2024·Drama·1h 55m
7.1
★
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst—and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!
Directed by Kentaro Hagiwara
high school
artist
art school
coming of age
based on manga
art
self identity
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Cast
Gordon Maeda
Yatora Yaguchi
Fumiya Takahashi
Yuka
Rihito Itagaki
Yotasuke Takahashi
Hiyori Sakurada
Maru Mori
Sena Nakajima
Maki Kuwana
Ikuho Akiya
Haruka Hashida
Katsumi Hyodo
Koigakubo
Masaki Miura
Goto
Hikari Ishida
Marie Yaguchi
Noriko Eguchi
Mayu Oba
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Masako Saeki
Miyu Ooyama
Rinko Kishii
Crew
Kentaro Hagiwara
Director
Reiko Yoshida
Screenplay
Osamu Kubota
Producer
Osamu Kubota
Supervising Producer
Popular Reviews
20 reviews
summer
9.0★ · 06/24/25
65/100
“I am not talented at all. It's just that I spend more time thinking about art than others. Also, thank you for your kind words, but... art still requires you to study various techniques and such. So when you simply call it talent like that, it makes it sound like I haven't done anything...”
i always find myself lost, but everytime i rewatch blue period i feel like im getting my shit together for two seconds. i used to be super into art as a kid and everyday of my life i regret not continuing. i got discouraged. i was never good enough in my mind. i saw everyone else’s art and it killed me. i never thought i could be as good as them. i wonder where i’d be today if i didn’t stop. if i didn’t throw away all my old drawings. if i didn’t have to cry everytime i draw. i sound so dramatic but little things can tear you down. i think everyone can learn something from yaguchi. the only reason this is not 5 stars is because it gets a little slow in the middle, but the ending is worth it. episode 10 also changed my life—exploration of gender identity and sexuality in an anime with such high quality is insane.
“I am not talented at all. It's just that I spend more time thinking about art than others. Also, thank you for your kind words, but... art still requires you to study various techniques and such. So when you simply call it talent like that, it makes it sound like I haven't done anything...”
i always find myself lost, but everytime i rewatch blue period i feel like im getting my shit together for two seconds. i used to be super into art as a kid and everyday of my life i regret not continuing. i got discouraged. i was never good enough in my mind. i saw everyone else’s art and it killed me. i never thought i could be as good as them. i wonder where i’d be today if i didn’t stop. if i didn’t throw away all my old drawings. if i didn’t have to cry everytime i draw. i sound so dramatic but little things can tear you down. i think everyone can learn something from yaguchi. the only reason this is not 5 stars is because it gets a little slow in the middle, but the ending is worth it. episode 10 also changed my life—exploration of gender identity and sexuality in an anime with such high quality is insane.
65/100
“I am not talented at all. It's just that I spend more time thinking about art than others. Also, thank you for your kind words, but... art still requires you to study various techniques and such. So when you simply call it talent like that, it makes it sound like I haven't done anything...”
i always find myself lost, but everytime i rewatch blue period i feel like im getting my shit together for two seconds. i used to be super into art as a kid and everyday of my life i regret not continuing. i got discouraged. i was never good enough in my mind. i saw everyone else’s art and it killed me. i never thought i could be as good as them. i wonder where i’d be today if i didn’t stop. if i didn’t throw away all my old drawings. if i didn’t have to cry everytime i draw. i sound so dramatic but little things can tear you down. i think everyone can learn something from yaguchi. the only reason this is not 5 stars is because it gets a little slow in the middle, but the ending is worth it. episode 10 also changed my life—exploration of gender identity and sexuality in an anime with such high quality is insane.
“I am not talented at all. It's just that I spend more time thinking about art than others. Also, thank you for your kind words, but... art still requires you to study various techniques and such. So when you simply call it talent like that, it makes it sound like I haven't done anything...”
i always find myself lost, but everytime i rewatch blue period i feel like im getting my shit together for two seconds. i used to be super into art as a kid and everyday of my life i regret not continuing. i got discouraged. i was never good enough in my mind. i saw everyone else’s art and it killed me. i never thought i could be as good as them. i wonder where i’d be today if i didn’t stop. if i didn’t throw away all my old drawings. if i didn’t have to cry everytime i draw. i sound so dramatic but little things can tear you down. i think everyone can learn something from yaguchi. the only reason this is not 5 stars is because it gets a little slow in the middle, but the ending is worth it. episode 10 also changed my life—exploration of gender identity and sexuality in an anime with such high quality is insane.
May
7.0★ · 06/23/25
Creo sinceramente que la película logró captar mucho mejor las emociones y el dinamismo del anime en su día. Ahora bien, entiendo que todo debía ser condensado mucho para poder hacerla de dos horas, pero siento que saltaron momentos clave de la historia como las conversaciones sobre el estrés de la preparación del examen, el ver la evolución artística de Yatora a través de los deberes de la academia de manera más progresiva y la conversación que más me dolió que omitieran: Yatora y Yuka hablando sobre como una amiga de la secundaria le dijo que si algún día sentía que quería m0rir debía pensar en hacerlo desnuda y que si le daba pudor es que entonces no tenía ganas de eso (aunque supongo que la omitieron para hacerla PG).
Creo sinceramente que la película logró captar mucho mejor las emociones y el dinamismo del anime en su día. Ahora bien, entiendo que todo debía ser condensado mucho para poder hacerla de dos horas, pero siento que saltaron momentos clave de la historia como las conversaciones sobre el estrés de la preparación del examen, el ver la evolución artística de Yatora a través de los deberes de la academia de manera más progresiva y la conversación que más me dolió que omitieran: Yatora y Yuka hablando sobre como una amiga de la secundaria le dijo que si algún día sentía que quería m0rir debía pensar en hacerlo desnuda y que si le daba pudor es que entonces no tenía ganas de eso (aunque supongo que la omitieron para hacerla PG).
iheartlana
7.0★ · 06/21/25
i rlly admire yatoras determination
i rlly admire yatoras determination
Yolanda
6.0★ · 05/15/25
gary stu goes to art school
gary stu goes to art school
Jeremy Lin
6.0★ · 07/13/24
it was okay (and that's okay!)
it was okay (and that's okay!)