Blue Lock the football anime series in October 2022 on Crunchyroll
Blue Lock (Japanese: ブ ル ー ロ ッ ク, Hepburn: Burū Rokku) is a Japanese manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and drawn by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018. The Eight Bit TV anime series will premiere in October 2022.
Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.
History
In 2018, the Japanese national team finished 16th at the FIFA World Cup. As a result, the Japanese Football Association takes on football enigmatic Ego Jinpachi. His main plan for bringing Japan to stardom is Blue Lock, a training regimen designed to create the world's greatest selfish striker. Those who fail Blue Lock will never be able to represent Japan again. Yoichi Isagi, an unknown high school footballer who is conflicted over his playing style, decides to join the program to become the best footballer in the world.
The official website of the manga television anime Blue lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura revealed an additional cast.
New cast members include:
Katsuyuki Konishi like Jyubei Aryu
Shinnosuke Tachibana like Aoshi Tokimitsu
The anime will air on October 8 Asahi TV and its affiliates in the "NUMAnimation" programming block. Crunchyroll will stream the series.
The stars of the anime:
Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Yuki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
Masatomo Nakazawa as Wataru Kuon
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi
Shōya Chiba as Yudai Imamura
Shugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru
Daishi Kajita as Asahi Naruhaya
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Okuhito Iemon
Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi
Kenichi Suzumura as Ryōsuke Kira
Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
You were Yukimura in the role of Anri Teieri
Junichi Suwabe as Shouei Barou
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi
Natsuki Hanae as Ikki Niko
Ryōta Suzuki as Junichi Wanima and Keisuke Wanima
Takahiro Sakurai as Sae Itoshi
Tetsuaki Watanabe (Powerful Pro Yakyū Powerful Kōkō-hen) will direct the 8-Bit anime with Shunsuke Ishikawa as assistant director. Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu !!, Silver Spoon, 2019 Fruits Basket) supervises and writes the scripts for the series, and Kaneshiro from the manga supervises the story. Yutaka Uemura (the director of Saga of Tanya the Evil) is the concept advisor. Masaru Shindō (Fruits Basket, Macross Delta, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) is the main character designer and chief animation director, and Kenji Tanabe and Kento Toya are also character designers and animation directors. Jun Murayama is composing the music. Shugo Nakamura will perform the ending theme song for the anime "Winner".
Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga in English, digitally and on paper, and describes its story:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese team struggles to regroup. But what is missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can lead them to victory. The Japan Football Union is determined to create a striker who is hungry for goals and thirst for victory, and who can be the decisive tool to overturn a lost game ... and to do so, they have gathered 300 of the best players in Japan and the brightest players in the world. youth. Who will emerge to lead the team… and will they be able to overcome the muscles and overcome anyone who stands in their way?
Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the ongoing manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. The manga won the Best Shōnen Manga award last year at the 45th edition of the Kodansha Manga Awards.
