BLUE LOCK Unveils Season 2 Title and Key Visual Ahead of October 5 Premiere

©︎ Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha / “BLUE LOCK” Production Committee.

BLUE LOCK unveiled the key visual for its upcoming second season titled “BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN”. The new image features the main character, Yoichi Isagi, dribbling up the pitch with his latest teammate and captain, Rin Itoshi, against Japanese prodigy Sae Itoshi and his teammate, a new mysterious player, Oliver Aiku. 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.

Alongside the key visual, the BLUE LOCK U-20 uniforms were revealed, showcasing the upcoming season’s main cast, including 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.

Story
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, a 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!
Thirty-five participants survived the grueling selection process and now they face their greatest challenge yet in this ego-driven frenzy, the U-20 Japan National Team! Can they meet this challenge 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!

About BLUE LOCK
BLUE LOCK is a TV animation series based on the popular manga of the same name, which is published in Kodansha’s “Weekly Shonen Magazine”. 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, the second season of the TV series will be broadcast from October 2024.

CAST
Yoichi Isagi – Kazuki Ura
Bachira Megumi – Tasuku Kaito
Ego Jinpachi – Hiroshi Kamiya
Hyoma Chigiri – Soma Saito
Reo Mikage – Yuma Uchida
Shouei Baro – Junichi Suwabe
Ikki Niko – Natsuki Hanae
Junichi Wanima – Ryota Suzuki
Jyubei Aryu – Katsuyuki Konishi
Gin Gagamaru – Shuugo Nakamura
Jingo Raichi – Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Gurimu Igarashi – Aoi Ichikawa
Zanetsu Tsurugi – Kazuyuki Okitsu
Aoshi Tokimitsu – Sinnosuke Tachibana
Anri Teieri – Eri Yukimura
Jinpachi Ego – Hiroshi Kamiya
Sae Itoshi – Takahiro Sakurai
Oliver Aiku – Satoshi Hino
Shuto Sendou – Akihisa Wakayama

STAFF
Original story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro Manga: Yusuke Nomura (serialized in Kodansha’s “Weekly Shonen Magazine”)
General Director: Yuji Ikuhara
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Series Composition/Screenplay: Taku Kishimoto
Story supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Character Design / Chief Animation Director：Kenji Tanabe
Chief Animation Director：Tomoko Mori, Kosho 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 Asao
Photo by Chiptune
3DCG Director: Tomoki Yamashita, Yuji Ikuhara
3DCG Chief Animator: Norimitsu Hirosawa
3DCG: Aura Studio
Special Compositor and Graphic Work: Yuji Ikuhara
Special Effects Processing: Kanako Yamada
Edited by Mai Hasegawa (edits)
Sound Director: Hiroki Gohbun
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