Top 10 Best Music School Anime

The protagonist of The Blue Orchestra, Hajime Aono, is a boy who loves playing the violin and has won numerous awards in professional competitions. He used to admire his father, a famous violinist. However, after his parents divorced due to his father's extramarital affair, Aono vowed never to touch a violin again. In his second year of high school, Aono meets Ritsko Akine, an ambitious violinist who enjoys playing in hospitals. Intrigued by her, Aono agrees to teach her violin. With the help of a teacher, he rediscovers his talent by joining the school's prestigious orchestra club, which has won national competitions for 8 consecutive years. Persuaded by the teacher, Aono and Akine are accepted into this prestigious school. During the opening ceremony, they explore the orchestra club, where they meet Nao Saeki, a violin prodigy who gained admission solely based on musical talent. From then on, they compete in their violin skills within the club.

The Blue Orchestra is produced by Nippon Animation, directed by Seiji Kishi, written by Yūko Kakihara, and character designed by Kazuaki Morita. The series aired from April 9 to October 8, 2023.

IMDb Rating: 7.4

Stop This Sound! (Kono Oto Tomare!) revolves around the Koto - a traditional musical instrument not widely known among the youth, making it a remarkable choice for an anime adaptation. This series deserves applause for daring to challenge mainstream tastes.

As all the senior members have graduated, Takezou becomes the sole member of the Koto club at Tokise High School. With the rule that 'Every club must have at least two members to operate,' the club faces the risk of being disbanded. As the new school year begins, Takezou must recruit new members to keep the club alive. Follow Takezou - a shy, introverted loner - as he navigates through the challenges to sustain the club in Stop This Sound!.

The storyline is gentle yet captivating, meticulously portraying each character's personality and inner struggles. For instance, Satowa, haunted by a joyless childhood, fears loneliness, while Takezo's insecurities stem from the heavy burden of being a club president. Kota, on the other hand, faces despair after making several mistakes. Despite their hardships, they strive together, undergo change, and mature.

In the series, each note of the Koto carries a different emotion, resonating with the beautiful hues of youth. Stop This Sound! not only paints a vivid picture of vibrant youth and the emotions within each individual but also unveils a new world to viewers about the traditional instrument, the Koto.

Stop This Sound! is produced by Platinum Vision and was released in 2019.

IMDb Rating: 8.0

Given is an anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Natsuki Kizu, aired on TV and online from July 11, 2019, to September 19, 2019. Known to Vietnamese audiences as Ignite Passion.

The story begins as Mafuyu Sato steps out of his dark apartment to start a day in his high school life, clutching a Gibson guitar. While dozing off in a quiet spot on the staircase of the gymnasium, he coincidentally encounters classmate Ritsuka Uenoyama, who scolds him for misplacing his guitar. The 39th string is rusty and snapped.

Seeing Uenoyama's expertise with musical instruments, Sato pleads for him to fix it and teach him how to play. Eventually, Uenoyama agrees and invites him to jam with two other bandmates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji. Sato's singing voice is astonishing, inspiring Uenoyama to make Sato the band's lead vocalist. Initially reserved, Sato accepts after an emotional reunion with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Sato must not only learn to play the guitar but also confront mysterious details that make him its rightful owner.

IMDb Rating: 8.3

Watch link: https://www.iq.com/play/given-khoi-day-dam-me-tap-1-umsfqzym1w?lang=vi_vn

Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso), known in Vietnam as 'April's Lie' - is a dramatic, romantic, music-themed anime series based on the manga Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso by Naoshi Arakawa. The series follows piano prodigy Arima Kōsei, who became famous as a child musician after dominating numerous competitions. However, his mother's death leaves him unable to continue playing the piano. Two years later, Kōsei meets a girl named Miyazono Kaori - who helps him rediscover the world of music through her belief that music should be played freely and without constraints.

The anime Your Lie in April is directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro, produced by A-1 Pictures, and distributed by Aniplex. The screenplay is by Takao Yoshioka, character design by Yukiko Aikei, animation direction by ChouCho for the opening theme in the first half, Saori Kodama for the opening theme in the latter half, and Satomi Satō and Ai Kayano for the ending theme. The music composition is by Masaru Yokoyama.

IMDb Rating: 8.6

Watch link: https://vieon.vn/thang-tu-la-loi-noi-doi-cua-em.html

Aikatsu! is a renowned music-themed anime set in a school environment, featuring characters such as Hoshimiya Ichigo, Kanzaki Mizuki, Ichinose Kaede, and Shibuki Ran.

Among them, Hoshimiya Ichigo is a first-year high school student. Besides attending school, she helps her mother in the family's bento shop. Ichigo's best friend is Aoi Kiriya - a smart girl with a lot of knowledge about idols. Initially carefree, Ichigo never thought she could become an idol until she watched Mizuki's performance with Aoi and her younger brother Raichi, also an idol fan. Inspired by this, and encouraged by her best friend Aoi, Raichi, and her mother, Ichigo auditions for Starlight Academy (a school exclusively for girls, training them to become idols) to start her idol career. Ichigo is optimistic and works hard to become a top idol. With limited entertainment industry knowledge, Aoi always guides her. Ichigo participates in activities at Starlight Academy and learns what it takes to become a true idol.

The anime Aikatsu! is adapted from a collectible card game arcade in Bandai's Data Carddass series, released in 2012. The game revolves around using collectible cards with various clothing options to help idols pass auditions. Additionally, Aikatsu! has TV anime adaptations, three manga adaptations published by Shogakukan, and four Nintendo 3DS games.

IMDb Rating: 7.1

Love Live! (Rabu Raibu!) is one of the most famous school-themed anime. Despite being aired for many years, it remains a hot name, a highlight of the Anime Music genre.

Love Live begins with Otonokizaka - one of the long-standing academies forced to close due to a lack of students. In that situation, Kousaka Honoka - a student of the academy decided to form an idol group to save her school. Along with Minami Kotori and Sonoda Umi, she founded the school idol group named μ's and embarked on their own path.

The storyline of Love Live is quite fresh, creative, but not overly extravagant or dreamy. The content of the film is gentle, and everything conveyed is very authentic and cleverly done.

The plot progresses slowly, with reasonable distribution and arrangement of events. Each development follows a slow but steady rise in intensity. With both seasons receiving positive feedback - it's no coincidence that Love Live has become one of the rare anime where the second part is rated higher than the first. In the first season, the film mainly depicts the daily activities of the female characters, mainly focusing on how Honoka achieves her goals. But in the second season, what is described and refined is the emotions of the characters, each one by one. This sudden increase in emotional depth also elevates the viewers' emotional involvement. Perhaps it is because of this gradually increasing approach that Love Live is increasingly loved by many.

IMDb Rating: 7.2

10. Sound! Euphonium

The plot of Sound! Euphonium revolves around four high school freshmen girls who join the school's light music club to prevent it from being shut down. Initially, one of the club members, Hirasawa Yui, lacks experience in playing musical instruments or reading sheet music. Eventually, she opts for a guitar that suits her. From then on, Yui, drummer Tainaka Ritsu, bassist Akiyama Mio, and keyboardist Kotobuki Tsumugi spend a lot of time at their school practicing, performing, albeit mostly hanging out and drinking tea. As their second year begins, the club welcomes a new guitarist, Nakano Azusa, who is a year below them. With Azusa joining, the club becomes more organized and starts practicing more diligently.

The Sound! Euphonium anime consists of 13 episodes (12 regular episodes and one extra episode) directed by Naoko Yamada, with screenplay editing by Reiko Yoshida, character design by Yukiko Horiguchi based on Kakifly's original work, and produced by Kyoto Animation. It aired from April 3 to June 26, 2009, on TBS in Japan.

IMDb Rating: 7.8