Blue Period (The Blue Period) is a beautiful story that portrays the emotions of its characters through art, which has captivated its fans. Since 2021, when its anime adaptation was aired, there had been no more news about a possible continuation or new audiovisual material, but recently through its official Twitter/X account it was announced the release of a live action movie that will be released this year. Likewise, we were able to visualize the teaser trailer of this film.
Illustration by Tsubasa Yamaguchi in celebration of the Blue Period live action.
In the teaser of the live action of Blue Period, which was released on this social network, we can see a little of what we will have in this film, some of these scenes will surely already be familiar to you if you are a follower of the work, either reading the manga or if you saw the anime. To mention some of these important moments, we see Yatora Yaguchi, protagonist of this story going out partying with his friends, encountering the painting that made him fall in love with art, we also got a glimpse of some other pivotal characters such as: Ryūji Ayukawa, Yotasuke Takahash and Maru Mori, who, in fact, is the first person to push Yaguchi on his artistic path.
According to the information released by Blue Period‘s official account, the film is scheduled to be released in theaters in Japan on August 9, 2024. The director in charge of this film is Kentaro Hagiwara, and the script is written by Reiko Yoshida. In the same way the actors who will play the main characters have already been announced, these will be: Gordon Maeda as Yatora Yaguchi, Fumiya Takahashi as Ryuji Ayukawa, Rihito Itagaki as Yotasuke Takahashi, Hiyori Sakurada as Maru Mori. Finally, Yuuki “Yaffle” Kojima is the music composer for the film.
The reaction to the news from Blue Period fans was quite positive, as in the comments the audience showed their excitement to see this movie by saying things like: “I would be happy if more people would take this as an opportunity to get interested in the original work! I’ll definitely go see it. this manga is interesting too! Learn about art too! I recommend it.” Some people likewise commented on the choice of Gordon Maeda to play Yaguchi, saying that it had been spot on.
Although the response from most people was very good, there were comments from people who were a little worried about the final result of this adaptation. And their concern is not unfounded, since many times live action movies end up being very bad and are not liked by the public. And considering that the anime also did not have the expected reception, it is quite logical that Blue Period fans share this feeling of doubt about whether this film will truly convey the essence of the story created by Tsubasa Yamaguchi.
For his part, Tsubasa Yamaguchi celebrated this event by posting a special illustration on his Twitter/X account where we see Yaguchi with his painting tools along with some cameras and filming equipment of a movie. We also have the release date and the entire image is in the characteristic blue tones that represent Yatora Yaguchi and much of the setting of Blue Period. Hopefully we will have a trailer later that will allow us to see a little more of what we can expect from this film. Are you excited about this news? Would you watch this live action or would you prefer a second season of the anime?
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