Blue Box

Blue Box (アオのハコ, Ao no Hako) is a 2024 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Kouji Miura. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on April 12, 2021.

The anime series was announced on November 19, 2023.^[1] It was animated by Telecom Animation Film, produced by TMS Entertainment, directed by Yuichiro Yano, series composition by Yuko Kakihara, composed by Takashi Ohmama, and it premiered in Japan on October 3, 2024 to March 27, 2025 for two consecutive cours. The First Cour aired from October 3 to December 19, 2024, while the Second Cour premiered on January 2, 2025 until March 27, 2025.

Netflix licensed the series and began streaming it weekly worldwide on October 3, 2024 until March 27, 2025. The English dub of the first season premiered on April 18, 2025.

On March 27, following the release of episode 25, the series was renewed for a second season.

Synopsis

Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?

Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!

Dubbing History[]

Netflix commissioned the dub of the series to VSI Los Angeles in September of 2024, and the series started airing weekly on Netflix on October 3, 2024, however it was only available in Japanese audio. Despite only having the original Japanese audio, it included credits for multiple language dubs which were added on January 2, 2025, including an English dub and its voice cast.

The English dub was eventually released on April 18, 2025.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Taiki Inomata	Shōya Chiba	Zach Aguilar
	Chinatsu Kano	Reina Ueda	Xanthe Huynh
Secondary Characters
	Hina Chono	Akari Kitō	Kayli Mills
	Kyo Kasahara	Chiaki Kobayashi	Caden Shaffer
	Kengo Haryu	Yūma Uchida	Daman Mills
	Ryosuke Nishida	Shōgo Sakata	Jacob Hopkins
	Nagisa Funami	Anna Nagase	Emi Lo
	Niina Shimazaki	Asaki Yuikawa	Kira Buckland
	Shota Hyodo	Yūki Ono	Christian La Monte
	Shuji Yusa	Kenshō Ono	Griffin Burns
	Karen Moriya	Haruka Shiraishi	Cristina Vee
	Ayame Moriya	Kana Ichinose	Megan Taylor Harvey
	Kazuma Matsuoka	Yūki Kaji	Ryan Colt Levy
Recurring Characters
	Chinatsu's Mother	Kaori Nazuka	Kira Buckland
	Yukiko Inomata (Taiki's Mother)	Ryōka Yuzuki	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
	Taiki's Father	Hiroki Maeda	Ben Lepley
	Taiki's Grandfather	Satoshi Miyazaki	Frank Todaro
	Yuasa	Kenta Sasa	Frank Todaro
	Shoichiro Kishi	Kengo Kawanishi	Sean Chiplock
	Yamaguchi	Serina Machiyama	Megan Taylor Harvey
	Gymnastic's Club Advisor	Kaori Nakamura	TBA
	Akari		Risa Mei
	Gomi		Risa Mei
	Yokoyama		Griffin Burns
	Shibata		Emi Lo
	Nomura		Kieran Regan
	Sana		Megan Taylor Harvey
	Oizumi		Sean Chiplock
	Hina's Mother		Kira Buckland

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Taiki's Grandfather	Satoshi Miyazaki	Frank Todaro	2, 7, 10
Yamamoto	Hiroki Maeda	Ryan Colt Levy	7
Kikuchi	Mari Kawano	Abby Espiritu	7, 12, 14
Tateyama	Yūga Satō	Sean Chiplock	8
Ito	Shūichi Uchida	Kieran Regan	10-12
Yume	Natsumi Hioka	TBA	12
Basketball Team Coach	Satoshi Miyazaki	TBA	14-15
Yakushiji	Gen Satō	TBA	18

Additional Voices[]

Credits[]

Multimedia[]

Cast Reveal[]

Notes[]

This is Josh Golombek's debut anime role.
This is Zach Aguilar's first anime dub contribution at VSI Los Angeles in four years since Season 1 of Vinland Saga in 2021.
This is Jacob Hopkins first anime dub contribution at VSI Los Angeles in three years since Season 2 of Komi Can't Communicate in 2022.
This is Emi Lo's first anime dub contribution at VSI Los Angeles.