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"BOCCHI THE ROCK!" Kessoku Band 1st Album Receives "Gold" Certification in Japan

 

 

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has confirmed that "BOCCHI THE ROCK! Song Album Kessoku Band", the first album by the BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime's in-show band Kessoku Band, is certified "gold" by shipping more than 100,000 copies since its release.

 

RELATED: "BOCCHI THE ROCK!" Kessoku Band Album Dominates Oricon's Three Weekly Charts

 

The 14-song album was released in Japan on December 28, 2022, then peaked at #1 on Oricon, Billboard JAPAN and iTunes' weekly album charts in Japan. According to Oricon, it sold an impressive 72,553 copies in its first week and dominated its three weekly charts - the weekly total album chart (CD sales and digital sales combined), the weekly CD album charts, and the weekly digital album chart (for two consecutive weeks).

 

 

Album jacket:

 

 

"Guitar to Kodoku to Aoi Hoshi" LIVE at STARRY:

 

 

"Ano Band" LIVE at STARRY:

 


 

 

The TV anime adaptation of Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga BOCCHI THE ROCK! was aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2022. All episodes are available on Crunchyroll for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.  

 

Synopsis:

 

Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend! She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little...

 

 

Trailer:

 


 

Source: RIAJ

 

©Aki Hamaji/Houbunsha, Aniplex

 



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