Fans around the world have been waiting for the return of Isagi and the other Blue Lock players in the show's second season. Even though we know that Blue Lock Season 2 is due out in October 2024 but we don't have a firm release date yet.
However, on Monday June 24, 2024, the release date was announced by the official website and X account of anime Blue Lock. Here's everything we know so far.
Blue Lock season 2 release date and cast
It has been announced that Blue Lock Season 2 will first air on Saturday, October 5, 2024. This season will air a total of 14 episodes and will cover the story from after chapter 94 of the manga. International fans will be able to stream the episodes on Crunchyroll and Netflix depending on their region.
It was also announced that two new actors will also join the second season of the anime. Voice actor Satoshi Hino will join the cast of Blue Lock season 2 as Oliver Aiku while Akihisa Wakayama will join the cast as Shuto Sendo. Some of the other new voice actors we will see in Blue Lock this season are Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori, Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase, Chiki Kobayashi as Ranze Kurona, Yuichi Nakamura as Shido Ryusei, Makoto Furukawa as as Karasu Tabito, Kengo Kawanishi as Kageya Otoyo, Takuya Eguchi as Yu Yukimiya Kenyu, Hiro Shimono as Julian Loki and Shinichiro Kamio as Leonardo Luna.
The cast of season 1 of Blue Lock will also return to their roles. This means Soma Saito will return as Hyoma Chigiri, Kazuki Ura will return as Yoichi Isagi, Yuki Ono will return as Rensuke Kunigami, Tasuku Kaito will return as Meguru Bachira and Junichi Suwabe will return as Shoei Barou.
Possible plotlines of Blue Lock season 2 and more
Based on the popular manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura, Blue Lock season 2 is being produced by Studio Eight Bit. The project director is Tetsuki Watanabe with Shunsuke Ishikawa as assistant director. Taku Kishimoto is the scriptwriter for the anime while Masaru Shindo is the character designer and animation director. Hisashi Tojima is the action director of Blue Lock while Jun Murayama is composing music for the project.
From what we know of the story, Blue Lock Season 2 will begin with the manga's highly anticipated third round of casting. Featuring Oliver Aiku and Shuto Sendo, fans are also hoping that the anime will include the U-20 arc of the manga where 35 of Blue Lock's best players will form a team of 11 to compete against Japan's national U20 team. However, because the number of episodes is so short, people are skeptical about whether this part will be shown or not.
Fans are extremely eagerly waiting Blue Lock Season 2 when they waited 2 years for the anime to return. There have been some really interesting reveals in the manga so far, which means Blue Lock's plot will only get more intense as time goes on. This October 5, fans will finally get to see the first episode of Blue Lock Season 2.