Summary
The anime adaptation of Blue Archive will premiere on April 7 on TV Tokyo’s Sunday night time slot. The anime will adapt the game’s “Asset Confiscation Task Force” storyline. Yostar Pictures is involved in the project, meaning the series will likely feature high-quality animation, especially the fight scenes.
Animated film adapted from a famous Korean video game, Blue archivefinally gave fans a preview of what to expect with its latest trailer, which also included an April release date. Besides showing Kivotos students in motion, the surprise the biggest is The anime will air first on TV Tokyo’s newest timeslotwill air the anime late at night on Sundays.
Details were further confirmed by the anime’s official X account, which clarified the launch date of April 7. Blue Archive has been an extremely successful game for developer Nexon since its release and the length of its release can be seen as proof positive of its widespread popularity.
If the game’s popularity translates into success on screen, viewers can expect more adventures taking place in Academy City in the future.
The blue storage time slot represents confidence in its success
Produced by Yostar Pictures and Candy Box; based on the original game franchise by Nexon
Blue Archive is set in a fictional megalopolis called Kivotos and follows the adventures of the many supernatural “students” who inhabit it, especially those who interact with the Teacher, a human avatar. Play in the original game. The latest teaser can be seen on Blue Archive’s Japanese YouTube channel, introducing the character Haruka Igusa. Anime News Network confirmed that the anime will adapt the “Asset Confiscation Task Force” storyline, the first chapter in the game, involving all the characters for which the trailer was released. Blue Archive’s anime adaptation will also be a rare entry in the “Girls With Guns” sub-genre.
TV Tokyo announced that it will air the anime in a new time slot of 11:45 pm on Sundays, described as part of a new anime strategic slot that will be viewed by more people. The opportunity to head a new block of late-night programming could be seen as a sign that the studio or broadcaster has great confidence in Blue Archive’s success. With its popularity with the international community, there is no doubt that there is a large enough audience willing to test how the anime will depict this video game.
That being said, video game adaptations have been hit or miss in the anime industry, especially those based on non-Japanese mobile game properties. The anime adaptation of Girls’ Frontline has less stellar art direction and fight choreography, and while Arknights works better, it’s only by concentrating quality on a few episodes. Yostar Pictures, one of the studios working on Blue Archive, shares a name with Blue Archive’s Japanese publisher, suggesting the adaptation was partly done in-house, which could be a good sign of its quality. its artistic quality. If Blue archive If successful, the anime will have no shortage of self-contained storylines in the future to transition into animation, giving fans much to look forward to.
Source: Blue Archive (YouTube, X Account), Anime News Network
