The official website and Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock manga has released a teaser visual and new cast announcement for the BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- anime film.
The film features returning cast and staff members. The television anime's assistant director Shunsuke Ishikawa is directing the film at 8-Bit. Taku Kishimoto is supervising and writing the series scripts, and the manga's Kaneshiro is supervising the story. Nomura is credited as the character designer. Jun Murayama is composing the music.
The film will be based on the BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- spinoff manga, which focuses on Seishirō Nagi before he enters Blue Lock.
The BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- anime film is set to premiere in Spring 2024.
TEASER VISUAL:
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT:
Subaru Kimura as Ryō Nameoka
1ST PV:
The film cast includes:
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishirō Nagi
Yūma Uchida as Reo Mikage
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
Yūki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
Sōma Saitō as Hyōma Chigiri
Kouki Uchiyama as Rin Itoshi
Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishirō Nagi
Yūma Uchida as Reo Mikage
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
Yūki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
Sōma Saitō as Hyōma Chigiri
Kouki Uchiyama as Rin Itoshi
Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
TEASER VISUAL:
The anime's first season premiered on October 8, 2022 on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as part of their Fall 2022 season lineup. The anime ran for two consecutive cours with 24 episodes. Cour 2 premiered on January 7, 2023.
Kodansha publishes the manga in English and describes the series as:
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?