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Blue Blazes

2014 · 1 season

A lively, good-natured comedy about creative obsession, full of energetic performances and nostalgic art-school antics.

Genres
Comedy
Overview
Set in the early 1980's, Moyuru is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack confidence in his abilities. Morinaga Tonko is Honoo's senior at school and the manager of the badminton team which Honoo belongs to. Right before summer vacation, Moyuru makes a decision. He decides to take his manga manuscripts to a publishing company in Tokyo.
How it feels
Whimsical, earnest, absurd and light. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Ambition, coming-of-age, art, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • coming-of-age
  • art
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Written by
Yuichi Fukuda
Starring
Yuya Yagira, Mizuki Yamamoto, Yuina Kuroshima, Ken Yasuda, Tsuyoshi Muro, Tomoya Nakamura, Toru Furuya, Osamu Adachi
Music
Eishi Segawa
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 30 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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