Blue Box's Romance Dates Its Premiere With A Trailer

A new promotional video for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Kouji Miura, "Blue Box (Ao no Hako)," was revealed during the AnimeJapan 2024 event. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for the Fall-2024 season (October-December) in Japan.

More voice cast members were also revealed, including:

• Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyo Kasahara
• Yuuma Uchida as Kengo Haryuu

Kouji Miura began publishing the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in April 2021. Kouji Miura is also the author of other manga such as "Sensei, Suki desu." and "Aozora Rubber", while "Ao no Hako" is based on a one-shot he published in 2020.

Voice Cast

• Queen Ueda (Kanao Tsuruyi in Kimetsu no Yaiba, Ganyu in Genshin Impact) as Chinatsu Kano.
• Shoya Chiba (Kiyotaka Ayanokoji in Classroom of the Elite) as Taiki Inomata
• Akari Kito (Nezuko Kamado in Kimetsu no Yaiba, Suzune Horikita in Classroom of the Elite) as Hina Chouno

Production Equipment

• Yuuichirou Yano (Kami no Tou: Tower of God, Kimi ni Todoke, Lupin III: PART IV) is directing the anime at Telecom Animation Film Studios, while UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS is handling the planning and production of the project.
• Yuuko Kakihara (Orange, Hataraku Saibou, Tsuki ga Kirei) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
• Miho Tanino (Kami no Tou: Tower of God, Tsukumogami Kashimasu, Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation) is in charge of character design and animation direction.

Synopsis of Blue Box

Taiki Inomata, a third-year high school student, attends Eimei Academy, an integrated school with a major sports program. Having made the high school's badminton team, Taiki tries to attend open workouts as soon as possible. But no matter how early I go, the second one always arrives at the gym. The person who is one step ahead of him is Chinatsu Kano, a freshman at the high school who has a crush on Taiki. Chinatsu is the rising star of the basketball team, and the difference between her and Taiki couldn't be greater.

Although Taiki is a decent badminton player, his popularity is nowhere near Chinatsu's, making it even less likely that his feelings will be reciprocated. However, in a strange twist of fate, he ends up living in Taiki's house! Wishing to become a worthy rival for Chinatsu, Taiki pursues the same dream as his girlfriend: to participate in the Nationals. Taiki starts training harder than ever, all in order to establish a strong relationship with her new housemate.

Source: Comic Natalie

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