Blue Lock's Seishiro Nagi and Reo Mikage will appear on the cover of men's health and lifestyle magazine Tarzan for a special stomach-themed 878th issue. The magazine will go on sale in Japan on April 18. This collaboration commemorates the April 19 Premiere of Blue Lock The Movie-Episode Nagi-in Japan.
In addition to the cover illustration of a shirtless Seishiro and Reo, the special edition will feature an eight-page feature that includes an analysis of their performances in Blue Lock Season 1 by the former professional soccer player. Tomoaki Makino and “Nagi x Reo no Taikan Training” (Nagi x Reo's Trunk Training) illustrations.
Photo source: Tarzan website
Episode Nagi is based on the spin-off manga of the same name Blue Lock, in which Seishiro is a point of view character. Crunchyroll will distribute the film in North America and select international locations this year.
The Episode Nagi manga began serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in 2022 and has three tankoubon volumes as of September 2023. The main Blue Lock series is producing a second anime season, which began in 2018 and described by Kodansha USA as:
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 Football Association is determined to create a striker who is hungry for goals and hungry for victory, and can be the decisive tool to turn the losing game around…and to do that, they have gathered 300 Japan's best and brightest young players. Who will emerge to lead the group…and will they be able to overcome the muscle and ego of those who stand in their way?
Staff
→ Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa (Co-directed by Blue Lock)
→ Story and script creation: Taku Kishimoto (Blue Lock series composer)
→ Story Supervisor: Munemuki Kaneshiroanh>
à Character design: Yuu Shindou (Fruits Basket 2019)
Character design: Sorato Shimizu (Gegege no Kitaro 2018)
Music composer Jun Murayama (Blue Lock)
→ Animation production: Eight Bits
Performer
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro
Yuuma Uchida as Reo
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
à Yuuki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
Soma Saitou as Hyoma Chigiri
Subaru Kimura as Ryo Namoka
Source: Tarzan website, Comic Natalie