A new key visual and main PV trailer have been released for the upcoming Blue Box TV anime adaptation, which will begin broadcasting in Japan on October 3, 2024. An English key visual for the anime was also released.
The new trailer also previews the series’ main opening and ending themes. The opening theme is “Same Blue” by OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM, while the ending theme is “Teenage Blue” by Eve.
Netflix previously announced that it has licensed the series for streaming internationally, and will stream the series weekly. In Japan, the company will debut the anime with a two-episode premiere, but it is not yet known if this will apply everywhere.
Yuichiro Yano (Lupin the 3rd Part 5) is directing the anime, with Yuko Kakihara (The Apothecary Diaries) as series screenwriter and Miho Tanino (Blue Thermal) as character designer. Telecom Animation Film is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast includes:
- • Shoya Chiba as Taiki Inomata
- • Reina Ueda as Chinatsu Kano
- • Akari Kito as Hina Chono
- • Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyo Kasahara
- • Yuma Uchida as Kengo Haryu
The anime is based on the manga series by Kouji Miura, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on April 12, 2021. Sixteen total tankobon volumes have been published as of August 2024, with a 17th volume due out on October 4, 2024. The manga was originally launched as a 2020 one-shot title.
Viz Media releases the Blue Box manga in English, describing the synopsis as:
Taiki admires Chinatsu from afar, but he doubts that she sees him in the same way. Yet somehow, he musters up the courage to tell her to never give up on her dreams! After such a bold declaration, will Taiki’s fleeting high school romance finally begin?
Source: Blue Box Official Anime Twitter, Netflix Anime Official Twitter
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