The BLUE LOCK TV anime series has announced that season 3 is currently in production. The original manga series is also getting a live-action movie set to premiere nationwide in Japan in Summer 2026 to coincide with the World Cup. Both were announced during the “BLUELOCK EGOIST FESTA 2025” event in Japan.
The live-action adaptation started filming in mid-September. The film will be produced by CREDEUS, known for the Kingdom and Golden Kamuy film series. More information about the anime’s third season and the live-action movie will be released in the upcoming months.
BLUE LOCK is a manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It began serialization in August 2018 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. As of September 2025, it has released 35 manga volumes, with the 36th volume set to be released in Japan on November 17, 2025. The series inspired an anime adaptation, a spin-off manga, and a stage play adaptation.
The first season of BLUE LOCK aired from October 2022 to March 2023, followed by a second season in October 2024. The spin-off manga written by Kaneshiro and illustrated by Kato Sannomiya, BLUE LOCK -Episode Nagi-, was adapted into an animated film that premiered in 2024.
Kodansha USA is releasing the original manga series and its spin-off in English. It describes the original series 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 Japan Football Union 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: press release
