ぐらんぶる

Grand Blue Dreaming

A new life begins for Kitahara Iori as he begins his college career near the ocean in Izu city, full of excitement for his new life. He will be moving into his Uncle's diving store "Grand Blue." There he finds the beautiful ocean, beautiful women, and men that love diving and alcohol. Will Iori be able to live his dream college life?

Names

Original	ぐらんぶる (japanese)
Romaji	Grand Blue
English	Grand Blue Dreaming
Chinese	碧蓝之海 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	ก๊วนป่วนชวนบุ๋งบุ๋ง

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2018-07-14 → 2018-09-29 (Summer 2018)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Zero-G
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Seinen
Genres	Comedy Slice of Life Sports
Themes	School Club Coastal Slapstick Nudity College Primarily Adult Cast Seinen Male Protagonist Surreal Comedy Female Protagonist Scuba Diving Ensemble Cast Episodic
Streaming	Amazon Prime Video · Netflix · Amazon Prime Video · Crunchyroll · YouTube

Reception

Community score	8.33 / 10
Bayesian score	8.31 / 10
Composite	72.0
On lists	233,684
Favourited	12,979 (5.6%)
Completion	83.2%
Drop rate	4.2%
In backlog	28.8%
Score spread σ	1.47
MyAnimeList	8.45 / 10

Score distribution

147423043582492352,15963,717711,828826,767930,3331019,270

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Zero-G	S+	1 of 35
Broadcast season	Summer 2018	A	5 of 90
Year	2018	A	12 of 383
Genre	Sports	A	16 of 447
Season (all years)	Summer	S	35 of 1,662
Genre	Slice of Life	A	41 of 1,578
Demographic	Seinen	A	43 of 775
Era	Late 2010s	S	47 of 1,863
Genre	Comedy	S	54 of 3,488
Length	Single-cour	A	80 of 2,668
Source material	Manga	A	111 of 3,025
Format	TV series	A	125 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	S	168 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Shinji Takamatsu, Hideoki Kusama, Youichi Ueda
Series composition	Shinji Takamatsu, Kenji Inoue
Character design	Kimitake Yoshioka, Hideoki Kusama
Original creator	Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka