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The summer 2018 anime adaptation of the Grand Blue Dreaming manga has come and gone, but the show is now getting some new attention. The series is getting a second season as announced back in September 2024. With the show getting a July 7th, 2025, premiere date, it was picked up by Crunchyroll for streaming, who also added the first season. The show also set the opening theme song as “Seishun Towa” performed by Shonan no Kaze with Atarashii Gakko, and the ending theme song “Hadaka de Dotsukiai feat. May’n” performed by SEAMO.
We learned at the end of the second season in September 2025 that a third season was coming, and it saw a July 6th, 2026, premiere date. With the show udnerway, the production has now dropped the clean version of the opening sequence. The opening theme song is “Natsuko” as performed by FUNKY MONKEY BABY’S, and the ending theme song is “Hadaka no Mermaid” as performed by MAMESHIBA NO TAiGUN.
Shinji Takamatsu is set to direct it and is working from the scripts with Hideoki Kusama as the character designer. Zero-G is handling the animation production for it with studio Liber assisting.
The Japanese cast includes Yuuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara, Ryouhei Kimura as Kouhei Imamura, Hiroki Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita, Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryuujirou Kotobuki, Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa, Maaya Uchida as Nanaka Kotegawa, Toa Yukinari as Azusa Hamaoka, and Kana Asumi as Aina Yoshiwara. Second season cast additions include Aya Yamane as Sakurako Busujima, Sumire Morohoshi as Shiori Kitahara, and Yoshino Aoyama as Naomi Otoya. Third season additions include M.A.O as Karina, Sayaka Ōhara as Sayaka Kotegawa, Asami Seto as Chief, and Aya Suzaki as Maki.
The manga comes from Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka which began in 2014 and has twenty-three volumes out and is ongoing in Japan. Kodansha Comics is bringing out the series in English.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: After moving out on his own to a seaside town, Iori Kitahara makes a college debut he never anticipated. A new chapter of his life unfolds, full of diving with beautiful girls and shenanigans with a gaggle of lovable bastards! Idiot-expert Kenji Inoue and au naturel authority Kimitake Yoshioka bring you a glorious college tale filled with booze-fueled antics!
3rd season promos and visuals:
© Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Grand Blue Dreaming 2’s Production Committee
© 井上堅二 ・ 吉岡公威 ・ 講談社 / ぐらんぶる２ 製作委員会
2nd season promos and visuals:
© 井上堅二 ・ 吉岡公威 ・ 講談社 / ぐらんぶる２ 製作委員会
© 井上堅二 ・ 吉岡公威 ・ 講談社 / ぐらんぶる２ 製作委員会
1st season promos and visuals:
© Kenji Inoue, Kimiyoshi Yoshioka, Kodansha
© 井上堅二 ・ 吉岡公威 ・ 講談社 / ぐらんぶる２ 製作委員会
© 井上堅二 ・ 吉岡公威 ・ 講談社 / ぐらんぶる２ 製作委員会
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