×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Blue Period (manga)

Have you read this? want to / read some / read all

Alternative title:
The Blue Period.
ブルーピリオド (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Plot Summary: Yatora Yaguchi excels in school and is well-liked by his peers, but inside he's a high school boy grappling with emptiness and frustration. That is, until one day when he finds himself fascinated by a painting. The painting's impact drives Yatora to throw himself into the harsh and beautiful world of art.
User Ratings: 9 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Excellent: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Very good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Decent: -
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 17 users, rank: #2937 (of 7041)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.556 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2571, rank: #340 (of 7925)
Weighted mean: 8.306 (Very good+), rank: #629 (of 7925) (seen all: 9.11 / seen some: 7.91 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.115 (Very good), rank: #279 (of 3557)
Chapter titles: We have 60
Vintage: 2017-06-24 (serialized in Afternoon)
Release dates: We have 30
Links: We have 1
Review:
Blue Period. GN 1 (Oct 24, 2020)
News: Show:
Wind Breaker Manga Gets Live-Action Film This December (Jun 19, 2025)
Wandance Hip-Hop Dance Anime Unveils More Cast (Jun 11, 2025)
Nyaight of the Living Cat Anime's New Video Reveals More Cast, Theme Songs, July 6 Debut (Jun 6, 2025)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2024-2025 (Apr 7, 2025)
Live-Action Blue Period Film Streams on Amazon Prime Video in U.S., Japan (Feb 7, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 20-26 (Oct 24, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 18-24 (Aug 22, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 9-15 (Jun 13, 2024)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2023-2024 (Apr 7, 2024)
Tsubasa Yamaguchi's Blue Period Manga Gets Live-Action Film on August 9 (Apr 2, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 24-30 (Mar 27, 2024)
The Blue Period Manga Goes on Hiatus Until Spring 2024 (Nov 26, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 28-June 3 (May 30, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 22-28 (Jan 24, 2023)
Spy×Family Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking (Dec 6, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 27-December 3 (Nov 30, 2022)
Kodansha USA Licenses Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Chat Noir, 15 More Manga (Nov 25, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 20-26 (Nov 23, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 6-12 (Nov 8, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 18-24 (Sep 22, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 21-27 (Aug 23, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 14-20 (Aug 16, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 24-30 (Jul 26, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 26-July 2 (Jun 30, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 20-26 (Mar 23, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 13-19 (Feb 15, 2022)
Voice Actors Natsuki Hanae & Rina Satou, Manga Creator Tsubasa Yamaguchi Diagnosed With COVID-19 (Jan 27, 2022)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2022 Rankings (Dec 29, 2021)
Demon Slayer Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking for 2nd Consecutive Year (Dec 6, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 28-December 4 (Dec 1, 2021)
Blue Period Manga Gets Stage Play (Nov 20, 2021)
The Blue Period. Anime Unveils Cast for Instructor, More Classmates (Aug 20, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 15-21 (Aug 17, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 16-22 (May 18, 2021)
The Blue Period. Art Manga Gets TV Anime This Year (Jan 18, 2021)
Blue Flag Manga Ranks in YALSA's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens (Jan 11, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 3-9 (Jan 8, 2021)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2021 Rankings (Dec 17, 2020)
Demon Slayer Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking (Dec 5, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 11-17 (Oct 16, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 4-10 (Oct 8, 2020)
44th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced (May 12, 2020)
44th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced (Apr 2, 2020)
Tsubasa Yamaguchi's The Blue Period. Manga Wins 13th Manga Taisho Awards (Mar 16, 2020)
24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced (Feb 27, 2020)
13th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 12 Titles (Jan 19, 2020)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2020 Rankings (Dec 11, 2019)
Kingdom Manga Tops Da Vinci Ranking (Dec 6, 2019)
Kodansha Comics Announces 12 Digital Manga Licenses, 4 Manga Print Releases (Nov 17, 2019)
43rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced (Apr 3, 2019)
Kenta Shinohara's Astra Lost in Space Wins 12th Manga Taisho Awards (Mar 19, 2019)
12th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 13 Titles (Jan 21, 2019)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Male Readers (Dec 10, 2018)
Interest:
MyAnimeList Rolls Out List of Manga Recommendations for 2024 (Apr 10, 2024)
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, Senpai ga Uzai Kōhai no Hanashi Take Top Prizes at Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards (Aug 23, 2018)
Interview:
The Importance of 'Blue' in Blue Period: Interview with Tsubasa Yamaguchi (Nov 18, 2024)
Press Release:
Kodansha USA Fall 2023 New Print Licenses Announced (Nov 25, 2022)
Other articles: Show:
The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 19-25 (Nov 29, 2021)
The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 12-18 (Nov 22, 2021)
The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Nov 5-11 (Nov 15, 2021)
The ANN Aftershow - Art School Drama Memories (Nov 9, 2021)
The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Oct 29-Nov 4 (Nov 8, 2021)
The Best and Worst of Fall 2021, Oct 1-28 (Nov 3, 2021)
Our Most Anticipated Anime Of Fall 2021 (Sep 28, 2021)
You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register
Graphic novel
    Blue Period (GN 1) 2020-10-13 (from $8.24)
    Blue Period (GN 2) 2021-01-05 (from $8.64)
    Blue Period (GN 3) 2021-05-18 (from $11.00)
    Blue Period (GN 4) 2021-08-17 (from $10.99)
    Blue Period (GN 5) 2021-11-30 (from $9.06)
    Blue Period (GN 6) 2022-03-22 (from $10.49)
    Blue Period (GN 7) 2022-06-28 (from $10.99)
    Blue Period (GN 8) 2022-08-23 (from $10.99)
    Blue Period (GN 9) 2022-09-20 (from $10.48)
    Blue Period (GN 10) 2022-11-08 (from $11.40)
    Blue Period (GN 11) 2022-11-29 (from $9.74)
    Blue Period (GN 12) 2023-01-24 (from $11.04)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Tsubasa Yamaguchi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Ajani Oloye

Cover Design: Matt Akuginow
Editing: Haruko Hashimoto
Lettering: Lys Blakeslee
(none)
English companies
Editing: Kodansha USA Publishing
Licensed by: Kodansha Comics
Online Distribution: K MANGA
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation: Jesús Espí (Milky Way Ediciones)
Publisher:
Milky Way Ediciones (Spain)
Panini Comics (Mexico; Argentina; Colombia; Chile; Peru)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Milky Way Ediciones)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Tommaso Ghirlanda

Lettering: Massimiliano Lucidi
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Karolina Dwornik
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko

This encyclopedia is collaboratively edited by the users of this site
DISCLAIMER add information report an error lookup sources

Compare this manga's credits with others

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Manga anthology