Blue Period

Bored with life, popular high schooler Yatora Yaguchi jumps into the beautiful yet unrelenting world of art after finding inspiration in a painting.

2021 HD 24min TV-14 Japan Japanese

Yumiri Hanamori Daiki Yamashita Hiromu Mineta Mayu Aoyagi Fumi Hirano Yume Miyamoto Masaya Fukunishi Kengo Kawanishi Shinichiro Kamio Tatsumaru Tachibana

Animation Drama

based on manga anime school slice of life coming of age art

S1E1 - Awakening to the Joy of Painting 2021-10-02

Life and priorities change for listless high schooler Yatora when he sees his classmates painting and discovers an appreciation and talent for art.

S1E2 - He's Not Tanned At All 2021-10-09

Yatora enters the art club. Over summer break he takes part in special training to improve his skills after switching his college choice to art school.

S1E3 - Prep School Debut of the Dead 2021-10-16

Yatora joins Yuka for extra lessons at Tokyo Art Institute. He has an artistic breakthrough when visiting a museum with his strange new classmates.

S1E4 - Where Are We Headed? 2021-10-23

TAIs night students join the intimidating afternoon classes to gear up for the next competition as the stress of art exams weigh on Yatoras friends.

S1E5 - Helpless Even If I Know What To Do 2021-10-30

As exams near, Oba intensifies training. Yatora struggles to articulate abstract concepts, so Saeki encourages him to use a larger canvas for fun.

S1E6 - Serious Mental Breakdown 2021-11-06

Yatora experiments with various tools to find a secret weapon that will boost his art while exam stress begins to wear on the students health.

S1E8 - Brain-Racking 2021-11-20

The first exam subject is "self-portrait." A mishap gives Yatora the hint he needs; Oba takes the class to a museum before exam results are announced.

S1E9 - Wandering Knife 2021-11-27

Three move on to the second exam, including Yatora, who must master "color." Yatora worries after Yuka gets a seedy job and refuses to go to art school.