Blue Box
アオのハコ
Ao no Hako
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 25 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- ONA
- Season
- Fall 2024
- Studio
- Telecom Animation Film
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 3 Oct 2024
- Ended
- 20 Mar 2025
- Score
- 81/100
Romance Slice of Life Sports Heterosexual Primarily Teen Cast School Club Coming of Age Athletics Male Protagonist Badminton School
Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance? Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore! (Source: TMS Anime) Note: The series streamed a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Opening 1 Same Blue Official HIGE DANdism (episodes 1-12) Watch ↗
- Opening 2 Shikaraba Macaroni Enpitsu (episodes 13-25) Watch ↗
- Ending 1 Teenage Blue Eve (episodes 1-12) Watch ↗
- Ending 2 Contrast TOMOO (episodes 13-25) Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
Blue Box ↗ · アオのハコ
Manga · Finished · 28 volumes · 250 chapters · 2021–2026
Read it officially: Official English release ↗ BookWalker ↗ Amazon ↗
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Yūichirō Yano
- Original creator
- Kōji Miura
- Series Composition
- Yūko Kakihara
- Script
- Yūko Kakihara
- Character Design
- Miho Tanino
- Music
- Takashi Ōmama
- Art Director
- Ōnoo Fujii
- Chief Animation Director
- Manabu Nii, Aya Miyajima, Shinobu Ikakko
Japanese voice cast
- Shuji Yusa: Kenshō Ono
- Shōta Hyōdō: Yūki Ono
- Kazuma Matsuoka: Yūki Kaji
- Taiki Inomata: Shōya Chiba
- Karen Moriya: Haruka Shiraishi
- Chinatsu Kano: Reina Ueda
- Kengo Haryū: Yūma Uchida
- Hina Chōno: Akari Kitō
Latest news
- 18 Apr 2025 Blue Box Anime's English Dub Debuts
- 27 Mar 2025 Blue Box Anime Gets 2nd Season
- 23 Feb 2025 Blue Box Anime Casts Yūki Kaji
- 22 Dec 2024 Blue Box Anime Reveals New Cast, Theme Songs & Artists, January 2 2nd Half Debut
- 10 Nov 2024 Blue Box Anime Casts Yuki Ono, Kensho Ono
Episode titles (25)
- 1. Chinatsu Senpai
- 2. You Have to Go to Nationals
- 3. Chii
- 4. If He Wins
- 5. Aquarium
- 6. Wish Me Luck
- 7. Can I Have One?
- 8. Score!
- 9. I'll Be Rooting For You
- 10. It's Not a Good Thing
- 11. Uncool!
- 12. Girls...
- 13. I Want a Back-and-Forth Rally
- 14. What's the Connection?
- 15. August 26
- 16. Unfair Woman
- 17. Of Course I Want to See It
- 18. I Know
- 19. I've Got Plans
- 20. As One of Her Closest Friends
- 21. A Chance to Blossom
- 22. Inota!
- 23. Spinning
- 24. A Roller Coaster
- 25. Even So
Anime News Network readers rate it 7.23/10 (93 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Chinatsu Kano
鹿野千夏
Voiced by Reina Ueda
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Taiki Inomata
猪股大喜
Voiced by Shouya Chiba
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Hina Chouno
蝶野雛
Voiced by Akari Kitou
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Kyou Kasahara
笠原匡
Voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi
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Kengo Haryuu
針生健吾
Voiced by Yuuma Uchida
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Shuuji Yusa
遊佐柊仁
Voiced by Kenshou Ono
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- Related: Teenage Blue ↗
- Sequel: Blue Box Season 2 · Airing now
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