A second teaser trailer has been released for the Blue Box anime adaptation.
Accompanying its release were additional cast details and the reveal of an October premiere window and some key staff members. The latter includes Yuuichiro Yano (Lupin the 3rd Part 5) as director, Yuko Kakihara (The Apothecary Diaries) as series composer, and Miho Tanino (Blue Thermal) as character designer.
The newly announced cast members are Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyo Kasahara and Yuma Uchida as Kengo Haryu.
Blue Box is based on the manga by Kouji Miura, which began serialization in 2021 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. 14 volumes have been published as of March 2024. The manga was originally a 2020 one-shot.
Viz Media describes the plot as:
Taiki admires Chinatsu from afar, but he doubts that she sees him in the same way. Yet somehow, he musters up the courage to tell her to never give up on her dreams! After such a bold declaration, will Taiki’s fleeting high school romance finally begin?
Staff
• Animation production: Telecom Animation Film
Cast
• Shouya Chiba as Taiki
• Ueda Reina as Chinatsu
• Akari Kitou as Hina
Source: TMS Anime Official Channel YouTube channel
