On the official page for the anime adaptation of the manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke nomura, Blue lock, a new promotional image was published for the project. The picture is titled "Image of the egoist - Isagi Yoichi"And is described as follows:"The picture expresses the honesty and inner selfishness of Yoichi Isagi, who dreams of one day becoming Japan's leading ace and winning the world championship.».

Blue lock

The project is scheduled to premiere in Japan in 2022. On the other hand, Kaneshiro and Nomura publish the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen magazine from the publisher Kodansha since August 2018. The publisher published the fourteenth volume of the compilation on May 17, followed by the fifteenth volume on August 17 in Japan. The work already exceeds 5 million copies in the cumulative edition.

Cast

  • Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira.
  • Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi.
  • Yuuki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami.
  • Souma saitou as Hyouma Chigiri.

Production team

  • Tetsuaki Watanabe (Powerful Pro Yakyū Powerful Kōkō-hen) is responsible for directing the anime in the studios 8 bit (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken), supported by Shunsuke Ishikawa.
  • Taku kishimoto (Haikyuu !!, silver spoon, fruit basket (2019)) is responsible for writing and maintaining the scripts.
  • Yutaka uemura (Youjo Senko) covers conceptual designs while Masaru Shindou (Fruit basket, Macross Delta, Oregairu) is responsible for character design and animation direction, with support from Kenji Tanabe and Kento Toya.

Summary of Blue Lock

The story begins with the departure of the Japanese national team from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which prompts the Japan Soccer Union to initiate a training program to prepare a team of high school students to take part in the 2022 World Cup striker, receives an invitation to attend this Program shortly after his team missed an opportunity to compete in the Nationals for passing the ball to his less adept teammate who obviously missed the shot, suggesting Isagi's cowardice in not daring to close the game finish yourself.

His coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who wants to put an end to the idea of ​​the "weak Japan in football" with a radically new training regime: isolate 300 young strikers in a prison-like facility called "Blue Lock" and subject them to rigorous training, which is "the greatest." most talented and selfish striker in the world.

Source: Comic Natalie

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