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Kyoto Animation's Liz and the Blue Bird Anime Film Opens in Taiwan in October

Taiwanese film distributor Liz and the Blue Bird (Liz to Aoitori) film with an October 5 opening date. The film was previously slated to open on September 21.

The film earned 53,573,900 yen ($492,400) in its opening weekend.

The film is the Ayano Takeda's Sound! Euphonium novel series. Liz and the Blue Bird is based on the Sound! Euphonium ーKitauji Kōkō Suisōgakubu, Hanran no Dai Ni Gakushō: Kōhen (Sound! Euphonium - The Kitauji High School Concert Band's Turbulent Second Movement: Part 2) novel.

The new film focuses on flutist Nozomi Kasaki and oboist Mizore Yoroizuka, the characters that were also the focus of the Sound! Euphonium 2 anime's first half. In the new film, both Nozomi and Mizore are in their final year of high school, and Nozomi has reed the band. The band's new competition piece, "Liz and the Blue Bird," has a flute and oboe duet, which requires both Nozomi and Mizore to be coordinated. But while both have been together since middle school, Mizore is uneasy at the thought of being separated from Nozomi once more at the end of the year, which begins to affect not just their music, but their relationship.

Naoko Yamada (Space Dandy) composed the music.

Source: GaragePlay