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Blue Period
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
- Cast:
- Hiromu Mineta, Yumiri Hanamori, Daiki Yamashita, Kengo Kawanishi
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan
- Network:
- MBS, TBS, CBC, HBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 4.5Awakening to the Joy of Painting
2021-10-02 · 24mLife and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 4.0He's Not Tanned At All
2021-10-09 · 24mYatora enters the art club. Over summer break he takes part in special training to improve his skills after switching his college choice to art school.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 3.7Prep School Debut of the Dead
2021-10-16 · 24mYatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 4.0Where Are We Headed?
2021-10-23 · 24mTAI's night students join the intimidating afternoon classes to gear up for the next competition as the stress of art exams weigh on Yatora's friends.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 4.0Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
2021-10-30 · 24mAs exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 5.0Serious Mental Breakdown
2021-11-06 · 24mYatora experiments with various tools to find a secret weapon that will boost his art while exam stress begins to wear on the students' health.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 4.0The Start of the First Exam
2021-11-13 · 24mOba tells Yatora his weakness, which sends him spiraling. But a heart-to-heart with a close friend reignites his confidence as the first exam begins!
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E08
Episode 8
★ 4.0Brain-Racking
2021-11-20 · 24mThe first exam subject is "self-portrait." A mishap gives Yatora the hint he needs; Oba takes the class to a museum before exam results are announced.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 3.4Wandering Knife
2021-11-27 · 24mThree move on to the second exam, including Yatora, who must master "color." Yatora worries after Yuka gets a seedy job and refuses to go to art school.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 3.0Our Color Blue
2021-12-04 · 24mYuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 3.0The Start of the Second Exam
2021-12-11 · 24mAfter drawing his own body, Yatora is ready for the second exam: a nude model. But when his health declines from stress, Oba offers a secret weapon.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 3.4When I Started to be Dyed in Color
2021-12-18 · 24mThe second exam is in full swing. Yatora struggles with illness and an unclear theme when sudden inspiration delivers answers and a final secret weapon.
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Hiromu Mineta
Yatora Yaguchi (voice)
Yumiri Hanamori
Ryuji Ayukawa (voice)
Daiki Yamashita
Yotasuke Takahashi (voice)
Kengo Kawanishi
Haruka Hashida (voice)
Yume Miyamoto
Maki Kuwana (voice)
Mayu Aoyagi
Maru Mori (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Masako Saeki (voice)
Masaya Fukunishi
Sumida (voice)
Shinichiro Kamio
Koigakubo (voice)
Tatsumaru Tachibana
Utashima (voice)
