Aliases
الصندوق الأزرق, 青之箱, 푸른 상자, La caja azul, กล่องรักวัยใส, Niebieskie pudełko, Ao no Hako, Blue Box, アオのハコ
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Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?
Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!
(Source: TMS Anime)
Note: The series streamed a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.
Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!
(Source: TMS Anime)
Note: The series streamed a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 10:16 AM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Oct 18, 2025, 05:13 PM.
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
Confirmed
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 1 hour ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~86,182 followers
- Favourite base strength - 4,802 cross-platform favourites
- IP reach across services - Multi-platform footprint of ~46,024 users
Runway
Ok
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial90
Production Feasibility60
Audience Reception49
Strategic Priors31
Fandom Engagement8
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 10:16 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Blue Box renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Blue Box getting a new season?
- Yes - Blue Box has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Blue Box be renewed?
- Blue Box has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is Blue Box's renewal probability?
- Blue Box's CourScore is 60 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily signal score out of 100.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| animate | merch rank | JP | 12 | Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 4.91 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 3 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 38 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 32 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,810 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 250 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 187,551 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 365,830 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 93,632 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.32 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 107,742 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 28 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 58,950 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga circulation | JP | 10,000,000 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga latest volume sales | JP | 89,600 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga volume trend pct | JP | -15.07 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga yearly sales | JP | 2,385,295 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.23 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 36 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 30 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 2,377 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 28 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 15 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 2,435 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 117,901 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | premiere comment velocity | JP | 41.07 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 82 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 344,633 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | 1,380 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | engagement 7d jp | JP | 9,884 | Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 19 | Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 21 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 446,135 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 741 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 23 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 153,584 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 71,673 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 32,903 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| abema | streaming rank | JP | 26 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 81 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 5,965 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 155,500 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| danime | viewership rank | JP | 28 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 9,385 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 80 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| five ch | thread posts | JP | 583 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 52 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 15,777 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 11,834 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 60.2 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,596 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,235,452 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 425 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 1,677 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.49 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.4 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 56.94 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 109 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 33,844 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 1,764,638 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 9 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 36 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 1.9 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |