Blue Period (2021–2021)

TV ShowEndedAnimation, Drama1 season, 12 episodes
Blue Period posterReview score: 72%

Plot

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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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Blue Period S01E06Serious Mental BreakdownS01E06 · 5.0Yatora experiments with various tools to find a secret weapon that will boost his art while exam stress begins to wear on the students' health.
  2. 02Blue Period S01E01Awakening to the Joy of PaintingS01E01 · 4.5Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.
  3. 03Blue Period S01E02He's Not Tanned At AllS01E02 · 4.0Yatora 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.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2021Aired 3.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Blue Period S01E01Awakening to the Joy of PaintingOctober 2, 2021 4.5Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmate's painting and discovers an appreciation and talent
  2. S01E02Blue Period S01E02He's Not Tanned At AllOctober 9, 2021 4.0Yatora enters the art club. Over summer break he takes part in special training to improve his skills after switching his college choice to
  3. S01E03Blue Period S01E03Prep School Debut of the DeadOctober 16, 2021 3.7Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new clas
  4. S01E04Blue Period S01E04Where Are We Headed?October 23, 2021 4.0TAI's night students join the intimidating afternoon classes to gear up for the next competition as the stress of art exams weigh on Yatora'
  5. S01E05Blue Period S01E05Helpless Even If I Know What To DoOctober 30, 2021 4.0As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas fo
  6. S01E06Blue Period S01E06Season's bestSerious Mental BreakdownNovember 6, 2021 5.0Yatora experiments with various tools to find a secret weapon that will boost his art while exam stress begins to wear on the students' heal
  7. S01E07Blue Period S01E07The Start of the First ExamNovember 13, 2021 4.0Oba tells Yatora his weakness, which sends him spiraling. But a heart-to-heart with a close friend reignites his confidence as the first exa
  8. S01E08Blue Period S01E08Brain-RackingNovember 20, 2021 4.0The 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
  9. S01E09Blue Period S01E09Wandering KnifeNovember 27, 2021 3.4Three 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
  10. S01E10Blue Period S01E10Our Color BlueDecember 4, 2021 3.0Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding
  11. S01E11Blue Period S01E11The Start of the Second ExamDecember 11, 2021 3.0After 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
  12. S01E12Blue Period S01E12When I Started to be Dyed in ColorDecember 18, 2021 3.4The second exam is in full swing. Yatora struggles with illness and an unclear theme when sudden inspiration delivers answers and a final se

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Castfull cast & details

Hiromu MinetaHiromu MinetaYatora Yaguchi (voice)Yumiri HanamoriYumiri HanamoriRyuji Ayukawa (voice)Daiki YamashitaDaiki YamashitaYotasuke Takahashi (voice)Kengo KawanishiKengo KawanishiHaruka Hashida (voice)Yume MiyamotoYume MiyamotoMaki Kuwana (voice)Mayu AoyagiMayu AoyagiMaru Mori (voice)Fumi HiranoFumi HiranoMasako Saeki (voice)Masaya FukunishiMasaya FukunishiSumida (voice)

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