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Grand Blue
Cover of the first Grand Blue manga volume
ぐらんぶる
(Guranburu)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byKenji Inoue
Illustrated byKimitake Yoshioka
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineGood! Afternoon
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 2014 – present
Volumes11 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byShinji Takamatsu
Written byShinji Takamatsu
StudioZero-G
Licensed byAmazon Video (streaming)
Original networkMBS, TBS, BS-TBS, AT-X
Original run July 14, 2018 – September 29, 2018
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Grand Blue (ぐらんぶる, Guranburu), also known as Grand Blue Dreaming, is 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 and has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics impint. An anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from July 14 to September 29, 2018, in the Animeism programming block on MBS.

Plot

Iori Kitahara looks forward to his new life on the Izu Peninsula as he prepares to start his college life there, staying in a room above his uncle's diving shop "Grand Blue." However, he is quickly shocked as he meets the local Diving Club, a group full of buff men who spend more time drinking, partying, and stripping naked than actually diving. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the group, Iori gets quickly swept up in their antics, while his cousins try to show him the wonders of diving into the ocean.

Characters

Iori Kitahara (北原 伊織, Kitahara Iori)
Voiced by: Yūma Uchida[2]
The main protagonist, a first year Mechanical Engineering student at Izu University who has never learned to swim, despite being part of the diving club. Though he initially tries to live a normal life, Iori keeps getting pulled into the "Peek a Boo" Diving Club's activities that often end with him drunk and naked. Iori has surprising skill in playing tennis and other activities that involve precise aim.
Chisa Kotegawa (古手川 千紗, Kotegawa Chisa)
Voiced by: Chika Anzai[2]
Iori's cousin and classmate at Izu University. Compared to most of the others in Peek a Boo, Chisa is the most level-headed and rarely parties with the group, instead preferring to concentrate on her studies and the actual diving.
Toshio Kotegawa (古手川 登志夫, Kotegawa Toshio)
Voiced by: Shinji Kawada[3]
The owner of the diving shop Grand Blue and Iori's uncle.
Nanaka Kotegawa (古手川 奈々華, Kotegawa Nanaka)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida[2]
A voluptuous woman and diving instructor at Grand Blue who mostly observes the diving club's antics. She is secretly infatuated with Chisa, despite being her sister.
Kōhei Imamura (今村 耕平, Imamura Kōhei)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura[2]
The chief rival/friend and classmate of Iori. Kohei is a hardcore otaku who often wears shirts with his favorite anime girl character on them. He came to the university to chase his near-impossible dream of running a harem of cute high-school girls. He ends up getting roped into Peek a Boo and is easily manipulated through his love of famous voice actors. He later becomes obsessed with Iori's little sister.
Shinji Tokita (時田 信治, Tokita Shinji)
Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto[2]
A senior student at Izu and member of Peek a Boo who often gets himself and other club members drunk and naked. Allegedly has a girlfriend, but she has not been shown.
Ryūjirō Kotobuki (寿 竜次郎, Kotobuki Ryūjirō)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[2]
A senior student at Izu and member of Peek a Boo who often gets himself and other club members drunk and naked. Also works as a professional bartender part-time.
Azusa Hamaoka (浜岡 梓, Hamaoka Azusa)
Voiced by: Toa Yukinari[2]
A senior student from Oumi Women's College and member of Peek a Boo who often parties with the other senior members, despite being one of the few women in the club. Azusa also admits to being bisexual, being attracted to both Tokita and Nanaka, and mistakenly thinks Iori is sexually attracted to Kohei.
Aina Yoshiwara (吉原 愛菜, Yoshiwara Aina)
Voiced by: Kana Asumi[2]
A freshman from Oumi Women's College and junior member of the Tennis Club "Tinkerbell." Nicknamed "Cakey" due to the large amount of makeup she puts on her face in an attempt to be more popular with guys. Aina later joins Peek a Boo after Iori and Kohei stand up for her. Without her makeup on, Aina is much more mild-mannered, and often plays the tsukkomi role to the crazy antics around her.
Captain Kudō (工藤会長, Kudō-kaichō)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[3]
The Captain of the Tennis Club "Tinkerbell" and a beautiful young man who is attracted to Azusa.
Kaya Mizuki (水木 カヤ, Mizuki Kaya)
Voiced by: Nana Mizuki[3]
Famous voice actor and idol who is worshipped by Kohei.
Hajime Nojima (野島 元, Nojima Hajime)
Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi[3]
One of Iori's classmates at Izu University. A self-styled playboy who is largely unsuccessful in attracting a lover.
Shinichirō Yamamoto (山本 信一郎, Yamamoto Shin'ichirō)
Voiced by: Junya Enoki[3]
One of Iori's classmates at Izu University. Incredibly blunt in his desire to find a girlfriend.
Kenta Fujiwara (藤原 健太, Fujiwara Kenta)
Voiced by: Robert Waterman[3]
One of Iori's classmates at Izu University. A muscular man who is jealous of Iori supposedly getting Chisa's affection.
Yū Mitarai (御手洗 優, Mitarai Yū)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[3]
One of Iori's classmates at Izu University. Unlike most of the others, Yu is in a relationship with his childhood friend Rie, which his friends immediately attempt to sabotage once they find out.
Shiori Kitahara (北原 栞, Kitahara Shiori)
Iori's little sister, a third-year middle school student who often walks around in an old-fashioned kimono. She pretends to show affection to Iori while secretly trying to mold him into taking ownership of their family's ryokan so she will not have to, as their father trusts her more.

Media

Manga

As of July 6, 2018, the manga has been published by Kodansha in eleven tankōbon volumes.[4] Kodansha USA is publishing the series digitally in English under the name of Grand Blue Dreaming with nine volumes published as of May 8, 2018.[5]

Volume list

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 November 7, 2014[6]978-4-06-387990-2
2 December 5, 2014[7]978-4-06-388018-2
3 April 7, 2015[8]978-4-06-388053-3
4 September 7, 2015[9]978-4-06-388081-6
5 February 5, 2016[10]978-4-06-388115-8
6 August 5, 2016[11]978-4-06-388164-6
7 December 7, 2016[12]978-4-06-388220-9
8 April 7, 2017[13]978-4-06-388249-0
9 October 6, 2017[14]978-4-06-388290-2
10 March 7, 2018[15]978-4-06-511096-6
11 July 6, 2018[4]978-4-06-511979-2

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the Good! Afternoon magazine's fourth issue of 2018 on March 7.[16] The anime series is written and directed by Shinji Takamatsu, with Takamatsu also handling sound direction, Zero-G produced the animation and Hideoki Kusama designed the characters.[17] It aired from July 14[a] to September 29, 2018, and broadcast on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, BS-TBS, and AT-X. The series is also streamed exclusively on Amazon Video worldwide. The opening theme song titled "Grand Blue" is performed by Shōnan no Kaze, while the ending theme song titled "Konpeki no al Fine" (紺碧のアル・フィーネ) is performed by Izu no Kaze (a group formed by Yūma Uchida, Ryohei Kimura, Hiroki Yasumoto, and Katsuyuki Konishi).[18] The series ran for 12 episodes.[19]

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No. Title[b] Original air date

Notes

  1. ^ The series is listed to premiere on July 13 at 26:25, which is the same as July 14 at 2:25 AM.[18]
  2. ^ All English titles are taken from Amazon Video.

References

  1. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (June 1, 2018). "Watch Grand Blue Dreaming Cast Hit the Waves in Short Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 27, 2018). "Grand Blue Dreaming Anime Reveals Main Cast, New Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Loo, Egan (July 8, 2018). "Grandblue Dreaming Anime Reveals 7 More Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  4. ^ a b ぐらんぶる(11) (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Grand Blue Dreaming, Volume 9". Kodansha USA. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  6. ^ ぐらんぶる(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  7. ^ ぐらんぶる(2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  8. ^ ぐらんぶる(3) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  9. ^ ぐらんぶる(4) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  10. ^ ぐらんぶる(5) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  11. ^ ぐらんぶる(6) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  12. ^ ぐらんぶる(7) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  13. ^ ぐらんぶる(8) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  14. ^ ぐらんぶる(9) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  15. ^ ぐらんぶる(10) (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  16. ^ "Grand Blue Dreaming Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  17. ^ "Grand Blue Dreaming TV Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, Staff, Summer Premiere". Anime News Network. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  18. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 1, 2018). "Grand Blue Dreaming Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals July 13 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  19. ^ "BD/DVD" (in Japanese). Retrieved July 15, 2018.
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