| Blue Lock | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
.jpg) First Blu-ray volume cover | |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original release | October 5 – December 28, 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
Blue Lock is an anime television series based on the manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. The second season is produced by Eight Bit and directed by Yūji Haibara, Taku Kishimoto overseeing the series' scripts, Kenji Tanabe providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director along with Tomoko Mori and Sorato Shimizu, Tadayoshi Okimura serving as action director, and Jun Murayama composing the music.[1] Titled vs. U-20 Japan, the season aired from October 5 to December 28, 2024, on TV Asahi's brand new IMAnimation block.[2][3][4][5] It adapts volumes 13–17 of the manga (chapters 109–149/151).[6][a]
The season follows Yoichi Isagi and the other players who survived and advanced to the next stage of Blue Lock program, facing the biggest challenge to keep the program alive as the players proven their skills in an attempt to be chosen for the upcoming match.
The opening theme song is "Bōjaku no Charisma" (傍若のカリスマ, Bōjaku no Karisuma), performed by Unison Square Garden,[7] while the ending theme song is "One", by Snow Man.[8]
Crunchyroll licensed the season, and is streaming an English dub starting on October 18, 2024.[9][10] Medialink licensed the season in Asia-Pacific.[11]
- ^ 「ブルーロック」第2期、全14話で放送 愛空役は日野聡、閃堂役は若山晃久. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 24, 2024. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 24, 2024). "BLUELOCK TV Anime's 2nd Season Reveals 2 More Cast Members, October 5 Debut in New Programming Block on TV Asahi". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 18, 2024). "BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals Title, New Visuals". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ テレビ朝日：アニメ枠「IMAnimation」10月新設 第1弾は「ブルーロック」第2期 追加キャストに日野聡、若山晃久. Mantan Web (in Japanese). June 24, 2024. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ 第2期最終話目前！『ブルーロック』シリーズの全話無料一挙放送が決定！劇場版からTVアニメ第1期全24話＆第2期最新話までを12月22日（日）～24日（火）に無料一挙放送！ (in Japanese). Abema. December 15, 2024. Archived from the original on December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024 – via PR Times.
- ^ Leigh, Janet A (January 7, 2025). "Blue Lock season 3 potential release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ^ 「ブルーロック」第2期OP主題歌はUNISON SQUARE GARDEN、音源聴けるPV公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 24, 2024. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ 「エピ凪」地上波初放送決定 「ブルーロック」第2期の新PV到着、EDはSnow Man. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 17, 2024. Archived from the original on September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (July 6, 2024). "Crunchyroll to Stream BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 9, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (October 17, 2024). "BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 18 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 3, 2024). "Ani-One Asia Licenses BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!, Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions, More Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 3, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
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