BLUE LOCK Season 2 anime announced that the finale will release on December 28, and it will be a 2-episode special. While the final episodes will release back-to-back, it doesn’t mean there are any delays. The anime is set to run for a total of 14 episodes, with Episode 9 releasing today. That means the schedule is as follows:
- Episode 9: November 30 (Today)
- Episode 10: December 7
- Episode 11: December 14
- Episode 12: December 21
- Episodes 13-14 (Finale): December 28
Studio 8bit is animating, and you can see the recently revealed key visual below.
Muneyuki Kaneshiro writes the BLUE LOCK manga, with art by Yusuke Nomura. Kodansha is publishing the manga in English. The story follows BLUE LOCK, the project to create the ultimate egoistical striker that will take Japan to a World Cup trophy. They are now facing the U-20 Japan, although Shido Ryusei is yet to make his debut. The voice cast consists of the following members:
- Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
- Koki Uchiyama as Rin Itoshi
- Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi
- Yuichi Nakamura as Ryusei Shido
- Makoto Furukawa as Tabito Karasu
- Kengo Kawanishi as Eita Otoya
- Takuya Eguchi as Kenyu Yukimiya
- Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori
- Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase
- Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
- Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage
- Junichi Suwabe as Shoei Baro
- Natsuki Hanae as Ikki Niko
- Ryota Suzuki as Junichi Wanima
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Jyubei Aryu
- Shugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi
- Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi
- Shinnosuke Tachibana as Aoshi Tokimitsu
- Eri Yukimura as Anri Teieri
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
- Takahiro Sakurai as Sae Itoshi
- Satoshi Hino as Oliver Aiku
- Akihisa Wakayama as Shuto Sendo
- Jun Kasama as Kento Cho
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Teru Kitsunezato
- 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
You can see the latest trailers below.
We had the chance to interview Kazuki Ura (Isagi’s Japanese voice actor), Ryoya Arisawa (anime producer), and Megumu Tsuchiya (manga editor) at this year’s Anime Expo. We talked with them about working on the manga and anime series, the challenges they faced in creating the work loved by fans worldwide, as well as what to expect from the ongoing Season 2.
The full staff for BLUE LOCK Season 2 consists of:
- General Director: Yuji Haibara
- Director: Shintaro Inokawa
- Series Composition/Screenplay: Taku Kishimoto
- Story supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
- Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Kenji Tanabe
- Chief Animation Director: Tomoko Mori, Sorato Shimizu
- Action Director: Tadami Okimura
- Chief 3D Layout Artist: Mio Sakuma
- Prop and costume design: Tomoko Mori, Kaho Iida
- Animation Special Effects: Akane
- Color Design: Sakura Komatsu
- Art Setting: Mio Sakuma
- Art Director: Masakazu Miyake
- Background: Creative Freaks
- Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Asagi
- Photography: Chiptune
- 3DCG Director: Tomoki Yamashita, Yuji Haibara
- 3DCG Chief Animator: Norimitsu Hirosawa
- 3DCG: Aura Studio
- Special Compositor and Graphic Work: Yuji Haibara
- Special Effects Processing: Kanako Yamada
- Edit: Mai Hasegawa
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion
- Music: Jun Murayama
- Producers: Ryoya Arisawa, Naoya Sato, Yusuke Kawakatsu, Hiroshi Yanai
- Animation Producer: Hidenori Kosuge
- Animation Production: 8Bit
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
Source: Press Release, Official Website
©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha/”Blue Lock” Production Committee
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