#Blue Lock Season 2 “Vs U-20” Arc Begins November 9, Reveals New Key Visual & Team Intro Videos
A new key visual and two new team introduction videos have been revealed for the ongoing second season of Blue Lock, which highlights the upcoming “Vs U-20” story arc. The new arc will begin airing in Japan on November 9, 2024.
The two new promo videos showcase the starting roster and main voice actors for team BLUE LOCK and the U-20 Japan National Team, ahead of their climactic showdown.
The U-20 Japan National Team cast members featured in one of the videos include:
- • Chiaki Kobayashi as Ranse Kurosa
- • Jun Kasama as Kento Cho
- • Gakuto Kajiwara as Teru Kitsunezato
- • Takahiro Sakurai as Sae Itoshi
- • Taito Ban as Itsuki Wakatsuki
- • Kensho Ono as Haru Hayate
- • Yusuke Shirai as Miroku Darai
- • Takuya Sato as Kazuma Nio
- • Shunichi Toki as Teppei Neru
- • Chikahiro Kobayashi as Gen Fukaku
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Ryusei Shidou
- • Satoshi Hino as Oliver Aiku
- • Akihisa Wakayama as Shuto Sendo
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
- • Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
- • Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi
- • Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage
- • Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori
- • Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase
Tetsuaki Watanabe (Mahoujin Guru Guru assistant director) and Shunsuke Ishikawa (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 episode director) served as co-directors for the first season, with Taku Kishimoto (Ranking of Kings) as series screenwriter, and Akane as special effects animator. Eight Bit is in charge of the animation production once again.
Other first season staff included Masaru Shindo (Fruits Basket The Final character designer) the main character designer, with Kenji Tanabe (The 8th son? Are you kidding me?) and Kento Toya (Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night) as character designers.
Season two of Blue Lock first premiered in Japan on October 5, 2024 and is entitled BLUE LOCK VS. U-20 JAPAN. The first season aired in Fall 2022 for 24 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, outside of Japan.
The anime is based on the soccer manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine on August 1, 2018 and has released 31 tankobon volumes as of October 2024, with a 32nd volume set for release on December 17, 2024. Kodansha USA releases the manga in English for North America.
The series also inspired a spin-off manga titled Blue Lock -Episode Nagi-, which is written by Kaneshiro and illustrated by Kota Sannomiya. The spinoff was adapted into a 2024 anime film that Crunchyroll screened in North America.
Kodansha USA describes the main story of Blue Lock as:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Football Association is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Source: Blue Lock Official Anime Twitter, press release
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