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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = K-On!
| image     = K-On English anime logo.svg
| caption   = 
| ja_kanji  = けいおん!
| ja_romaji = Keion!
| genre     = {{ubl|[[Comedy]]<ref name="Sentai-Official">{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/k-on-season-1|title=K-ON! Season 1|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=May 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052526/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/k-on-season-1|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Musical fiction|Musical]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Nodame Cantabile Leads the Pack in Fans' Top Musical Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-01-14/nodame-cantabile-leads-the-pack-in-fans-top-musical-anime/.83233|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 14, 2020|date=January 14, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125010358/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-01-14/nodame-cantabile-leads-the-pack-in-fans-top-musical-anime/.83233|url-status=live }}</ref>|[[Slice of life]]<ref name="Sentai-Official"/>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = tv series
| director     = [[Naoko Yamada]]
| producer     = {{ubl|Naohiro Tafu|Shinichi Nakamura|Yoko Hatta|Yoshihisa Nakayama}}
| writer       = [[Reiko Yoshida]]
| music        = Hajime Hyakkoku
| studio       = [[Kyoto Animation]]
| licensee     = [[Crunchyroll LLC|Crunchyroll]]{{efn|In Australia through [[Crunchyroll Store Australia]] (formerly Madman Anime) and the United Kingdom through [[Crunchyroll UK and Ireland]] (formerly Manga Entertainment)}} {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]{{efn|Originally licensed by [[Bandai Visual#Bandai Visual USA / Bandai Entertainment|Bandai Entertainment]]. Following Bandai Entertainment's closure in 2012, Sentai Filmworks acquired the license to the K-On! series starting with the second season.}}}}
| network      = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]], [[BS-TBS]]
| network_en   = {{English anime networks|SEA=[[Animax (Asian TV channel)|Animax]]|NA=[[Anime Network]]|AU=[[ABC Me]]}}
| first        = April 3, 2009
| last         = September 28, 2010
| episodes     = 39 + 2 OVAs
| episode_list = List of K-On! episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| title    = K-On! The Movie
| type     = film
| director = Naoko Yamada
| producer = {{ubl|Naohiro Tafu|Shinichi Nakamura|Yoko Hatta|Yoshihisa Nakayama}}
| writer   = Reiko Yoshida
| music    = Hajime Hyakkoku
| studio   = Kyoto Animation
| licensee = {{ubl|Crunchyroll|{{English anime licensee|NA=Sentai Filmworks}}}}
| released = December 3, 2011
| runtime  = 110 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}

{{Nihongo|'''''K-On!'''''|けいおん!|Keion!|lead=yes}}{{efn|The Japanese title is short for {{nihongo|"light music"|軽音楽|Keiongaku}}; that is, more casual music (e.g. jazz or popular) in contrast to classical.}} is a Japanese [[anime]] television series based on the [[K-On!|manga of the same name]] written and illustrated by [[Kakifly]]. Produced by [[Kyoto Animation]], it aired in Japan between April and June 2009. An additional [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode was released in January 2010. A 26-episode second season, titled ''K-On!!'' (with two [[exclamation mark]]s), aired in Japan between April and September 2010, with an OVA episode released in March 2011. An anime film adaptation was released in Japan in December 2011. [[Bandai Visual|Bandai Entertainment]] had licensed the first season until their closure in 2012. [[Sentai Filmworks]] has since re-licensed the first season, in addition to acquiring the rights to the second season and film, and is currently streaming at first on [[Anime Network|Anime Network Online]] then later [[Hidive]].

The main series focuses on four young Japanese high school girls who join their school's light music club to try to save it from being dissolved. However, they are the only four members of the club, one of which has little experience with guitar playing.

== Series overview ==
{{Main|List of K-On! episodes{{!}}List of ''K-On!'' episodes}}
{{:List of K-On! episodes}}

== Cast ==
{{Main|List of K-On! characters{{!}}List of ''K-On!'' characters}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Character
! scope="col" | Japanese
! scope="col" | English (Bang Zoom!)
|-
| colspan="3" scope="row" align="center" | '''Main characters'''
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|'''Yui Hirasawa'''|平沢 唯|Hirasawa Yui}}
| align="left" |[[Aki Toyosaki]]
| align="left" |[[Stephanie Sheh]]
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|'''Mio Akiyama'''|秋山 澪|Akiyama Mio}}
| align="left" |[[Yōko Hikasa]]
| align="left" |[[Cristina Vee]]
|-
| scope="row" |{{Nihongo|'''Ritsu Tainaka'''|田井中 律|Tainaka Ritsu}}
| align="left" |[[Satomi Satō]]
| align="left" |[[Cassandra Lee Morris]]
|-
| scope="row" |{{Nihongo|'''Tsumugi Kotobuki'''|琴吹 紬|Kotobuki Tsumugi}}
| align="left" |[[Minako Kotobuki]]
| align="left" |[[Shelby Lindley]]
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|'''Azusa Nakano'''|中野 梓|Nakano Azusa}}
| align="left" |[[Ayana Taketatsu]]
| align="left" |[[Christine Marie Cabanos]]
|-
| colspan="3" scope="row" align="center" | '''Secondary/supporting characters'''
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|{{visible anchor|'''Sawako Yamanaka'''}}|山中 さわ子|Yamanaka Sawako}}
| align="left" |[[Asami Sanada]]
| align="left" |[[Karen Strassman]]
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|{{visible anchor|'''Ui Hirasawa'''}}|平沢 憂|Hirasawa Ui}}
| align="left" |[[Madoka Yonezawa]]
| align="left" |[[Xanthe Huynh]]
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|{{visible anchor|'''Nodoka Manabe'''}}|真鍋 和|Manabe Nodoka}}
| align="left" |Chika Fujitō
| align="left" |[[Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]]
|-
| scope="row" |{{Nihongo|{{visible anchor|'''Jun Suzuki'''}}|鈴木 純|Suzuki Jun}}
| align="left" |Yoriko Nagata
| align="left" |Michelle Ann Dunphy
|-
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|{{visible anchor|'''Megumi Sokabe'''}}|曽我部 恵|Sokabe Megumi}}
| align="left" |Asumi Kodama
| align="left" |[[Bennett Abara]]{{efn|Previously credited under her real name, Amanda C. Miller.}}
|}
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| direction         = horizontal
| perrow            = 8
| total_width       = 600
| footer            = (From left to right): [[Christine Marie Cabanos]] (Nakano), [[Shelby Lindley]] (Kotobuki), [[Cassandra Lee Morris]] (Tainaka), [[Stephanie Sheh]] (Hirasawa) and [[Cristina Vee]] (Akiyama) provided the English voices of the ''K-On!'' series by [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] in [[Burbank, California]].
| footer_align      = center

| image1            = Christine Marie Cabanos (12933596673).jpg
| image2            = Shelby Lindey at NAMM 1 22 2014 -4 (12167890003) (cropped).jpg
| image3            = Cassandra Lee Morris (38226638811).jpg
| image4            = 41st Annie Awards, Stephanie Sheh, 2014.jpg
| image5            = Cristina Vee by Gage Skidmore.jpg
}}

== Production ==
=== Season 1 ===
{{Main|K-On! season 1{{!}}''K-On!'' season 1}}
A 13-episode [[anime]] adaptation directed by [[Naoko Yamada]], written by [[Reiko Yoshida]], and produced by [[Kyoto Animation]] aired between April 3 and June 26, 2009, on [[Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|TBS]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/story/story.html|title=TBSアニメーション・けいおん!公式ホームページ / 各話紹介|trans-title=TBS Animation ''K-On!'' Official Homepage / Each Episode Introduction|publisher=[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]|access-date=July 21, 2009|language=ja|archive-date=February 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221001321/http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/story/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The episodes began airing on subsequent networks at later dates which include [[BS-TBS]], [[MBS TV|MBS]], and [[Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting|CBC]]. The TBS airings are in 4:3 ratio, and the series began airing in [[widescreen]] on BS-TBS on April 25, 2009. Seven [[Blu-ray Disc|BD]]/DVD compilation volumes were released by [[Pony Canyon]] between July 29, 2009, and January 20, 2010. An additional [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode was released with the final BD/DVD volumes on January 20, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-21/k-on-extra-episode-green-lit-for-7th-bd/dvd-volume|title=''K-ON!'' Extra Episode Green-Lit for 7th BD/DVD Volume|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 21, 2009|access-date=July 21, 2009|archive-date=July 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723094418/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-21/k-on-extra-episode-green-lit-for-7th-bd/dvd-volume|url-status=live}}</ref> The BD/DVD volumes contained extra [[Short film|short]] anime titled ''Ura-On!''.

The series later began airing on Japan's [[Disney Channel (international)#Japan|Disney Channel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disneychannel.jp/disneych/program/detail/?pid=k_on|script-title=ja:けいおん!|trans-title=K-On!|publisher=[[Disney Channel (international)#Japan|Disney Channel]]|access-date=September 26, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927064451/http://www.disneychannel.jp/disneych/program/detail/?pid=k_on|url-status=live}}</ref> from April 2011. [[Animax]] has aired the anime in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Taiwan. Both an English-subtitled and English-dubbed version by Red Angel Media began airing on March 16, 2010, on [[Animax Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/shows/kon!|title=''K-On!'' on Animax Asia|publisher=[[Animax Asia]]|date=March 6, 2010|access-date=March 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314155235/http://www.animax-asia.com/shows/kon!|archive-date=March 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> At their industry panel at [[Anime Expo]] 2010, anime distributor [[Bandai Entertainment]] announced that they have acquired ''K-On!'' for a DVD and [[Blu-ray Disc]] release,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-01/bandai-entertainment-adds-k-on-anime|title=Bandai Entertainment Adds K-On! TV Anime Series|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 1, 2010|access-date=July 4, 2010|archive-date=July 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704030554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-01/bandai-entertainment-adds-k-on-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] producing an English dub for the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-31/bandai-ent-adds-my-otome-0-s.ifr-sora-kake-girl|title=Bandai Ent. Adds ''My-Otome 0~S.ifr~'', ''Sora Kake Girl''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 31, 2010|access-date=August 1, 2010|archive-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802015617/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-31/bandai-ent-adds-my-otome-0-s.ifr-sora-kake-girl|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was released over four volumes in standard and limited editions for each format<ref name=bandaiNYAF>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/bandai-makes-solid-new-york-anime-festival-announcements_article_125686.html|title=Bandai Makes Solid New York Anime Festival Announcements|first=Chris|last=Beveridge|publisher=Mania|date=October 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011100352/http://www.mania.com/bandai-makes-solid-new-york-anime-festival-announcements_article_125686.html|archive-date=October 11, 2010}}</ref> starting on April 26, 2011.<ref name="bluray1">{{cite web|url=http://store.bandai-ent.com/product_p/669198200359.htm|title=K-ON! Volume 1 (Blu-ray) (Pre-order! Available 04/26/2011)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203073937/http://store.bandai-ent.com/product_p/669198200359.htm|archive-date=February 3, 2011|date=January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bandai released the full first season on DVD under their "Anime Legends" line on February 7, 2012.<ref name="animelegends">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-06/k-on-anime-legends-dvd-box-listed|title=''K-ON!'' Anime Legends DVD Box Solicited|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 6, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108041832/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-06/k-on-anime-legends-dvd-box-listed|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Manga Entertainment]], now known as [[Crunchyroll UK and Ireland]], released the series in the UK in individual DVD volumes during 2011, and in a complete DVD of the first season on April 30, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-31/manga-uk-adds-haruhi-film-2nd-tv-season-haruhi-chan|title=Manga UK Adds ''Haruhi'' Film, 2nd TV Season, ''Haruhi-chan''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 31, 2010|access-date=October 31, 2010|archive-date=November 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101204539/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-31/manga-uk-adds-haruhi-film-2nd-tv-season-haruhi-chan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-01/k-on-release-plans-in-uk|title=''K-ON'' release plans in UK|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=April 1, 2011|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107110840/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-01/k-on-release-plans-in-uk|url-status=live}}</ref> A planned BD box set release in 2012 was cancelled.<ref name="ukbluraycancelled">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-06/blu-ray-editions-of-k-on-and-the-disappearance-of-haruhi-suzumiya-cancelled|title=Blu-ray Editions of ''K-ON!'' and ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' Cancelled|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 6, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003033855/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-06/blu-ray-editions-of-k-on-and-the-disappearance-of-haruhi-suzumiya-cancelled|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Sentai Filmworks]] has licensed the first season and re-released the series on DVD on September 23, 2014, and currently streams on its [[HIDIVE]] platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-20/sentai-filmworks-adds-k-on-season-1/.74737|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds K-On! Season 1|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 20, 2014|access-date=May 20, 2014|archive-date=May 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521150314/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-20/sentai-filmworks-adds-k-on-season-1/.74737|url-status=live}}</ref> Sentai also re-released the series on Blu-ray on September 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-19/hamatora-anime-gets-english-dub/.88343|title=Hamatora Anime Gets English Dub|publisher=Anime News Network|date=May 19, 2015|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=May 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520224700/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-19/hamatora-anime-gets-english-dub/.88343|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Netflix]] aired the first season in the United States and Canada between November 2019 and November 2021.<ref name="Netflix">{{cite web|title='K-on!' Anime Series & Movie Leaving Netflix in November 2021|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/k-on-anime-series-movie-leaving-netflix-in-november-2021/|website=What's on Netflix|date=October 19, 2021|access-date=December 8, 2023|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019140904/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/k-on-anime-series-movie-leaving-netflix-in-november-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> In Australia, the first season was broadcast on [[ABC Me]] in Australia, with episodes being hosted on [[ABC iview]].<ref name="AU">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/abcme/k-on/12472468|title=K-On!|date=20 July 2020|publisher=[[ABC Me]]|access-date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826190901/https://www.abc.net.au/abcme/k-on/12472468|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Season 2 ===
{{Main|K-On!!{{!}}''K-On!!''}}
At the ''Let's Go'' live concert in [[Yokohama]], Japan held on December 30, 2009, a second season was announced for production.<ref name="2ndseason">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-30/k-on-anime-gets-2nd-season-green-lit|title=''K-On!'' Anime's 2nd Season Officially Announced|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=December 30, 2009|archive-date=January 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114015123/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-30/k-on-anime-gets-2nd-season-green-lit|url-status=live}}</ref> The second season, titled ''K-On!!'' (with two [[exclamation mark]]s), aired with 26 episodes on TBS in Japan between April 7 and September 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/news/news.html|title=TBSアニメーション・けいおん!!公式ホームページ / 最新情報|trans-title=TBS Animation ''K-On!'' Official Homepage / News|date=March 17, 2010|access-date=March 17, 2010|archive-date=May 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528154619/http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/news/news.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-29/k-on-2nd-season-b-gata-h-kei-anime-dated-for-april|title=''K-On''{{'}}s 2nd Season, ''B Gata H Kei'' Anime Dated for April|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 29, 2010|access-date=March 17, 2010|archive-date=February 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202050748/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-29/k-on-2nd-season-b-gata-h-kei-anime-dated-for-april|url-status=live}}</ref> An additional OVA episode was released with the final BD/DVD volumes on March 16, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-15/k-on-gets-new-side-story-episode-green-lit|title=''K-ON!!'' Gets New Side-Story Episode Green-Lit|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 15, 2010|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018033325/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-15/k-on-gets-new-side-story-episode-green-lit|url-status=live}}</ref> As with the first season, the BD/DVD volumes contained extra short anime titled ''Ura-On!!''. It also aired on Animax Asia starting October 20, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/shows/kon2|title=''K-On!!'' on Animax Asia|publisher=[[Animax Asia]]|date=October 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011025413/http://www.animax-asia.com/shows/kon2|archive-date=October 11, 2010}}</ref>

[[Sentai Filmworks]] licensed the second season and released the series on DVD and Blu-ray in two boxsets released on June 19, 2012, and August 28, 2012, respectively. The original English dub cast reprised their roles for this season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-02-20/sentai-filmworks-licenses-k-on-season-2|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses ''K-ON!'' Season 2|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 20, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2012|archive-date=February 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222121651/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2012-02-20/sentai-filmworks-licenses-k-on-season-2|url-status=live}}</ref> [[HIDIVE]] and Netflix (from November 2019 and November 2021) streamed the second season in the United States and Canada.<ref name="Netflix"/> In Australia, the second season was broadcast on ABC Me in Australia, with episodes being hosted on [[ABC iview]].<ref name="AU"/>

=== Film ===
A film adaptation of ''K-On!'' was released in Japan on December 3, 2011. It follows the girls as they travel to [[London]] to celebrate their graduation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-13/k-on-film-basic-story-premise-revealed|title=''K-On!'' Film's Basic Story Premise Revealed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 13, 2011|access-date=August 13, 2011|archive-date=August 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814002944/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-13/k-on-film-basic-story-premise-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref> Developed as an original story, it was produced by Kyoto Animation with Naoko Yamada as the director.<ref name="k-on!-film">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/|title=TBSアニメーション・けいおん!!公式ホームページ|publisher=[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]|date=February 20, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2011|archive-date=March 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301051546/http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-28/k-on-gets-film-green-lit|title=''K-On!'' Gets Film Green-Lit|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 28, 2010|access-date=February 20, 2011|archive-date=February 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222183921/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-28/k-on-gets-film-green-lit|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-20/k-on-film-scheduled-for-december-3|title=''K-On!'' Film Scheduled for December 3|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 20, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2011|archive-date=February 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224005819/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-20/k-on-film-scheduled-for-december-3|url-status=live}}</ref> The film features the two songs "Ichiban Ippai" and "Unmei wa Endless" by Aki Toyosaki. The ending theme is "Singing" by Yōko Hikasa. The film opened at #2 with a gross of ¥317,287,427 (US$4,070,919) from 137 theaters,<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan Box Office, December 3–4, 2011|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2011&wk=48&currency=local&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=20 August 2014|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821032439/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2011&wk=48&currency=local&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and has earned a total of ¥1,639,685,078 (US$21,419,792) by the end of its run.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japan Box Office, February 4–5, 2012|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2012&wk=5&currency=local&p=.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=20 August 2014|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826190909/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/by-year/2012/?area=JP|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film features a London cafe inspired by the [[The Troubadour, London|Troubadour Cafe]] in Earl's Court, and ''K-On!'' fans often visit the cafe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-16/japanese-k-on-fans-present-film-graphic-to-london-cafe|title=Japanese K-ON! Fans Present Film Graphic to London Café|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 16, 2012|access-date=February 22, 2012|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826190957/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-16/japanese-k-on-fans-present-film-graphic-to-london-cafe|url-status=live}}</ref>

''K-On!: The Movie'' was released on BD and DVD on July 18, 2012. Sentai Filmworks released the film on BD/DVD in North America on May 21, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses K-On! Film|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-23/sentai-filmworks-licenses-k-on-film|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=23 January 2013|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826190957/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-23/sentai-filmworks-licenses-k-on-film|url-status=live}}</ref> Madman Entertainment, which its anime unit is now branded as [[Crunchyroll Store Australia]], released the film in Australia on BD/DVD.<ref>{{cite web|title=K-On! The Movie|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/20014/kon-the-movie|publisher=[[Madman Entertainment]]|access-date=December 10, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826191010/https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/20014/kon-the-movie|url-status=live}}</ref> [[HIDIVE]] and Netflix (from November 2019 and November 2021) also streamed the film in the United States and Canada.<ref name="Netflix"/>

=== Future ===
{{See also|Tamako Market{{!}}''Tamako Market''}}
Although a third season of the series was speculated to be produced, Yamada and Yoshida went on to produce ''[[Tamako Market]]'' instead. Much of the production staff of the ''K-On!'' anime returned for the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/kyoto-animation-k-on-team-makes-tv-anime-tamako-market|title=Kyoto Animation's ''K-ON!'' Team Makes TV Anime ''Tamako Market''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 28, 2012|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=December 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201041710/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-28/kyoto-animation-k-on-team-makes-tv-anime-tamako-market|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
[[File:Toyosato Elementary School Old building.jpg|thumb|left|Fans of the anime visit the former elementary school in [[Toyosato, Shiga]], which is used as a model for the high school in the anime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/reports/toyosato/|title=Exploring the Anime World of K-On! in Toyosato|publisher=Biwako Visitors Bureau|date=July 2, 2011|access-date=January 10, 2012|archive-date=October 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023230455/http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/reports/toyosato/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20100728_k-on_toyosato/|title=Anime PilgrFile: Visiting the model of K-ON!! Highschool|publisher=Gigazine|date=July 28, 2010|access-date=January 3, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708135932/http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20100728_k-on_toyosato/|archive-date=July 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]
The first Japanese DVD volume of the anime series sold around 8,000 copies to debut seventh in the ranking on the Oricon charts for the week of July 29, 2009.<ref name="ANN Blu-ray sales Vol. 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-04/1st-k-on-volume-is-now-no.2-blu-ray-in-japan-so-far|title=1st ''K-On!'' Volume is Now #2 Blu-Ray in Japan So Far|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 4, 2009|access-date=August 4, 2009|archive-date=August 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805235857/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-04/1st-k-on-volume-is-now-no.2-blu-ray-in-japan-so-far|url-status=live}}</ref> The Blu-ray Disc release of the first volume sold about 33,000 copies in the same week, to top the Oricon BD charts. In August 2009, the first volume of ''K-On!'' was the top-selling anime television Blu-ray Disc in Japan, having surpassed the previous record holder ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', which sold approximately 22,000 copies of its first volume. It was the second best-selling Blu-ray Disc in Japan, trailing only ''[[Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone]]'', with around 49,000 copies.<ref name="ANN Blu-ray sales Vol. 1" /> However, in October 2009, the first volume of ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'' surpassed ''K-On!''{{'}}s previous record, having sold 37,000 copies at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-15/japanese-animation-blu-ray-disc-ranking-october-5-11|title=Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 5–11|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 18, 2009|archive-date=October 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018061746/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-15/japanese-animation-blu-ray-disc-ranking-october-5-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, with the release of ''K-On!!'' volume 3, total BD sales for the series have outsold ''Bakemonogatari''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-21/k-on-tops-bakemonogatari-as-no.1-tv-anime-in-bd-sales|title=''K-ON!'' Tops ''Bakemonogatari'' as #1 TV Anime in BD Sales|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 21, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2010|archive-date=September 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923173257/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-21/k-on-tops-bakemonogatari-as-no.1-tv-anime-in-bd-sales|url-status=live}}</ref>  Both series have sold a combined total of over 520,000 BD copies by February 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-22/k-on-is-1st-tv-anime-franchise-to-sell-500000+bds|title=K-ON! is 1st TV Anime Franchise to Sell 500,000+ BDs|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 22, 2011|access-date=February 22, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223190548/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-22/k-on-is-1st-tv-anime-franchise-to-sell-500000+bds|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Toyosato Elementary School Conference Room 20110731.jpg|thumb|right|The room at the Toyosato Elementary School that served as the model for the room used by the Light Music Club in the anime. Fans have decorated the room with the items shown in the anime.]]
At the beginning of September 2010, the [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto prefectural government]] began using ''K-On!!'' to promote the [[Demographics of Japan|census]] and encourage people to be counted.<ref name="kyoto-census">{{cite web|url=http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/tokei/index.html|script-title=ja:平成22年国勢調査のお知らせ|trans-title=Explanation of the Heisei 22 National Census|publisher=[[Kyoto Prefecture]]|location=[[Kyoto]], Japan|language=ja|archive-date=December 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205161056/http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/tokei/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, Sharp and Bandai announced plans to jointly launch a calculator with designs of the characters from ''K-On!''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110218p2g00m0et094000c.html|title=Sharp, Bandai to launch calculators with anime, cartoon characters|work=[[Mainichi Daily News]]|date=February 18, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''K-On!'' has influenced a string of tourism for the rural town of [[Toyosato, Shiga|Toyosato]], related to the phenomenon of the anime pilgrimage, home to the elementary school that was used as a model for the high school in the anime. The school has opened portions of itself to the public as an exhibit for the series. Matthew Li of ''Anime Tourist'' described the exhibit as, "A place that genuinely understands its fanbase and carries all the sentimental props one can remember from the show and more; housing items seen in the school, like a museum."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animetourism.com/longevity-of-anime-pilgrimmages/|title=The Longevity of Anime Pilgrimages|publisher=Anime Tourist|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005511/http://animetourism.com/longevity-of-anime-pilgrimmages/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The anime has also inspired real-life musicians. Hiroto, the bassist of [[The Sixth Lie]], joined a band that was influenced by ''K-On!'' when he was in junior high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animethon.org/index.php?412-the-sixth-lie|title=The Sixth Lie|publisher=[[Animethon]]|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-date=May 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516173548/http://animethon.org/index.php?412-the-sixth-lie|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Awards and nominations ===
''K-On!'' received a Best TV Animation Award at the 2010 [[Tokyo Anime Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-16/summer-wars-wins-tokyo-anime-fair-top-award-6-more|title=''Summer Wars'' Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Top Award, 6 More|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 16, 2010|access-date=February 16, 2010|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509154115/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-16/summer-wars-wins-tokyo-anime-fair-top-award-6-more|url-status=live}}</ref> with ''K-On!!'' receiving the same award in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-01/arrietty-wins-tokyo-anime-fair-top-award-and-4-more|title=Arrietty Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Top Award & 4 More|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 1, 2011|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302104629/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-01/arrietty-wins-tokyo-anime-fair-top-award-and-4-more|url-status=live}}</ref> ''K-On!!'' also won the Best Television award at the 2010 (15th) [[Animation Kobe]] Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-15/haruhi-film-k-on-miku-win-anime-kobe-awards|title=''Haruhi'' Film, ''K-ON!!'', Miku Win Anime Kobe Awards|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 15, 2010|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018033310/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-15/haruhi-film-k-on-miku-win-anime-kobe-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, the film was nominated for the 35th [[Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year]] award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-16/japan-academy-prize-nods-confirmed-for-k-on-poppy-hill-others|title=Japan Academy Prize Nods Confirmed for ''K-ON'', ''Poppy Hill'', Others|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 16, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2012|archive-date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118220110/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-16/japan-academy-prize-nods-confirmed-for-k-on-poppy-hill-others|url-status=live}}</ref> and won the Best Film award in the 2nd [[Newtype Anime Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-07/fate/zero-k-on-wins-top-prizes-in-newtype-anime-awards|title=Fate/Zero, K-ON Win Top Prizes in Newtype Anime Awards|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 7, 2012|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619231728/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-07/fate/zero-k-on-wins-top-prizes-in-newtype-anime-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> The film also won the Theatrical Film Award at the 17th [[Animation Kobe]] Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-13/k-on-yuruyuri-nyarko-san-win-anime-kobe-awards|title=K-ON, Yuruyuri, Nyarko-san Win Anime Kobe Awards|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 13, 2012|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401141416/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-13/k-on-yuruyuri-nyarko-san-win-anime-kobe-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Tamako Market]]'', another anime directed by Naoka Yamada that aired in 2013

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite web|last=Creamer|first=Nick|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2015-12-02/what-makes-kyoto-animation-so-special/.95559|title=What Makes Kyoto Animation So Special?|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=December 2, 2015}} An analysis of Kyoto Animation's work through the lens of ''K-On!''.
* {{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2020/05/26-1/how-k-on-helped-preserve-the-small-town-of-toyosato|title=How K-ON! Helped Preserve the Small Town of Toyosato|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|first=Daryl|last=Harding|date=May 26, 2020|access-date=May 27, 2020}} A look into how ''K-On!'' changed the small town of Toyosato.

== External links ==
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/ Anime official website] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q6888619|title=K-On! The Movie}}

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