The second season of the anime adaptation of the manga Blue Lockwritten by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yuusuke Nomurawill premiere on October 5th and this trailer has now been revealed where we can hear the opening theme “Bojaku no Charisma” by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN.
The animation of the anime series that premiered in October 2022 with 24 episodes is from the studio 8-Bitthe direction is Tetsuaki Watanabe (Powerful Pro Yakyū Powerful Kōkō-hen), Shunsuke Ishikawa is assistant director, the script is by Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, Silver Spoon, 2019 Fruits Basket) and the character design is by Masaru Shindō (Fruits Basket, Macross Delta, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU).
Blue Lock began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine in August 2018.
In the description of Blue Lock we can read:
The story begins with the elimination of the Japanese national team from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which led the Japan Football Union to start a training program to prepare a student team that will participate in the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi receives the invitation to join this program shortly after his team loses the opportunity to participate in the National Championship, for having passed the ball to his less skilled teammate, who obviously missed the goal, denoting Isagi’s cowardice for not daring to finish the play himself.
Their coach is Ego Jinpachi, who aims to dispel the idea that “Japan is weak in football” by implementing a radical new training regime: isolating 300 young men in a prison-like institution called “Blue Lock” and subjecting them to rigorous training to create “the greatest, most talented and selfish goalscorer in the world.”
