Summary
Following the first season of its anime,Blue Lockbecame one of the biggest anime franchises in the world, and people have been waiting in anticipation for season 2’s release. After over a year of little to no news, the most that was revealed was that it would premiere in fall 2024, but even that didn’t do much to say when, exactly, people could expect it.
Blue Lockseason 2has been one of the most hotly-anticipated anime of the past year, and it finally has a confirmed release date. At a press conference with the TV network TV Asahi, it was revealed thatBlue Lockseason 2 will premiere on October 5 and run for 14 episodesas part of a new programming block called IMAnimation.
Blue Lock Season 2’s official broadcast information has been released. All 14 episodes will air starting on Saturday, October 5 at 11:30 PM nationwide on TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation” block.
The announcement means thatBlue Lockseason 2’s premiere is much closer than people might have thought, and the story it’s set to tell has it poised to be just as good as season 2, if not better.
Blue Lock Season 2’s Story Explained
Anime Series by 8bit; Based on the Manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura
Blue Lockseason 2 will pick up where season 1 left off withthe Blue Lock program training for a match against Japan’s U20 teamto prevent the program from being shut down, with things made even more complicated by Rin’s brother, world-renowned soccer player Sae Itoshi, playing for the U20 in the match. Season 2 is set to finally explore why Rin hates his brother so much all while introducing a slew of new characters from both Blue Lock and the U20, so in terms of story, there’s plenty to be excited about for old and new fans alike.
Blue Lock Season 2’s Episode Count Hints at a Better Production
Blue Lockseason 2 will only run for 14 episodes, barely half of season 1’s episode count, but that’s a good thing. One of the biggest criticisms of season 1 washow lackluster and inconsistent the art and animation tended to be, but with season 2’s short episode count, it might do a better job of having high-quality and consistent art and animationthanks to the staff having a smaller workload. An eventual trailer will give a better idea of how things will progress visually, but that could still be great for theBlue Lockanime, regardless.
The length of the U20 arc in the manga is also a big factor in everything. The U20 arc goes from volume #12 to volume #17, meaning thatBlue Lock’s U20 arc is about half as long as what was adapted into season 1 of the anime, so from the very start, it was an arc that welcomed a smaller and tighter production compared to the lengthy one given to season 1. The U20 arc deserves to look as good as possible, and hopefully,Blue Lockseason 2 will deliver on that in ways that season 1’s production couldn’t have.
Blue Lock
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Blue Lock is a sports-centric animated series based on the manga series of the same name. The show follows the Japan Football Association trying to recover from their poor showing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup by hiring a football genius, Ego Jinpachi. With his new intense training regimen, Jinpachi invites the best football players in Japan to compete to become the team’s new star player - and high school student Yoichi Isagi may be exactly who he’s looking for.
