Anime · BS11
BOCCHI THE ROCK!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yoshino Aoyama
Hitori 'Bocchi' Gotoh (voice)
12 eps
Sayumi Suzushiro
Nijika Ijichi (voice)
12 eps
Saku Mizuno
Ryo Yamada (voice)
12 eps
Ikumi Hasegawa
Ikuyo Kita (voice)
12 eps
Maaya Uchida
Seika Ijichi (voice)
10 eps
Junji Majima
Naoki Gotoh (voice)
7 eps
Rie Suegara
Michiyo Gotoh (voice)
9 eps
Misaki Watada
Futari Gotoh (voice)
10 eps
Koseki Kogure
Death-Metal Voice (voice)
1 eps
Hayato Komiya
Student (voice)
1 eps
Kotori Koiwai
PA-san / Jimihen (voice)
12 eps
Anna Nagase
Interviewer (voice)
2 eps
Reo Osanai
Office Worker's Daughter (voice)
1 eps
Yohei Azakami
Student (voice)
2 eps
Noriaki Kanze
Comment (voice)
1 eps
Takeo Otsuka
Student (voice)
2 eps
Yu Wakabayashi
Office Worker (voice)
2 eps
Natsumi Kawaida
Student (voice)
6 eps
Kyo Yaoya
TV Voice (voice)
1 eps
Megumi Yamaguchi
Student (voice)
6 eps
Yasunori Masutani
Judge (voice)
2 eps
Takako Tanaka
Kindergartener (voice)
2 eps
Emiko Takeuchi
Imaginary Colleague (voice)
2 eps
Sayaka Senbongi
Kikuri Hiroi (voice)
5 eps
Yume Miyamoto
Kita's Friend (voice)
5 eps
Hinaki Yano
Kita's Friend (voice)
7 eps
Rina Endou
Ryo's Classmate (voice)
1 eps
Coco Hayashi
Ryo's Classmate (voice)
1 eps
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki
Imaginary Post-Apocalyptic Classmates (voice)
1 eps
Soshiro Hori
Weatherman (voice)
1 eps
Saho Shirasu
Customer (voice)
1 eps
Erisa Kuon
Customer (voice)
1 eps
Hiroki Goto
Office Worker (voice)
1 eps
Kentaro Tone
Office Worker (voice)
1 eps
Shouto Kashii
Izakaya Owner (voice)
1 eps
Yoji Ueda
Imaginary Boss (voice)
1 eps
Saeko Akiho
Imaginary Angry Homeowner (voice)
1 eps
Kana Ichinose
Hitori's Fan 1 (voice)
5 eps
Miyuri Shimabukuro
Hitori's Fan 2 (voice)
5 eps
Tatsumaru Tachibana
Takkun (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How BOCCHI THE ROCK! actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
BOCCHI THE ROCK! reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Hitori Gotoh, a shy, awkward, and lonely high school student dreams of being in a band despite her doubts and worries, but when she is recruited to be the guitarist of a group looking to make it big, she realises her dream may be able to be fulfilled and come true.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Bocchi the Rock
The weather threatens to put a kibosh on enthusiasm for Kessoku Band's latest performance.
- Directed by Ken Seo, Yusuke Kawakami
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E12
Morning Light Falls on You
Kessoku Band's performance at the culture festival is on. Can the band make it through without disaster?
- Directed by Keiichiro Saito
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E05
Flightless Fish
Kessoku Band has their first song and they're ready to play their next concert, but Seika isn't so easily convinced.
- Directed by Yusuke Kawakami
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E01
Lonely Rolling Bocchi
Introverted Bocchi takes up the guitar in hopes of meeting friends, but her social anxiety is not so easily conquered...
- Directed by Keiichiro Saito
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E04
Jumping Girl(s)
While Bocchi struggles to write the lyrics to the band's first song, Nijika arranges a special band outing.
- Directed by Nobuhide Kariya
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E02
See You Tomorrow
Nijika proposes that the band save up money for their next gig by doing part-time work at Starry.
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
- Written by Erika Yoshida
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Morning Light Falls on You
- Directed by Keiichiro Saito
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S00E01
Gotoh Futari's Big Sister Observation Diary
S01E11
Duodecimal Sunset
- Directed by Yuusuke Yamamoto
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E10
After Dark
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Yusuke Kawakami
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E09
Enoshima Escar
- Directed by Yoshihiro Hiramine
- Written by Erika Yoshida
S01E08
Bocchi the Rock
- Directed by Ken Seo, Yusuke Kawakami
- Written by Erika Yoshida
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tatsuya IshikawaProducer
- Hiroyuki KobayashiProducer
Writing
- Erika YoshidaWriter
Direction
- Yoshiyuki FujiwaraDirector
- Ken SeoDirector
- Yusuke KawakamiDirector
- Yuusuke YamamotoDirector
- Yoshihiro HiramineDirector
- Keisuke ShinoharaDirector
Cinematography
- Tsubasa KanamoriDirector of Photography
Music
- Tomoki KikuyaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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