The official website has released a new trailer for the Blue Box (Ao no Hako) anime. Furthermore, fans learned the series' premiere date
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Therefore, the premiere of Ao no Hako (Blue Box) will take place on October 3, 2024, in Japan. Netflix also confirmed the series will be shown from October 4th. In the trailer, we can still hear the opening theme Same Blue, by the band Official HIGE DANDism, and the ending theme Teenage Blue, by EVE.
Anime production:
- Original manga: Kōji Miura ( Weekly Shonen Jump , Shueisha)
- Animation studio: Telecom Animation Film (Nagatoro-san, Tower of God)
- Anime director: Yuichiro Yano
- Composition: Yuko Kakihara
- Character designer: Miho Tanino
- Music: Ko Oomama
Synopsis of Blue Box:
Taiki plays badminton and likes Chinatsu, who plays basketball. Although they both train together every morning, until one spring day, their relationship takes an unexpected turn. Chinatsu ends up moving in with Taiki, who decides to take the opportunity to try even harder in sports and create a bond with his new partner and romantic interest.
Therefore Miura originally began drawing the Ao no Hako manga Weekly Shounen Jump in August 2020. The manga began serialization in the magazine in April 2021, with its chapters collected into 16 tankōbon volumes as of August 2024. However, Shueisha also simultaneously publishes the series in English for free on the Manga Plus app and website.
Finally, in February 2022, Viz Media announced that it had licensed the series in print format; the first volume was released on November 1 of the same year.
Source: Official Website
