What is this genre all about? A musical ensemble also known as a music(al) group or music(al) band is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, typically known by a distinct name.
We present you the list of Musical Band anime you should watch right now.
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Top 19 Musical Band anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Nana
- 18. K-On!
- 17. K-On!!
- 16. Bocchi the Rock!
- 15. Girls Band Cry
- 14. BanG Dream! Ave Mujica
- 13. Hibike! Euphonium
- 12. Given
- 11. Rock wa Lady no Tashinami Deshite
- 10. Beck
- 9. Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
- 8. K-On! Movie
- 7. BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
- 6. Hibike! Euphonium: Kumiko 3 Nensei-hen
- 5. Liz to Aoi Tori
- 4. Tenshi no 3P!
- 3. Hibike! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest-hen
- 2. AKB0048
- 1. Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: 4-nin to Idol
19. Nana
Nana Komatsu is a helpless, naïve 20-year-old who easily falls in love and becomes dependent and clingy to those around her. Even though she nurses ambitious dreams of removing herself from her provincial roots and finding her true calling, she ends up traveling to Tokyo with the humble reason of chasing her current boyfriend Shouji Endo.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is a proud, enigmatic punk rock vocalist from a similarly rural background, who nurtures the desire to become a professional singer. Putting her career with a fairly popular band (and her passionate romance with one of its former members) firmly behind her, she boards the same train to Tokyo as Nana Komatsu.
Through a fateful encounter in their journey toward the metropolis, the young women with the same given name are brought together, sparking a chain of events which eventually result in them sharing an apartment. As their friendship deepens, the two attempt to support each other through thick and thin, their deeply intertwined lives filled with romance, music, challenges, and heartbreaks that will ultimately test their seemingly unbreakable bond.
Nana has finished airing and it has 47 Episodes. It is also Known as: NANA [ナナ], Nana
18. K-On!
Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl entering high school, has her imagination instantly captured when she sees a poster advertising the "Light Music Club." Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up; however, Yui has a problem, she is unable to play an instrument.
When Yui goes to the clubroom to explain, she's greeted by the other members: Ritsu, Mio, and Tsumugi. Although disheartened at Yui's lack of musical know-how, they still try to convince her to stay to prevent the club's disbandment. After playing Yui a short piece which re-ignites her imagination, they succeed in keeping their new member and guitarist.
Along with the tasks of school and homework, Yui begins to learn the guitar with the help of the other band members, experiencing many mishaps along the way. However, with the school festival drawing near and Yui getting stuck with her practice, will the Light Music Club be ready in time for their debut?
K-ON! has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: けいおん!, Keion, K-ON! Season 1
17. K-On!!
For two full years, Yui, Mio, Ritsu and Tsumugi have worked together to keep the struggling Light Music Club alive. With a new school year there are new and scary challenges ahead!
K-ON! Season 2 has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: けいおん!!, Keion 2, K-On!! 2nd Season
16. Bocchi the Rock!
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...
BOCCHI THE ROCK! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！, Bocchi the Rock!
15. Girls Band Cry
The main character drops out of high school in her second year, and aims at entering a university while working alone in Tokyo. A girl is betrayed by her friends and doesn't know what to do. Another girl is abandoned by her parents, and tries to survive in the city by doing part-time jobs.
This world lets us down all the time. Nothing goes as planned. But we want something that we can continue to like. We believe there's a place where we belong. That's why we sing
Girls Band Cry has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: ガールズバンドクライ, Girls Band Cry
14. BanG Dream! Ave Mujica
"Will you give me the rest of your life?"
After losing everything in a single night, Sakiko Togawa reaches out toward an even deeper abyss, one that will drag everyone around her down as well. Gathering the lives of girls burdened with their own troubles and desires, Sakiko raises the curtain on a perfect masquerade.
"Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica."
On a stage where sorrow, death, fear, love—even the solace of forgetting—are stripped away, will their masks be torn off and shatter into oblivion, or will they….
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: バンドリ！アヴェムジカ, BanG Dream! Ave Mujica
13. Hibike! Euphonium
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka.
However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
From the studio that animated Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Kyoto Animation's Hibike! Euphonium is a fresh and musical take on the slice-of-life staple that is the high school student's struggle to deal with their past, find romance, and realize their dreams and aspirations.
Sound! Euphonium has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 響け！ユーフォニアム, Hibike! Euphonium
12. Given
Somehow, the guitar that he used to love to play and the basketball games that he found so fun just lost their appeal... That was until Ritsuka Uenoyama randomly met Mafuyu Sato. Ritsuka had started losing his passion for music in his everyday life, but then he hears Mafuyu sing for the first time. The song resonates with his heart and the distance between them starts to change.
given has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: ギヴン, Given
11. Rock wa Lady no Tashinami Deshite
At an elite all-girls' academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.
Rock is a Lady’s Modesty is currently airing and will have 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: ロックは淑女の嗜みでして, Rock wa Shukujo no Tashinami de shite
10. Beck
Tanaka Yukio, better known by his nickname Koyuki, is a 14-year-old who feels disconnected from life in general. Through the act of saving a mismatched dog, he meets guitarist Minami Ryuusuke, and becomes involved in Ryuusuke's new band BECK. Koyuki's life starts to change as the band struggles toward fame.
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: ベック, BECK, Mongolian Chop Squad
9. Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
This music video is the visual realization of "Discovery", an album by Daft Punk. It tells the story of a band of four extraterrestrial musicians who are kidnapped and brought back to Earth by an evil manager. Their only hopes lie with a space pilot from their home planet who, after receiving a distress call broadcasted during the abduction, seeks out to rescue them.
Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: インターステラ5555, Interstellar 5555
8. K-On! Movie
With graduation right around the corner, the girls of the Light Music Club are headed to London for one last hurrah! Their overseas journey will lead them on a trip of discovery and friendship as they prepare for one last amazing encore.
K-ON! The Movie has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 映画 けいおん！, Eiga K-On!, Keion Movie
7. BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
"Would you be in a band with me for the rest of your life?"
It’s the end of spring of Anon’s first year at Haneoka Girls’ Academy, and almost everyone seems to be in a band. In order to fit in with the rest of the class, Anon, who started school late, scurries to find band members, and finds out that “Haneoka's Weirdo" Tomori has yet to join any bands.
So Anon resolves to speak with Tomori at any cost but...
**Bruised and unseemly as it is, this is our music, our cry.**
**We may be lost, but we’ll keep on moving as the lost.**
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: バンドリ！It's MyGO!!!!!, BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
6. Hibike! Euphonium: Kumiko 3 Nensei-hen
The third season of Hibike! Euphonium.
Kumiko's third year finally begins! With the concert band at Kitauji High School over 90 members, Kumiko is now the president and does her best with her final high school club activities to try to win her long-desired gold at nationals.
Sound! Euphonium 3 has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 響け！ユーフォニアム3, Hibike! Euphonium Third Season, Hibike! Euphonium 3
5. Liz to Aoi Tori
Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are a pair of best friends in their final year of high school. Their shared obsession? The school's brass band club. With Mizore on the oboe and Nozomi on the flute, they spend their days in happiness--until the club begins to practice songs inspired by the fairy tale Liz und ein Blauer Vogel (Liz and the Blue Bird). Immersed in this story, Mizore and Nozomi begin to realize that there may be no such thing as being together forever.
Liz and the Blue Bird has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: リズと青い鳥, Liz und ein BlauerVogel, Hibike! Euphonium Movie: Mizore to Nozomi no Monogatari, Gekijouban Hibike! Euphonium: Mizore to Nozomi no Monogatari, Hibike! Euphonium: The Story of Mizore and Nozomi, Liz and the Blue Bird
4. Tenshi no 3P!
Kyou Nukui is a first year high school student hikikomori. His hobby is making Vocaloid songs and uploading them online. One day, he receives a message from a fan asking if they could meet up with him. At the meeting place, three elementary school girls were waiting for him. The three of them want to form a band and ask for Kyou's help.
Angel's 3Piece! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 天使の3P！〈スリーピース〉, スリーピース, Tenshi no Three Piece!
3. Hibike! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest-hen
The long-awaited new work will be screened in theaters as a medium-length animation in the summer of 2023!
Along with the summer brass band competition, the ensemble contest, commonly known as "Ancon," is a place where exciting performances are held. The performance of several people in one group has a charm different from that of a competition.
In order to participate in the Kyoto prefectural tournament of Ancon, a representative team is selected in the school's preliminary round. However, with over 50 members, the Kitauji High School brass band is facing a variety of problems! Will Kumiko, the newly appointed head of the club, be able to make it through the preliminary rounds?
The days of struggle begin.
Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Arc has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 響け! ユーフォニアム アンサンブルコンテスト編, Hibike! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest-hen
2. AKB0048
After an interplanetary war at the beginning of the 21st century, planet Earth has been left in ruins, with much of its ecosystem completely destroyed. Because it was no longer possible to live a normal life on this planet, the inhabitants are forced to move on to other planets where life will, hopefully, be more comfortable.
The Deep Galactic Trade Organization, a totalitarian government that affects many of the newly inhabited planets, has somehow come to the conclusion that music is a source of evil, and that it must be banned and destroyed for good. The talent group AKB0048 is soon formed, based on the original AKB48 members that once lived on Earth. Even though their music is now considered universally illegal, they make it their mission to bring their music back to life by travelling from one planet to another and holding as many concerts as they possibly can. They must undergo a whole new set of training methods in order to become the best that they can possibly be, while also avoiding the constant danger of being arrested because of their music. Join interplanetary popstars AKB0048 as they try to save the world－with music!
AKB0048 has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: AKB0048: First Stage
1. Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: 4-nin to Idol
Eli, Chihiro, and Miyako try to form a band but end up looking to Katsuragi for help. In the process they meet Kanon and become friends/ rivals.
The World God Only Knows: Four Girls and an Idol has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 神のみぞ知るセカイ ４人とアイドル, Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Yonin to Idol, Kaminomi OVA, Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai OVA, The World God Only Knows: Four People and an Idol
