After releasing the spin-off movie, Blue Lock has finally announced its much-awaited season 2. Blue Lock fans have been waiting for this season ever since the first season ended, as this season will cover the U-20 arc.

The beginning of Blue Lock team vs Japan U-20 team
Blue Lock team vs Japan U-20 team (Credits: enRyusai on YouTube)

Since they released Blue Lock: Episode Nagi this year, everyone had thought that Blue Lock season 2 would most likely come out in 2025 or even 2026. However. Blue Lock’s official Twitter handled surprised fans by posting a tweet about the announcement of Season 2.

Blue Lock Fans Go Crazy with Season 2 Announcement

Japan U-20 Football Team
Japan U-20 Team as seen Blue Lock U-20 arc (Credits: Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura)

In the tweet posted by @bluelock_pr on X, Blue Lock Season 2 is set to release this October 2024. The author sent a special illustration to celebrate the announcement of the second season’s broadcast date. 

Blue Lock Season 2 will bring along Tetsuaki Watanabe, known for directing episodes of Haikyu!!, with Shunsuke Ishikawa assisting as the assistant director. The anime will be produced under studio Eightbit, also known for their work on That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. Additionally, Ishikawa directed the -EPISODE NAGI- movie.

This announcement was really surprising for all the Blue Lock fans as it came out of nowhere. Now they are really excited for Season 2 to be released. The exact release date is yet to be announced by the Studio, but fans can expect it to be released in the first week of October 2024.

What to expect from Blue Lock Season 2

A still of Itoshi Sae from Blue Lock episode 1
Itoshi Sae as seen in Blue Lock anime (Credits: Eight Bit)

Blue Lock Season 2 will feature the most anticipated U-20 arc, where we will see the top eleven players from Blue Lock playing against Japan’s under-20 football team to get spots on Japan’s new national U-20 football squad.

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This means if the Blue Lock players defeat Japan’s under-20 football team, they will become the new under-20 football team of Japan. The dream the egoist has been chasing for such a long time may finally come true.

In this match, Itoshi Sae will be playing from Japan’s under-20 to see what this Blue Lock program is all about. This will lead to a face-off between the Itsoshi brothers, Rin and Sae. This season will show their backstory, revealing why Rin hates his brother so much.

The U-20 arc is considered one of the best arcs of Blue Lock, as the top 11 egoist players will come together on one team. Just imagine seeing Nagi, Isagi, Rin, Barou, and Bachira all playing together in one team. 

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However, Blue Lock fans are still concerned about its animation. Fans were disappointed with the animation quality of Season 1, which was not up to the mark and didn’t do justice to its amazing manga panels. So, now they are all worried whether Blue Lock Season 2 will get the same treatment.

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