Episode 1
Awakening to the Joy of Painting
Life 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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Blue Period
2021TV-141 season7.2 / 10
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
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Synopsis
Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
He's Not Tanned At All
Yatora 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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Episode 3
Prep School Debut of the Dead
Yatora 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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Episode 4
Where Are We Headed?
TAI'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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Episode 5
Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
As 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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Episode 6
Serious Mental Breakdown
Yatora 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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Episode 7
The Start of the First Exam
Oba 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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Episode 8
Brain-Racking
The 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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Episode 9
Wandering Knife
Three 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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Episode 10
Our Color Blue
Yuka 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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Episode 11
The Start of the Second Exam
After 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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Episode 12
When I Started to be Dyed in Color
The 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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More about Blue Period
Cast
Hiromu MinetaYatora Yaguchi (voice)
Yumiri HanamoriRyuji Ayukawa (voice)
Daiki YamashitaYotasuke Takahashi (voice)
Kengo KawanishiHaruka Hashida (voice)
Yume MiyamotoMaki Kuwana (voice)
Mayu AoyagiMaru Mori (voice)
Fumi HiranoMasako Saeki (voice)
Masaya FukunishiSumida (voice)Credits
- Written by
- Reiko Yoshida
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 12
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- ブルーピリオド
Networks & production
MBSJapan
TBSJapan
CBCJapan
HBCJapan
Seven ArcsJapan
KodanshaJapan
Themes
animeartbased on mangacoming of agelgbtpaintschoolslice of life
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