Does Seinen Comedy Grand Blue Deliver? Three Episode Impression Now Out!

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Grand Blue

Genre:
Slice of Life, Seinen, Comedy


Airing Date:
July 14 2018


Studios:
Zero-G

Honey’s Highlights

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So..... Amanchu! with men as the main characters and fanservice?
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Semms like it. Nagi no Asukara, Nadia, and Tsuritama fans will find redeeming qualities in this series. Plenty of good seiyuu too.
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'Cool off this summer and dive into the waters of Grand Blue.' That should have been the catchphrase for this anime. Any objections?
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None here. I just hope there is manservice too.

Promotional Videos / PV

Official Images / Key Visuals

Synopsis

Iori Kitahara makes his shocking debut at his university. He’s just started living by himself in a coastal town. There, he starts diving, meets beautiful women, and of course, loveable dudes as well!

Three Episode Impression

Grand Blue is about Iori who moves into his uncle’s seaside shop. But when he walks in, it’s a bunch of drunk guys naked. Apparently this is the diving club, but since he hates swimming and cannot, Iori wants nothing to do with them. This sucks because he basically is forced/tricked to join the club along with Kouhei, an otaku. This is their story about learning how to dive while drinking a lot.

This anime has a lot of dicks. No really, everyone seems to get naked all the time! There’s lots of cheap gags and people being caught up in different things. It’s okay, but a lot of the humor seems… puerile? One good thing to note about this anime is that this shows life in college fairly accurately. Students tend to drink heavily, party, and skip class while maybe going to club activities if they have joined due to the fact that high school was so strict for them and they are free to be themselves now. There is very little diving content until episode three and it seems like the series is going to rely on humor to prop up whatever story it is trying to tell until it gets there. We will not be keeping up with this one.

Characters & Voice Actors List

Iori Kitahara

Voice Actor: Yuuma Uchida


Iori is a first-year student at Izu University. He lives rent free at the Kotegawa family home, and the father there runs Grand Blue, a diving shop. There, he meets the members of ‘Peek a Boo’ and is invited into their group. He’s scared of water and can’t swim.

Kouhei Imamura

Voice Actor: Ryouhei Kitamura


Kouhei is a first-year student at Izu University. He looks like a good-looking guy with his blond hair, but he’s actually an otaku. He tricks Iori into joining Peek a Boo.

Shinji Tokita

Voice Actor: Hiroki Yasumoto


Shinji is a third-year student at Izu University. He’s the leader of Peek a Boo. After meeting the new first-year student Iori by chance, he invites Iori to join their group.

Ryuujirou Kotobuki

Voice Actor: Katsuyuki Konishi


Ryuujirou is a third-year student at Izu University as well as a member of Peek a Boo. He’s extremely serious and knowledgeable about diving. He’s the reason why Iori, who can’t swim, becomes interested in diving.

Chisa Kotegawa

Voice Actor: Chika Anzai


Chisa is a first-year Izu University student as well as Iori’s cousin. Her home is also the diving shop and she loves the ocean more than anything else. Chisa wants to be a diving instructor in the future.

Nanaka Kotegawa

Voice Actor: Maaya Uchida


instructor. She’s pretty, has a great body, and is very nice, but she tends to excessively dote on her younger sister Chisa.

Azusa Hamaoka

Voice Actor: Toa Yukinari


Azusa is a third-year student at Aomi Women’s University. Even though she attends another university, she participates in Peek a Boo. She misunderstands the relationship between Iori and Kouhei, and at each and every opportunity, she cheers on Iori.

Aina Yoshiwara

Voice Actor: Kana Asumi


Aina is a first-year student at Aomi Women’s University. She joins the tennis group ‘Tin Carbel’, but it turns out to be a fruitless effort and it ends in failure. At that time, she meets Iori and Kouhei.


Other TitleGrand Blue Dreaming
Theme Songs
  • Opening Song: Grand Blue by Shounen no Kaze
  • Ending Song: Konpeki no All Finny ~Nikenme ni Karaoka ni Haitta Oretachi no Tension Super MAX ver.~ by Izu no Kaze (Yuuma Uchida, Ryouhei Kitamura, Hiroki Yasumoto, Katsuyuki Konishi)
Adaptation
Manga

Main Staff
  • Original Creator: Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka
  • Director: Shinji Takamatsu
  • Script: Shinji Takamatsu
  • Character Design: Hideoki Kusama
  • Animation Director: Youichi Ueda
  • Sound Director: Shinji Takamatsu
  • Music: Manual of Errors

For more information: Official Website

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