List of Blue Lock episodes
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Blue Lock is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It was announced on August 12, 2021. The series is produced by Eight Bit and directed by Tetsuaki Watanabe, with Shunsuke Ishikawa serving as assistant director, Taku Kishimoto overseeing the series' scripts, Masaru Shindō providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director, Hisashi Tojima serving as chief action director, and Jun Murayama composing the music.[1] The series' first season ran for 24 episodes from October 9, 2022, to March 26, 2023, on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block.[2][1][3][a] The first opening theme song is "Chaos ga Kiwamaru" (カオスが極まる, "Chaos Reigns") by Unison Square Garden, while the first ending theme song is "Winner" by Shugo Nakamura.[5] The second opening theme song is "Judgement" by Ash Da Hero, while the second ending theme song is "Numbness Like a Ginger" by Unison Square Garden.[6][7]
Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and have streamed an English dub starting on October 22, 2022.[8][9] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.[10][11] It was broadcast on Animax Asia in the region.[12]
Following the end of the first season, a second season was announced,[13][14] along with a film adaptation of the Episode Nagi manga which released in Japanese theaters on April 19, 2024.[14][15] Titled vs. U-20 Japan, the season aired from October 5 to December 28, 2024, on TV Asahi's brand new IMAnimation block.[16][17][18][19] The opening theme song is "Bōjaku no Charisma" (傍若のカリスマ, Bōjaku no Karisuma), performed by Unison Square Garden,[20] while the ending theme song is "One", performed by Snow Man.[21]
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2022–23)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [22][23] | Directed by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | Original release date [24] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Dream" Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: 夢) | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Masao Kawase & Kazuki Yokoyama | Tetsuaki Watanabe | October 9, 2022 |
| 2 | 2 | "Monster" Transliteration: "Kaibutsu" (Japanese: かいぶつ) | Shunsuke Ishikawa | Shunsuke Ishikawa | October 16, 2022 |
| 3 | 3 | "Soccer's "Zero"" Transliteration: "Sakkā no Zero" (Japanese: サッカーの0) | Kazuki Yokoyama | Tetsuaki Watanabe & Takaaki Ishiyama | October 23, 2022 |
| 4 | 4 | "Premonition and Intuition" Transliteration: "Yokan to Chokkan" (Japanese: 予感と直感) | Takahiro Enokida | Shunsuke Ishikawa | October 30, 2022 |
| 5 | 5 | "To Be Reborn" Transliteration: "Umarekawaru no wa" (Japanese: 生まれ変わるのは) | Chihiro Kumano | Tetsuaki Watanabe & Takaaki Ishiyama | November 6, 2022 |
| 6 | 6 | "I'm Sorry" Transliteration: "Gomen" (Japanese: ごめん) | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Satoshi Shimizu | November 13, 2022 |
| 7 | 7 | "Rush" Transliteration: "Tagiri" (Japanese: 滾り) | Yoshito Mikamo & Akira Toba | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa & Takaaki Ishiyama | November 20, 2022 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Formula of a Goal" Transliteration: "Gōru no Hōtei Shiki" (Japanese: 成功の方程式) | Kentarō Sugimoto | Tomohiro Furukawa | November 27, 2022 |
| 9 | 9 | "Awakening" Transliteration: "Kakusei" (Japanese: 覚醒) | Takayuki Tanaka | Kiyoshi Okuyama, Nitta Chishima & Yūji Haibara | December 4, 2022 |
| 10 | 10 | "Just the Way It Is" Transliteration: "Kono Mama de" (Japanese: このままで) | Kazuki Yokoyama | Kazuki Yokoyama | December 11, 2022 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Final Piece" Transliteration: "Saigo no Pīsu" (Japanese: 最後の欠片) | Norio Kashima | Shigeru Morikawa | December 18, 2022 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Second Selection" Transliteration: "Ni-ji Serekushon" (Japanese: 二次選考) | Yūsuke Onoda | Masashi Kojima | December 25, 2022 |
| 13 | 13 | "Top 3" | Yasushi Muroya | Kazuki Yokoyama | January 8, 2023 |
| 14 | 14 | "The Geniuses and the Average Joes" Transliteration: "Tensai to Bonsai" (Japanese: 天才と凡才) | Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | January 15, 2023 |
| 15 | 15 | "Devour" Transliteration: "Kurau" (Japanese: 喰) | Yoshito Mikamo & Shintarō Inokawa | Keiichi Sekino | January 22, 2023 |
| 16 | 16 | "Tri-Fusion" Transliteration: "Torai Sesshon" (Japanese: 三者融合) | Kōhei Kuratomi | Shigeru Morikawa | January 29, 2023 |
| 17 | 17 | "Donkey" Transliteration: "Hetakuso" (Japanese: ヘタクソ) | Yūsuke Onoda & Shintarō Inokawa | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | February 5, 2023 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Stage for the Lead" Transliteration: "Sutēji" (Japanese: 主役の座) | Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori | Edgeworks & Isowa Yuri | February 12, 2023 |
| 19 | 19 | "Dancing Boy" | Norio Kashima | Yasushi Muroya | February 19, 2023 |
| 20 | 20 | "Super Link-Up Play" Transliteration: "Chō Rendō" (Japanese: 超連動) | Takayuki Tanaka & Noriyoshi Sasaki | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | February 26, 2023 |
| 21 | 21 | "I'm Not There" Transliteration: "Ore ga Inai" (Japanese: 俺がいない) | Kōhei Kuratomi | Barnstorm Design Labo & Yoshikazu Miyao | March 5, 2023 |
| 22 | 22 | "Voice" Transliteration: "Koe" (Japanese: 声) | Kazuki Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | March 12, 2023 |
| 23 | 23 | "Luck" | Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori | Kōhei Kuratomi | March 19, 2023 |
| 24 | 24 | "The Time Has Come" Transliteration: "Toki wa Kitari" (Japanese: 時は来たり) | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Kōhei Kuratomi & Shintarō Inokawa | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama | March 26, 2023 |
Season 2: Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan (2024)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [25][23] | Directed by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | Original release date [26] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Tryouts" Transliteration: "Toraiauto" (Japanese: 適性試験) | Masahiro Amano & Ryōtarō Honda | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | October 6, 2024[c] |
| 26 | 2 | "The Assassin and the Ninja" Transliteration: "Koroshi-ya to Ninja" (Japanese: 殺し屋と忍者) | Fukutarō Hattori & Hiroshi Kimura | Chihiro Nitta, Akemi Nakajima & Chisaki Satō | October 12, 2024 |
| 27 | 3 | "The World You Feel" Transliteration: "Kanjiru Sekai" (Japanese: 感じる世界) | Mitsutoshi Satō | Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama | October 19, 2024 |
| 28 | 4 | "Chameleon" Transliteration: "Kamereon" (Japanese: カメレオン) | Yuki Nishiyama | Chisaki Satō, Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama | October 26, 2024 |
| 29 | 5 | "Flow" | Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori | Chisaki Satō | November 2, 2024 |
| 30 | 6 | "The Big Stage" Transliteration: "Ōbutai" (Japanese: 大舞台) | Kenji Yasuda | Suzuka Yoshida, Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama | November 9, 2024 |
| 31 | 7 | "Itoshi Sae" Transliteration: "Itoshi Sae" (Japanese: 糸師 冴) | Yūsuke Kamata & Kentarō Sugimoto | Katsumi Terahigashi | November 16, 2024 |
| 32 | 8 | "Blue Genes" Transliteration: "Ao no Idenshi" (Japanese: 青の遺伝子) | Mitsutoshi Satō | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | November 23, 2024 |
| 33 | 9 | "Night Snow" Transliteration: "Naito Sunō" (Japanese: ナイトスノウ) | Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori | Masashi Kojima | December 1, 2024[c] |
| 34 | 10 | "The Subs Take to the Stage" Transliteration: "Kōtai Geki" (Japanese: 交代劇) | Aya Ikeda | Chisaki Satō | December 8, 2024[d] |
| 35 | 11 | "What You Taught Us" Transliteration: "Oshieta Koto" (Japanese: 教えた感情) | Shin Tosaka | Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta | December 14, 2024 |
| 36 | 12 | "Flowers" Transliteration: "Hana" (Japanese: 花) | Mitsutoshi Satō | Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama | December 21, 2024 |
| 37 | 13 | "Not Alone" Transliteration: "Hitori Janai" (Japanese: ひとりじゃない) | Yūsuke Kamata & Daisuke Tsukushi | Chihiro Nitta, Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chisaki Satō | December 28, 2024[e] |
| 38 | 14 | "Last Attack" Transliteration: "Owari Geki" (Japanese: 終撃) | Kentarō Sugimoto & Hajime Nihira | Kiyoshi Okuyama, Chisaki Satō & Hajime Nihira | December 28, 2024[e] |
Home media release
Japanese
| Vol. | Episodes | Cover character(s) | Release date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1–6 | Yoichi Isagi and Meguru Bachira | January 27, 2023 | [30] | ||
| 2 | 7–12 | Rensuke Kunigami and Hyōma Chigiri | March 24, 2023 | [31] | ||
| 3 | 13–18 | Seishiro Nagi and Reo Mikage | May 26, 2023 | [32] | ||
| 4 | 19–24 | Yoichi Isagi and Rin Itoshi | July 28, 2023 | [33] | ||
| Season 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 25–31 | Yoichi Isagi, Yō Hiori and Nijirō Nanase | March 26, 2025 | [34] | ||
| 2 | 32–38 | Rin and Sae Itoshi | May 28, 2025 | [35] | ||
English
| Part | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1–12 | November 14, 2023 | [36] | |||
| 2 | 13–24 | May 28, 2024 | [37] | |||
Notes
References
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