The popular Weekly Shonen Magazine manga, Blue Lock, is getting an anime adaptation in 2022. Featuring 300 boys and a man who wants to create the ultimate striker for the Japanese national soccer team, viewers can expect high-stakes action and a lot of hot, sweaty, and muscular young men.
^ a b c d e Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 12, 2021). "Blue Lock Soccer Manga Gets TV Anime by 8-Bit in 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
Blue Lock is written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. The series began in Kodansha 's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 1, 2018. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes.
Blue Lock was one of the Top 3 Sports Manga Series of the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020" by Honya Club. Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.
Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 16, 2018. As of May 17, 2021, fourteen volumes have been released.
In January 2021, Kodansha USA announced that they have licensed the manga for English digital release in North America, starting on March 16, 2021. The manga has also been licensed in France by Pika Édition in 2020.
The "Blue Lock" anime has been steadily moving through the stages of production, and it's well on its way to release. Like many other anime, there isn't an exact release date yet, and there likely won't be for a while. With anime, the exact date usually isn't released until a few months before.
While the story is about 300 talented young soccer players all aiming to take the top spot, there is a small group of characters who are the true focus of "Blue Lock." The main protagonist is a boy named Yoichi Isagi, who joins the competition with the same goal as everyone else, but he's a bit more unsure of his skill.
In "Blue Lock," the Japanese Football Union, in reaction to the national team's poor standing at the 2018 World Cup, decides to build a facility called Blue Lock. The location will house 300 scouted high school soccer players hoping earn a spot on Japan's team for the 2022 World Cup.
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.
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