Grand Blue Season 2 Confirmed - Release Date & New Key Visual

After years of silence, the super hyped Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 is officially on its way. The anime's official Twitter account confirmed the sequel in March 2025, making the fans very happy, who had been waiting since the first season aired back in 2018.

Even better, a fresh key visual just dropped, giving us a sneak peek at what’s coming and leveling up the hype. You’ll find it a little further down in the article.

The Season 2 PV featuring the ED theme "Naked Fist Fight feat. May'n" by SEAMO was also released on April 7 -  TVアニメ「ぐらんぶる」Season 2 PV（EDver.） 

When Does Grand Blue Season 2 Come Out?

Grand Blue Dreaming Season 2 will begin airing on July 7, 2025 (JST). New episodes will be released every Monday at 24:30 on TOKYO MX and BS11, and starting July 8 on MBS, according to the official broadcast schedule.

New Key Visual Celebrates Scuba Diving Day

The newly released visual dropped on May 24, which is celebrated as Scuba Diving Day in Japan. The date was chosen because of a clever play on numbers - 5 (Go), 2 (To), 4 (Sea) - which sounds like “Go to Sea.” Additionally, this date commemorates the day Robert Sinclair Dietz introduced diving gear to Japan in 1953, making it the perfect occasion to release a new visual for a diving-themed anime.

What Is Grand Blue About?

Grand Blue follows Iori Kitahara, a college freshman who moves to the seaside town of Izu to start his university life. Expecting romance and peaceful campus days, Iori is instead thrown into the wild world of a rowdy diving club—famous not only for their love of the ocean but also their chaotic, alcohol-fueled parties and frequent nudity.

The show delivers a hilarious mix of college life, friendship, diving, and absurd comedy.

About the Manga

Grand Blue comes from the hilarious manga created by Kenji Inoue and drawn by Kimitake Yoshioka. The series kicked off in April 2014 and is still going strong today, published in Kodansha’s good! Afternoon magazine. The anime adaptation first hit screens in 2018, animated by Studio Zero-G, and it brought the early chapters of the manga to life. 

Grand Blue Season 2 – Production Staff

• Original Work: Kenji Inoue & Kimitake Yoshioka

• Director / Series Composition / Sound Direction: Shinji Takamatsu

• Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Hideoki Kusama

• Additional Chief Animation Director: Yoichi Ueda

• Art Director: Reiji Kasuga

• Prop Design: jimao

• Color Design: Aiko Matsuyama

• Director of Photography: Naoyuki Kato

• Editing: Shun Tokuda

• Sound Production: Saber Links

• Music: Yukari Hashimoto

• Animation Studio: Zero-G x Lieber

Voice Cast

• Yuuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara

• Ryohei Kimura as Kohei Imamura

• Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa

• Maaya Uchida as Nanaka Kotegawa

• Toa Yukinari as Azusa Hamaoka

• Kana Asumi as Mana Yoshihara

• Hiroshi Yasumoto as Shinji Tokita

• Katsuyuki Konishi as Ryujiro Kiju

New Characters for Season 2

In February 2025, new characters were revealed:

• Sakurako Busujima voiced by Aya Yamane

  

   

• Shiori Kitahara voiced by Sumire Morohoshi

  

   

• Naomi Otoya voiced by Yoshino Aoyama

  

   

Final Thoughts

For many fans, the announcement felt too good to be true. With Season 1 airing way back in 2018, many had lost hope of ever seeing a continuation. Personally, at some point, I even considered starting the manga, thinking a second season would never come.

Now, with an official release date, a new visual, and a confirmed cast and crew, the dream is finally real: Grand Blue Dreaming is coming back - and it’s bringing the beach party with it.