BLUE LOCK unveiled the key visual for its upcoming season 2 titled “BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN.” The 14-episode season will focus on the match between BLUE LOCK and the U-20 National Japan team, in which the survival of the BLUE LOCK project is at stake.
BLUE LOCK Season 2 Key Visual and Synopsis
The new image for BLUE LOCK season 2 features the main character, Yoichi Isagi, dribbling up the pitch with his latest teammate and captain, Rin Itoshi. These players are pitted against Japanese prodigy Sae Itoshi and his teammate, Oliver Aiku.
Thirty-five participants survived the grueling selection process. Now, they face their greatest challenge yet in this ego-driven frenzy, the U-20 Japan National Team! Can they meet this challenge in the second seasons and prove the value of the BLUE LOCK player improvement project? The hottest battle in history is about to begin, where rising egoists will have the chance to leave their mark on the world of soccer!
Also, alongside the key visual, the BLUE LOCK U-20 uniforms were revealed. These showcase the upcoming season’s main cast. The main cast includes the strikers of Team Z, the allies and rivals made throughout the First and Second Selection, and some new characters whose skills and egos have yet to be seen.
Cast and Staff
The Japanese voice cast for season 2:
- Yoichi Isagi – Kazuki Ura
- Rin Itoshi – Koki Uchiyama
- Meguru Bachira – Tasuku Kaito
- Seishiro Nagi – Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Ryusei Shidou – Yuichi Nakamura
- Tabito Karasu – Makoto Furukawa
- Eita Otoya – Kengo Kawanishi
- Kenyu Yukimiya – Takuya Eguchi
- Yo Hiori – Eiji Mikami
- Nijiro Nanase – Kakeru Hatano
- Hyoma Chigiri – Soma Saito
- Reo Mikage – Yuma Uchida
- Shouei Barou – Junichi Suwabe
- Ikki Niko – Natsuki Hanae
- Junichi Wanima – Ryota Suzuki
- Jyubei Aryu – Katsuyuki Konishi
- Gin Gagamaru – Shugo Nakamura
- Jingo Raichi – Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Gurimu Igarashi – Aoi Ichikawa
- Zantetsu Tsurugi – Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Aoshi Tokimitsu – Shinnosuke Tachibana
- Anri Teieri – Eri Yukimura
- Jinpachi Ego – Hiroshi Kamiya
- Sae Itoshi – Takahiro Sakurai
- Oliver Aiku – Satoshi Hino
- Shuto Sendou – Akihisa Wakayama
The staff working on BLUE LOCK season 2:
- Original story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
- Manga: Yusuke Nomura (serialized in Kodansha’s “Weekly Shonen Magazine”)
- General Director: Yuji Haibara
- Director: Shintaro Inokawa
- Series Composition/Screenplay: Taku Kishimoto
- Story supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Kenji Tanabe
- Chief Animation Director: Tomoko Mori, Sorato Shimizu
- Action Director: Tadami Okimura
- Chief 3D Layout Artist: Mio Sakuma
- Prop and costume design: Tomoko Mori, Kaho Iida
- Animation Special Effects: Akane
- Color Design: Sakura Komatsu
- Art Setting: Mio Sakuma
- Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
- Background: Creative Freaks
- Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Asagi
- Photography: Chiptune
- 3DCG Director: Tomoki Yamashita, Yuji Haibara
- 3DCG Chief Animator: Norimitsu Hirosawa
- 3DCG: Aura Studio
- Special Compositor and Graphic Work: Yuji Haibara
- Special Effects Processing: Kanako Yamada
- Edit: Mai Hasegawa
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion
- Music: Jun Murayama
- Producers: Ryoya Arisawa, Naoya Sato, Yusuke Kawakatsu, Hiroshi Yanai
- Animation Producer: Hidenori Kosuge
- Animation Production: Eight Bit
- Production: “BLUE LOCK” Production Committee
BLUE LOCK is a story about big dreams and big egos
BLUE LOCK follows the dreams of 300 high school students who aim to lead the Japanese Men’s National Team to the next World Cup championship as their ace striker! To become the best, they join the BLUE LOCK project. This is high-risk training program where anyone eliminated is forever barred from joining the Japanese National Team. Pitting the best-rising players in Japan against each other, only the most confident and skilled will emerge from this program!
The anime is based on the popular manga of the same name, by Muneyuki Kaneshiro. The BLUE LOCK manga has sold more than 40 million copies (as of August 2024) and won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Juvenile Division. The first film version, “BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-,” premiered in April 2024. In addition, BLUE LOCK season 2 will be broadcast October 5, 2024.
