Granblue Fantasy: The Animation

Granblue Fantasy: The Animation is a Japanese anime television series adaptation of the Granblue Fantasy video game series. The first season, animated by A-1 Pictures, aired from April to June 2017. A second season, animated by MAPPA, aired from October to December 2019.

Plot

Characters

• Gran (グラン)
• [3]
• Gran's dream was to become a skyfarer like his father. He saves Lyria but he ends up gravely hurt. Lyria saves him in return by sharing her powers, after which they begin their journey together, along with his childhood friend Vyrn and Lyria's protector, Katalina, to evade capture by the Erste Empire, which are after Lyria for her powers.
• Lyria (ルリア)
• [3]
• Lyria has the ability to connect with Primal Beasts through her powers, represented by a blue jewel. She was held hostage by the Empire for her ability as they wanted to use her in their experiments to control Primal Beasts.
• Vyrn (ビィ)
• [3]
• A lizard-like creature that insists that he is a dragon. He's a companion of Gran and follows him wherever he goes. He has a love for apples and has been seen to be somewhat swayed into doing something when offered an apple as a reward.
• Katalina Alize (カタリナ・アリゼ)
• [3]
• Once a lieutenant of the Empire. She saves Lyria from a cell aboard an Empire warship and escapes. Though successful, she is branded as a traitor but believes she has done the right thing by Lyria. She is a strong sword fighter and wields a rapier. She frequently shows her skills when up against the Empire's soldiers.
• Rackam (ラカム)
• [3]
• An airship pilot stranded in Port Breeze who watches over the wreckage of his ship.
• Io Euclase (イオ・ユークレース)
• [3]
• A young healing mage in training.
• Rosetta (ロゼッタ)
• [3]
• A mysterious woman from Lumacie who is much older and wiser than she appears.
• Sierokarte (シェロカルテ)
• [3]
• The owner of the "Knickknack Shack" who often has any items and information that the Skyfarers need.
• Black Knight (黒騎士)
• Drang (ドランク)
• [3]
• One of the Empire's operatives who hunts down Lyria, often has a light-hearted tone that Sturm can barely tolerate.
• Sturm (スツルム)
• [3]
• Another of the Empire's operatives who works closely with Drang.
• Eugen (オイゲン)
• [3]
• Cagliostro (カリオストロ)
• An alchemist, who uses countless female clones of herself as vessels.
• Pommern (ポンメルン)
• A high-ranking officer of the Erste Empire, he reports directly to the Chancellor herself.
• Ferry (フェリ)
• A ghost girl that Gran and the crew meet on the mist-shrouded island. Her past is a mystery waiting to be solved.

Production

Granblue Fantasy: The Animation was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Yūki Itō, featuring character designs by Toshifumi Akai, and music composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Tsutomu Narita and Yasunori Nishiki. Bump of Chicken performed the series' opening theme, titled "Go", and Haruhi performed the series' ending theme, titled "Sora no Parade" (ソラのパレード). It was scheduled to premiere in January 2017,[4] but was delayed to April 2 for unknown reasons.[5] An anime television special ("Zinkenstill Arc") which aired the first two episodes of the anime television series was broadcast on January 21 on Tokyo MX prior to the anime series.[6] Aniplex of America has licensed the series in North America.[7] The 12-episode series aired from April 2 to June 18, 2017, on Tokyo MX and other channels. An extra episode aired on Tokyo MX on June 25, and the Blu-ray/DVD Volume 7, released on October 25, featured this one and a second extra episode.[8] MVM Films released the series in the United Kingdom.[9]

A second season ran for another 12 episodes from October 4 to December 27, 2019, on Tokyo MX and other channels.[10] The second season is produced by MAPPA. Yui Umemoto directed the second season, while Kiyoko Yoshimura served as the new scriptwriter and Fumihide Sai as the new character designer. Tsutomu Narita and Yasunori Nishiki returned to compose the music. The main cast members returned to reprise their roles.[11] Seven Billion Dots performed the series' opening theme, titled "Stay With Me", while adieu performed the series' ending theme "Ao" (蒼).[12] Like the first season, an extra episode aired on March 27, 2020, and the Blu-ray/DVD Volume 7, released on August 26, featured this one and a second extra episode.[13][14][15]

In the Fall 2020 season, DMM.futureworks and W-Toon Studio produced a standalone 12-episode short anime adaptation of the 4-panel comedy manga "Grand Blues!" by Kikuhitomoji, which was announced following after the game's annual April Fools event, "Big Bad Shadow", on April 2.[16]

Episodes

Other media

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