Yoichi Isagi, his team, and numerous other footballers are set to return in the upcoming Blue Lock Season 2. After passing the Second Selection, the group will face the U-20 Japan National Team in what is dubbed the craziest match in history. As fans prepare to witness a match like no other, the anime has finally released its episode count, new cast members, and official release date of October 5, 2024.
The anime’s official website shares new details about Blue Lock Season 2. In addition to its release date and episode count of 14, it reveals that voice actors Satoshi Hino and Akihisa Wakayama will join the series as Oliva Aizora and Akita Sendou, respectively.
Aizora is the captain of the U-20 Japan national team. Known as the Diamond Generation, he’s famous for his ironclad defense and incredible talent. As a center-back, he’s a major player in the national team’s defense. His defensive techniques, physical strength, leadership, and other abilities make him famous among his peers. With these traits, he’s seen as one of the players who will lead the next generation of Japan’s national team.
Satoshi Hino as Oliva Aizora
Alternatively, Sendou is the ace and center forward of the U-20 Japan national team. He’s known for his trademark two-block haircut and asymmetrical bangs and is praised for being a highly skilled regular forward in the first division of the Japanese domestic league at a young age. With his great talents, he became the group’s top scorer and was highly trusted by his teammates.
Akihisa Wakayama as Akito Sendou
Satoshi Hino & Akihisa Wakayama Discuss Their Roles in Blue Lock Season 2
Hino and Wakayama discuss their roles in Blue Lock Season 2 in their comments on the anime's website. Hino (Rurouni Kenshin, Black Clover, T・P Bon) sees his character as Aizora with a strong personality and unique charm, which makes him attracted to the series’ characters as they all grow as a team while being able to express their opinions.
However, though Aizora plays an important role in the team’s unity and cooperation, he can’t deny that he has a selfish side. As a reliable character, he will push his ideal soccer style to others. But if there’s one thing that Hino wants to portray perfectly, it’s Aizora’s “very mature sex appeal,” which he wishes to bring out in the story.
On the other hand, Wakayama finds Blue Lock Season 2 as a work that focuses on “ego” and “egoists.” Despite these two words' negative connotations, he reveals that the anime has depicted them in a “very passionate way” in the world of soccer “without any unpleasantness, as the key to each character's failure, challenge, and growth.”
“I really look forward to seeing how these individuals change within a group made up of strong individuals, and even though I used to be a huge fan of manga in book form, I've started following the latest chapters for the first time in a long time,” he said.
Despite being an ace striker, Wakayama sees Aizora as psychologically weak and a small-time samurai. However, he still describes him as a charming character who will get in the way of the Blue Lock team.
Who are the cast of Blue Lock Season 2?
Aside from Wakayama and Hino, fans will see the anime’s original cast return to Blue Lock Season 2. For other cast members, you can check the list below:
Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Yuki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
Yuichi Nakamura as Shido Ryusei
Makoto Furukawa as Karasu Tabito
Kengo Kawanishi as Kageya Otoyo
Takuya Eguchi as Yu Yukimiya Kenyu
Hiro Shimono as Julian Loki
Shinichiro Kamio as Leonardo Luna
Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori
Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase
What is Blue Lock Season 2 about?
In the first season, the Blue Lock project was launched to find the world’s best striker who could lead Japan to victory in the World Cup. Only 35 people passed the selection process and made their way to Blue Lock Season 2. Now, they will face the survival of the group as they fight the U-20 Japan National Team in the biggest match in history.
You can read the Blue Lock Season 2 synopsis below:
In order to develop the world's best striker who can lead Japan to victory in the World Cup, the Japan Football Association launches the "Blue Lock" project. 300 high school students were invited to the project, all of whom were forwards. In the extreme situation where dropping out would mean losing their eligibility to join the Japanese national soccer team in the future, the selected talented players one by one awaken their egos as strikers. 35 people survived the harsh selection process, sometimes by kicking others down and sometimes by evolving themselves. Having overcome the frenzy of survival swirling with egos, they will bet on the survival of the "Blue Lock" project as they take on the U-20 Japan National Team in the craziest match in history!
The anime is based on a manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized since August 2018 and has collected 29 tankobon volumes as of May 2024. Kodansha has licensed the manga in English. Eight Bit produced the anime, with the first season released in October 2022. An anime film, Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, was released in April 2024. The first season was released on Crunchyroll.
Like the first season, Blue Lock Season 2 is expected to feature several twists, turns, and surprises to keep viewers on their toes. And with a fight against Japan’s national team, fans must see how Isagi and the rest of the team will fight for Blue Lock.
