Blue Lock season 2

Blue Lock
Season 2
First Blu-ray volume cover
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkTokyo MX
Original releaseOctober 5, 2024 (2024-10-05) –
present (present)
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List of episodes

Blue Lock is an anime television series based on the manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. The second season is produced by Eight Bit and directed by Yūji Haibara, Taku Kishimoto overseeing the series' scripts, Kenji Tanabe providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director along with Tomoko Mori and Sorato Shimizu, Tadayoshi Okimura serving as action director, and Jun Murayama composing the music.[1] Subtitled vs. U-20 Japan, the season premiered on October 5, 2024, on TV Asahi's brand new IMAnimation [ja] block,[2][3] and is set to run for 14 episodes.[4]

The season follows Yoichi Isagi and the other players who survived and advanced to the next stage of Blue Lock program, facing the biggest challenge to keep the program alive as the players prove their skills in an attempt to be chosen for the upcoming match.

The opening theme song is "Bōjaku no Charisma" (傍若のカリスマ, Bōjaku no Karisuma) by Unison Square Garden,[5] while the ending theme song is "One" by Snow Man.[6]

Crunchyroll has licensed the season, and has streamed an English dub starting on October 18, 2024.[7][8] Medialink licensed the season in Asia-Pacific.[9]

  1. ^ 「ブルーロック」第2期、全14話で放送　愛空役は日野聡、閃堂役は若山晃久. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 24, 2024. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 24, 2024). "BLUELOCK TV Anime's 2nd Season Reveals 2 More Cast Members, October 5 Debut in New Programming Block on TV Asahi". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 18, 2024). "BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals Title, New Visuals". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  4. ^ テレビ朝日：アニメ枠「IMAnimation」10月新設　第1弾は「ブルーロック」第2期　追加キャストに日野聡、若山晃久. Mantan Web (in Japanese). June 24, 2024. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ^ 「ブルーロック」第2期OP主題歌はUNISON SQUARE GARDEN、音源聴けるPV公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 24, 2024. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  6. ^ 「エピ凪」地上波初放送決定　「ブルーロック」第2期の新PV到着、EDはSnow Man. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 17, 2024. Archived from the original on September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Mateo, Alex (July 6, 2024). "Crunchyroll to Stream BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 9, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Mateo, Alex (October 17, 2024). "BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 18 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  9. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 3, 2024). "Ani-One Asia Licenses BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!, Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions, More Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 3, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.