{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6b613bbeae93313aaaaa8162","clusterId":"c_3668d8bf8495dff692e4f8dd","slug":"blue-box-season-2-opens-with-episode-26-deja-vu","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Blue Box Season 2 Opens With Episode 26, Déjà Vu","summary":"Blue Box Season 2 begins airing on TBS's 28-station nationwide network on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM, opening with Episode 26, titled Déjà Vu. The episode follows Taiki Inomata as he goes on a long-awaited date with Chinatsu Kano. They shop together and enjoy the outing until Kazuma Matsuoka, a senior in the boys' basketball club, appears and the mood shifts. Matsuoka, voiced by Yuki Kaji, pushes the pair around, and after those turns the two end up at a certain place. At twilight, Taiki resolves to tell Chinatsu how he feels. Streaming begins after broadcast on October 4 at 5:00 PM on services including Netflix, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT. Electric Circus handles animation production under director Daisuke Sakou, and Shoya Chiba and Reina Ueda voice the two leads.","whyItMatters":"Season 1's Crunchyroll Anime Awards Best Romance win gives this premiere a benchmark the sources themselves name, so the new season opens under a trophy rather than a question mark.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe original manga is Kouji Miura\u0026#39;s Blue Box, which ran in Shueisha\u0026#39;s Weekly Shonen Jump from April 2021 to July 2026. Season 1 aired on TBS from October 2024 to March 2025, streamed worldwide at the same time, and took Best Romance at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeason 2 keeps the same production core: director Daisuke Sakou, character design and chief animation direction by Miho Tanino, series composition and screenplay by Yuko Kakihara, and music by Takashi Ohmama, with Electric Circus on animation. The cast returns Shoya Chiba, Reina Ueda, Akari Kito, Chiaki Kobayashi, Yuma Uchida, Kana Ichinose, Yuki Kaji, and Yoshino Aoyama. aiko performs the opening theme, and Elsewhere Kikou performs the ending theme. Streaming runs on Netflix, d Anime Store, U-NEXT, Disney+, DMM TV, Hulu, and others, with start times varying by service.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yuki Kaji voicing Matsuoka puts a marquee name on the character whose arrival turns Taiki's date. Blue Box Season 2 introduces him in Episode 26 to disturb the moment Taiki resolves to confess.","twitterPost":"Blue Box Season 2 casts Yuki Kaji as Matsuoka, the senior whose arrival redirects Taiki's date and his confession timing.","threadsPost":"Yuki Kaji voices Kazuma Matsuoka, the senior who interrupts Taiki's long-awaited date with Chinatsu in Blue Box Season 2 Episode 26. The confession Taiki resolves to make at twilight lands because Matsuoka's pushback resets the day.","newsletterBlurb":"Blue Box Season 2 premieres October 4, 2026 on TBS at 4:30 PM, and its first episode is numbered 26, continuing straight from the season that took Best Romance at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025. Episode 26, Déjà Vu, sends Taiki and Chinatsu on a date that a basketball senior disrupts. Electric Circus returns on animation with Shoya Chiba and Reina Ueda leading the cast.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/04/103491.html\",\"title\":\"Fall Anime 'Blue Box Season 2' Episode 26 Advance Cut: Taiki's Heart Soars Over a Date with Chinatsu, But Then Senpai Matsuoka Appears...\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":9226,"outputTokens":996,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791084565,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T03:26:02.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:28:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:28:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3668d8bf8495dff692e4f8dd","canonicalTitle":"秋アニメ「アオのハコ Season2」千夏とのデートに胸が弾む大喜。そこに先輩の松岡が登場し…第26話先行カット","representativeArticleId":"a_0f8d479a4879a50b14acca86","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Blue Box Season 2\",\"Aoashi Season 2\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-04T00:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-04T00:45:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Anime","url":"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/10/04/103492.html","title":"秋アニメ「アオアシ Season2」Aチームに晴れて昇格したアシトは、技術の差に圧倒され…第1話先行カット"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Blue Box Season 2","Aoashi Season 2"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Blue Box Season 2 premieres on TBS's 28-station nationwide network on Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM, opening with Episode 26, Déjà Vu.","Episode 26 follows Taiki Inomata and Chinatsu Kano on a date that is interrupted by Kazuma Matsuoka, a senior in the boys' basketball club.","Blue Box Season 2 streams from October 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM on Netflix, d Anime Store, U-NEXT, and other platforms.","Electric Circus handles animation production on Blue Box Season 2 under director Daisuke Sakou.","The Blue Box manga by Kouji Miura ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from April 2021 to July 2026."]}