Masako Saeki ( 佐伯昌子, Saeki Masako) Voiced by: Fumi Hirano (Japanese) Anne Yatco (English) The art teacher at Yatora's high school. It is one of her works that spurs Yatora's interest in art.

To Mori art is a spiritual activity, and her pieces often incorporate images of religion and prayer. Maru Mori ( 森まる, Mori Maru) Voiced by: Mayu Aoyagi (Japanese) Triya Leong (English) Yatora's senior in his high school art club. Her entire family attended TUA, and as a result she often struggles with feelings of inadequacy, despite being a highly talented artist in her own right. Maki Kuwana ( 桑名マキ, Kuwana Maki ) Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto (Japanese) Erica Lindbeck (English) Another of Yatora's classmates from prep school. Hashida dresses well and takes a very classical and theoretical approach to art, which shows in his work. Haruka Hashida ( 橋田悠, Hashida Haruka) Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese) Todd Haberkorn (English) Yatora's classmate in prep school. He is stoic and aloof towards Yatora, often sharply criticizing his work and character. Yotasuke Takahashi ( 高橋世田介, Takahashi Yotasuke) Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita (Japanese) Daman Mills (English) Yatora's classmate in prep school. Throughout the series they struggle with their sexuality, gender identity, and pressure from their family. They were assigned male at birth but dresses in women's clothes.

Yuka considers themselves to be a non-conformist and indifferent to the opinions of others. Ryuji 'Yuka' Ayukawa ( 鮎川龍二, Ayukawa Ryuji ) Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori (Japanese) Marcy Edwards (English) Yatora's friend and fellow art-club member. After developing an interest in painting from his art club senior Mori, he is set down a path to attend art school. He eventually aspires to attend the Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA) after he graduates from high school.Ĭharacters Yatora Yaguchi ( 矢口八虎, Yaguchi Yatora) Voiced by: Hiromu Mineta (Japanese) Johnny Yong Bosch (English) An academically gifted and diligent student whose friends are disinterested in school. When visiting his high school's art club he is inspired to pursue art. Yatora Yaguchi is a fairly popular student who excels in school, but secretly grapples with feelings of emptiness and frustration. In 2020, Blue Period was awarded the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category and the Grand Prize of the 13th Manga Taishō award. An anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs aired from October to December 2021.īy November 2021, the manga had over 4.5 million copies in circulation. The series is licensed in English by Kodansha USA. The series has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since June 2017 and has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of July 2023. Blue Period ( Japanese: ブルーピリオド, Hepburn: Burū Piriodo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Yamaguchi.

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