BLUE LOCK

BLUE LOCK

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BLUE LOCK

8.2

Yr 2022

Rt 23m

Status Ended

Animation Action & Adventure Drama

Series Brief

Overview

High school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best — and most egoistic — striker in the world.

Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

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Why fans love it

Blue Lock reimagines the sports genre as an exercise in ruthless individual ambition. Instead of centering on the camaraderie typical of team athletics, this shonen adaptation pits strikers against one another in a confined tournament designed to strip away collective spirit. The focus stays squarely on the psychological breakdown and rebirth of players forced to abandon self-sacrifice in favor of sheer, cold-blooded technical dominance.

The animation captures the frantic energy of the pitch with audacious visual flair. While Kazuki Ura leads a cast tasked with balancing high-stakes drama and athletic mania, the narrative treats soccer less like a game and more like a battlefield for survival. It replaces the traditional reliance on friendship with a jagged, competitive hunger that defines its approach to the World Cup goal.

Featured Players

Cast 69

Sayumi Suzushiro

as Sena Naruhaya (voice)

1 episode

Nobunaga Shimazaki

as Seishiro Nagi (voice)

Yuuki Shin

as Hibiki Okawa (voice)

2 episodes

Saori Hayami

as Reo's Mother (voice)

1 episode

Yuichi Nakamura

as Ryusei Shido (voice)

1 episode

as Ikki Niko (voice)

4 episodes

Kazuyuki Okitsu

as Zantetsu Tsurugi (voice)

6 episodes

Shizuka Ishigami

as Child Shoei Baro (voice)

1 episode

Yuhko Kaida

as Yuu Bachira (voice)

2 episodes

Hiro Shimono

as Julian Loki (voice)

2 episodes

as Shoei Baro (voice)

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

as Jingo Raichi (voice)

38 episodes

as Issei Isagi (voice)

1 episode

Kenichi Suzumura

as Ryosuke Kira (voice)

3 episodes

as Kira's Fan B (voice)

1 episode

Takahiro Sakurai

as Sae Itoshi (voice)

1 episode

Shinya Takahashi

as Reporter A (voice)

1 episode

Sohta Arai

as Girolan Dabadie (voice)

2 episodes

as Team Y No. 6 (voice)

9 episodes

as Rin Itoshi (voice)

10 episodes

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Ryota Suzuki

as Junichi Wanima / Keisuke Wanima (voice)

3 episodes

as Tenka Naruhaya (voice)

1 episode

Daisuke Takahashi

as Adam Blake (voice)

1 episode

Aoi Ichikawa

as Gurimu Igarashi (voice)

13 episodes

Kazuki Ura

as Yoichi Isagi (voice)

Tasuku Kaito

as Meguru Bachira (voice)

Yuki Ono

as Rensuke Kunigami (voice)

Soma Saito

as Hyoma Chigiri (voice)

as Ichiba High School Principal (voice)

1 episode

Mai Nakahara

as Iyo Isagi (voice)

1 episode

as Jinpachi Ego (voice)

16 episodes

as Asahi Naruhaya (voice)

15 episodes

as Gin Gagamaru (voice)

11 episodes

Shoya Chiba

as Yudai Imamura (voice)

11 episodes

as Matsukaze Kuroh High School GK (voice)

1 episode

Ayasa Goto

as Kira's Fan A (voice)

1 episode

Emiri Suyama

as Interviewer (voice)

1 episode

Masatomo Nakazawa

as Wataru Kuon (voice)

1 episode

Eri Yukimura

as Anri Teieri (voice)

16 episodes

Bin Shimada

as Hirotoshi Buratsuta (voice)

3 episodes

Koji Seki

as Reporter B (voice)

1 episode

Yoshihito Sasaki

as Nihei Shusaku (voice)

2 episodes

Yuki Otani

as Team Y No. 1 (voice)

2 episodes

Yuma Uchida

as Reo Mikage (voice)

12 episodes

Akihiro Shinohara

as Team X No. 5 (voice)

5 episodes

Sho Fujisawa

as Team V No. 1 (voice)

15 episodes

Nene Hieda

as Child Reo Mikage (voice)

1 episode

as Reo's Father (voice)

1 episode

Akito Sugibayashi

as Team V No. 8 (voice)

13 episodes

Miyuu Ayase

as Hakuho High School Female Student (voice)

1 episode

Ryunosuke Watanuki

as Okuhito Iemon (voice)

13 episodes

as Team V No. 2 (voice)

3 episodes

Katsuyuki Konishi

as Jyubei Aryu (voice)

8 episodes

Shinnosuke Tachibana

as Aoshi Tokimitsu (voice)

8 episodes

Yui Horie

as Mahiru Naruhaya (voice)

1 episode

Serika Hiromatsu

as Yuya Naruhaya (voice)

1 episode

Misa Ishii

as Yota Naruhaya (voice)

1 episode

as Child (voice)

1 episode

Miho Okasaki

as Child Meguru Bachira (voice)

2 episodes

Mizuki Wakamori

as Boy A (voice)

1 episode

Aoi Inase

as Boy B (voice)

1 episode

Hiromichi Tezuka

as Coach (voice)

1 episode

Shinichiro Kamio

as Leonardo Luna (voice)

2 episodes

as Pablo Cavasoz (voice)

2 episodes

Robert Waterman

as Dada Silva (voice)

2 episodes

Makoto Furukawa

as Tabito Karasu (voice)

1 episode

Kengo Kawanishi

as Eita Otoya (voice)

1 episode

as Kenyu Yukimiya (voice)

1 episode

as Michael Kaiser (voice)

1 episode

Production Board

Crew

Associate Producer

Toru Awaji Nobuhiko Kurosu

Storyboard Artist

Yuri Isowa Chisaki Satou Tetsuaki Watanabe Hajime Nihira Chihiro Nitta Kiyoshi Okuyama

Concept Artist

Yutaka Uemura Toshiyuki Yamashita

Director

Shintaro Inokawa Tetsuaki Watanabe Kohei Kuratomi Chihiro Kumano Hajime Nihira Masao Kawase Takahiro Enokida Norio Kajima Yasushi Muroya Yusuke Onoda Akira Toba

Co-Producer

Haruhito Nakayoshi

Action Director

Hisashi Higashijima Hiromi Sakamoto

Prop Designer

Hisashi Higashijima

Editor

Mai Hasegawa

Costume Designer

Yuri Nakajima

Art Direction

Sawako Takagi

Director of Photography

Yasuhiro Asagi

Special Effects

Kanako Yamada

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Keyword Cloud

Keywords

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Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired: October 09, 2022
Status: Ended
Episode Runtime: 23 minutes
Origin: JP
TMDB Votes: 616