Grand Blue Season 2 TV Anime Announced After Six Years; Everything we know so far

The long-awaited second season of Grand Blue has been officially announced six years after the first season ended. The exciting news was revealed during a special radio broadcast to mark the Grand Blue manga’s 10th anniversary, much to the delight of fans who have been eagerly awaiting the return of this popular series.

The first season’s production team will return for the sequel, with Shinji Takamatsu reprising his roles as director, screenwriter and sound director. Hideoki Kusama will return as character designer and chief animation director, while Yoichi Ueda will also serve as chief animation director. Studios ZERO-G and Liber are collaborating again to handle animation production.

A teaser image has been released showing the main characters in a celebratory pose, marking the exciting return of the series. Along with this announcement, additional details about the cast for Season 2 were revealed. Reiko Kasuga will provide art direction and Yukari Hashimoto will compose the music, ensuring the same creative energy that made the first season a success is maintained.

Fans will be thrilled to know that the original voice cast from Season 1 will be reprising their roles. These include Yuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara, Ryohei Kimura as Kouhei Imamura and Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa. Other recurring cast members include Hiroki Yasumoto, Katsuyuki Konishi, Toa Yukinari, Maaya Uchida and Kana Asumi, all of whom played important roles in the series’ comedic and chaotic moments.

Grand Blue Dreaming, commonly known as Grand Blue, is a popular Japanese manga series written by Kenji Inoue and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka. The series was renamed Good! serialized. Kodansha’s afternoon magazine since 2014. It first received an anime adaptation in 2018, produced by ZERO-G and aired from July to September of that year. The manga has also been licensed in English by Kodansha, allowing international fans to follow the hilarious story.

The series follows Iori Kitahara, a young man who moves to a coastal town to study and ends up working in his uncle’s diving shop. The story explores Iori’s immersion in a chaotic, alcohol-filled college life as he forges friendships with a rowdy group of friends while learning about scuba diving.

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