The official website has updated fans and released a new Blue Box (Ao no Hako) anime trailer and promotional image.
Therefore, Ao no Hako (Blue Box) premiered on October 3, 2024, in Japan. Netflix also broadcasts the series.
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
Blue Box Synopsis:
Taiki plays badminton and likes Chinatsu, who plays basketball. Although they train together every morning, one spring day their relationship takes an unexpected turn. Chinatsu ends up moving in with Taiki, who decides to seize the opportunity to work even harder at sports and bond with his new roommate and romantic interest.
Therefore Miura originally began drawing the manga as a one-shot in Weekly Shounen Jump in August 2020. The manga began serialization in the magazine in April 2021, with its chapters collected in 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
