
Kono Oto Tomare!
2019 · TV Series · TV-PG · 30 min · ★ 7.3
A high school club devoted to the koto is on the verge of shutting down after its older members graduate, leaving one student scrambling to recruit newcomers. When an unexpected, rough-around-the-edges student insists on joining, the group must learn to work together, face personal baggage, and find their sound through practice and performance.
Based on Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life
Also known as Stop at this Sound! · Sounds of Life · Stop this Sound!
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Streaming on Crunchyroll.
10 hours to watch · 26 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- この音とまれ!
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-04-07
- Network
- WOWOW Prime, AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, HTB
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (62 votes)
About
If you enjoy emotional slice-of-life stories about school clubs, hard work, and music-driven drama with a gentle romantic touch, this should click; Not for you if you want fast pacing or constant action like in Your Lie in April.
Pros: heartfelt friendships; moving koto performances; strong character growth | Cons: slow early episodes; some repetitive beats; low on action
Themes
- competition
- friendship
- romance
- slice of life
- school
- based on manga
- child abandonment
- school life
- shounen
- anime
- traditional music
- prodigy
- +5 more
Cast & crew

Yuma Uchida
as Chika Kudo (voice)

Junya Enoki
as Takezo Kurata (voice)
- MI
Masako Isobe
as Shizune Nishina (voice)
- CA
Chika Anzai
as Fumi Hanamura (voice)
- NH
Natsuki Hanae
as Takeru Kurata (voice)
- MO
Miho Okasaki
as Attendee (voice)

Atsumi Tanezaki
as Satowa Hozuki (voice)

Haruki Ishiya
as Saneyasu Adachi (voice)

Yuichi Iguchi
as Kota Mizuhara (voice)

Makoto Furukawa
as Michitaka Sakai (voice)
Directed by Ryoma Mizuno, Akira Kato, Hideaki Ōba +2 more
Episodes1 season · 26 episodes
Season 126 episodes
- S1E1New Club Members24mApple TV+
- S1E2Having What It Takes24mApple TV+
- S1E3The Koto Club Reborn24mApple TV+
- S1E4The First Resounding Note24mApple TV+
- S1E5Let Our Sound Resound and Reach Them24mApple TV+
- S1E6An Invisible Boundary24mApple TV+
- S1E7Unknown Sounds24m
- S1E8A Sign24m
- S1E9A Piercing Sound24m
- S1E10Near Yet Far24m
- S1E11The Sound We Were Searching For24m
- S1E12Rivals24m
- S1E13Kuon24m
- S1E14A Step Forward24m
- S1E15Becoming Aware24m
- S1E16Their Time24m
- S1E17Reunion24m
- S1E18Their Determination24m
- S1E19Confrontation24m
- S1E20Another Chance24m
- S1E21Meaning and Role24m
- S1E22Morning of the Showdown24m
- S1E23Champions' Resolve24m
- S1E24Beyond the Right Answer24m
- S1E25"Tenkyu"24m
- S1E26Starting Line24m