Crunchyroll Adds ‘Blue Lock’ Season 2 to Fall Roster

Crunchyroll has announced the anime series Blue Lock Season 2 will premiere on October 5 at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET, exclusively on the platform. The series will be available in Japanese with subtitles. New episodes will roll out weekly.

The streamer also revealed a Season One recap for those who need a refresher, or for those just getting started with the series.

Blue Lock follows 300 high school players as they compete to become Japan’s next football striker. In the upcoming season, 35 players remain, but now the Blue Lock program itself faces elimination from Japan’s very own U-20 National Team. Vicious rivals will have to team up to defeat the national youth team if any of them want a shot at the striker position. Can they put aside their egos long enough to win together, or will they lose divided?

The Japanese voice cast on the series includes Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi; Tasuku Kaito as Bachira Megumi; Hiroshi Kamiya as Ego Jinpachi; Eri Yukimura as Anri Teieri; Soma Saito as Hyoma Chigiri; Junichi Suwabe as Shoei Barou; Shuugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru; Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi; Nobunaga Shimazaki as Seishiro Nagi; Yuma Uchida as Reo Mikage; Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi; Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zanetsu Tsurugi; Ryota Suzuki as Junichi Wanima; Natsuki Hanae as Ikki Niko; Katsuyuki Konishi as Jyubei Aryu; Shinnosuke Tachibana as Aoshi Tokimitsu; Kouki Uchiyama as Rin Itoshi; Takahiro Sakurai as Sae Itoshi; Eiji Mikami as Yo Hiori; Makoto Furukawa as Tabito Karasu; Kakeru Hatano as Nijiro Nanase; Kengo Kawanishi as Eita Otoya; Yuichi Nakamura as Ryusei Shidou; and Takuya Eguchi as Kenyu Yukimiya.

Kodansha, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and Crunchyroll produce.

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Source: Crunchyroll

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