Grand Blue Anime Set to Return for a Second Season
A second season of the Grand Blue anime adaptation has been announced with a teaser visual.
To commemorate, the entirety of Season 1, which premiered in 2018, has been uploaded to YouTube with English subtitles and will be available until October 11 at 11:59 PM JST.
Grand Blue is based on the Kodansha-published manga written by Kenji Inoue and drawn by Kimitake Yoshioka. It started serialization in Good! Afternoon in 2014 and has 22 volumes as of April 2024. Kodansha USA describes the premise as:
After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Kenji Inoue and au naturel authority Kimitake Yoshioka bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics!
The anime’s first season was a Zero-g production directed by Shinji Takamatsu (RoboHachi director, Helck sound director), who also served as scriptwriter and sound director. Hideaoki Kusama was the character designer.
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Source: @gb_anime