On the official website of the anime adaptation of the manga Muneyuki Kaneshiro Yes Yuusuke Nomura“Blue Blockade“, a special video for the project’s second season was revealed. The video introduces two new characters, including Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori already Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase.

It is worth remembering that this second season is scheduled to premiere in autumn 2024 (October-December) in Japan.while the spin-off film “Blue Lock: Episode Nagi” was well received in theaters during its screenings in Japan.

On the other hand, Muneyuki Kaneshiro Yes Yuusuke Nomura They publish the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine from the publisher Kodansha since August 2018. The first season of twenty-four episodes premiered during the season of Fall 2022 (October to December)followed by the film “Blue Blockade: Episode Nagi“, released in April of this year.

Production team

• Tetsuaki Watanabe (Powerful Pro Yakyū Powerful Kōkō-hen) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios 8 bits (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken), with the help of Shunsuke Ishikawa.
• Taku Kishimoto (Haikyuu!!, Silver Spoon, Fruits Basket (2019)) is responsible for writing and supervising the scripts.
• Yutaka Uemura (Youjo Senki) is responsible for the conceptual designs while Masaru Shindo (Fruit Basket, Macross Delta, Oregairu) is responsible for character design and animation direction, with the assistance of Kenji Tanabe Yes Kento Toya.

Blue Blockade Synopsis

The story begins with the elimination of the Japanese National Team from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which leads the Japan Football Union to start a training program to prepare a team of high school students who will participate in the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi, a striker, receives an invitation to join this program shortly after his team lost the chance to participate in the Nationals, for passing the ball to his less skilled teammate, who obviously missed the shot, which showed Isagi's cowardice in not daring to finish the play alone.

Their coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who aims to dispel the notion of "Japan being weak at football" by implementing a radical new training regime: isolating 300 young forwards in a prison-like institution called "Blue Lock," and subjecting them to rigorous training that will create "the greatest, most talented, and most selfish striker in the world."

Source: Natalie in comics

(c)︎Muneyuki Kinjo, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha/“Blue Rock” Production Committee