Ao no Hako (Blue Box) season 2 premieres on October 4, 2026, continuing the teen romance between Taiki Inomata and Chinatsu Kano. The anime adapts Kouji Miura's manga of the same name, serialized on Shonen Jump+.
Key Details
- Premiere date: October 4, 2026
- Production: Electric Circus (replacing season 1's Studio C2C)
- Director: Daisuke Sakō (replacing Aku Watanabe); character designer Miho Tanino and series composer Yuko Kakihara return from season 1
- Cast: Shōya Chiba returns as Taiki Inomata
Why The Studio Change Mid-Series
Changing both the director and animation studio between seasons isn't unheard of in Japanese anime, but production committee UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS kept season 1's character designer and series composer on board to keep the emotional throughline from breaking between seasons.
Sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, AniList. As of September 28, 2026.