Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2 Preview Teases The Early Stages of The Adrenaline-Fueled Match

Blue Lock Season 2, one of the most highly-anticipated anime sequels this year, finally kicked off last week, continuing the story based on the original manga by author Muneyuki Kaneshiro and artist Yusuke Nomura. Dubbed BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, the second season begins with an intense soccer match between Blue Lock competitors and U-20 team, and the winner will ultimately decide the future of the Blue Lock Project.

If the eleven Blue Lock players who are selected to compete claim victory against Japan's team, the Blue Lock Project's search for the world's best striker will be allowed to continue. However, if they lose, the competition will be immediately come to an end and each player's potential soccer career will instantly be terminated.

Today, the official website and accounts of the anime have revealed the preview stills for Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2, which is scheduled to premiere on Saturday, October 12. While the first episode of the new season is more like a set-up episode that goes over what the upcoming Blue Lock vs. U-20 match will look like, the second episode promises to bring back the anime's signature adrenaline-fueled action that the first season delivered.

Check out the preview stills for Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2 in the image gallery below:

What will happen in Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2?

According to the English translation in Blue Lock anime's official website, the title of the second episode is Hitman and Ninja.

The official synopsis for Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2 reads:

The tryout to decide the regulars for the U-20 Japan National Team is a one-on-one match between the TOP 6 members, split into three teams of two, and the remaining 29 members, who will form groups of five, and compete in a five-on-five match. Kiyoshi, who joined Team A led by Itoshi Rin and Shido Ryusei, approaches the match with the theme of "asserting" and "coexisting" with the two. In the early stages of the match, Kiyoshi supports Rin and Shido while looking for an opportunity to show himself off. However, he is forced to struggle against the overwhelming feinting technique and sharp analytical skills of Karasu Tabito, the opponent of Team B, who is unable to play as he wants...

Where to Watch Blue Lock Season 2 Episode 2

New episodes of Blue Lock Season 2 will be released weekly every Saturday, and fans in North America and other select regions can stream them on Crunchyroll. The upcoming second episode of Season 2 is set to premiere on Saturday, October 12, 2024 on the platform. You can expect the next episode uploaded on Crunchyroll on 7:30 AM Pacific Time (PT).

Blue Lock Season 2 is confirmed to have a total of 14 episodes, so we can expect 13 more new episodes to arrive this Fall 2024 anime season.

Blue Lock Season 2 Cast & Staff

The Japanese voice cast of Blue Lock anime includes:

• Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi

• Koki Uchiyama as Rin Itoshi

• Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira

• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi

• Kengo Kawanishi as Eita Otoya

• Takuya Eguchi as Kenyu Yukimiya

• Yuichi Nakamura as Ryusei Shido

• Makoto Furukawa as Tabito Karasu

• Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori

• Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase

• Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri

• Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage

• Junichi Suwabe as Shoei Baro

• Natsuki Hanae as Ikki Niko

• Ryota Suzuki as Junichi Wanima

• Katsuyuki Konishi as Jyubei Aryu

• Shugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru

• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi

• Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi

• Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi

• Shinnosuke Tachibana as Aoshi Tokimitsu

• Eri Yukimura as Anri Teieri

• Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego

• Takahiro Sakurai as Sae Itoshi

• Satoshi Hino as Oliver Aiku

• Akihisa Wakayama as Shuto Sendo

Blue Lock Season 2 staff includes:

• General Director: Yuji Haibara

• Director: Shintaro Inokawa

• Series Composition/Screenplay: Taku Kishimoto

• Story supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro

• Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Kenji Tanabe

• Chief Animation Director: Tomoko Mori, Sorato Shimizu

• Action Director: Tadami Okimura

• Chief 3D Layout Artist: Mio Sakuma

• Prop and costume design: Tomoko Mori, Kaho Iida

• Animation Special Effects: Akane

• Color Design: Sakura Komatsu

• Art Setting: Mio Sakuma

• Art Director: Masakazu Miyake

• Background: Creative Freaks

• Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Asagi

• Photography: Chiptune

• Special Compositor and Graphic Work: Yuji Haibara

• Special Effects Processing: Kanako Yamada

• 3DCG Director: Tomoki Yamashita, Yuji Haibara

• 3DCG Chief Animator: Norimitsu Hirosawa 

• 3DCG: Aura Studio

• Edit: Mai Hasegawa

• Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go

• Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion

• Music: Jun Murayama

• Producers: Ryoya Arisawa, Naoya Sato, Yusuke Kawakatsu, Hiroshi Yanai

• Animation Producer: Hidenori Kosuge

• Animation Production: Eight Bit

What is Blue Lock about?

The anime is based on the award-winning Blue Lock (ブルーロック, Burū Rokku) manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. The sports/thriller series began publishing in 2018 under Weekly Shonen Magazine, and it won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category. Crunchyroll, which is streaming the first season of the anime, shared a plot description for Blue Lock:

Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?

You can watch the official trailer for Blue Lock Season 2 here:

As of today, Blue Lock manga has 30 volumes published, with Vol. 31 set to release on October 14, 2024. The series is being published in English by Kodansha USA, and there are currently 27 volumes released.

For more information about Blue Lock Season 2, check out the official website of the sports anime.