Blue Archive

Blue Archive
	Key visual of the series (global version)
Created by	Nexon Games; Yostar;
Video game
Developer	Nexon Games (MX Studio branch)
Publisher	CN/JP: Yostar; WW: Nexon;
Directed by	Kim Yong-ha
Music by	Mitsukiyo; Karut; Nor;
Genre	RPG; Real-time strategy; Visual novel;
Engine	Unity
Platform	Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows
Released	Android/iOS JP: February 4, 2021; WW: November 8, 2021; CN: August 3, 2023; Windows Summer 2025
Anime television series
Blue Archive The Animation
Directed by	Daigo Yamagishi
Written by	Hiroshi Ōnogi; Daigo Yamagishi;
Music by	40mP
Studio	Yostar Pictures; Candy Box
Licensed by	SA/SEA: Medialink;
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo), BS11, AT-X
Original run	April 7, 2024 – June 23, 2024
Episodes	12
Print media
	Manga Blue Archive: Problem Solver 68 Business Diary; Blue Archive: The Great Adventure of Game Development Department!;
	Anime and manga portal

Blue Archive (Korean: 블루 아카이브, romanized: Beullu Akaibeu, Japanese: ブルーアーカイブ, romanized: Burū Ākaibu) is a free-to-play real-time strategy role-playing game developed by South Korean developer MX Studio under the management umbrella of Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games), a subsidiary of Nexon. It was released in 2021 for Android and iOS, first in Japan by Yostar and worldwide later that year by Nexon.^[2] The game is free-to-play with gacha game mechanics as a means to obtain new characters and improvise strategies. An anime television series adaptation titled Blue Archive The Animation aired from April to June 2024.

The player and protagonist is a Sensei who was summoned from outside the academic city-state of Kivotos by the president of the General Student Council, an extrajudicial committee governing the culturally rich regional school districts. Following her sudden disappearance, criminal activity rises around Kivotos and the player is tasked by the remaining members of the council to resolve issues that crop up and help search for the president.^[3]

^ Botadkar, Tanish (August 25, 2022). "Blue Archive's upcoming update features new story events, characters, and more". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ Loo, Egan (July 16, 2022). "Yostar Pictures Animates Blue Archive Game's 1.5th Anniversary Short". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ Botadkar, Tanish (November 9, 2021). "Blue Archive, the highly anticipated anime RPG with over one million pre-registrations, has launched on Android and iOS". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[1] Botadkar, Tanish (August 25, 2022). "Blue Archive's upcoming update features new story events, characters, and more". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

[1.5Y-2] Loo, Egan (July 16, 2022). "Yostar Pictures Animates Blue Archive Game's 1.5th Anniversary Short". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

[PocketGamer-3] Botadkar, Tanish (November 9, 2021). "Blue Archive, the highly anticipated anime RPG with over one million pre-registrations, has launched on Android and iOS". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

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