Blue Lock (Anime)

## *Blue Lock*

* 1st Cour
* 2nd Cour

***Blue Lock*** (ブルーロック,, *Burū Rokku'*?) is a Japanese TV anime series based on the manga *Blue Lock* written by **Muneyuki Kaneshiro** and illustrated by **Yusuke Nomura**. The anime first aired in 2022 on TV Asahi's "NUMAnimation" programming block, ON October 9 at 1:30AM. Tetsuaki Watanabe directs the series at 8bit. The series can currently be viewed on Prime Video.

A season 2 has been announced.

## Plot

*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 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 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?*

## Staff

* **Director**: Tetsuaki Watanabe
* **Assistant Direction**: Shunsuke Ishikawa
* **Series Composition**: Kishimoto Taku
* **Story Composition**: Muneyoki Kaneshiro
* **Main Character Design**: Masaru Shindou
* **Character Design**: Kenji Tanabe, Kento Toya
* **Visual Concept**: Toshiyuki Yamashita
* **Concept Advisor**: Yutaka Uemura
* **Prop Design**: Kaori Kyouzu, Yuri Nakajima, Hisashi Toujima
* **Action Direction**: Hiromi Sakamoto
* **Music**: Jun Murayama
* **Sound Direction**: Fumiyuki Gou
* **Sound Work**: Bit Grooove Promotion
* **Editing**: Mai Hasegawa
* **Art Direction**: Sawako Takagi
* **Art Design**: Shinji Sugiyama
* **Colour Design**: Sakura Komatsu
* **Photographic Direction**: Yasuhiro Asagi
* **CG Direction**: Norimitsu Hirosawa
* **Animation Work**: 8bit

## Cast

* Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
* Kaito Tasuku as Meguru Bachira
* Yuuki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
* Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
* Masatomo Nakazawa as Wataru Kuon
* Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi
* Shōya Chiba as Yudai Imamura
* Shuugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru
* Daishi Kajita as Asahi Naruhaya
* Ryuunosuke Watanuki as Okuhito Iemon
* Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi
* Kenichi Suzumura as Ryousuke Kira
* Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
* Eri Yukimura as Anri Teieri
* Junichi Suwabe as Shoei Baro
* Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi
* Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage
* Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi
* Natsuki Hanae as Ikki Niko
* Ryōta Suzuki as Junichi Wanima & Keisuke Wanima
* Takahiro Sakurai as Sae Itoshi
* Kouki Uchiyama as Rin Itoshi
* Katsuyuki Konishi as Jyubei Aryu
* Shinnosuke Tachibana as Aoshi Tokimitsu
* Hiro Shimono as Julian Loki
* Shin`ichirou Kamio as Leonardo Luna
* Daisuke Takahashi as Adam Blake
* Wataru Komada as Pablo Cavasoz
* Robert Waterman as Dada Silva
* Yuichi Nakamura as Ryusei Shido
* Makoto Furukawa as Tabito Karasu
* Kengo Kawanishi as Eita Otoya
* Takuya Eguchi as Kenyu Yukimiya

## Music

* Opening 1 - Chaos ga Kiwamaru by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN
* Opening 2 - Judgement by ASH DA HERO
* Ending 1 - WINNER by Shuugo Nakamura
* Ending 2 - Numbness like a ginger by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

## Gallery

* Promotional Material
* Character Designs

Key Visual 1Yoichi Isagi Key VisualMeguru Bachira Key VisualRensuke Kunigami Key VisualHyoma Chigiri Key VisualKey Visual 2Shoei Baro Key VisualZantetsu Tsurugi Key VisualReo Mikage Key VisualSeishiro Nagi Key VisualKey Visual 32nd Cour Key Visual

Yoichi IsagiMeguru BachiraRensuke KunigamiHyoma ChigiriWataru KuonJingo RaichiYudai ImamuraGin GagamaruAsahi NaruhayaOkuhito IemonGurimu IgarashiRyousuke KiraJinpachi EgoAnri TeieriShoei BaroZantetsu TsurugiReo MikageSeishiro NagiIkki NikoJunichi WanimaKeisuke WanimaSae ItoshiRin ItoshiJyubei AryuAoshi TokimitsuYoichi IsagiMeguru BachiraRensuke KunigamiHyoma ChigiriWataru KuonJingo RaichiYudai ImamuraGin GagamaruAsahi NaruhayaOkuhito IemonGurimu IgarashiShoei BaroZantetsu TsurugiReo MikageSeishiro NagiIkki NikoJunichi WanimaKeisuke Wanima
## Trailers

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## External links

* Official Japanese anime site
* Official Japanese twitter