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Is Ao no 6-gou good to watch with a friend?

A quiet night. Ao no 6-gou (Blue Six) is a OVA (home-video release) from Fall 1998 by Gonzo K.K.: 4 episodes, about 2.1 hours in total, finished, 6.92/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged psychological, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
OVA (home-video release)
Episodes
4
Episode length
31 min
Total time
about 2.1 hours — one evening
First aired
Fall 1998
Status
Finished
Studio
Gonzo K.K.
Score
6.92/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, adventure, manga adaptation, drama, monsters, mecha, military, nudity, post-apocalyptic, psychological, revenge, robots & AI, sci-fi, seinen, shounen, tragedy, violence, war

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Blue 6; Blue Submarine No. 6; Blue Submarine No.6.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Ao no 6-gou?
About 2.1 hours for all 4 episodes at 31 min each — one evening; at two episodes a night that is 2 evenings.
How many episodes does Ao no 6-gou have?
4 episodes of 31 min.
Is Ao no 6-gou finished?
Yes, Ao no 6-gou is finished (4 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Ao no 6-gou good for a group?
Better for two than for a crowd. Ao no 6-gou is tagged drama, psychological, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
Where is Ao no 6-gou listed?
Ao no 6-gou is on AniList (id 1051) and MyAnimeList (id 1051); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists