Grand Blue Anime Season 2 Gets Officially Announced!
The official X account of Grand Blue announced on Sep 29, 2024, that the anime is returning for a second season six years after the broadcast of season 1 in 2018.
Season 2 will continue the story after Iori completes a diving course in Okinawa. The plot kicks off when Iori returns home and receives a letter from his younger sister, Shiori.
A teaser image of the characters celebrating under the summer sky has been released alongside the announcement.
Zero-G, the studio behind Season 1, will return for Season 2, this time teaming up with Liber.
Shinji Takamatsu will reprise his role as director, scriptwriter, and sound director, with Hideoki Kusama serving as the character designer and chief animation director.
Key cast members, including Yuma Uchida as Iori, Ryohei Kimura as Kohei Imamura, Hiroki Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita, Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryujiro Kotobuki, Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa, Maaya Uchida as Nanaka Kotegawa, Takuya Eguchi as Hajime Nojima, and Kana Asumi as Aina Yoshiwara, will also be returning.
Author Kenji Inoue expressed his excitement about the sequel, commenting, “I’m delighted that even after such a long gap, people are still eager for a sequel. It makes me wonder if diving has sparked this much interest among fans! After all, this manga was originally created with the purpose of promoting the marine sport of diving!”.
Manga illustrator Kimitake Yoshioka shared an illustration in celebration of the announcement.
The first season of Grand Blue aired from July 14 to Sep 29, 2018. The series ran for 12 episodes.
A live-action film was released on Aug 7, 2020. It was directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa.
Grand Blue Dreamingalso known as Grand Blueis a Japanese manga series written by Kenji Inoue and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka. It has been serialized in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Good! Afternoon since April 2014.
The first volume was released on Nov 7, 2014. As of April 2024, twenty-two volumes have been released.
The manga is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics imprint.
Source: X, Comic Natalie
