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

1 Seasons
12 Episodes
Ended
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Cast & Characters
episode image Wandering Knife
8.3/10 (159 votes)

#1 Wandering Knife

S1:E9

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.

episode image Our Color Blue
8.3/10 (154 votes)

#2 Our Color Blue

S1:E10

Yuka and Yatora head to Odawara and bare their souls and bodies, hoping to overcome their personal challenges with art and their surrounding fears.

episode image When I Started to be Dyed in Color
8.3/10 (131 votes)

#3 When I Started to be Dyed in Color

S1:E12

The second exam is in full swing. Yatora struggles with illness and an unclear theme when sudden inspiration delivers answers and a final secret weapon.

episode image The Start of the Second Exam
8.1/10 (135 votes)

#4 The Start of the Second Exam

S1:E11

After drawing his own body, Yatora is ready for the second exam: a nude model. But when his health declines from stress, Oba offers a secret weapon.

episode image Brain-Racking
7.9/10 (143 votes)

#5 Brain-Racking

S1:E8

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.

episode image Helpless Even If I Know What To Do
7.8/10 (145 votes)

#6 Helpless Even If I Know What To Do

S1:E5

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

episode image The Start of the First Exam
7.8/10 (139 votes)

#7 The Start of the First Exam

S1:E7

Oba tells Yatora his weakness, which sends him spiraling. But a heart-to-heart with a close friend reignites his confidence as the first exam begins!

episode image He's Not Tanned At All
7.7/10 (180 votes)

#8 He's Not Tanned At All

S1:E2

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.

episode image Where Are We Headed?
7.7/10 (151 votes)

#9 Where Are We Headed?

S1:E4

TAI's night students join the intimidating afternoon classes to gear up for the next competition as the stress of art exams weigh on Yatora's friends.

episode image Awakening to the Joy of Painting
7.5/10 (234 votes)

#10 Awakening to the Joy of Painting

S1:E1

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

episode image Prep School Debut of the Dead
7.5/10 (161 votes)

#11 Prep School Debut of the Dead

S1:E3

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

episode image Serious Mental Breakdown
7.5/10 (140 votes)

#12 Serious Mental Breakdown

S1:E6

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.

Cast & Chracters

character image Yatora Yaguchi (voice)

Yatora Yaguchi (voice)

Actor: Hiromu Mineta
character image Ryuji Ayukawa (voice)

Ryuji Ayukawa (voice)

Actor: Yumiri Hanamori
character image Yotasuke Takahashi (voice)

Yotasuke Takahashi (voice)

Actor: Daiki Yamashita
character image Haruka Hashida (voice)

Haruka Hashida (voice)

Actor: Kengo Kawanishi
character image Maki Kuwana (voice)

Maki Kuwana (voice)

Actor: Yume Miyamoto
character image Maru Mori (voice)

Maru Mori (voice)

Actor: Mayu Aoyagi
character image Masako Saeki (voice)

Masako Saeki (voice)

Actor: Fumi Hirano
character image Sumida (voice)

Sumida (voice)

Actor: Masaya Fukunishi
character image Koigakubo (voice)

Koigakubo (voice)

Actor: Shinichiro Kamio
character image Utashima (voice)

Utashima (voice)

Actor: Tatsumaru Tachibana
character image Umino (voice)

Umino (voice)

Actor: Miku Hiratsuka
character image Shirai (voice)

Shirai (voice)

Actor: Ikumi Hasegawa
character image Shirota (voice)

Shirota (voice)

Actor: Yuna Nemoto
character image Yamamoto (voice)

Yamamoto (voice)

Actor: Aoi Koga
character image Mayu Oba (voice)

Mayu Oba (voice)

Actor: Yuki Kazu
character image Sae Okada (voice)

Sae Okada (voice)

Actor: Emiri Suyama
character image Takuro Ishii (voice)

Takuro Ishii (voice)

Actor: Taishi Murata
character image Hanako Sakuraba (voice)

Hanako Sakuraba (voice)

Actor: Saori Onishi

The highest rated episode of Blue Period is "Wandering Knife" (S1E9) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 159 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Awakening to the Joy of Painting" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 234 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Wandering Knife" (S1E9) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 159 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Awakening to the Joy of Painting" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 234 votes.

Name Department Job
Goichi Iwahata Art Prop Designer
Ken Nakamura Art Art Direction
Mamio Ogawa Art Art Designer
Mika Nakajima Art Art Designer
Noritaka Suzuki Art Prop Designer
Yuji Kaneko Art Art Direction
Yasushi Hattori Camera Director of Photography
Naomasa Fukuda Crew Special Effects
Katsuya Asano Directing Series Director
Koji Masunari Directing Series Director
Minori Tanaka Directing Assistant Director
Kazuhiko Seki Editing Editor
Akira Yonezawa Production Producer
Hiroshi Kamei Production Producer
Masae Yamato Production Producer
Naokazu Tsuruta Production Executive Producer
Norio Fukui Production Producer
Takuya Matsumoto Production Producer
Yohei Takami Production Executive Producer
Hiromi Kikuta Sound Sound Director
Ippei Inoue Sound Original Music Composer
Kenji Koyama Sound Sound Effects
Kohei Sakai Sound Music Producer
Arimasa Omi Visual Effects CGI Director
Ritsuko Utagawa Visual Effects Color Designer
Tomoyuki Shitaya Visual Effects Character Designer
Reiko Yoshida Writing Series Composition
Tsubasa Yamaguchi Writing Comic Book

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