Kodoani.com – As Reo and Nagi wreak havoc on their own movie theaters, the official Twitter account of BLUE LOCK today announced that the anime's highly anticipated second season will officially begin in October 2024! A commemorative illustration from manga artist Yusuke Nomura is also included.
Based on the award-winning manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, Tetsuaki Watanabe (Haikyu!! episode director) directs BLUE LOCK, with Shunsuke Ishikawa (Sword Art Online Alicization episode director) as assistant director at studio Eightbit (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime). Ishikawa took on the role of director for the film -EPISODE NAGI-.
Plot: Japan's desire to win the World Cup has led the Japan Football Association to launch a rigorous new training program to find the next striker for the national team. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for position, but only one comes out on top. Which one of them will be the striker to open the century?
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