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.
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
Junichi Suwabe
as Shoei Baro (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
as Seishiro Nagi (voice)
Yuki Ono
as Rensuke Kunigami (voice)
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Kazuki Ura
as Yoichi Isagi (voice)
Tasuku Kaito
as Meguru Bachira (voice)
Soma Saito
as Hyoma Chigiri (voice)
Production Board
Crew
Associate Producer
Storyboard Artist
Executive Producer
Concept Artist
Director
Action Director
Prop Designer
Editor
Costume Designer
Art Direction
Director of Photography
Special Effects
Signal Match
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Keyword Cloud
Keywords
world cup
sports
tournament
bromance
football (soccer)
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shounen
anime
special ability
ace striker
dramatic
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Transmission Paths
Where to Watch
Technical Sheet
Details
- First Aired
- October 09, 2022
- Status
- Ended
- Episode Runtime
- 23 minutes
- Origin
- JP
- TMDB Votes
- 574