Manga 'Ao no Hako' Gets TV Anime

by Hyperion_PS
Nov 19, 2023 7:09 AM | 49 Comments

The official X (formerly Twitter) of Kouji Miura's Ao no Hako (Blue Box) manga announced on Monday a television anime adaptation, revealing the main cast and a teaser visual (pictured above).

Shouya Chiba (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) and Reina Ueda (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon) are starring as Taiki Inomata and Chinatsu Kano, respectively.

Miura originally began drawing the sports romance manga as a one-shot in Weekly Shounen Jump magazine in August 2020. The manga began serializing in the same magazine the following April. Shueisha published the 12th volume on October 4, and the 13th volume is scheduled to be released on December 4. The manga has a cumulative 2.7 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Viz Media licensed the manga in English in April 2021. The seventh volume went on sale on November 7. Shueisha is also publishing the manga in English on its Manga Plus website and app.

Synopsis
Taiki Inomata, a third-year student in junior high, attends Eimei Academy, an integrated school with a major sports program. Having joined the high school badminton team, Taiki tries to attend open practice as early as possible. But no matter how early he goes, he always arrives second in the gymnasium. The person one step ahead of him is Chinatsu Kano, a first-year student in senior high and Taiki's crush.

Chinatsu is the rising star of the basketball team, and the gap between her and Taiki could not be greater. Although Taiki is a decent badminton player, his popularity is nowhere near Chinatsu's, making it even less likely for his feelings to be reciprocated. However, in a strange twist of fate, she ends up living in Taiki's house!

Wanting to become a worthy match for Chinatsu, Taiki pursues the same dream as his crush: to partake in the Nationals. Taiki starts training harder than ever before, all for the sake of building a strong relationship with his new housemate. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official site: https://aonohako-anime.com/
Official X (Twitter): @aonohako_PR

Source: Comic Natalie

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Having followed the manga since the one shot released, the middle love triangle & Yumeka arcs honestly made the stretch from chapter 94-104 at least twice as good.

Nov 26, 2023 9:52 PM by GetScrew

@yamiyugi101, yes, let's hope for this to happen!

Nov 21, 2023 4:53 AM by Memore

@Memore Let's just pray

Nov 21, 2023 3:30 AM by yamiyugi101

@Daviljoe193 Gohands ironically did a decent job with Sukimega direction, but that happened mainly because they didn exagerate with those wierd angles.

Nov 20, 2023 6:47 PM by MichaelJackson

I somehow missed the announcement. It was a question on when i think.

But i have to say, i didn't drop this manga because i already reach too far. I liked the very beginning and some stuff from 10 chapters+ ago.

I hope the anime improves the manga, because it is a slow romance, that add a love triangle and later add more drama and new girls for the sake to make the story unnecessary longer. Not even going comment the current chapters, because i have no idea where the author wants to lead the story now.

Nov 20, 2023 5:21 PM by ScarRufus

I've been enjoying Blue Box, but IMO, anyone expecting it to have a LOT of sports scenes may be disappointed, unless the anime expands on those.

Nov 20, 2023 3:55 PM by malvarez1

@yamiyugi101, all these series will get adaptations too, I am 100% sure, they are extremely popular in Japan. Maybe even on Jump Festa there will be their anime announcements.

Nov 20, 2023 8:58 AM by Memore

@MegamiRem Best battle shounen is definitely The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You.

Nov 20, 2023 6:36 AM by Yui_Suzumiya69

@Softhenic03 PA Works and TMS are definitely better than Project 9 but I still love and watch nearly everything they produce.

Nov 20, 2023 6:34 AM by Yui_Suzumiya69

@ZXEAN I'm also a fan.. but strictly for The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses.. none of the abominable stuff they did in the past, lol

Nov 20, 2023 6:32 AM by Yui_Suzumiya69

Just need sakamoto days, witch watch and akane kanbashi and I can die happy

Nov 20, 2023 4:54 AM by yamiyugi101

Going to have to wait for Season 3..The recent chapter got pretty good but prior to that, idk man

Nov 20, 2023 2:57 AM by CQLLIST

@GakutoDeathGlare, yes, sports and romance are combined here in amazing proportions!

Nov 19, 2023 11:35 PM by Memore

Can we finally get a great Badminton anime? Hanebado, Rymans Club and Love All Play all had certain different aspects I really enjoyed, but were all held back with other things I disliked.

Nov 19, 2023 10:11 PM by GakutoDeathGlare

@MegamiRem, yes, I wrote about it.

Nov 19, 2023 8:21 PM by Memore

@MegamiRem I've seen these manga mentioned in ratings, but I've never heard of their plot until now. The synopsis sounds pretty interesting, I love shonens that don't follow the too literal battle or romcom formula.

It turns out that Oshi no Ko was also published in Young Jump. Probably for some reason I mixed up the names with Jump+. But anyway, thanks for the clarification. I've read Jugokuraku on Manga Plus from time to time, but haven't gotten around to the anime yet.

Nov 19, 2023 2:09 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Kaguya's from young jump actually as it's a seinen. Jump+ is a shounen magazine. If you've watched Jigokuraku, it's from there. As for wsj stuff aside from the names I mentioned earlier look forward to when Akane Banashi and Sakamoto days gets anime.

Nov 19, 2023 1:58 PM by MegamiRem

@MegamiRem Weekly, I haven't been following Jump+ much other than Aka's series. Although perhaps I watched some shows without even knowing that they were published there.

Nov 19, 2023 1:51 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Like I said shounenjump mangas that get anime are gonna be popular more or less cause those would have gotten cancelled otherwise. If not globally than atleast in japan. So you can literally watch any sj stuff that interests you if you just want to watch popular stuff. Also there's various variations of sj magazine. So by sj do you mean any sj manga or from any specific variation of the magazine?

Nov 19, 2023 1:48 PM by MegamiRem

@MegamiRem I'm talking about anime that I'm familiar with. That's why I'm intrigued by the announcements of new Shonen Jump manga adaptations. If you know of other popular or potentially popular SJ anime, then I would be grateful if you tell me about them. I haven't watched Mushle and Undead Unluck yet, so if you recommend it, it might be motivating for me.

Nov 19, 2023 1:43 PM by RobertBobert

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