Blue Box Reveals October Debut Date in Second PV
Sports anime Blue Box premieres in October. A second PV has been released.
Blue Box has dropped a second PV with more scenes taking place on the court.
The second PV of Blue Box was revealed at Anime Japan 2024, and shows more of the basketball and badminton scenes along with introducing more characters. Chiaki Kobayashi will portray Kyo Kasahara while Yūma Uchida portrays Kengo Haryū. Blue Box debuts in October 2024. A second key visual of the main characters making a box with their fingers was also released.
Blue Box‘s production will be helmed by Telecom Animation Film with UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS overlooking the planning and production. Yuichiro Yano (Lupin III) will helm the series as the director with Yūko Kakihara (Buddy Daddies) writing the script. Miho Tanino, who designed the characters for Tower of God, will also design the characters for Blue Box and dropped a new illustration to celebrate.
Shōya Chiba plays Taiki Inomata. Reina Ueda has signed on to voice Chinatsu Kano and the anime has welcomed Akari Kitō as Hina Chono.
Written and illustrated by Kouji Miura, Blue Box began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump in April 2021. The manga initially began as a one-shot in 2020 and is available to read on the platform. The story revolves around the relationship between Taiki Inomata and Chinatsu Kano. Taiki is in love with his upper classmate Chinatsu and trains everyday with her, despite being on two completely different teams — one badminton and the other basketball. Suddenly, Taiki finds himself seeing more and more of Chinatsu when she moves in with his family after her parents have to work abroad. The manga focuses on the two’s budding relationship as they work towards playing in nationals for their respective sports.
Blue Box is available to read on Viz Media and Manga Plus. The anime premieres in October.
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