Uplifting Coming of Age Anime Series Blue Box' Is Coming to Netflix Starting October 4

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27 September 2024

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The long-awaited TV anime adaptation of Blue Box, based on Kouji Miura's hit manga of the same name, will be available on service from October 4 (October 3, PT). Since its serialization in April 2021 in Weekly Shonen Jump, the manga has attracted readers with its heartfelt depiction of young love.

The story is centered around Taiki, a rookie badminton player, who is suddenly unexpectedly brought closer to his long-time crush, Chinatsu, a star on the basketball team. For Taiki and his friends at the athletic and competitive Eimei Private High School, staying at the top of their game requires total focus. But with romance brewing, can they succeed at both?

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The key art for the show has been unveiled, featuring the main character Taiki Inomata with a bright smile, Taiki's crush and basketball rising star Chinatsu Kano, his friends Hina Chono and Kyo Kasahara, as well as badminton teammate Kengo Haryu.

A new trailer offers viewers an exciting glimpse at early parts of the story, featuring the characters earnestly engaging in their club activities and the beginnings of their budding romances.

Blue Box streams starting October 4 on Netflix.

*Regions outside of the Japan time zone (JST) will have different launch dates accordingly.

About Blue Box

STORY Taiki Inomata is a freshman in the boys badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Private High School. He has this long-time crush on the basketball rising star Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One day, their relationship takes a sharp turn ... And thus begins this brand-new series of romance, sports and youth!

Original Manga by Kouji Miura (Published by Shueisha: Weekly Shonen Jump)

STAFF Director: Yuichiro Yano Series Composition/Screenplay: Yuko Kakihara Character Design / Chief Animation Director Miho Tanino Color Designer: Narumi Konno Art Director: Ounoou Fujii Director of Photography: Yuki Kawashita Editing: Yoshihiro Kasahara Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Music: Takashi Ohmama Creative Advisor: Mogi Shingo Planning Producer: UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS Animation Production: Telecom Animation Film

CAST Taiki Inomata : Shoya Chiba Chinatsu Kano : Reina Ueda Hina Chono : Akari Kito Kyo Kasahara : Chiaki Kobayashi Kengo Haryu : Yuma Uchida and others

Theme Song Opening: Same Blue by Official HIGE DANdism (IRORI Records / PONY CANYON) Ending: Teenage Blue by Eve (TOYS FACTORY)

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