Blue Lock

Blue Lock (Japanese: ブルーロック, Hepburn: Burū Rokku) (stylized as BLUELOCK) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.

Blue Lock
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yoichi Isagi
ブルーロック
(Burū Rokku)
Genre
  • Sports
  • Thriller
Manga
Written byMuneyuki Kaneshiro
Illustrated byYusuke Nomura
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1, 2018 – present
Volumes28
Manga
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
Written byMuneyuki Kaneshiro
Illustrated byKōta Sannomiya
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineBessatsu Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 9, 2022 – present
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Tetsuaki Watanabe
  • Shunsuke Ishikawa
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byJun Murayama
StudioEight Bit
Licensed byCrunchyroll
  • SA/SEA: Medialink
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
English network
Original run October 9, 2022 – present
Episodes24
Anime film
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
Directed byShunsuke Ishikawa
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byJun Murayama
StudioEight Bit
ReleasedApril 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)
Runtime91 minutes

An anime television series adaptation produced by Eight Bit aired from October 2022 to March 2023. An anime film adaptation based on the Episode Nagi manga premiered in April 2024. A second season has been announced.

By November 2023, the manga had over 30 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2021, Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the [[Shōnen manga|shōnen]] category.

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