Blue Lock – Episode Nagi film released a second teaser visual on October 27. The visual features Reo and Nagi in their school uniforms as Reo extends a hand, beginning their longstanding friendship. Check the new visual out below:
Kaneshiro and Sannomiya’s Blue Lock – Episode Nagi manga (fwhich the film adapts) debuted in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in June 2022. The series was licensed by Kodansha USA for North America. The series was a spin-off of the Blue Lock manga by Kaneshiro and illustrator Yusuke Nomura, beginning publication in August 2018 and has since been collected into 26 volumes. Overall, the franchise has over 28mn copies in circulation and has inspired the massively popular anime adaptation. A second season was also confirmed. The Blue Lock – Episode Nagi film was directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa and written by Taku Kishimoto. Eight Bit will animate the movie, set to premiere in spring 2024. Check out the previous teaser for the Blue Lock – Episode Nagi film here.
Kodansha USA describes the Blue Lock – Episode Nagi manga:
They describe the story:
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 Football Association 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 … 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?
Source: Official X
© Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha/”Blue Lock – EPISODE Nagi Movie” Production Committee