The anime adaptation of Kouji Miura’s manga, Blue Box (Ao no Hako), released new information about its arrival to the Netflix platform and through their respective official media confirmed that it will premiere on October 3 of this year. This news was accompanied by a new promotional video, which presents a small glimpse of what we can enjoy in this new anime.
Another point to highlight is that the new promotional video of the Blue Box anime presented a preview of its respective opening and closing themes. The opening theme will be performed by Official HiGE DANdism and will be titled “Same Blue”, while the closing theme will be performed by Eve and will be titled “Teenage Blue”.
Blue Box romance anime coming to Netflix on Oct. 3
The production team of Blue Box anime are as follows: Yuichiro Yano is in charge of directing the anime. Animation production will be handled by the animation studio Telecom Animation Film. Yuuko Kakihara will supervise the anime’s scripts. Miho Tanino is in charge of the anime’s character design.
Voice Cast Members:
- Shouya Chiba As Taiki Inomata
- Reina Ueda As Chinatsu Kano
- Akari Kitou As Hina Chouno
- Chiaki Kobayashi As Kyou Kasahara
- Yuuma Uchida As Kengo Haryuu
Ao no Hako, also known as Blue Box in the West, is a comedy-romance manga written by Kouji Miura. The work began its publication in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in April 2021. It should be noted that Blue Box is still in publication and for the moment Shueisha has collected the manga in 16 volumes.
Thanks to the good reception of the public towards Kouji Miura’s manga Blue Box, the production of an anime adaptation for the work was announced on November 19, 2023 and more details about the series were presented at the Jump Festa 2024 event.
“Blue Box” introduces Taiki Inomata, a third-year high school student at the prestigious Eimei Academy. Set in an integrated school environment with an outstanding sports program, the story follows Taiki’s life after joining the school’s badminton team. However, his daily routine takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself constantly coming in second at practice, always outclassed by the talented Chinatsu Kano, a high school freshman and Taiki’s crush.
Chinatsu, the rising star of the basketball team, represents both a challenge and an inspiration to Taiki. Despite being a decent badminton player, Taiki struggles with the popularity gap that separates him from Chinatsu. Although it seems unlikely that their feelings will be reciprocated, fate takes a surprising turn when Chinatsu ends up living in Taiki’s house.
Wanting to become a worthy rival for Chinatsu and face her on equal terms, Taiki embarks on an intense training journey. His goal: to participate in the Nationals. The plot unfolds between athletic competition, personal challenges and the building of a deeper connection between Taiki and Chinatsu.
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