K-ON!: The Movie

What is K-ON!: The Movie about?

K-ON!: The Movie is an anime film animated by Kyoto Animation, adapted from a manga. It was released in December 3, 2011. AniList classifies it as comedy, music and slice of life.

Synopsis from AniList, which credits Sentai Filmworks. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things, Female Protagonist, Band, Foreign, Coming of Age, Primarily Female Cast, School Club, Primarily Teen Cast, Travel, Rock Music.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Yui Hirasawa 平沢唯

  Main character

  Yui Hirasawa is one of the 5 main characters in K-ON!. She's also the main protagonist. She is the air-headed lead guitarist and vocalist of the band Ho-kago Tea Time.

  Japanese voice: Aki Toyosaki

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  Mio Akiyama 秋山澪

  Main character

  Mio Akiyama is one of the five main characters in K-ON! She is a passionate and technical left-handed musician and writer who serves as the bassist, second vocalist and main lyricist of the band Ho-kago Tea Time. She is a kind and warm girl, albeit very shy and sensitive.

  Japanese voice: Youko Hikasa

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  Ritsu Tainaka 田井中律

  Main character

  Ritsu Tainaka, called Ricchan by Tsumugi Kotobuki and Yui Hirasawa, is one of the 5 main characters in K-ON!. She is the self-appointed president of the Light Music Club and the drummer of the band Ho-kago Tea Time.

  Japanese voice: Satomi Satou

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  Tsumugi Kotobuki 琴吹紬

  Main character

  Tsumugi Kotobuki, otherwise known as Mugi is one of the 5 main characters in K-ON! She is a wealthy, cheery, cute girl with a gentle personality who plays the keyboard and is the main musical composer in the band Ho-kago Tea Time.

  Japanese voice: Minako Kotobuki

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  Azusa Nakano 中野梓

  Main character

  Azusa Nakano, nicknamed "Azu-nyan" by Yui Hirasawa, is a main character in the K-ON! series. She is a second year student at Sakuragaoka High School. She decided to join the Light Music Club after seeing the band's performance in the school festival, and thus became Ho-kago Tea Time's second guitarist.

  Japanese voice: Ayana Taketatsu

Supporting characters

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  Sawako Yamanaka 山中さわ子

  Supporting character

  Sawako is the adviser for the wind instrument club at Yui's school. An alumna of the school and a former member of the light music club, she does not want people to know she was formerly a member of a heavy metal band, thus she covers up by being mild and gentle to her co-workers and especially to students.

  Japanese voice: Asami Sanada

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  Nodoka Manabe 真鍋和

  Supporting character

  Nodoka is Yui's childhood friend and confidant who is a member of the school's student council. As a normal, well-mannered and intelligent girl, she is generally taken aback by the light music club's odd behavior, and easily gets annoyed with Ritsu whenever she forgets to fill in the club's application forms.

  Japanese voice: Chika Fujitou

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  Ui Hirasawa 平沢憂

  Supporting character

  Ui is Yui's younger sister, who begins the story as a third-year junior high school student, but later enters Yui's high school the following year in the same class as Azusa.

  Japanese voice: Madoka Yonezawa

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  Satoshi Tainaka 田井中聡

  Supporting character

  Satoshi is Ritsu's younger brother. He appears when Ritsu is walking home with him from the movies. He then ventures of with a friend from school he saw on the way home. He seems to respect his sister Ritsu but still acts like a normal boy.

  Japanese voice: Mika Itou

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  Jun Suzuki 鈴木純

  Supporting character

  Jun is Azusa's and Ui's classmate who often hangs out with the latter. Jun is generally a playful and easygoing girl, but she is sometimes rude without realizing it, compelling Azusa to reprimand her. Ui tries to get her to join the light music club but ultimately fails due to a strange visit to the club room.

  Japanese voice: Yoriko Nagata

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  Kawakami-san 川上さん

  Supporting character

  She is a former member of the Light Music Club of Sakuragaoka High School and the manager of the live house where the Light Music Club were invited to perform.

  Japanese voice: Chie Nakamura

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  Aya アヤ

  Supporting character

  "Love Crisis" bassist.

  Japanese voice: Eri Sendai

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  Maki マキ

  Supporting character

  "Love Crisis" drummer.

  Japanese voice: Eri Nakao

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  Norimi Kawaguchi 河口紀実

  Supporting character

  She is a friend of Sawako's from back when they were in high school, and they were both in the light music club together as part of the band Death Devil. She and Sawako used to try to outdo each other on the guitar. Her stage name is Christina.

  Japanese voice: Yuu Asakawa

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  Yui to Ui no Haha 唯・憂の母

  Supporting character

  Yui and Ui's mother. She is usually away with their father so Ui is left to do all of the chores and take care of Yui.

  Japanese voice: Rio Natsuki

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  Yui to Ui no Papa 唯・憂の父

  Supporting character

  Yui and Ui's father.

  Japanese voice: Riki Kitazawa

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  Horigome-sensei 堀込先生

  Supporting character

  He is a classical literature teacher at Sakuragaoka High School. He has taught there for a long time, since he was the supervisor of the Light Music Club when the members of the band Death Devil (Norimi Kawaguchi, Sawako Yamanaka, Jane and Della) still attended school.

  Japanese voice: Hideyuki Kanaya