint Egan

Mar 12, 2021

On-Gaku: Our Sound is a story of musicians who can’t play music, but still find gratification in the act of creating. It’s a deadpan buddy comedy about amateur passion, produced through the raw power of an animator’s amateur passion. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Mar 11, 2021

True to Ohashi original manga, Iwaisawa’s illustrations are geometric, employing abstract backgrounds and bright, dominant colors. Faces, reduced to a few stark, scrawly lines, heighten the comical effect of the characters’ poker-faced dialogue, without compromising the richness of their expressions. Read full review

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