Prep School Debut of the Dead! TV Anime "Blue Period" Episode 3 Synopsis & Advance Scene Cuts!

The third episode of the TV anime "Blue Period," which is currently airing on the "Super Animeism" network of 28 MBS/TBS stations nationwide, has been released with a synopsis and some scenes cut from the previous episode.

Blue Period" is a manga serialized by Tsubasa Yamaguchi in Kodansha's "Monthly Afternoon" and won the Manga Grand Prize 2020 in 2020. It is a sporty exam manga about a high school student, Hachitora Yaguchi, who is an honor student by day and a delinquent by night, and aims to enter an art college.

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The synopsis and advance scene cuts are as follows.
Episode 3 "Prep School Debut of the Dead

Hachitaro enrolls in a prep school "Tokyo Bijutsu Gakuin" with a cross-dressing boy, Ryuji Ayukawa, with whom he has a romantic relationship. Setasuke Takahashi is a "genius. Yuu Hashida has a fetish for drawing. Kuwana Maki is an "art thoroughbred. Mayu Ohba, an instructor, unites them all.Setasuke's painting ability is a source of amazement, and Ryuji, who has been dumped by a man, is at her mercy.
Hachitaro is absorbed in "finding his own 'like'" as Ooba tells him to do...

The program will be aired on "Super Animeism" on October 15 (Fri.) at 25:40, 15 minutes earlier than usual, on BS Asahi on October 17 (Sun.) at 23:00, and on AT-X on October 21 (Thu.) at 21:00.

Production information
TV animation "Blue Period

＜Broadcast Information
Super Animeism" slot: Every week from October 1 (Fri.) at 25:25～ BS Asahi: October 3 (Sun.) at 23:00～.
BS Asahi: Every week (Sun.) from October 3 at 23:00
AT-X: Weekly (Thursdays) from October 7 at 21:00
Repeat broadcasts: Every (Mon.) 9:00 / Every (Wed.) 15:00

<Distribution information
Netflix: Every Saturday in Japan, prior to the TV broadcast

<Staff>
Original story: "Blue Period" by Tsubasa Yamaguchi (serialized in Kodansha's "Afternoon")
General Director : Koji Masunari
Director : Katsuya Asano
Series Composition/Screenplay : Reiko Yoshida
Character Design : Tomoyuki Shimotani
Art Director : Ken Nakamura, Yuji Kaneko
Art Setup : Mamio Ogawa, Mika Nakajima
Director of Photography : Yasushi Hattori
Color Designer : Ritsuko Utagawa
3DCG Director: Arimasa Ohmi
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Special Effects: Naoyuki Fukuda
Music: Ippei Inoue
Sound Effects : Kenji Koyama
Music Producer : Kohei Sakai
Music Production : DMM music
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Production: Seven Arcs

<Cast>
Hachitora Yaguchi: Hiromu Mineta
Ryuji Ayukawa: Yumiri Hanamori
Setasuke Takahashi: Daiki Yamashita
Yu Hashida: Kengo Kawanishi
Kuwana Maki: Yume Miyamoto
Maru Mori: Mayu Aoyagi
Saeki Masako: Hirano Fumi
Junda: Katsuya Fukunishi
Koigekubo: Shinichiro Kamio
Utajima: Ryumaru Tachibana
Unno: Miku Hiratsuka
Shirai: Ikumi Hasegawa
Shirota: Yuna Nemoto
Yamamoto: Aoi Koga

＜Introduction
Hachitora Yaguchi, a high school sophomore with excellent grades and a good social life, spends his days playing with his bad friends.

Hachitaro, who is what everyone thinks of as a "Rear Enrichment"......, is always feeling somewhat empty.

One day, Hachitaro was captivated by a picture he saw in the art room.

He was fascinated by the picture he saw in the art room.

Hachitaro, who was able to express his honest feelings for the first time through painting, was awakened to the fun of art,
He is inspired to go back to his sketchbook.

Finally, Hachitaro decides on his future course of study.

His first choice, Tokyo University of the Arts.

With an actual ratio of 200 to 1, there are only 650 days left until the entrance examination!

The story of a young boy who aims for the most difficult art university in Japan, and his youthful enthusiasm for art, is about to begin!

(C) Tsubasa Yamaguchi, Kodansha / Blue Period Production Committee