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Blue Box
Synopsis
The story
Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance? Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore! Note: The series streamed a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.
RomanceSlice of LifeSports
Episode guide
25 episodes
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01Episode 1Unwatched · AiredAired Oct 3, 202402Episode 2Unwatched · AiredAired Oct 3, 202403Episode 3Unwatched · AiredAired Oct 10, 202404Episode 4Unwatched · AiredAired Oct 17, 202405Episode 5Unwatched · AiredAired Oct 24, 202406Episode 6Unwatched · AiredAired Oct 31, 202407Episode 7Unwatched · AiredAired Nov 7, 202408Episode 8Unwatched · AiredAired Nov 14, 202409Episode 9Unwatched · AiredAired Nov 21, 202410Episode 10Unwatched · AiredAired Nov 28, 202411Episode 11Unwatched · AiredAired Dec 5, 202412Episode 12Unwatched · AiredAired Dec 12, 202413Episode 13Unwatched · AiredAired Dec 26, 202414Episode 14Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 2, 202515Episode 15Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 9, 202516Episode 16Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 16, 202517Episode 17Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 23, 202518Episode 18Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 30, 202519Episode 19Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 6, 202520Episode 20Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 13, 202521Episode 21Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 20, 202522Episode 22Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 27, 202523Episode 23Unwatched · AiredAired Mar 6, 202524Episode 24Unwatched · AiredAired Mar 13, 202525Episode 25Unwatched · AiredAired Mar 20, 2025Characters & voices
500 credited
Nina Shimazaki
Supporting
Chinatsu Kano
Main
Taiki Inomata
Main
Kyou Kasahara
Supporting
Hina Chouno
Main
Kengo Haryuu
Supporting
Shuuji Yusa
Supporting
Ichirou Kishishou
Supporting
Ayame Moriya
Supporting
Shouta Hyoudou
Supporting
Karen Moriya
Supporting
Yukiko Inomata
Supporting
Nagisa Funami
Supporting
Ryousuke Nishida
Supporting
Taiki no Chichi
Supporting
Chinatsu no Haha
Supporting
Niina Shimazaki
Supporting
Taiki no Sofu
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Tetsurou ArakiEpisode Director (OP1)Tetsurou ArakiStoryboard (OP1)
Jin AketagawaSound Director
Ryouhei MutaKey Animation (OP1)Yoshihiro KasaharaEditing
Yuuko KakiharaSeries CompositionYuuko KakiharaScript (ep 1)
Yuuichirou YanoDirector Yuuichirou YanoStoryboard (ep 1)
Simone VeltroniADR DIrector (Italian)
Takuji MogiKey Animation (OP1)
Kouji MiuraOriginal Creator
Hikaru MiyazakiKey Animation (OP1)
Miki KomuroKey Animation (OP1)
MoaangKey Animation (OP1)
EveTheme Song Performance (ED1)Hiroaki NoguchiKey Animation (OP1)
Shuu SugitaKey Animation (OP1)
Takahiro WatabeKey Animation (OP1, ED2)
Yuuki KawashitaDirector of PhotographyThemes & motifs
AniList community tags
HeterosexualTheme-Romance90%
Primarily Teen CastCast-Main Cast88%
School ClubSetting-Scene88%
Coming of AgeTheme-Drama87%
AthleticsTheme-Game-Sport87%
Male ProtagonistCast-Main Cast84%
BadmintonTheme-Game-Sport84%
SchoolSetting-Scene81%
Female ProtagonistCast-Main Cast76%
CohabitationTheme-Romance73%
BasketballTheme-Game-Sport72%
ShounenDemographic67%
AcrobaticsTheme-Game-Sport63%
ChibiTheme-Other54%
Community pulse
150.7K members
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Current24,766
Planning44,110
Completed70,560
Dropped5,372
Paused5,875
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What viewers say
500 community reviews
The perfect generic romcom.
@Homuragi89/114 helpful
Romance, Sport and the MC living with the Heroine?
@Sevique39/65 helpful
Not your typical Shounen romance—but a grounded love story that tingles the heart
@melamuna21/38 helpful
Blue Box features polished animation and strong heroine Hina, but slow romance and underused sport backdrop.
@BeastNova8/8 helpful