BLUELOCK – Crunchyroll Fall 2022 Spotlight
Today marks the official premiere date for the BLUELOCK anime, which adapts the soccer manga of the same name by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura. As the series begins as part of Crunchyroll’s Fall 2022 Lineup, it’s time to turn our attention to the folks making it happen and everything we can look forward to in our penalty-free spotlight!
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Launch Time: October 8 at 11:00am PT
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS
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?
Yoichi Isagi
VA: Kazuki Ura (Subaru Makabe in Shadowverse Flame)
Meguru Bachira
VA: Tasuku Kaito (Kohaku Okawa in Ensemble Stars!! Road to Show!!)
Rensuke Kunigami
VA: Yuki Ono (Louis in BEASTARS)
Hyoma Chigiri
VA: Soma Saito (Tadashi Yamaguchi in Haikyu!!)
Wataru Kuon
VA: Masatomo Nakazawa (Haruki in given)
Jingo Raichi
VA: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Yudai Imamura
VA: Shoya Chiba (Shinei in 86 EIGHTY-SIX)
Gin Gagamaru
VA: Shugo Nakamura (Tomoki in Outburst Dreamer Boys)
Asahi Naruhaya
VA: Daishi Kajita (Rael in Noblesse)
Okuhito Iemon
VA: Ryunosuke Watanuki (Ryohei in Mob Psycho 100)
Gurimu Igarashi
VA: Aoi Ichikawa (Nagara in Sonny Boy)
Ryosuke Kira
VA: Kenichi Suzumura (Hinawa in Fire Force)
Jinpachi Ego
VA: Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi in Attack on Titan)
Anri Teieri
VA: Eri Yukimura (Cayna in In the Land of Leadale)
Shouei Barou
VA: Junichi Suwabe (Archer in Fate/stay night)
Ikki Niko
VA: Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Junichi Wanima and Keisuke Wanima
VA: Ryota Suzuki (Bisco in Sabikui Bisco)
Seishiro Nagi
VA: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Eugeo in Sword Art Online Alicization)
Reo Mikage
VA: Yuma Uchida (Kyo Soma in Fruits Basket)
Zantetsu Tsurugi
VA: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Fat Gum in My Hero Academia)
Rin Itoshi
VA: Koki Uchiyama (Ikuya in Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club)
Jyubei Aryu
VA: Katsuyuki Konishi (Uzui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Aoshi Tokimitsu
VA: Shinnosuke Tachibana (Morisuke in Haikyu!!)
Sae Itoshi
VA: Takahiro Sakurai (Reigen in Mob Psycho 100)
Original Creators
Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Yusuke Nomura
Director
Tetsuaki Watanabe (Haikyu!! episode director)
Assistant Director
Shunsuke Ishikawa (Sword Art Online Alicization episode director)
Series Composition
Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, Fruits Basket)
Character Design
Kenji Tanabe
Kento Toya
Chief Animation Director
Kenji Tanabe
Kento Toya
Masaru Shindou
Chief Action Director
Hisashi Toshima
Art Director
Sawako Takagi
3D Director
Norimitsu Hirosawa
Sound Director
Fumiyuki Go
Director of Photography
Yasuhiro Asagi
Editing
Mai Hasegawa (Editz)
Music
Jun Murayama
Opening Theme Performer
Unison Square Garden – “Chaos ga Kiwamaru”
Ending Theme Performer
Shugo Nakamura – “Winner”
Animation Production
8-Bit (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura, the BLUELOCK manga has been running in the pages of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine since August 2018. It was the recipient of the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the category of shonen in 2021, and there are currently 20 volumes in publication in Japan.
Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English and has released 14 volumes so far.
Volume 1 cover:
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