Get Ready to Dive into Denial: Grand Blue Season 4 is Here!

Grand Blue Season 4 is squeezing into our lives faster than your grandma at an all-you-can-eat buffet! Hot on the heels of Season 3’s finale—or was it a dumpster fire?—in Japan, we got the announcement faster than a traffic violation after that last bottle of sake. And who’s back to orchestrate this chaos? None other than our beloved puppet master, Shinji Takamatsu. Forget Mozart; this guy is here to compose an opera of wild chaos at studios ZERO-G and Liber. Brace yourselves, folks; it’s about to get nuttier than a squirrel with a caffeine addiction!

Feast your eyes on the flashy new visual, where we’ve got Chisa Kotegawa, Aina Yoshiwara, and Sakurako Busujima strutting their stuff in swimsuits hotter than the summer sun—and who doesn’t enjoy a good eye-gasming session? But hold on to your hearts (and your wallets), because our man Iori is looking sharper than ever, thanks to a *knife*-to-the-heart photo op! Romantic rivalry? More like a future episode of “Survivor: Love Edition!” Check it out below—if you dare!

Let’s take a joyride down Memory Lane, shall we? This anime crash-landed back on our screens with Season 2, more than six years after Season 1 disappeared faster than your motivation on a Monday. The OG cast is back, bringing our beloved characters to life and serving up existentialism with every line! It’s like a family reunion—but instead of awkward hugs, it’s an alcohol-fueled therapy session!

Our revered director, Shinji Takamatsu, is back, juggling his roles like a clown on a unicycle—director, scriptwriter, sound director. Kidnap your expectations and toss them into a locker, because this season’s animation is decidedly in the “capable” hands of ZERO-G and Liber. Well, one can hope! Hideoki Kusama is whipping up some character designs alongside chief animation director Yoichi Ueda, while the tunes will be composed by Yukari Hashimoto. Sound awesome? Wait until you hear the plot twists—if you don’t spill your drink first!

Grand Blue Dreaming (or as the cool kids call it, Grand Blue) burst onto the scene, courtesy of dynamic duo Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka, starting its epic saga back in April 2014 via Kodansha’s Good! Afternoon. It leaped onto screens from July to September 2018 and even dipped its toes in live-action with a film drop in August 2020. Talk about multi-talented! Who knew an anime could moonlight as a movie star?

So what’s the story? It follows Iori Kitahara, who makes the life-altering choice to hightail it to a coastal town right after high school—because who needs stability when you can trade it for sunshine and insanity? He tumbles into a world of scuba diving, drunken escapades, and enough chaos to make your head spin! Welcome to college life, where friendships are forged, and hangovers are practically a rite of passage!

Source: Grand Blue Official X
©Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka, Kodansha/Grand Blue Production Committee