It has been announced that Season 2 of the TV anime “Grand Blue” will be produced. Six years after Season 1 was broadcast in 2018, the announcement was accompanied by the release of a teaser visual. Congratulatory comments were also received from the original author, staff, and cast members including Uchida Yuuma, Kimura Ryohei, Yasumoto Hiroki, Konishi Katsuyuki, Anzai Chika, Uchida Maaya, Yukinari Toa, and Asumi Kana.
“Grand Blue” is a TV anime based on the nude youth diving comedy by Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka, which is currently being serialized in “good! Afternoon” and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. The story follows Kitahara Iori, who is noticed by the university’s diving club “Peek a Boo” soon after entering the university, as he joins the club’s mayhem and lives his college life surrounded by lovable nude guys. Season 1 aired from July to September 2018.
The decision to produce Season 2 was announced during a live broadcast of “Grand Blue Friday Radio” on September 29th. It is a sequel that comes six years after the broadcast of Season 1 in 2018. In Season 2, the story begins when Iori, who has returned to Izu after completing his diving license course in Okinawa, receives a letter from his younger sister, Shiori. Iori’s college life surrounded by lovable naked guys begins again with an attack by his sister, the Ome Women’s University school festival, a courage test, a date, and a deserted island camping trip.
The teaser visual released with the announcement shows the members of the diving club “Peek a Boo (commonly known as PaB)” toasting under the summer sky. To commemorate the decision to produce Season 2, Kenji Inoue, who is in charge of the original story, commented, and Kimitake Yoshioka, who is in charge of the manga, sent in an illustration of the PaB members in full attire. Is Season 2 aiming to raise awareness of diving?! Keep an eye out for the male members of PaB, who are unusually well-dressed.
It was also revealed that Zero-G, which produced Season 1, will team up with Lieber for the animation production. On behalf of the staff, Director, Scriptwriter, and Sound Director Takamatsu Shinji, who continues from Season 1, commented, and Character Designer and Chief Animation Director Kusama Hideoki contributed an illustration. In a mysterious magazine? with Tokita and Kotobuki’s backs on the cover, Iori and Kohei express their joy at the news that Season 2 is being made, raising expectations for the main story.
Also, the cast members who play the PaB members, including Uchida Yuuma, who plays the main character Kitahara Iori, Kimura Ryohei, Yasumoto Hiroki, Konishi Katsuyuki, Anzai Chika, Uchida Maaya, Yukinari Toa, and Asumi Kana, have also made comments, so be sure to check them out as well.
In addition, to commemorate the decision to produce Season 2, almost all episodes of the original manga, excluding the latest episode, are available for free until 11:59 PM on October 3rd on Shonen Magazine’s official free manga app “Magapoke,” Kodansha’s official manga app and web site “Comic DAYS,” and the American manga app “K MANGA.” Season 1 (all 12 episodes) is also available for free worldwide (excluding some countries and regions) until 11:59 PM on October 11th on YouTube’s “NBCUniversal Anime/Music.”
Additionally, the original soundtrack for Season 1 will be distributed, and the Season 1 Blu-ray Box and ending theme CD will be available for purchase at the Anime Times Store, so be sure to check it out in preparation for Season 2.
TV anime “Grand Blue” information
■ Broadcasting and distribution information
[Season 1 distribution]
● Monthly unlimited viewing services
d Anime Store, U-NEXT, Bandai Channel, Hulu, DMM TV, AT-DX
● Individual payment services
Prime Video, Bandai Channel, Video Market, music.jp , Niconico Channel, Rakuten TV, HAPPY!
Video , Kanter Douga
* Broadcast and distribution dates and times are subject to change due to circumstances.
Season 1 Blu-ray BOX, on sale now!
[Staff]
Original work: Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka (serialized in Kodansha’s “good! Afternoon”)
Director, scriptwriter, and sound director: Shinji Takamatsu
Character design and chief animation director: Hideoki Kusama
Chief animation director: Yoichi Ueda
Art director: Reiji Kasuga
Prop design: jimao
Color design: Aiko Matsuyama
Director of photography: Naoyuki Kato
Editing: Shun Tokuda
Sound production: Saber Links
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Animation production : Zero G x Lieber
[Cast]
Kitahara Iori: Uchida Yuuma Imamura Kohei :
Kimura Ryohei Tokita Shinji : Yasumoto Hiroshi Kiju Ryujiro: Konishi Katsuyuki Kotegawa Chisa:
Anzai Chika Kotegawa Nanaka: Uchida Maaya Hamaoka Azusa: Yukinari Toa Yoshiwara Mana: Asumi Kana Nojima Gen: Eguchi Takuya Yamamoto Shinichiro: Enoki Junya Mitarai Yu: Hanae Natsuki Fujiwara Kenta: Robert Waterman Kudo Chairman: Fukuyama Jun Kotegawa Toshio: Kawada Shinji Mizuki Kaya: Mizuki Nana
(C) Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Kodansha / Grand Blue 2 Production Committee
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