
BLUE LOCK
Taste attributes: action & adventureanimationdramathrilleradventuresportsfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competitionrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA breakneck animated series that is larger-than-life, accessible and original. Best if you like pace over patience.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
8.0 /10
TMDB · 208 votes
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Seasons
Episodes (24)
1Dream9 Oct 2022
Isagi Yoichi, a first-year forward, loses his chance for the Nationals because he has passed the ball to his fellow player in front of the goal. That's when he receives an invitation for Blue Lock. It's a facility to train one world's greatest striker out of 300 high-school-aged forwards so that Japan can win the…
2Monster16 Oct 2022
Kira is eliminated from Blue Lock, and with that, the first day at the Blue Lock that promises to create the greatest center forward in the world begins in Isagi Yoichi 's life.
3Soccer's "Zero"23 Oct 2022
The first selection is the round-robin tournament of five teams of V, W, X, Y and Z in Building Five, with only top two teams being eligible to move forward. Isagi's Team Z, the lowest ranking team, plays against Team X. But because of the special rule that allows the top scorer of the team to proceed to the next…
4Premonition and Intuition30 Oct 2022
Team Z was crushed by Team X, who centered the offensive play around egoistical yet skilled Barou. Responding to Ego's urge to "take up a weapon," the players discuss what their weapons are in preparation for the next match. However, Isagi struggles to identify what it is. Using "the smell of the goal" he felt in the…
5To Be Reborn6 Nov 2022
Isagi relies on "the smell of the goal," his raw instincts, to make a move, and it leads to the fierce battle of "reading" each other's hand with Team Y's playmaker, Niko Ikki. Isagi and Niko's battle as they both watch over the whole field and throw their ego at each other, brings them to the last one minute of the…
6I'm Sorry13 Nov 2022
After the match with Team Y, Isagi's rank moved up, and he became the center of the team. The next match is against Team W, led by the Wanima twins. Their eye contact and impeccable combinations are hard to beat. They used to play in the same team as Chigiri Hyoma, and they use his past trauma to egg him on. Chigiri…
7Rush20 Nov 2022
Because of Kuon’s betrayal, Team Z is faced with a desperate situation of playing 12-on-10, with the opponent knowing everything about their weapons and strategies. Even under such a circumstance, Team Z never gives up on the fight, and Isagi continues to believe in himself. Inspired by their passion, Chigiri runs…
8The Formula for Goals27 Nov 2022
The Z team has only one game left to play, and it will decide the future of its members. While everyone seems to be nervous about the kickoff, Isagi is trying to find a way to score goals without anyone's help.
9Awakening4 Dec 2022
The match continues to leave Team Z scared of Nagi's abilities. However, one of the members is not scared, even though they are facing a soccer genius...?
10Just the Way It Is11 Dec 2022
Each player unleashed their weapon and ego, and Team Z has caught up to a draw. They totally have the momentum of the game, but that has “awakened” Team V’s monster, Nagi. In the chain reaction to awakening, Isagi also learns to use his weapon and keeps fighting. The “heat” generated by the clashing of ego from both…
11The Final Piece18 Dec 2022
Team Z launches a final counter to try and win against Team V. Isagi is trying to find the last piece he needs to crack the formula to become a goal machine.
12The Second Selection25 Dec 2022
With many dropouts, the "Blue Lock" project enters the second selection. A harsh second selection where former friends become rivals and former enemies become allies at a dizzying pace. There, Isagi meets Rin, the most powerful egoist ever, the younger brother of the genius Itoshi Sae, and the new Blue Lock ranking…
13TOP38 Jan 2023
In this new stage of the second selection, the white team formed by Isagi, Nagi and Bachira will finally go against the top three in the ranking of the previous stage, running the risk of losing one of their three players if they lose the game. Still, the willingness to test their new skills against the top three is…
14The Geniuses and the Average Joes15 Jan 2023
The loss of Bachira on his team makes Isagi very anxious about what his future with Nagi will be like. To make matters worse, the situation is now even more complex: the ideal would be to go against a weaker team, but that would mean taking a weaker player too, which would make it more difficult to advance the next…
15Devour22 Jan 2023
Isagi realizes that the conclusion of the match is in his and Naruhaya's hands. However, how will he go about beating Naruhaya? This will be a game that will not depend on genius players, but on "mediocre" players.
16Tri-Fusion29 Jan 2023
Barou joins Isagi and Nagi's team, already causing quite a stir with his conflicts with Nagi. Isagi is trying to see a way to mediate these two, which will be very complicated.
17Donkey5 Feb 2023
Isagi begins to realize that his former teammates made a great trio with Reo, making the best use of their own weapons. Now, he'll have to think about how he's going to get his much-desired "chemical reaction" with Nagi and Barou, if not, he won't be able to win. That said, the Barou remain not very cooperative...
18The Stage for the Lead12 Feb 2023
By understanding and enhancing each other’s weapons, Isagi and Nagi are drawing countless paths to the goal. In contrast, with Chigiri, who has further evolved, at the center, Kunigami and Reo find themselves struggling to keep up, and a back-and-forth battle unfolds on the field. Meanwhile, Barou, who should have…
19Dancing Boy19 Feb 2023
Isagi and his friends barely manage to win as Barou awakens as the "villain" of the field. In order to cause a further "chemical reaction", they take away the only player who showed their ego to "eat" themselves and advance to the force stage. On the other hand, Bachira, who is looking for an opponent for the next…
20Super Link-Up Play26 Feb 2023
Finally, Isagi and Nagi are going to have a rematch with Rin's team. However, adding Bachira to Rin's team will bring some unforeseen circumstances.
21I'm Not There5 Mar 2023
Isagi captures everything that’s happening in the field to see its future, and Nagi controls the space. Their combination bursts, and their series of play lights up the fire in Rin. Rin’s dominating play that encompasses everything on the field, from the skills of all players, the ball, positioning and tactics…
22Voice12 Mar 2023
The thrill of finally finding the "monsters" with overwhelming talent became short-lived, as Bachira realizes he's being left behind in the battle between Isagi and Rin. Meanwhile, the game is reaching its final stage, with a fierce back-and-forth battle led by the wild card, Barou. As Isagi takes his skills to the…
23Luck19 Mar 2023
Bachira sheds his ideal of the "monster" and finally awakens his own ego. Until now, Bachira had been seeking someone to follow, but now he charges forward towards his own goal, finding in Isagi a companion who trusts in his ego. Isagi performs a decisive cut, but the ball made its merciless way to the victor's…
24The Time Has Come26 Mar 2023
Rin chooses to add Isagi to his team, and together with Bachira they pass the second selection. Waiting for them on the other side is a 5-on-5 match against a team of world-class players. Thanks to Isagi, Bachira, and Rin's coordinated play, they manage to score the first goal, but they soon find themselves…
Season 2
Trailer for Season 2 (YouTube) ↗No episode list yet.
Specials
· 2022 · 23 episodesEpisodes (23)
- 1Additional Time! #1: Isagi Yoichi's Dream9 Oct 2022
- 2Additional Time! #2: Lost in Prison16 Oct 2022
- 3Additional Time! #3: A Day in Blue Lock23 Oct 2022
- 4Additional Time! #4: Meals at Blue Lock30 Oct 2022
- 5Additional Time! #5: Introducing Blue Lock's Supplies!6 Nov 2022
- 6Additional Time! #6: Traitor13 Nov 2022
- 7Additional Time! #7: Girly Hairstyle20 Nov 2022
- 8Additional Time! #8: Wife Material Reo27 Nov 2022
- 9Additional Time! #9: Team Z Impersonation Championship No. 14 Dec 2022
- 10Additional Time! #10: Team Z Impersonation Championship No. 211 Dec 2022
- 11Additional Time! #11: Second Selection Rock-Paper-Scissors18 Dec 2022
- 12Additional Time! #12: His Bro Speaks!25 Dec 2022
- 13Additional Time! #13: The Secret Tale Behind the "Top 3" Team8 Jan 2023
- 14Additional Time! #14: The "Top 3" and Bachira15 Jan 2023
- 15Additional Time! #15: Reo, a Maiden in Love?22 Jan 2023
- 16Additional Time! #16: Maid Cafe King Barou29 Jan 2023
- 17Additional Time! #17: Another Team of Three5 Feb 2023
- 18Additional Time! #18: Teieri Anri's Blue Lock Journal!12 Feb 2023
- 19Additional Time! #19: The Team of Late Starters19 Feb 2023
- 20Additional Time! #20: Nagi's School Life26 Feb 2023
- 21Additional Time! #21: Another Team of Three Part 25 Mar 2023
- 22Additional Time! #22: Aryu's Arbitrary Glam Battle12 Mar 2023
- 23Additional Time! #23: The Bad Kind of Chemical Reaction19 Mar 2023
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- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
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- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
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?
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- Genre
- Action & Adventure
- Year
- 2022
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- 8bit
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