Grand Blue Season 3 Heads to Palau for Summer 2026
The third season arrives just one year after Season 2, a faster turnaround than the six-year gap between the first two seasons.
Reporting from 1 sources: ASCII.jp.
The summer anime guide from ASCII.jp confirms Grand Blue Season 3 will air in July 2026, moving the college comedy to Palau. The teaser PV shows the usual Izu University crew causing trouble before the overseas trip. Director Shinji Takamatsu returns. The series also earned a spot on the 2026 list of 88 anime holy lands for its Ito City setting.
The college comedy Grand Blue is getting a third season this summer, shifting its setting from Izu to Palau. ASCII.jp's summer anime preview confirms Season 3 will air in July 2026, with director Shinji Takamatsu returning. The teaser PV opens with the usual Izu University troublemaker Yamamoto causing a problem that leads the group to the tropical island. The series aired Season 1 in 2018 and Season 2 in 2025, meaning the third season arrives just one year after its predecessor. The Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture setting also earned the show a spot on the 2026 edition of the 88 Anime Holy Lands list.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.