Overview |
Blue Archive, The Animation (ブルーアーカイブ The Animation ), is an anime television series produced by Yostar Pictures and Candybox. Announced on January 22nd, 2023 as part of the game's second anniversary, it is based on the mobile game, Blue Archive, and covers the first volume; The Foreclosure Task Force. The series aired from April 7 to June 23, 2024.
Synopsis[]
Staff[]
- Director: Daigo Yamagishi
- Assistant Director: Shunji Maki
- Series Composition:
- Daigo Yamagishi
- Hiroshi Ohnogi
- Character Design: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
- Chief Animation Director: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
- Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
- Color Design: Koji Hamaoka
- Director of Photography: Haruka Gotō
- Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
- Sound Director: Ryousuke Naya
- Studio: Yostar Pictures × studio CANDYBOX
Cast[]
- Abydos High School
- Ogura Yui as Sunaookami Shiroko
- Hanamori Yumiri as Takanashi Hoshino
- Ohashi Ayaka as Kuromi Serika
- Miura Chiyuki as Izayoi Nonomi
- Harada Sayaka as Okusora Ayane
- Mai Fuchigami as Kuchinashi Yume
- Gehenna Academy
- Kondo Reina as Rikuhachima Aru
- Fujii Yukiyo as Onikata Kayoko
- Ishitobi Erika as Igusa Haruka
- Okubo Rumi as Asagi Mutsuki
- Hirohashi Ryō as Sorasaki Hina
- Kouna Marika as Amau Ako
- Sakura Ayane as Shiromi Iori
- Kouzuki Haruka as Hinomiya Chinatsu
- Millennium Science School
- Haruka Ran as Hayase Yuuka
- Suzushiro Sayumi as Ushio Noa
- Takada Yuuki as Saiba Midori
- Tokui Sora as Saiba Momoi
- Others
- Kohara Konomi as Arona
- Shogo Sakata as Sensei
- Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Master Shiba
- Sakamaki Manabu as Black Suit
- Tetsu Inada as Kaiser PMC Director
Episode List[]
Episodes List | |||
Episode | Title | Volume/Chapters/Episodes Covered | Release Date |
1 | Abydos High School Countermeasures Committee (アビドス高等学校 廃校対策委員会) |
Prologue (Chapter 1 - Beginning Section) Volume 1 (Chapter 1 - Episodes 1-3) |
April 7th, 2024 |
2 | I Don't Approve! (私は認めない!) |
Prologue (Chapter 2 - Episode 2-3) Volume 1 (Chapter 1 - Episodes 4-6) |
April 14th, 2024 |
3 | Leave it to Handyman 68! (便利屋68にお任せください!) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 1 - Episodes 7-9) | April 21st, 2024 |
4 | Masked Swimsuit Group☆ (覆面水着団☆) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 1 - Episodes 10-15) | April 28th, 2024 |
5 | We're not Friends! (友達なんかじゃない!) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 1 - Episodes 16-20) | May 5th, 2024 |
6 | Gehenna Disciplinary Committee (ゲヘナ風紀委員会) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - Episodes 1-2) | May 12th, 2024 |
7 | We have to move Forward... ((前に進むしか…) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - Episodes 3-5) | May 19th, 2024 |
8 | Secret (秘密) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - Episode 12) | May 26th, 2024 |
9 | To The Abydos Desert (アビドス砂漠へ) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - Episode 6-12) | June 2nd, 2024 |
10 | The Only Place That Makes Sense (唯一意味のある場所) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - Episode 13-15) | June 9th, 2024 |
11 | Because You Are My Student
(私の生徒だから) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - ???) | June 16th, 2024 |
12 | I'm Home
(ただいま) |
Volume 1 (Chapter 2 - ???) | June 23rd, 2024 |
Trivia[]
- This series saw a few characters has been getting their own voices, especially male characters like Master Shiba and Black Suit. Yume also has been featured voiced as well.
- Mitsuhiro Ichiki and Sakamaki Manabu, voices of Master Shiba and Black Suit has been involved with the franchise for long, as they are both hosts of the JP livestream programs of the game as well.
- The Kaiser PMC Automatons and their Mercenaries are also voiced, most notable some of the Kaiser PMC troops are either voiced by male or female.
- Unlike the Blue Archive Game, there are notable differences in the Anime, some are:
- Early Cameos of "Don Aranchino" and a random "Justice Realization Committee Member" in casual outfit has been spotted in Episode 1.
- Sensei being lost in the desert has been explained full in the Anime.
- Ayane's Table Flip is fully absent in the Anime, except in the game.
- Ayane's Drone is not specifically used for healing, her drone is carrying munitions instead of a First Aid kit.
- Shiroko's drone had its major purpose in the Anime, it was also used for Recon missions and is capable of launching multiple missiles, just like in the game.
- The Helmet Gang has an entire military force, ranging from Sd.Kfz. 234,L3 33 tankettes to a MI-24 Hinds (as seen in the opening).
- The Kaiser PMC Director has his own Goliath and is darker than the Goliath in the game. It was used again in Episode 12 but was beaten up by the help of the Handyman and the Disciplinary Committee.
- Episode 9 (as an Original Episode), Hoshino's memolobby and some other extras, that were not in the game.
- The Prologue only was seen short in Episode 2, likely due to time constraints.
- Yuuka, Noa, Saiba Twins, Koharu, Azusa and Hanako appears earlier in the Anime than what it was in the game.
- Faust (Hifumi in particular) has a major role in the Anime, the L118 Howitzer Artillery has been used properly in the Anime, consists of Tea Party members using it.
- Mass Produced PMC Ikazuchi drones and Prototype PMC Goliaths (which were voiced) appeared in Episode 12. (these were not in the game, with the exception of Ikazuchi drones, which are use of Utaha.)
- Handyman 68 and the Disciplinary Committee are helping together to rescue Hoshino and the Countermeasures Committee in the Anime, this was not mentioned in the game.
- The first Voice reveal of Kuchinashi Yume is revealed in the Anime. (Fuchigami Mai)
- Hoshino, who was captive and rescued in the Kaiser PMC Facility, is fully explained in Episode 12, which filled with numerous interior doors.