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BLUELOCK Anime Gets 2nd Series, Film With 6 More Cast
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The 24th and final episode of the current television BLUELOCK soccer manga ended on Sunday with an announcement that production on a second television season and a film has been green-lit.
The film is based on the Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine since last June. The manga focuses on Seishirō Nagi before he enters the titular Bluelock facility.
The anime's website also confirmed six new cast :
Makoto Furukawa as Tabito Karasu
Kengo Kawanishi as Eita Otoya
Takuya Eguchi as Kenyu Yukimiya
Hiro Shimono as Julian Loki
Shin'ichirō Kamio as Leonardo Luna
releasing it in print. The company describes the story:
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?
Kaneshiro and Nomura won the Best Shōnen Manga award in Kodansha's 45th annual Manga Awards in 2021.
The BLUELOCK anime premiered in Japan on October 8 on dub on October 22.
Sources: BLUELOCK anime episode 24, website
