The live-action BLUE LOCK film has surpassed 1 billion yen at the Japanese box office, bringing a new promotional campaign from the Weekly Shonen Magazine editorial department.
The first part of the campaign began on September 2, with tribute illustrations from a large group of manga creators being re-released through the official BLUE LOCK manga X account. The artwork was originally included in a limited booklet distributed to theatergoers for the 2024 anime film BLUE LOCK the Movie -EPISODE NAGI-.
Contributors include:
- Hajime Isayama (Attack on Titan)
- Hiro Mashima (FAIRY TAIL, EDENS ZERO)
- Negi Haruba (The Quintessential Quintuplets)
- Yuji Terajima (Ace of the Diamond)
- Hiroyuki (Aho Girl, Girlfriend, Girlfriend)
- Mokumokuren (The Summer Hikaru Died)
- Tsubasa Yamaguchi (Blue Period)
- Soichiro Yamamoto (Teasing Master Takagi-san)
- Oh! great (Air Gear)
- Satoru Nii (WIND BREAKER)
- Tsuyoshi Yasuda (DAYS)
- Yoshitoki Oima (A Silent Voice, To Your Eternity)
- Nakaba Suzuki (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Muchimaro (There Is Also a Hole in the Student Organization!).
The first shared artwork by Hajime Isayama can be seen below.
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The film began screening in Japan on August 7 and recorded 188,212 admissions and ¥277,648,800 ($1.7 million USD) at the box office from August 7 to 9.
The movie was announced alongside Season 3 of the TV anime, with Mei Hata recently joining the cast as Anri Teieri. You can see more of the cast below.
- Fumiya Takahashi as Yoichi Isagi
- Kaito Sakurai as Meguru Bachira
- Kyohei Takahashi as Hyoma Chigiri
- Kota Nomura as Rensuke Kunigami
- Yuzu Aoki as Gurimu Igarashi
- Sho Nishigaki as Asahi Naruhaya
- Yuki Tachibana as Gin Gagamaru
- Raizo Ishikawa as Jingo Raichi
- Joey Iwanaga as Okuhito Iemon
- Shunya Asano as Wataru Kuon
- Yuki Sakurai as Yudai Imamura
- Yuki Kura as Ryosuke Kira
- Masataka Kubota as Jinpachi Ego
- Mei Hata as Anri Teieri
The staff for the film includes:
- Director: Yusuke Taki
- Screenplay: Tetsuo Kamata
- Producer: Shinzo Matsuhashi
- Production: Credeus
- Distribution: Toho
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. Animated by 8bit, the anime has released two TV anime seasons and the BLUE LOCK -EPISODE NAGI- movie so far.
We had the chance to interview Kazuki Ura (Isagi’s Japanese voice actor), Ryoya Arisawa (anime producer), and Megumu Tsuchiya (manga editor) at last 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, and more about Season 2. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
Source: BLUE LOCK Official X
© Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura / BLUE LOCK Film Production Committee
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