Kimitake Yoshioka is the illustrator of the Grand Blue Dreaming manga, written by Kenji Inoue and serialized in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon since April 2014. The television anime adaptation is returning for a fourth season, confirmed one day after the third season's finale.
Kimitake Yoshioka illustrates the Grand Blue Dreaming manga, which is written by Kenji Inoue and has run in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine since April 2014. Kodansha USA Publishing handles the digital English release. The series follows the PaB diving club, and the third season of the television anime moved the setting to Palau, the first time the adaptation has left Japan.
The most recent cycle of coverage began in June 2026, when the synopsis and scene cuts for the season three premiere were released. The episode, titled "Unfinished Business," was set to air July 6 and focuses on third-year PaB members planning a summer festival to resolve unfinished business, with the promise that it would not end peacefully. That premiere date matches the season three debut on Tokyo MX and BS11, which aired with Shinji Takamatsu returning as director and ZERO-G and Liber handling animation.
Coverage then jumped to the end of the season. The twelfth and final episode aired on September 21, 2026, and the official website announced a fourth season the following day, a gap of less than 24 hours. A teaser visual accompanied the announcement. The returning voice cast includes Yuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara, Ryohei Kimura as Kohei Imamura, and Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa.
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The official website for the Grand Blue Dreaming television anime announced on Tuesday that the series is getting a fourth season. The announcement came one day after the third season's 12th and final episode aired on Monday, September 21, 2026. A teaser visual accompanied the news. The third season debuted on July 6 on Tokyo MX and BS11 and is set in Palau, marking the first time the anime's setting has moved outside Japan. Shinji Takamatsu returned as director, and studios ZERO-G and Liber handled the animation. The returning voice cast includes Yuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara, Ryohei Kimura as Kohei Imamura, and Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa. The Grand Blue Dreaming manga, written by Kenji Inoue and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka, began serialization in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine in April 2014 and is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA Publishing.
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The synopsis and scene cuts for Episode 1 of Grand Blue Season 3 have been released. The episode, titled "Unfinished Business," airs July 6. The third-year PaB members plan a summer festival to do what they left unfinished, but it is bound not to end peacefully.