Sweet Blue Flowers
2009 1 season · 11 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Sweet Blue Flowers

青い花

Synopsis

青い花

Fumi Manjoume enters Kamakura's accelerated high school – Matsuoka All-Girls High School. While waiting at the Kamakura station on the day of her entrance ceremony, she runs into an old childhood friend whom she had not seen in 10 years: Akira Okudaira. As their friendship is rekindled and they start falling back into the rhythm of friends again, it starts a delicate love story…

Also On Fuji TV

Other series that aired on Fuji TV.

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Animation + Drama in Japan

730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sweet Blue Flowers itself).

The 2008–2010 Japan Window

In the crowded 2008-2010 Japan release window, Sweet Blue Flowers sits at #314 of 386. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Cobra the Animation
    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010
  2. 25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
    #2

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

    ★ 9.3 · 2008
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    #3

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    ★ 8.7 · 2009
  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010
  5. Maid Sama!
    #5

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010
  6. To Love-Ru
    #6

    To Love-Ru

    ★ 8.5 · 2008
  7. The Tatami Galaxy
    #7

    The Tatami Galaxy

    ★ 8.5 · 2010
  8. Jin
    #8

    Jin

    ★ 8.5 · 2009

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sweet Blue Flowers premiered alongside 123 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 123 other Japan seriess in 2009.

The 2212th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

19
Reviews
34th
Review-volume percentile
47th
Popularity percentile

19 audience reviews — more than 34% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 47th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
July 2, 2009
Last Air Date
September 10, 2009
Broadcast Span
2 months
Total Episodes
11 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 4 hours

Reception Benchmarks

5.9
TMDB Rating
19
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,934 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,310 of 2,532 (top 91%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesJ.C.STAFF
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 11
Release DateJuly 2, 2009
Official Sitewww.aoihana.tv

Questions Answered

When did Sweet Blue Flowers end?

Sweet Blue Flowers finished its run with its final episode airing on September 10, 2009.

Where did Sweet Blue Flowers air?

Sweet Blue Flowers aired on Fuji TV, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.