Bandai Namco Arts opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yuusuke Nomura's Blue Lock manga on Thursday, revealing the main cast, production staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and teaser promo. The anime series will debut in 2022.

Synopsis
After reflecting on the current state of Japanese soccer, the Japanese Football Association decides to hire the enigmatic and eccentric coach Jinpachi Ego to achieve their dream of winning the World Cup. Believing that Japan has lacked an egoistic striker hungry for goals, Jinpachi initiates the Blue Lock—a prison-like facility where three hundred talented strikers from high schools all over Japan are isolated and pitted against each other. The sole survivor of Blue Lock will earn the right to become the national team's striker, and those who are defeated shall be banned from joining the team forever.

Selected to join this risky project is Yoichi Isagi, a striker who failed to bring his high school soccer team to the national tournament. After choosing to pass to a teammate who missed instead of scoring on his own, he could not help but wonder if the results would have been different had he been more selfish. Using this golden opportunity given by the Blue Lock Project, Yoichi aims to clear his doubts and chase his ultimate desire—to become the greatest striker in the world and lead Japan to World Cup glory. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Cast
Yoichi Isagi: Kazuki Ura (Kyuukyoku Shinka shita Full Dive RPG ga Genjitsu yori mo Kusoge Dattara)
Meguru Bachira: Tasuku Kaito (Ahiru no Sora)
Rensuke Kunigami: Yuuki Ono (Kuroko no Basket)
Hyouma Chigiri: Souma Saitou (Yuukoku no Moriarty)

Staff
Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe (Mahoujin Guruguru (2017) assistant director)
Assistant Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa (Sword Art Online: Alicization episode director)
Series Composition, Script: Taku Kishimoto (Haikyuu!!)
Story Supervision: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Concept Advisor: Yutaka Uemura (Youjo Senki director)
Main Character Design: Yuu Shindou (Macross Δ)
Character Design: Kenji Tanabe (Binbougami ga!), Kento Toya (Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu)
Chief Animation Director: Yuu Shindou, Kenji Tanabe, Kento Toya
Chief Action Director: Hisashi Toujima (Enen no Shouboutai animation director)
Action Director: Hiromi Sakamoto (Nana Maru San Batsu chief animation director)
Prop Design: Hisashi Toujima, Yuri Nakajima (Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers), Kaori Okitsu (Tensura Nikki: Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken assistant animation director)
Special Effects Animation: Akane (I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol SD character design)
Color Design: Sakura Komatsu (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-hen)
Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama (Harukana Receive)
Art Director: Sawako Takagi (Diamond no Ace: Act II)
Background Art: Studio Wyeth (Back Arrow)
Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Asagi (Babylon)
Photography: Chiptune (Deca-Dence)
3DCG Director: Norimitsu Hirosawa (Frame Arms Girl 3D animation)
3DCG: Aura Studio (High Score Girl: Extra Stage)
Visual Concept: Toshiyuki Yamashita (22/7 motion graphics) (Hyperbole)
Special Effects Processing: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Rina Mitsuzumi (Gleipnir motion graphics)
2DCG Monitor Graphics: Yasukazu Asano (Shaman King (2021) font design) (emitai)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (Hataraku Saibou Black (TV)) (Editz)
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Gou (No Guns Life)
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun)
Music: Jun Murayama (Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu ending theme arrangement)
Animation Producer: Tsutomu Hirano (Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX)
Studio: 8bit (Hoshiai no Sora)

Kaneshiro and Nomura began serializing the soccer manga in Weekly Shounen Magazine in August 2018. Kodansha published the 14th volume on May 17, with the 15th volume scheduled to ship on August 17. Blue Lock has a cumulative 4.5 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Kodansha US licensed the manga in English for digital release in January and published the fifth volume on July 20. The sixth volume will go on sale on August 17.

Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen division in May. The manga also topped the Sports category in the 15th edition of Recommended Comics Selected by Japanese Bookstore Employees.

Teaser PV


Official site: http://bluelock-pr.com/
Official Twitter: @BLUELOCK_PR

Source: Comic Natalie

Blue Lock on MAL