Blue Lock Season 2 Reveals Release Window as Sports Anime Eyes Triumphant Return After Unprecedented Popularity
Blue Lock fans are in for a good time with Season 2 scheduled to premiere in October 2024. Written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura, Blue Lock is a Japanese manga series that was developed into an animated series in August 2021. The 24-episode first season aired from October 9, 2022, to March 26, 2022.
Blue Lock is about Yoichi Isagi who tries to learn the titular training regime from his new coach, Ego Jinpachi and other high school soccer players around Japan who gather for a controversial project designed to create the best and most egoistic striker.
Blue Lock Season 2 Release Date
After Blue Lock wrapped up its Season 1, it ended with Isagi and his team battling with the International Five, confirming Season 2 alongside a spin-off movie called Episode Nagi after the end credits of the season one finale.
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi premiered in Japan on April 19, 2024, focusing on the character Seishiro Nagi, one of the show’s core characters. Nagi was a detached and dejected teen at the start of the show but turned into one of the fiercest competitors after his rivalry with Isagi re-ignited his passion for soccer.
While Blue Lock Season 1 covered 90 chapters (11 volumes) of the original manga. Considering the manga has a total of 199 chapters (23 volumes), Season 2 could cover the same amount of episodes as the debut season.
What Can Be Expected From Blue Lock Season 2?
Season 1 of Blue Lock covered half of the currently published manga source, which means the second season will most likely adapt volumes 12-23. At the end of Blue Lock Season 1, Kunigami failed to make it through the Second Selection, leaving Isagi bereft of his closest friend.
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Season 2 can be expected to address the aftermath of Kunigami’s exit from the project, and how Isagi deals with it. After the events of Blue Lock Season 1, the core players are expected to advance to the Third Selection round. Consequently, the top 35 players must compete to form a team of eleven and eventually compete against Japan’s national Under 20 team.
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Following the ‘U-20’ arc, the events in the manga get much wilder, with Ego having much bigger plans to test the abilities of his players, which includes a massive international, televised tournament.
You can watch Blue Lock Season 1 on Crunchyroll.