Voice actors Satoshi Hino and Akihisa Wakayama are joining the voice cast of the upcoming second season of Blue Lock, which will begin broadcasting in Japan on October 5, 2024. The second season will premiere in Japan in October 2024, with a total of 14 episodes listed in its broadcast run.
Hino and Wakayama will voice Japan U-20 members Oliver Aiku (who serves as Captain) and midfielder Shuto Sendo.
Eiji Mikami and Kakeru Hatano were previously announced as new cast members last month, voicing Yo Hiori and Nijiro Nanase, respectively.
Tetsuaki Watanabe (Mahoujin Guru Guru assistant director) and Shunsuke Ishikawa (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 episode director) are serving as co-directors for the second season, with Taku Kishimoto (Ranking of Kings) as series screenwriter, and Akane as special effects animator. Eight Bit is in charge of the animation production.
Masaru Shindo (Fruits Basket The Final character designer) is serving as the main character designer, with Kenji Tanabe (The 8th son? Are you kidding me?) and Kento Toya (Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night) as character designers.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
- • Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
- • Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi
- • Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage
The first Blue Lock season started airing during the Fall 2022 anime season and ran for 24 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, outside of Japan.
The anime series is based on the Blue Lock manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine on August 1, 2018 and has released 29 volumes as of May 2024. Kodansha USA releases the manga in English for North America.
The series also inspired a spin-off manga titled Blue Lock -Episode Nagi-, which is written by Kaneshiro and drawn by Kota Sannomiya. The spinoff has been adapted into a 2024 anime film that Crunchyroll is also screening in North America.
Kodansha USA describes the synopsis the Blue Lock manga as:
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…and 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: Blue Lock Official Anime Twitter
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