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Blue Period

2021 · 1 season

A gentle, earnest look at creative obsession and self-discovery, with quiet emotional stakes and a warm, encouraging spirit.

Created by: Masatoyo Takada, Shigeru Yamazaki
Genres: Animation, Drama
Starring: Hiromu Mineta, Yumiri Hanamori, Daiki Yamashita

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

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Created by: Masatoyo Takada, Shigeru Yamazaki
Genres: Animation, Drama
Starring: Hiromu Mineta, Yumiri Hanamori, Daiki Yamashita

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
art
ambition
friendship
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, drama
Created by: Masatoyo Takada, Shigeru Yamazaki, Hiromitsu Hagiwara, Juria Matsumura, Yusuke Onoda, Shujiro Ami
Written by: Reiko Yoshida
Starring: Hiromu Mineta, Yumiri Hanamori, Daiki Yamashita, Kengo Kawanishi, Yume Miyamoto, Mayu Aoyagi, Fumi Hirano, Masaya Fukunishi
Music: Ippei Inoue
Cinematography: Yasushi Hattori
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network: MBS, TBS, CBC, HBC
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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