It’s official – Blue Box is coming again with a second season! The information was introduced by the anime’s official X (previously Twitter) account on Friday, proper after the ultimate episode of Season 1 aired in Japan. To have fun, the staff additionally launched a brand-new visible and teaser video to hype followers up!
The anime relies on the manga Blue Box (Ao no Hako) by Kōji Miura, and it is a mixture of romance, sports activities, and highschool drama. It follows Taiki Inomata, a boy on the badminton staff who has a crush on Chinatsu Kano, a basketball participant. Issues get fascinating once they begin residing underneath the identical roof!
Season 1 began airing in Japan on October 3, 2024, and ran for 2 cours (that is mainly half a 12 months). It was additionally accessible on Netflix in Japan beginning October 4, and it streamed on over 25 completely different platforms throughout the nation.
The second half of the season (the second cour) kicked off on January 2, 2025, with new opening and ending theme songs. The opening tune “Shikaraba” was carried out by Macaroni Enpitsu, and the ending theme “Distinction” was by TOMOO. Earlier within the season, followers loved “Identical Blue” by Official HiGE DANdism and “Teenage Blue” by Eve.
The anime’s manufacturing staff contains some large names:
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Directed by Yūichirō Yano (recognized for Moyashimon and Lupin the Third: Half 5)
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Collection scripts dealt with by Yūko Kakihara (Buddy Daddies, Cells at Work!)
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Character design by Miho Tanino (Tower of God, Blue Thermal)
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Produced by Telecom Animation Movie and UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS
The voice forged options Shōya Chiba as Taiki and Reina Ueda as Chinatsu, together with a robust supporting forged.
For manga readers, Blue Box can be accessible in English on Shueisha’s MANGA Plus platform. The collection started as a one-shot in 2020 and began full serialization in 2021. As of now, over 6.2 million copies are in circulation! The manga’s nineteenth quantity got here out in Japan on March 4, 2025, with Viz Media releasing Quantity 14 in English on the identical day.
With Season 2 formally on the way in which, followers can stay up for extra heart-pounding sports activities motion and candy romantic moments. Keep tuned for extra updates
