Hibike! Euphonium: Suisougaku-bu no Nichijou

I have to say, the Sound Euphonium shorts provide much-needed humor for the main characters. While I did like the main story for Euphonium and it was straightforward as it could be, the thing I felt was missing was a lack of humor or characters that I could personally relate to. The shorts cover the characters in wacky situations, I had a couple of laughs from them. I've come to love the main characters after watching these shorts TBH, and those who haven't watched them should do so after watching the first season to fill in that humor gap lacking in the main story.

To summarise, this series of specials for the first season of Hibike Euphonium creates a more lighthearted take on the anime that preceded it, which was certainly lacking in the typical humour or nonchalance compared to most other KyoAni titles - the Wind Ensemble symphonise, rather than choogle. While there’s nothing wrong with employing such a tone, easing the mood with some specials like these is a welcome addition, especially seeing as there’s only seven of them, two minutes in length each, ED included, and so there’s not a huge amount that can really be conveyed in such a short span of time, but, a ... good job was done with the limited tools they were given. As far as minisode spinoffs with a greater emphasis on comedy than their main series go, I’ve seen better ones, but I really haven’t got much to complain about regarding these specials, the animation quality is of the same standard as the rest of Hibike Euphonium, and the characters are as well written as they always have been, so, in conclusion, this suffices, I wouldn’t call it mandatory viewing, but if you want something with a total runtime of 19 minutes that enhances your overall Hibike experience, this does a perfectly good job of precisely that.

I don't normally watch TV specials whether it be due to laziness or not wanting to watch it. However I was bored so I just decided to check out this series of specials.

What this is is basically a bunch of misadventures with the characters of Hibike! Euphonium. None of the episodes have anything to do with each other and plot is non existant though some of the episodic stories were decent. Art is the same as the main series and the sound is good despite not enough music. Characters were zany and fun.

So in conclusion these specials were ok and functioned ... as a time waster. But I guess they were pretty funny and worth watching for fans of the main series.