Blue Lock
| Blue Lock | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yoichi Isagi | |
| ブルーロック (Burū Rokku) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports, thriller[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Muneyuki Kaneshiro |
| Illustrated by | Yusuke Nomura |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | August 1, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 21 |
| Manga | |
| Blue Lock: Episode Nagi | |
| Written by | Kōta Sannomiya |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | June 9, 2022 – present |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
| Music by | Jun Murayama |
| Studio | Eight Bit |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 9, 2022 – present |
| Episodes | 8 |
Blue Lock (Japanese: ブルーロック, Hepburn: Burū Rokku) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018, with the chapters collected in 21 tankōbon volumes as of October 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Eight Bit premiered in October 2022.
Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021. As of August 2022, the manga had over 10 million copies in circulation.
Plot
In 2018, the Japanese national team finished 16th in the FIFA World Cup. As a result, the Japanese Football Union hires the soccer enigma Ego Jinpachi. His master plan to lead Japan to stardom is Blue Lock, a training regimen designed to create the world's greatest egoeist striker. Those who fail Blue Lock will never again be permitted to represent Japan. Yoichi Isagi, an unknown high school soccer player who is conflicted about his playing style, decides to join the program in order to become the best player in the world.
Characters
- Yoichi Isagi (潔 世一, Isagi Yoichi)
- Voiced by: Kazuki Ura[2] (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo[3] (English)
- Meguru Bachira (蜂楽 廻, Bachira Meguru)
- Voiced by: Tasuku Kaito[2] (Japanese); Drew Breedlove[3] (English)
- Rensuke Kunigami (國神 錬介, Kunigami Rensuke)
- Voiced by: Yūki Ono[2] (Japanese); Alex Hom[3] (English)
- Hyōma Chigiri (千切 豹馬, Chigiri Hyōma)
- Voiced by: Soma Saito[2] (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke[3] (English)
- Wataru Kuon (久遠 渉, Kuon Wataru)
- Voiced by: Masatomo Nakazawa[4] (Japanese); Mark Allen Jr.[3] (English)
- Jingo Raichi (雷市 陣吾, Raichi Jingo)
- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[4] (Japanese); Aaron Campbell[3] (English)
- Yūdai Imamura (今村 遊大, Imamura Yūdai)
- Voiced by: Shōya Chiba[4] (Japanese); Jesse Pinnick[3] (English)
- Gin Gagamaru (我牙丸 吟, Gagamaru Gin)
- Voiced by: Shugo Nakamura[4] (Japanese); Lee George[3] (English)
- Asahi Naruhaya (成早 朝日, Naruhaya Asahi)
- Voiced by: Daishi Kajita[4] (Japanese); Spencer Liles[3] (English)
- Okuhito Iemon (伊右衛門 送人, Iemon Okuhito)
- Voiced by: Ryūnosuke Watanuki[4] (Japanese); Anthony DiMascio[3] (English)
- Gurimu Igarashi (五十嵐 栗夢, Igarashi Gurimu)
- Voiced by: Aoi Ichikawa[4] (Japanese); Kyle Igneczi[3] (English)
- Ryōsuke Kira (吉良 涼介, Kira Ryōsuke)
- Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura[4] (Japanese); Blake Shepard[3] (English)
- Jinpachi Ego (絵心 甚八, Ego Jinpachi)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya[4] (Japanese); Derick Snow[3] (English)
- Anri Teieri (帝襟 アンリ, Teieri Anri)
- Voiced by: Eri Yukimura[4] (Japanese); Kasi Hollowell[3] (English)
- Shouei Barou (馬狼 照英, Barō Shōei)
- Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[5] (Japanese); Matthew David Rudd[3] (English)
- Zantetsu Tsurugi (剣城 斬鉄, Tsurugi Zantetsu)
- Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu[6]
- Seishirō Nagi (凪 誠士郎, Nagi Seishirō)
- Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki[7]
- Reo Mikage (御影 玲王, Mikage Reo)
- Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[7]
- Ikki Niko (二子 一揮, Niko Ikki)
- Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[8] (Japanese); David Matranga[3] (English)
- Junichi Wanima (鰐間 淳壱, Wanima Junichi)
- Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki[8]
- Keisuke Wanima (鰐間 計助, Wanima Keisuke)
- Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki[8]
- Sae Itoshi (糸師 冴, Itoshi Sae)
- Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[8] (Japanese); Alejandro Saab[3] (English)
- Rin Itoshi (糸師 凛, Itoshi Rin)
- Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama[9]
- Jyubei Aryu (蟻生 十兵衛, Aryū Jūbee)
- Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[9]
- Aoshi Tokimitsu (時光 青志, Tokimitsu Aoshi)
- Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana[9]
Media
Manga
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.[10] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 16, 2018.[11] As of October 17, 2022, twenty-one volumes have been released.[12]
In January 2021, Kodansha USA announced that they have licensed the manga for English digital release in North America, starting on March 16, 2021.[13] In January 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they will release the manga in print.[14]
The manga has also been licensed in France by Pika Édition;[15] in Germany by Kazé;[16] in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing;[17] in South Korea by Haksan Publishing;[18] in Italy by Panini Comics;[19] in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini;[20] in Thailand by Vibulkij Publishing;[21] in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo;[22] and in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea.[23]
A spin-off manga focusing on Seishiro Nagi, titled Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, began serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on June 9, 2022.[24] The spin-off is written and illustrated by Kōta Sannomiya.[25]
Volume list
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | November 16, 2018[11] | 978-4-06-513400-9 | March 16, 2021 (digital) June 21, 2022 (print)[26] | 978-1-64-651654-4 | ||
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| 2 | January 17, 2019[27] | 978-4-06-514121-2 | April 20, 2021 (digital) August 30, 2022 (print)[28] | 978-1-64-651655-1 | ||
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| 3 | March 15, 2019[29] | 978-4-06-514447-3 | May 18, 2021 (digital)[30] October 25, 2022 (print) | 978-1-64-651656-8 | ||
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| 4 | June 17, 2019[31] | 978-4-06-515450-2 | June 15, 2021 (digital)[32] December 20, 2022 (print) | 978-1-64-651657-5 | ||
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| 5 | August 16, 2019[33] | 978-4-06-516336-8 | July 20, 2021 (digital)[34] February 21, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-651662-9 | ||
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| 6 | October 17, 2019[35] | 978-4-06-517167-7 | August 17, 2021 (digital)[36] April 18, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-651663-6 | ||
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| 7 | January 17, 2020[37] | 978-4-06-517887-4 | September 21, 2021 (digital)[38] June 27, 2023 (print) | 978-1-64-651664-3 | ||
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| 8 | March 17, 2020[39] | 978-4-06-518559-9 | October 19, 2021[40] | 978-1-63-699415-4 | ||
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| 9 | May 15, 2020[41] | 978-4-06-518854-5 | November 16, 2021[42] | 978-1-63-699467-3 | ||
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| 10 | August 17, 2020[43] | 978-4-06-520360-6 | December 21, 2021[44] | 978-1-63-699523-6 | ||
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| 11 | October 16, 2020[45] | 978-4-06-521018-5 | January 18, 2022[46] | 978-1-63-699561-8 | ||
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| 12 | December 17, 2020[47] | 978-4-06-521638-5 | March 15, 2022[48] | 978-1-63-699660-8 | ||
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| 13 | March 17, 2021[49] | 978-4-06-522073-3 | May 17, 2022[50] | 978-1-68-491176-9 | ||
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| 14 | May 17, 2021[51] | 978-4-06-523148-7 | July 19, 2022[52] | 978-1-68-491354-1 | ||
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| 15 | August 17, 2021[53] | 978-4-06-524479-1 | September 20, 2022[54] | — | ||
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| 16 | October 15, 2021[55] | 978-4-06-525141-6 | November 15, 2022[56] | 978-1-68-491542-2 | ||
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| 17 | December 17, 2021[57] | 978-4-06-526286-3 | — | — | ||
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| 18 | March 17, 2022[58] | 978-4-06-527288-6 | — | — | ||
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| 19 | May 17, 2022[59] | 978-4-06-527913-7 | — | — | ||
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| 20 | July 15, 2022[60] | 978-4-06-528501-5 | — | — | ||
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| 21 | October 17, 2022[12] | 978-4-06-529489-5 | — | — | ||
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| 22 | December 16, 2022[61] | 978-4-06-529987-6 | — | — | ||
Anime
An anime television series adaptation 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. It premiered on October 9, 2022, on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block.[2][4][b] The opening theme song is "Chaos ga Kiwamaru" (カオスが極まる, "Chaos Reigns") by Unison Square Garden, while the ending theme song is "Winner" by Shugo Nakamura.[8] Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and have streamed an English dub starting on October 22, 2022.[63][3] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific;[64] it is streamed on their Ani-One YouTube channel,[65] and on iQIYI,[66] bilibili,[67] Netflix,[68] and Animax Asia.[69]
Episode list
| No. | Title [70] | Directed by [c] | Written by [c] | Storyboarded by [c] | Original air date [71] | |
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| 1 | "Dream" Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: 夢) | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Masao Kawase, Kazuki Yokoyama | Taku Kishimoto | Tetsuaki Watanabe | October 9, 2022 | |
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In the prefectural tournament finals with his team trailing 1-0, striker Yoichi Isagi, heeding the words from his coach about soccer being a team game, opts to pass the ball to his wide open teammate rather than shooting at the goal himself, and his teammate misses. The opponent takes the ball the other way with their captain Ryosuke Kira kicking the match-clinching goal to advance to the national tournament. Sometime later, Isagi is summoned to the Japan Football Union, and he finds himself being one of 300 strikers confined at a remote soccer training facility called Blue Lock directed by coach Jinpachi Ego, being put through a survival boot camp in order to develop the ultimate striker for the Japan national football team with the winner becoming the team's starting striker and the rest banned from playing for the national team. The first trial is a game of tag in which the person who is struck by a kicked ball is 'it', and whoever is 'it' when time expires is eliminated. The lowest-ranked striker Gurimu Igarashi starts out being 'it', and Isagi ends up being tagged to become 'it'. Rather than choosing to eliminate Igarashi while he is down, Isagi takes the risk to eliminate a stronger player, and just before time expires he tags Kira to eliminate him. | ||||||
| 2 | "Monster" Transliteration: "Kaibutsu" (Japanese: かいぶつ) | Shunsuke Ishikawa | Taku Kishimoto | Shunsuke Ishikawa | October 16, 2022 | |
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In a meeting at the JFU, new recruit and creator of Blue Lock Anri Teieri criticizes the board for their way of thinking. Back at Blue Lock, Ego explains to Kira that his lack of egoism made him unfit to be the ultimate striker as he leaves Blue Lock. Ego then explains that the 11 players remaining will form Team Z and live together with the message that at times the players will work together and at other times betray each other. Afterwards, the players train and eat together. At night, Isagi practices with teammate Meguru Bachira, and Bachira explains that he has some monster inside of him that tells him the best course of action. Afterwards, Ego explains that as teams are assigned based on player rank and Team Z has all the lowest-rated players. He then explains the next trial that will be a group play tournament against the other four teams in their building, one of five in the facility, with the top two teams advancing. With all players being forwards that Ego has tasked the players to play soccer from zero. Team Z prepares to play their first match against Team X. | ||||||
| 3 | "Soccer's "Zero"" Transliteration: "Sakkā no Zero" (Japanese: サッカーの0) | Kazuki Yokoyama | Taku Kishimoto | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Takaaki Ishiyama | October 23, 2022 | |
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Before the match, Ego explains that in addition to the two winning teams, the leading scorers from the eliminated teams will also advance. The match begins with fighting amongst teammates to advance by being the top scorer, but Team X starts to play as a team with Shohei Barou scoring the first goal as the trigger while the in-fighting continues with Team Z, allowing Team X to take a 5-0 lead. The zero on the scoreboard leads Isagi to believing that what Ego meant by playing soccer from zero means scoring the first goal. Team Z avoids the shutout with a goal by Rensuke Kunigami before time expires to make the final score 5-1. After the match, Jingo Raichi confronts Isagi demanding to know why he passed the ball to Kunigami despite Raichi being more wide open, while Barou advises Isagi to not be nervous in front of the goal. Back in the locker room, Isagi explains what he concluded when Ego said to play soccer from zero pointing to Barou's goal as the catalyst. Ego then explains that while Isagi is partially correct, his message relates to the open-ended nature of a striker pointing out that Japanese athletes are successful when they have defined roles, but struggle in sports that rely heavily on open-ended roles like in soccer. | ||||||
| 4 | "Premonition and Intuition" Transliteration: "Yokan to Chokkan" (Japanese: 予感と直感) | Takahiro Enokida | Taku Kishimoto | Shunsuke Ishikawa | October 30, 2022 | |
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With Isagi struggling mentally, he asks Kumigami why he plays soccer, responding that he idolizes strikers as real-life superheroes and wants to become on. Kumigami also explains that goal scorers get bonus points to spend for stuff to improve quality of life at Blue Lock, and Kumigami uses his for a steak he shares with Isagi as gratitude for the assist. Kumigami also tells Isagi that he has a special talent for sensing where to go with the ball to score goals. The next day, Team Z and Team Y play a match that amounts to an elimination game with both teams losing badly in their first match. Team Z puts their position rotation strategy into motion with Bachira starting out as the striker, but Bachira struggles as his shots get blocked. Team Y then puts their plan into motion to focus on defense, then steal the ball and following a long pass to the team's best player Hibiki Ohkawa, he scores on a breakaway to give Team Y a 1-0 lead. Having taken the lead, Team Y deploys stall tactics by passing the ball around to run out the clock, but Team Z steals possession and ties the match with a goal from Gin Gagamaru, all while Isagi notices that Ohkawa's teammate Ikki Niko is the team's true leader who is calling the shots. | ||||||
| 5 | "To Be Reborn" Transliteration: "Umarekawaru no Wa" (Japanese: 生まれ変わるのは) | Chihiro Kumano | Taku Kishimoto | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Takaaki Ishiyama | November 6, 2022 | |
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Having figured out that Niko possesses the same ability he has, Isagi sees his former self inside of Niko. With the match tied at 1-1, Team Y continues to play defense until the last minute. Having drawn Team Z into the offensive zone, Team Y rushes towards the goal with Niko passing the ball to Ohkawa for a wide-open shot to score the game-winning goal. However, Isagi manages to run back just in time to block Ohkawa's shot and take possession of the ball. Isagi completes a long pass to Kumigami, who passes the ball to Bachira, and then passing it to Isagi to score and give Team Z the win by the final score of 2-1. Afterwards, the team celebrates their win with a potluck. That night, Hyoma Chigiri tells Isagi that he tore his ACL a year ago and that he is afraid that he might tear it again that would end his playing career, and Isagi lets Chigiri know that he needs to be prepared to give up everything in order to make it in the sport. The next day, Ego releases new rankings and Isagi is now Team Z's top player, while explaining that each player has a different talent that they need to figure out how to utilize. | ||||||
| 6 | "I'm Sorry" Transliteration: "Gomen" (Japanese: ごめん) | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Taku Kishimoto | Satoshi Shimizu | November 13, 2022[d] | |
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The current standings are revealed with Team V on top having won both of their matches while the other four teams have one win each. Team Z enters their match against Team W with a great sense of urgency knowing that their final match is against Team V, who has dominated the block. Team Z takes a 3-0 lead into halftime over Team W with a hat trick scored by Wataru Kuon. However, that lead is quickly erased at the start of the second half. With Isagi noticing that Team W is in perfect position to counter Team Z's strategy, as well as Kuon intentionally making mistakes that allowed the Wanima twins to score easy goals for Team W, Isagi correctly deduces that Kuon is betraying the team. Kuon explains that he made a deal with the Wanima twins to allow Team W to win in exchange for allowing Kuon to advance for being Team Z's leading goal scorer, and as such they allowed Kuon to score three goals in the first half, and then Kuon would give away Team Z's strategy. Now aware that the match is 10 against 12 that Isagi scrambles to figure out a new strategy. | ||||||
| 7 | "Rush" Transliteration: "Tagiri" (Japanese: 滾り) | Yoshito Mikamo, Akira Toba | Taku Kishimoto | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Takaaki Ishiyama | November 20, 2022[d] | |
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Down 4-3 with Kuon leaking Team Z's strategy to Team W, Chigiri recalls his soccer career as he was called the genius and played for the same high school as the Wanima twins. He was a star player known for his speed, but tore his ACL that put his career on hold and has been holding back fearing that he might reinjure his knee that would end his career. Needing a new strategy that can't be countered by Kuon, Team Z places their hopes on Chigiri since Kuon does not know about Chigiri's injury. With the match entering stoppage time, Isagi passes the ball to the other side of the pitch. Using his speed having heeded Isagi's advice about being prepared to lose everything, Chigiri takes the ball and scores the equalizer in the final minute to end the match in a 4-4 draw. After the match, Kuon is beaten up by Team W for not telling them about Chigiri. Sometime later, Kuon attempts to negotiate a similar deal with Zantetsu Tsurugi, Seishiro Nagi, and Reo Mikage of Team V, but they are uninterested. Overhearing the conversation and bothered by their view of the game, Isagi confronts Team V to criticize them about their commitment to soccer. | ||||||
| 8 | "The Formula of a Goal" Transliteration: "Gōru no Hōteishiki" (Japanese: 成功の方程式) | Kentarō Sugimoto | Taku Kishimoto | Tomohiro Furukawa | November 27, 2022 | |
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Mikage explains that he got interested in soccer when watching the World Cup, but with his father wanting him to succeed him as the CEO of his family's company that he did not approve of his soccer dream. One day, Mikage encountered Nagi and they have since become teammates. As Team Z prepares for their final match against Team V, which they must win to advance, Ego explains to Team Z that the goals they scored are not reproduceable and that reproducibility is a critical skill for a striker. With that message, Isagi asks Barou for advice on reproducibility, and after seeing him score twice on him in practice, he figures out his mechanics that leads him to mastering the art of reproducing goals. The next day, Team Z has their match with Team V having come up with a strategy that does not involve Kuon, and the plan initially works. However, the shot misses. Off the missed shot, Mikage completes a long and risky pass to Nagi on the other side of the field, and Nagi scores the first goal of the match for Team V. | ||||||
Reception
As of August 2020, the manga had over 1.9 million copies in circulation.[72] As of January 2021, the manga had over 3 million copies in circulation.[73] As of April 2021, the manga had over 4 million copies in circulation.[74] As of August 2021, the manga had over 5 million in circulation.[75] As of February 2022, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation.[76] As of March 2022, the manga had over 8.3 million copies in circulation.[77] As of June 2022, the manga had over 9.3 million copies in circulation.[78] As of August 2022, the manga had over 10 million copies in circulation.[79]
The series was recommended by manga author Hajime Isayama of Attack on Titan fame, for whom Yusuke Nomura previously worked as an assistant.[80] Blue Lock was one of the Top 3 Sports Manga Series of the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020" by Honya Club.[81] Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.[82][83] The series was nominated for a Harvey Award in the Best Manga category in 2022.[84]
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network, in her review of the series' first two volumes, called the "dystopian sports" concept something that makes it stand out among other sports series, but she said that it is so "blatantly absurd that it doesn't entirely work". Silverman praised its art, noting Tite Kubo's overtones, and concluded that while the first two volumes are not perfect, there is enough going to make her want to read more.[85]
Notes
- ^ Assistant Director (副監督)
- ^ TV Asahi lists the series premiere at 25:30 on October 8, 2022, which is effectively 1:30 a.m. JST on October 9.[62]
- ^ a b c Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- ^ a b This episode aired at 1:35 a.m. JST, 5 minutes after the original air time on TV Asahi.
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External links
- Blue Lock official manga website at Pocket Shōnen Magazine (in Japanese)
- Blue Lock official anime website (in Japanese)
- Blue Lock (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
