A teaser trailer has announced a 2027 anime film adaptation of Aki Hamaji’s four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! The movie, titled Eiga Bocchi the Rock! Hoshi no Ashiato (Bocchi the Rock! the Movie: Footprints of the Stars), will adapt “Hoshi ni Tamukeru Ai no Hana,” a special story included at the end of the manga’s fifth volume.
The story serves as a prologue centered on Seika, the older sister of Nijika Ichiji. Shin Wakabayashi, known for Wonder Egg Priority, is directing the film at CloverWorks. Erika Yoshida, who worked on the previous television anime, is handling the screenplay, while Yukiko Horiguchi is designing the characters.
The production staff also includes stylist Hiroaki Iriyama, color key artist Kazuko Nakashima, art director Yuki Funagakure, director of photography Yūya Sakuma, editor Daisuke Hiraki, sound director Akiko Fujita and graphic designer Yūto Hama. Animec is listed as the distributor.
Hamaji’s manga follows Hitori Goto, an extremely anxious guitarist who learns to play in hopes that her musical ability will help her make friends. Her plans take an unexpected turn when Nijika asks her to stand in for her band’s guitarist at its first live performance.
Bocchi the Rock! previously received a television anime that premiered in October 2022. A concert announcement in February 2025 revealed that a second season was in production, with Yūsuke Yamamoto replacing Keiichirō Saitō as director and Keito Oda joining Kerorira on character designs.
The franchise also received two compilation films. Bocchi the Rock! Re: opened in Japan on June 7, 2024, followed by Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re: on August 9, 2024. The first film sold 140,000 tickets and earned 218,470,888 yen during its first three days.
Hamaji launched the ongoing manga in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in December 2017. Houbunsha shipped the eighth collected volume on November 27, while Yen Press shipped the seventh English-language volume on November 11.
Sources: Anime News Network.