Fall 2020 Anime: Grand Blues!

Synopsis

Set in a fantasy world where people live on islands floating in the sky, a young man named Gran dreams of becoming a legendary Skyfarer, those who adventure from island to island, just like his missing father. One day, a battleship belonging to the Erste Empire arrives on his island in pursuit of a mysterious blue-haired girl named Lyria. With the Empire at their heels, Gran, his small dragon friend Vyrn, Lyria, and Erste Empire defector Katalina sets out on a journey that will take them across the far reaches of the sky, to the place Gran longs for spoken in the letter he received from his father: Estalucia, fabled island of the Astrals.

That is the story of the Granblue Fantasy you know of. Your usual Granblue Fantasy, this is not.

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Caesar E.S. (The Indonesian Anime Times)

Based on the 4-koma manga of the same name, Grand Blues! (Not to be confused with Grand Blue Dreaming) is the more humorous, zany, and often surreal spin-off of mobile game Granblue Fantasy, available to read in the browser game itself. Players of Granblue Fantasy should be familiar with the manga, as it’s wacky, chibi-fied alternate versions of characters such as Vyrn (Rie Kugimiya), Lyria (Nao Toyama), and Katalina (Miyuki Sawashiro) have crept into the main game itself from time to time, leaving a memorable impression.

And it’s a funny one. Even if you’re not into Granblue Fantasy, those who are familiar with *the other* popular mobile game funny manga, Learn With Manga! FGO, should find the irreverent and absurd humor similar, with characters that are more way off-kilter than their original iterations, and situations impossible to find in the original game’s scenario. Furthermore, seeing the 4-koma‘s scenes voiced by the game’s stellar voice cast certainly gives it one hell of an impact, which makes the show a jam-packed 3 minutes full of laughter. It sure ain’t no lizard, that’s for sure.

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