The first 25-episode season of the Blue Box anime—which adapts the manga of the same name by Koji Miura—ended today, bringing some big news with it. Blue Box season 2 is officially a go, with more details to be divulged at a later date.
While we wait for additional info, you can see the announcement video looking back at some of the first season’s key events below.
Blue Box Season 2 Announcement
Character designer Miho Tanino also shared a piece of celebratory art that doubles as a birthday tribute to author Koji Miura.
Yūichiro Yano of Lupin the Third: Part 5 directed the first season, with Yuko Kakihara (Buddy Daddies) on scripts and Miho Tanino (Tower of God) on character designs for the Telecom Animation Film production.
The original manga is available on MANGA Plus in the digital format, and in print through VIZ Media. MANGA Plus gave this description for the plot:
Blue Box Plot
Taiki Inomata is on the boys’ badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He’s in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn … And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports and youth!
Blue Box got its start four years ago in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. While it was initially published as a one-shot, it turned into a series, with VIZ Media having released eleven volumes so far. The twelfth volume comes out on October 1 in America, just days before the anime begins. Meanwhile, sixteen volumes of the manga have been released in Japan.
Source: Official YouTube