'Blue Lock' Gets Second Season, 'Episode Nagi' Spin-off Gets Movie Adaptation

The 24th and final episode of the Blue Lock television anime ended with a second season and movie announcement on Sunday. The movie will adapt the Episode Nagi spin-off manga. The official website also revealed six additional cast members.

Cast
Ryuusei Shidou: Yuuichi Nakamura (Haikyuu!!)
Tabito Karasu: Makoto Furukawa (One Punch Man)
Eita Otoya: Kengo Kawanishi (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Kenyuu Yukimiya: Takuya Eguchi (Given)
Julian Loki: Hiro Shimono (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Leonardo Luna: Shinichirou Kamio (Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. 2nd Season)

The first season produced by animation studio 8bit began airing on October 9. Crunchyroll simulcast the series with subtitles and an English dub.

Blue Lock adapts Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yuusuke Nomura's soccer manga, which began in Weekly Shounen Magazine in August 2018. Kodansha published the 23rd volume on March 16. Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English in January 2021 and released the 18th volume on March 21.

Kaneshiro and Kouta Sannomiya began serializing the spin-off manga focused on Seishirou Nagi in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine on June 9. Kodansha shipped the second volume on March 16.

Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen division in May 2021. The manga also topped the Sports category in the 15th edition of Recommended Comics Selected by Japanese Bookstore Employees.

Announcement


Official site: https://bluelock-pr.com/
Official Twitter: @BLUELOCK_PR

Source: Comic Natalie

Blue Lock 2nd Season and Blue Lock: Nagi Episode on MAL