Manga 'Grand Blue' Receives Live-Action Movie in Summer 2020

by Vindstot
Nov 19, 2019 11:28 PM | 22 Comments

Warner Bros. Japan announced a live-action movie adaptation of Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka's Grand Blue (Grand Blue Dreaming) manga on Wednesday. The movie, directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa (3D Kanojo: Real Girl, Kakegurui the Movie), is scheduled to open in theaters in Japan in early Summer 2020.

Synopsis
Among the seaside town of Izu's ocean waves and rays of shining sun, Iori Kitahara is just beginning his freshman year at Izu University. As he moves into his uncle's scuba diving shop, Grand Blue, he eagerly anticipates his dream college life, filled with beautiful girls and good friends.

But things don't exactly go according to plan. Upon entering the shop, he encounters a group of rowdy, naked upperclassmen, who immediately coerce him into participating in their alcoholic activities. Though unwilling at first, Iori quickly gives in and becomes the heart and soul of the party. Unfortunately, this earns him the scorn of his cousin, Chisa Kotegawa, who walks in at precisely the wrong time. Undeterred, Iori still vows to realize his ideal college life, but will things go according to plan this time, or will his situation take yet another dive? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Inoue and Yoshioka began serializing the manga in good! Afternoon magazine in April 2014. Kodansha will publish the 15th volume (pictured right) on November 22. Grand Blue has a cumulative 4.4 million copies of its volumes in print.

A 12-episode television anime adaptation by Zero-G aired in Summer 2018. Amazon's Prime Video service exclusively streamed the show worldwide with subtitles.

Kodansha Comics licensed the manga in English in 2017 and shipped the eighth volume on October 29. Crunchyroll also simulpubs the manga digitally in English.

Official site: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/grandblue/
Official Twitter: @grandblue_movie

Source: Livedoor News

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Apr 3, 2020 2:34 AM by tsubasalover

This is interesting, even though i'd rather want a season 2 then i'll give this a go.

Jan 20, 2020 11:32 AM by Nicki_MP

I just want a second season

Jan 19, 2020 4:23 PM by braquiador

I have high hopes for this one either its gonna be death note live adaptation trash or its gonna be amazing. Stay Positive

Jan 19, 2020 2:06 PM by 69Mydickhurts69

ClumsyDeer said:
What about the 2nd season??

IMO many live actions recently are just to promote an eventual sequel to the original.

IF the series got the opportunity to have a LA, a S2 is probably on the way.

Nov 23, 2019 3:15 AM by Playcool

Why would they try to ruin the anime and manga with a live action
.·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.
A second season would have been good enough, this live action is just going to make me cry..

Nov 22, 2019 12:59 PM by Otaku_Genius

I need a season 2 not this bullshit

Nov 22, 2019 8:20 AM by Bankroll

edelgord said:
Yikes, I wonder what kind of thing they are going to use to replace the black filled circle to replace the pp censorship

I reckon they're probably only gonna go down to underwear.

Nov 20, 2019 10:25 PM by ReaperCreeper

What about the 2nd season??

Nov 20, 2019 9:02 PM by ClumsyDeer

Into the trash it goes where it belong with all live-action trash.

Nov 20, 2019 4:47 PM by marconii2002

It's a great news.I'm looking forward.

Nov 20, 2019 3:34 PM by _aLiez_LIN

I would much rather have seen a second season. Laughed my ass off in the first part. Imagine the comedy half as funny in this without all the slapstick stuff.

Nov 20, 2019 12:35 PM by removed-user

Any news on season 2 perhaps ?

Nov 20, 2019 10:33 AM by Evangelical

edelgord said:
Yikes, I wonder what kind of thing they are going to use to replace the black filled circle to replace the pp censorship

From my years of watching Japanese AVs (and hentai) I think they'll just pixelate blur it.

Nov 20, 2019 10:29 AM by Manyaa_-

This might suck, but man it'd be great if this got the show to have a 2nd season to advertise it.

Nov 20, 2019 10:21 AM by JizzyHitler

Wow, it will suck for sure. This manga is mostly about facial expressions actual human face can't replicate.

Nov 20, 2019 10:14 AM by Antanaru

Live action I don't think it can work tbh. But we'll, they did pretty well with Gintama so I guess there's still some hope.

Nov 20, 2019 7:50 AM by Congintive