Ahead of its debut in October, the TV anime adaptation of Blue Box will hold a special World Premiere event on Sep 7th, 2024.
Fans of the popular manga, currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump by Kouji Miura, can look forward to an exclusive preview of the series.
This event will feature stage greetings from the anime’s voice cast and will be available for a limited time via livestream on TMS Anime’s official YouTube channel.
In addition to the premiere screening, a special announcement is set to be revealed during the livestream.
Blue Box anime, a coming-of-age sports romance, is set to begin airing every Thursday night at 11:56 PM JST across 28 TBS-affiliated stations nationwide starting in October 2024.
The staff involved in the anime include
- Director: Yuichiro Yano
- Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara
- Character Design: Miho Tanino
- Animation Production: Telecom Animation Film
- Planning & Production: UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS
The main cast of the anime include:
- Shoya Chiba as Taiki Inomata
- Reina Ueda as Chinatsu Kano
- Akari Kito as Hina Chono
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Kyo Kasahara
- Yuma Uchida as Kengo Haryu
MAL describes the plot of the anime as below:
“Taiki Inomata, a third-year student in junior high, attends Eimei Academy, an integrated school with a major sports program. Having joined the high school badminton team, Taiki tries to attend open practice as early as possible. But no matter how early he goes, he always arrives second in the gymnasium. The person one step ahead of him is Chinatsu Kano, a first-year student in senior high and Taiki’s crush.
Chinatsu is the rising star of the basketball team, and the gap between her and Taiki could not be greater. Although Taiki is a decent badminton player, his popularity is nowhere near Chinatsu’s, making it even less likely for his feelings to be reciprocated. However, in a strange twist of fate, she ends up living in Taiki’s house!
Wanting to become a worthy match for Chinatsu, Taiki pursues the same dream as his crush: to partake in the Nationals. Taiki starts training harder than ever before, all for the sake of building a strong relationship with his new housemate.”
Source: YouTube