(with two exclamation marks), aired in Japan between April and September 2010, with an OVA episode released in March 2011.

From then on, Yui, along with bassist Mio Akiyama, drummer Ritsu Tainaka, and keyboardist Tsumugi Kotobuki spend their school days practicing, performing, and hanging out together.

There they join its light music club alongside three other students: Akira Wada, Ayame Yoshida, and Sachi Hayashi.

Meanwhile, Azusa continues to run the high school light music club alongside Yui's sister Ui, their classmate Jun Suzuki, and new members Sumire Saitō and Nao Okuda.

Along with classmate Maho Sawabe, they discover the Light Music Appreciation Society, a club run by Riko Satou.

[73][74][75] Chapters published in Manga Time Kirara Carat, from the June 2011 issue released on April 28, 2011, to the August 2012 issue released on June 28, 2012, focus on Azusa, Ui, and Jun as they continue the light music club.

college), was released on September 27, 2012, and the high school arc, titled K-On!

[83] The episodes began airing on subsequent networks at later dates which include BS-TBS, MBS, and CBC.

An additional original video animation (OVA) episode was released with the final Blu-ray/DVD volumes on January 20, 2010.

Both an English-subtitled and English-dubbed version by Red Angel Media began airing on March 16, 2010, on Animax Asia.

[88] The series was released over four volumes in standard and limited editions for each format[89] starting on April 26, 2011.

[90] Bandai released the full first season on DVD under their "Anime Legends" line on February 7, 2012.

[96] It was displayed on screen at the Let's Go live concert in Yokohama, Japan on December 30, 2009, that a second season would be produced.

[100] As with the first season, the Blu-ray/DVD volumes contained extra short anime titled Ura-On!!.

[105] Developed as an original story, it was produced by Kyoto Animation with Naoko Yamada as the director.

[106][107][108] The film features the two songs "Ichiban Ippai" and "Unmei wa Endless" by Aki Toyosaki.

The film opened at #2 with a gross of ¥317,287,427 (US$4,070,919) from 137 theaters,[109] and has earned a total of ¥1,639,685,078 (US$21,419,792) by the end of its run.

Girls" by the Sakura High School Light Music Club (Yui Hirasawa (Aki Toyosaki) with Mio Akiyama (Yōko Hikasa), Ritsu Tainaka (Satomi Satō) and Tsumuki Kotobuki (Minako Kotobuki), along with Azusa Nakano (Ayana Taketatsu) starting in episode nine).

The singles for Ui Hirasawa (Madoka Yonezawa) and Nodoka Manabe (Chika Fujitō) were released on October 21, 2009.

The anime's original soundtrack, largely composed by Hajime Hyakkoku, was released on June 3, 2009.

[115] The single "Pure Pure Heart" also sung by After School Tea Time (Hirasawa (Toyosaki), Akiyama (Hikasa), Tainaka (Satō), Kotobuki (Kotobuki), and Nakano (Taketatsu)) was released on June 2, 2010.

Another single, "Love", by Sawako's band Death Devil (Yamanaka (Sanada)) was released on June 23, 2010.

The show's second album, Ho-kago Tea Time II, was released on both normal double CD and limited edition that came with a cassette tape on October 27, 2010.

The set of singles for Jun Suzuki (Yoriko Nagata), Hirasawa (Yonezawa), and Mamabe (Fujitō) were released on January 19, 2011.

[120] The gameplay involves the player matching button presses in time with music featured in the anime.

Girls", debuted at fourth in the ranking on the Oricon weekly singles chart, selling approximately 62,000 copies.

Girls" and "Don't Say 'Lazy'" were certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for 250,000 full-track ringtone digital music downloads (Chaku Uta Full), respectively.

[147] In 2011, Sharp and Bandai announced plans to jointly launch a calculator with designs of the characters from K-On!.

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.

Hiroto, the bassist of The Sixth Lie, joined a band that was influenced by K-On!