| Blue Period | |
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| ブルーピリオド (Burū Piriodo) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tsubasa Yamaguchi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 24, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Ippei Inoue |
| Studio | Seven Arcs |
| Licensed by | Netflix (streaming rights) |
| Original network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
| Original run | October 2, 2021 – December 18, 2021 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Kentarō Hagiwara |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Yūki "Yaffle" Kojima |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Japan |
| Released | August 9, 2024 |
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Blue Period (Japanese: ブルーピリオド, Hepburn: Burū Piriodo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Yamaguchi. The series has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since June 2017 and has been collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes as of November 2023. The series is licensed in English by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs aired from October to December 2021. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japanese theaters in August 2024.
By November 2021, the manga had over 4.5 million copies in circulation. In 2020, Blue Period was awarded the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category and the Grand Prize of the 13th Manga Taishō award.
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