Review of Blue Period

I found Blue Period a pleasant anime in both its good narration and visual style. In its simplicity, the story itself looked interesting to me not only for the plot itself, but also for the way the main character developed his personal maturity and skills. Blue Period tells about the story of a young boy willing to become a painter after discovering all of a sudden his passion for painting arts. The comparison with the other anime called “Arte” might come spontaneous, and surely there’s a sort of correlation since both of them were realized by the same studio (Seven Arcs). However, I found theapproach different, with Arte being set in a more ancient time and the main character already showing some innate desire or passion for art since the very beginning, while in Blue Period the main protagonist discovers this side of his life in a more gradual manner, by also slowly realizing how much this is going to change the way he communicate his emotions with other people.

In doing so, there are a couple of things which I found very positive by giving this anime an extra-gear. The first one being the main protagonist facing many difficulties, with a constant perceivable sense of potential failure, rather than taking too much for granted that he will eventually succeed. The other positive thing I found is the way the world of art is depicted in general, by clearly and remarkably denoting that sense of disorientation when considering artworks, with institutions and academies from one side trying to dictate some potential standard parameters of evaluation, while people on the other side asking themselves if in the end it’s not just a question of taste based on genuine personal feeling. In this regard, this anime doesn’t miss this point and rather, it makes the main protagonist facing this long-time debated side of art, in the hope to find his way in order to develop a personal style and ultimately convince people around him, especially his mates, teachers and examiners, that he got the right vein to become an artist.

All in all, I believe Blue Period it’s a quite short, soft and simple anime in its concept, but at the same time a very nicely executed one, capable of leaving me with a good and pleasant aftertaste. That’s why I feel confident to recommend it. Cheers and thanks for reading!