Blue Box Season 2 Reveals Teaser Visual, 2026 Debut
Season 2 of the Blue Box anime revealed a teaser visual and a 2026 premiere date at today's Jump Festa stage, attended by the main cast:
- Shoya Chiba as Taiki Inomata
- Reina Ueda as Chinatsu Kano
- Akari Kito as Hina Chono
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyo Kasahara

The first season of the Blue Box (Ao no Hako) anime was co-produced by TMS Entertainment, which handled production and planning, and Telecom Animation Film, which was credited for animation. The series was directed by Yuichiro Yano, with screenwriting by Yuko Kakihara and music by Takashi Ohmama.
The Blue Box anime is based on the manga written and illustrated by Kouji Miura, serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since 2021.
VIZ Media publishes the series in English and describes the story as:
Taiki admires Chinatsu from afar, but he doubts that she sees him in the same way. Yet somehow, he musters up the courage to tell her to never give up on her dreams! After such a bold declaration, will Taiki’s fleeting high school romance finally begin?
Source: Official X / Twitter account
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