New images were also revealed
The official website for the BLUELOCK-Episode Nagi-spinoff anime film of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s Blue Lock soccer manga revealed on Sunday in a video that the film will open in Japan on April 19.
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The site also revealed a new image:
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The film features the return of the cast and staff. Assistant television anime director Shunsuke Ishikawa will direct the film at 8-Bit. Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, Silver Spoon, Fruits Basket 2019) is supervising and writing the series, and manga’s Kaneshiro is supervising the story. Nomura is credited as the character designer. Jun Murayama is composing music.
The film has the participation of:
The spin-off manga focuses on Seishirō Nagi before he enters the titular Blue Lock facility. Publisher Kodansha USA announced in October that it will begin publishing the spin-off manga in fall 2024.
Publisher Kodansha USA is releasing the original Blue Lock manga in English digitally and is also releasing it in print. The company describes the story:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese team struggled to regroup. But what’s missing? An excellent Striker who can guide them to victory. The Japanese Football Federation desperately wants to create a striker who is hungry for goals and hungry for victory, and can be the decisive tool to overturn a losing situation…and to do that, they have gathered 300 of Japan’s best players and the brightest young players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to overcome the muscle and ego of those who stand in their way?
Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018.
The BLUELOCK TV anime premiered in Japan in October 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired and streamed an English Dub. The anime is about to have its second season.
Source: BLUELOCK-Episode Nagi-anime website, Natalie Comics