Joseph Luster
August 19, 2024 
Last month we saw a new trailer for BLUE LOCK season 2, and now it’s time to check out the latest visual. The series returns to the airwaves in Japan and streaming on Crunchyroll this October, with the new season officially titled BLUE LOCK VS. U-20 JAPAN. Check out the new visual featuring Yoichi Isagi, Rin Itoshi, Sae Itoshi and Oliver Aiku below.
Following up on his work as episode director on some of the first season, Shintaro Inokawa is now the director for BLUE LOCK season 2. Yuji Haibara is now chief director, Taku Kishimoto is back on series composition, Kenji Tanabe returns for character designs and Jun Murayama is back on music for the eightbit production.
Kodansha USA Publishing comes out with the original manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura, and it gave this description for the plot:
BLUE LOCK Plot
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?
The original manga started in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2018. At 2021’s 45th annual Manga Awards from Kodansha, it took home the prize for Best Shonen Manga award. We’ll see how the action translates further when BLUE LOCK season 2 kicks off on October 5!
Source: Crunchyroll News
