Blue Lock franchise has announced that the anime series is getting a 2nd, and a full-feature film is on the way as well.
Check out the announcement trailer below:
The anime also confirmed new cast members:
- Yลซichi Nakamuraย as Ryลซsei Shidล
- Makoto Furukawaย as Tabito Karasu
- Kengo Kawanishiย as Eita Otoya
- Takuya Eguchiย as Kenyu Yukimiya
- Hiro Shimonoย as Julian Loki
- Shin’ichirล Kamioย as Leonardo Luna
Blue Lockย animeโs 2nd part premiered on January 7, 2023.
Blue Lock part 1 anime premiered on October 8, 2022.
Blue Lock anime will run for two cours in total with 24 episodes.
The animeโs cast includes:
- Masatomo Nakazawa as Wataru Kuon
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi
- Shลya Chiba as Yลซdai Imamura
- Shugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru
- Daishi Kajita as Asahi Naruhaya
- Ryลซnosuke Watanuki as Okuhito Iemon
- Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi
- Kenichi Suzumura as Ryลsuke Kira
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
- Eri Yukimura as Anri Teieri
- Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
- Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
- Yลซki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
- Sลma Saitล as Hyลma Chigiri
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The animeโs staff includes:
- Masaru Shindล as the the main character designer and chief animation director
- Kenji Tanabe and Kento Toya are also acharacter designers and chief animation directors
- Hisashi Tojima as the chief action director
- Hiromi Sakamoto as the action director
- Jun Murayama as the music composer
- Tetsuaki Watanabe as the director
- Animation Studio: 8-Bit
- Shunsuke Ishikawa as assistant director
- Taku Kishimoto as the script supervisor
- Kaneshiro is supervising the story
- Yutaka Uemura as the concept advisor
- Prop Design: Hisashi Higashijima, Yuri Nakajima, Kaori Kyลzu
- Special Effects Animation Director: Akane
- Color Key Artist: Sakura Komatsu
- Art Design: Shinji Sugiyama
- Art Director: Sawako Takagi
- Backgrounds: Studio Wyeth
- Composiing Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Asagi
- Photography: Chiptune
- 3D CG Director: Norimitsu Hirosawa
- 3D CG: Aura Studio
- Visual Concept: Toshiyuki Yamashita
- Special Effects Processing: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Rina Mitsuzumi
- 2D CG Monitor Graphics: Yasukazu Asano
- Editing: Mai Hasegawa
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Producer: Bit Grooove Promotion
- Animation Producer: Tsutomu Hirano
The manga is being published by Kodansha and it is portrayed as following:
โAfter a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japanโs team struggles to regroup. But whatโs missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing matchโฆand to do so, theyโve gathered 300 of Japanโs best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the teamโฆand will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?โ
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