The upcoming Blue Lock Season 2 revealed a key visual. The sequel will premiere on October 5, 2024 and will consist of 14 episodes. Studio 8bit is responsible for the animation. The new season will U-20 JAPAN Bow and is titled BLUE LOCK vs U-20 JAPAN.
Blue Lock Season 2 recently premiered the theme song “Bojaku no Charisma” by Unison Square Garden. The cast reprises their roles from the first season and the main cast has received an updated look with new uniforms for the sequel:
- Yoichi Isagi – Kazuki Ura
- Rin Itoshi – Koki Uchiyama
- Meguru Bachira – Tasuku Kaito
- Seishiro Nagi – Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Ryusei Shidou – Yuichi Nakamura
- Tabito Karasu – Makoto Furukawa
- Eita Otoya – Kengo Kawanishi
- Kenyu Yukimiya – Takuya Eguchi
- Yo Hiori – Eiji Mikami
- Nijiro Nanase – Kakeru Hatano
- Hyoma Chigiri – Soma Saito
- Reo Mikage – Yuma Uchida
- Shouei Barou – Junichi Suwabe
- Ikki Niko – Natsuki Hanae
- Junichi Wanima – Ryota Suzuki
- Jyubei Aryu – Katsuyuki Konishi
- Gin Gagamaru – Shugo Nakamura
- Jingo Raichi – Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Gurimu Igarashi – Aoi Ichikawa
- Zantetsu Tsurugi – Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Aoshi Tokimitsu – Shinnosuke Tachibana
- Anri Teieri – Eri Yukimura
- Jinpachi Ego – Hiroshi Kamiya
- Sae Itoshi – Takahiro Sakurai
- Oliver Aiku – Satoshi Hino
- Shuto Sendou – Akihisa Wakayama
Yuji Haibara is the chief director of Blue Lock Season 2 and Shintaro Inokawa is the director. Taku Kishimoto is designing the characters, original writer Mineyuki Kaneshiro is working on story composition. Kenji Tanabe returns as character designer (Kento Toya, who also worked as character designer in the first season, is not there). Jun Murayama is composing the music.
Speaking to Anime Corner at this year’s Anime Expo, producer Ryoya Arisawa hinted at a more refined animation experience: “After going through TV and cinema, I think we’ve created a more refined and cooler visual presentation, a kind of culmination. Of course, the content of the battles is important, but I hope everyone also sees the development of the direction. As I mentioned, during the first season we tried to meet deadlines and get everything finished in time for broadcast, but this time we’re getting the hang of it and trying to bring something new to the table.”
Crunchyroll streams the first season of Blue Castle Anime and has already confirmed that the second season will be streamed in the fall. The streaming platform describes the plot:
Japan’s desire to win the World Cup has prompted the Japan Football Association to launch a new, demanding training program to find the next striker for the national team. Three hundred high school players are competing for the position, but only one will prevail. Which of them will be the striker who ushers in a new era of Japanese football?
The prequel Blue Castle: Episode Nagi The film premiered worldwide this summer. In Japan, the film will be streamed on Prime Video starting September 1st.
Source: Official Website
©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha/“Blue Lock” Production Committee
