During a special broadcast held through the
official NBCUniversal YouTube channel , it was announced that
the anime adaptation of the manga written by Kenji Inoue and
illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka , “ Grand Blue ” already has a
second season in production. The premiere date will be announced soon.
The new season begins with Iori returning to Izu after
completing his diving training in Okinawa and receiving a letter from his
younger sister, Shiori.
Kimitake Yoshioka shared a
special illustration to celebrate the announcement of the sequel.
Studio Zero-G is returning to
handle animation for this season, but this time they’re joined by studio Liber .
Reprising their roles are staff members Shinji Takamatsu , who
continues as director, scriptwriter, and sound director, Hideoki Kusama as
character designer and chief animation director, Yoichi Ueda as
co-animation director, Aiko Matsuyama as color palette artist,
and Saber Links as the studio responsible for sound
production.
Cast of
voices
- Yuuma Uchida as
Iori Kitahara.
- Ryohei Kimura as
Kohei Imamura.
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita.
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryuujiro Kotobuki.
- Chika Anzai as
Chisa Kotegawa.
- Maaya Uchida as
Nanaka Kotegawa.
- Toa Yukinari as Azusa Hamaoka.
- Kana Asumi as
Aina Yoshiwara.
- Takuya Eguchi as Hajime Nojima.
- Junya Enoki as
Shinichiro Yamamoto.
- Natsuki Hanae as
Yu Mitarai.
- Robert Waterman as Kenta Fujiwara.
- Jun Fukuyama as
Captain Kudo.
- Shinji Kawada as Toshio Kotegawa.
- Nana Mizuki as Kaya Mizuki.
Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka began publishing the manga in Kodansha Good! Afternoon magazine in April 2014, where it is still serialized despite constant suspensions due to the writer's unstable health. A twelve-episode anime adaptation aired during the Summer 2018 season (July-September) , produced by Zero-G studios .
Grand Blue Synopsis
Iori Kitahara moves to the coastal city of Izu for his
first year of college and takes up residence at Grand Blue, his uncle's diving
shop. Iori has high hopes and dreams of having the ideal college experience,
but when he enters the shop he becomes absorbed in the alcoholic activities of
the carefree members of the Diving Club who frequent the shop. Persuaded by
upperclassmen Shinji Tokita and Ryuujirou Kotobuki, Iori reluctantly joins
their strange party.
His cousin Chisa Kotegawa later walks in and catches
him red-handed, earning Iori her utter contempt. Based on the popular comic
manga by Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka, Grand Blue follows Iori’s
misadventures with his eccentric new friends as he strives to realize his ideal
college dream, while also learning to scuba dive.
Source: Comic Natalie
