 The official website of the television anime adapting Tsubasa Yamaguchi's Blue Period manga revealed the staff and a teaser visual (pictured) on Thursday. The anime series is scheduled for a 2021 airing.Chief Director: Koji Masunari (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Uchuu Show e Youkoso) Director: Katsuya Asano (Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Vrains, Madan no Ou to Vanadis episode director) Series Composition, Script: Reiko Yoshida (Violet Evergarden, Bakuman.) Character Design: Tomoyuki Shitaya (Shokugeki no Souma, Sakurada Reset) Studio: Seven Arcs Monthly Afternoon began serializing the school drama manga in June 2017. Kodansha published the ninth volume on January 21, with the tenth volume planned for a May 21 release. Blue Period has a cumulative 3 million copies of its volumes in print. Source: Comic Natalie |
VindstotApr 27, 2021 8:46 AM
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Dragevard said: The big question is... is this yaoi? I haven't read the manga. Looking at the discussions/reviews it looks like LGBT+ themes are explored (specifically transgender and/or crossdressing, though there may be more), but they don't necessarily drive the story. |
| This looks amazing! Can't decide if I should read the manga before or after. |
Dragevard said: The big question is... is this yaoi? It is not, its a slice of life, drama that focuses on the MC search for his passion |
| Not sure about this, I guess I had too high of expectations. Seeing Arte and Tonikaku Kawaii as studio's previous and most recent works doesn't inspire much confidence for this being some high quality production and director's only previous work is Yugioh vrains. THough chief director seems reliable and so does the scriptwriter. Guess we'll see but I am not expecting too much. |
TsarkoMar 24, 2021 10:26 AM
| Never heard of this one I see a character that cross dresses. He will most likely be treated like a joke with plenty of stereotypes just like every other lgbt character in existence in anime |
| A total blue Key Visual, heh. |
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| I know this series has quite a bit of praise. Looking forward to a good SOL drama. So many good titles getting adapted this year along with originals with potential. |
Dragevard said: The big question is... is this yaoi? Should it be? This is a dramatic hobby seinen SoL that touches on some LGBTQ topics, but it has never been a major or very important focus. Xenocrisi said: Never heard of this one I see a character that cross dresses. He will most likely be treated like a joke with plenty of stereotypes just like every other lgbt character in existence in anime As mentioned above, this manga has a pretty positive attitude towards crossdresser characters. Although of course, certain folks take it much higher than the original story. |
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| Definitely not the studio I was hoping for, and the director doesn't inspire much confidence ether. I hope it's good... |
| "Otaku search for patterns within data presented and draw conclusions. Anime fans only see clones and copies." -artificialnightsky |
Xenocrisi said: Just like every other character in anime.Never heard of this one I see a character that cross dresses. He will most likely be treated like a joke with plenty of stereotypes just like every other lgbt character in existence in anime |
Xenocrisi said: Never heard of this one I see a character that cross dresses. He will most likely be treated like a joke with plenty of stereotypes just like every other lgbt character in existence in anime Manga reader here!! Yuka’s gender identity is actually treated super seriously and with respect. As a nonbinary fella myself, I love how it’s handled and can’t wait for y’all to see :’) |
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| Really looking forward to it. =) |
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beargolfer said: Xenocrisi said: Never heard of this one I see a character that cross dresses. He will most likely be treated like a joke with plenty of stereotypes just like every other lgbt character in existence in anime Manga reader here!! Yuka’s gender identity is actually treated super seriously and with respect. As a nonbinary fella myself, I love how it’s handled and can’t wait for y’all to see :’) Yuka? This character isn't from main cast? |
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| The studio has me nervous. But the series comp/scriptwriter has me excited. She's done some great work. |
 "They escaped the weight of darkness, to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit. They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy, an emptiness that quells the null, a pool for the forgotten..." |
Yuka is in the main cast!! Ryuji Ayukawa is the full name, but he goes by Yuka :)! That's my bad, oops |
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beargolfer said: Yuka is in the main cast!! Ryuji Ayukawa is the full name, but he goes by Yuka :)! That's my bad, oops I see. So, are they a respected otokonoko character that is not used as fujoshi food or an androgynous fanservice? I love these characters, but I don't like when they are used as a loophole for BL teasing, which is quite common in seinen works. |
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RobertBobert said: I see. So, are they a respected otokonoko character that is not used as fujoshi food or an androgynous fanservice? I love these characters, but I don't like when they are used as a loophole for BL teasing, which is quite common in seinen works. No BL teasing whatsoever about it in Blue Period, you're good! They're just friends with the protagonist and that's their relationship. |
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| Someone mentioned the original manga before and it kinda caught my interest... should I bother with the anime or go for the manga as planned? Oh, Reiko Yoshida's working on this? The writing might be half-decent then. |
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beargolfer said: RobertBobert said: I see. So, are they a respected otokonoko character that is not used as fujoshi food or an androgynous fanservice? I love these characters, but I don't like when they are used as a loophole for BL teasing, which is quite common in seinen works. No BL teasing whatsoever about it in Blue Period, you're good! They're just friends with the protagonist and that's their relationship. Well, I'm more than sure people already ship them, but that's not a problem lol. The only thing I want is that if their gender identity is really important, then that is not the only character trait. I love how Made in Abyss did it with Nanachi, even though their gender was canonically hidden. |
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| While the chief director and script writer are fairly experienced the director choice worries me |
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DemonicFang said: Xenocrisi said: Just like every other character in anime.Never heard of this one I see a character that cross dresses. He will most likely be treated like a joke with plenty of stereotypes just like every other lgbt character in existence in anime Sure, now make me a list of cis gender and straight characters whose sexuality and gender identity are treated as a joke. Hint |
| Haven't read the manga yet, but when this was first announced, those who have read the manga gave high praises to it. SO I got excited for this. As an ex-artist, the subject of the story appealed to me. But now that we've gotten the studio and staff for it ehhh...time to lower my expectations quite a bit. The manga seems to be pretty successful, so to see it get the short end of the stick studio and staff-wise is a bit disappointing. All the works this studio has put out all have pretty low ratings here on MAL. Read the reviews for their more recent works, and nothing positive said about the visuals, which seems like it should be a very key thing for a manga life this. The director choice doesn't instill much confidence in it being good, since their only other recent work is a Yugioh anime. Only the Script writer seems the most competent. Will wait for the PV, hopefully that'll make me more optimistic. But even if the PV looks good, it can still be a crappy adaption as a whole. I know I'm being pretty negative, but its pretty common to see a really great manga/LN/Webcomic/etc get mediocre anime adaptations. |
giveup-the-ghostMar 24, 2021 6:06 PM
| That's a really nice Key Visual! I had my expectations low since beginning since I just can't imagine how this anime will be in anime form, but now I'm quite excited actually. |
| This will probably be the not-so-experienced director's biggest work, hope it ends out fine |
| I have a bad feeling about seven arcs but hopefully everything else would be good. KV looks incredible |
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| oh no my hidden gem getting exposed |
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