After streaming the final episode of the Blue Lock anime on March 25, the anime officially confirmed a second season to be in production! In addition, a spin-off movie was also revealed, alongside the 2nd season’s additional cast members.
The second season of the anime will depict a new battle between the egoists who aim to become the world’s number one striker, centered on the main character, Seiichi Kiyoshi.
The anime film is based on the spinoff manga Blue Lock -Episode Nagi-, which was serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine by Kota Sannomiya. This manga tells a new story of the battle in the Blue Prison (Blue Lock) from Seijiro Nagi’s perspective.
New characters and their casts were also revealed. Yūichi Nakamura voices over Ryūsei Shidō, Makoto Furukawa voices over Tabito Karasu, Kengo Kawanishi voices over Eita Otoya, Takuya Eguchi voices over Kenyu Yukimiya, Hiro Shimono voices over Julian Loki, and Shin’ichirō Kamio voices over Leonardo Luna.
▍ Blue Lock Anime 2nd Season Announcement
▍ Blue Lock Anime New Characters & Cast
■ Ryūsei Shidō – CV: Yūichi Nakamura
■ Tabito Karasu – CV: Makoto Furukawa
■ Eita Otoya – CV: Kengo Kawanishi
■ Kenyu Yukimiya – CV: Takuya Eguchi
■ Julian Loki – CV: Hiro Shimono
■ Leonardo Luna – CV: Shin’ichirō Kamio
▍ Blue Lock Anime Synopsis
After reflecting on the current state of Japanese soccer, the Japanese Football Association decides to hire the enigmatic and eccentric coach Jinpachi Ego to achieve their dream of winning the World Cup. Believing that Japan has lacked an egoistic striker hungry for goals, Jinpachi initiates the Blue Lock—a prison-like facility where three hundred talented strikers from high schools all over Japan are isolated and pitted against each other.
The sole survivor of Blue Lock will earn the right to become the national team’s striker, and those who are defeated shall be banned from joining the team forever. Selected to join this risky project is Yoichi Isagi, a striker who failed to bring his high school soccer team to the national tournament.
After choosing to pass to a teammate who missed instead of scoring on his own, he could not help but wonder if the results would have been different had he been more selfish. Using this golden opportunity given by the Blue Lock Project, Yoichi aims to clear his doubts and chase his ultimate desire—to become the greatest striker in the world and lead Japan to World Cup glory.
▍ Blue Lock Anime Staff & Production
Original Work: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/ Manga: Yūsuke Nomura [Serialized at Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine]
Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe
Assistant Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa
Series Composition: Taku Kishimoto
Story Supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Concept Advisor: Yutaka Uemura
Main Character Design/ Chief Animation Director: Masaru Shindō
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director: Kenji Tanabe, Kento Toya
Chief Action Director: Hisashi Tojima
Action Director: Hiromi Sakamoto
Prop Design: Hisashi Higashijima, Yuri Nakajima, Kaori Kyouzu
Special Effects Animation Director: Akane
Color Design: Sakura Komatsu
Art Design: Shinji Sugiyama
Art Director: Sawako Takagi
Backgrounds: Studio Wyeth
Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Asagi
Photography: chiptune
3D CG Director: Norimitsu Hirosawa
3D CG: Aura Studio
Visual Concept: Toshiyuki Yamashita (Hyperbole)
Special Effects Processing: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Rina Mitsuzumi
2D CG Monitor Graphics: Yasukazu Asano (emitai)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (EditZ)
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Goh
Sound Producer: Bit Grooove Promotion
Animation Producer: Tsutomu Hirano
Animation: 8-Bit
▍ Blue Lock Anime Cast
■ Yoichi Isagi – CV: Kazuki Ura
■ Meguru Bachira – CV: Tasuku Kaito
■ Rensuke Kunigami – CV: Yūki Ono
■ Hyōma Chigiri – CV: Sōma Saitō
■ Wataru Kuon – CV: Masatomo Nakazawa
■ Jingo Raichi – CV: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
■ Yudai Imamura – CV: Shoya Chiba
■ Gin Gagamaru – CV: Shugo Nakamura
■ Asahi Naruhaya – CV: Daishi Kajita
■ Iemon Okuhito – CV: Ryunosuke Watanuki
■ Kurimu Igarashi- CV: Aoi Ichikawa
■ Ryosuke Kira – CV: Kenichi Suzumura
■ Eshin’s coach – CV: Hiroshi Kamiya
■ Anri Teeri- CV: Eri Yukimura
■ Ikki Nikko – CV: Natsuki Hanae
■ Junichi Wanima, Keisuke Wanima – CV: Ryota Suzuki
■ Sae Itoshi – CV: Takahiro Sakurai
■ Rin Itoshi – CV: Kouki Uchiyama
■ Ryūsei Shidō – CV: Yūichi Nakamura
■ Tabito Karasu – CV: Makoto Furukawa
■ Eita Otoya – CV: Kengo Kawanishi
■ Kenyu Yukimiya – CV: Takuya Eguchi
■ Julian Loki – CV: Hiro Shimono
■ Leonardo Luna – CV: Shin’ichirō Kamio