Blue Lock manga is inspiring a television anime which will premiere in 2020. 8-Bit animation studio is animating the series. The shows promotional video, key visual, cast, character design and staff were also revealed.
The cast (image L-R) and staff of Blue Lock anime are:
Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Yūki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
Sōma Saitō as Hyōma Chigiri
| Role | Staff |
|---|---|
| Director | Tetsuaki Watanabe |
| Studio | 8-Bit |
| Assistant Director | Shunsuke Ishikawa |
| Script | Taku Kishimoto |
| Story | Muneyuki Kaneshiro |
| Concept Advisor | Yutaka Uemura |
| Main character designer | Masaru Shindō Kenji Tanabe Kento Toya |
| Chief animation director | Masaru Shindō Kenji Tanabe Kento Toya |
| Chief action director | Hisashi Tojima |
| Action director | Hiromi Sakamoto |
| Music | Jun Murayama |
| Prop Design | Hisashi Higashijima Yuri Nakajima Kaori Kyōzu |
| Special Effects Animation Director | Akane |
| Art Design | Shinji Sugiyama |
| Backgrounds | Studio Wyeth |
| Photography | Chiptune |
| 3D CG | Aura Studio |
| Special Effects Processing | Toshiyuki Yamashita Rina Mitsuzumi |
| Editing | Mai Hasegawa |
| Sound Producer | Bit Grooove Promotion |
| Animation Producer | Tsutomu Hirano |
| Sound Director | Fumiyuki Go |
| 2D CG Monitor Graphics | Yasukazu Asano |
| Visual Concept | Toshiyuki Yamashita |
| 3D CG Director | Norimitsu Hirosawa |
| Composing Director of Photography | Yoshihiro Asagi |
| Art Director | Sawako Takagi |
| Color Key Artist | Sakura Komatsu |
Blue Lock manga series is written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. The manga has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018. As of May 17, 2021, the manga has been compiled into 14 tankōbon volumes. Volume 15 will release on August 17, 2021. In 2021, Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category. Kodansha USA licensed the manga is English for North America and they describe the show 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 Japan Football Union 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?
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