During the second season finale of the Blue Lock anime series, it was revealed that Mamoru Miyano is joining the voice cast as ace German striker Michael Kaiser. Season two of Blue Lock first premiered in Japan on October 5, 2024 and is entitled BLUE LOCK VS. U-20 JAPAN.
Tetsuaki Watanabe (Mahoujin Guru Guru assistant director) and Shunsuke Ishikawa (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 episode director) served as co-directors for the first season, with Taku Kishimoto (Ranking of Kings) as series screenwriter, and Akane as special effects animator. Eight Bit is handling the animation production for the series.
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Other first season staff included Masaru Shindo (Fruits Basket The Final character designer) the main character designer, with Kenji Tanabe (The 8th son? Are you kidding me?) and Kento Toya (Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night) as character designers.
- • Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
- • Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
- • Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi
- • Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage
- • Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori
- • Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase
The anime’s most recent “Vs U-20” story arc began airing in Japan on November 9, 2024 and ended with two episodes on December 28, 2024. The first season aired in Fall 2022 for 24 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime series worldwide, outside of Japan.
The original manga series is written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine on August 1, 2018 and has released 32 tankobon volumes as of December 2024. Kodansha USA releases the manga in English for North America.
The series also inspired a spin-off manga titled Blue Lock -Episode Nagi-, which is written by Kaneshiro and illustrated by Kota Sannomiya. The spinoff was adapted into a 2024 anime film that Crunchyroll screened in North America.
Kodansha USA describes the main synopsis of Blue Lock as:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Football Association 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 match…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Source: Blue Lock Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website
