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Amanchu Creator Passes the Torch to Grand Blue
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Diving anime series Amanchu! Advance is wrapping up this season but another, albeit still different, diving anime taking its place. Grand Blue, a series about a college student moving out to a coastal town and making friends with scuba divers, will premiere on July 13. Amanchu! manga creator Kozue Amano shared her excitement for the upcoming show on Twitter on Monday.
The conversation started when animator and character designer Yōko Itō shared an image of super-deformed versions of Amanchu!'s characters saying that "Someday, this will be an anime, too..." Amano shared the image with the comment that it's a little sad the anime is ending but then seemed to recover and added that summer will spread "diving and youth!" Amano followed up with artwork of Grand Blue protagonist Iori Kitahara.
『ぐらんぶる』
— 天野・あまんちゅ!〜あどばんす〜放送中 (@aquaria2go) June 25, 2018
7月13日(金)よりhttps://t.co/UfpGqiogx8-TBS.
アニメイズム枠にて放送開始!
ダイビング部の青春が詰まってます!
めちゃくちゃ楽しみにしてます^ ^ pic.twitter.com/jhMtxUonRf
The fan art caught the attention of Grand Blue Dreaming artist Kimitake Yoshioka. Yoshioka responded with joy for the shout-out before sending over his own fanart of Amanchu! with the comment "I hope it gets a sequel, too."
天野先生のぐらんぶるイラストがありがたすぎたので吉岡も描いてみました。超楽しかった。素晴らしいアニメをありがとうございました!続編希望です!#あまんちゅ #ぐらんぶる pic.twitter.com/EbUqWLdt13
— 吉岡公威@ぐらんぶる⑩発売中! (@kimitake_y) June 26, 2018
Amano thanked Yoshioka for his fan art in turn. Isn't it great when creators support one another?
[Via Ota-Suke]
