58 Fun Facts About Blue Lock

Who writes the Blue Lock manga?

Yusuke Nomura draws it; he previously worked as an assistant to Attack on Titan's creator.

Blue Lock has been serialised since 2018 in which Kodansha publication?

The first collected volume came out in November 2018.

In the story, Japan's poor finish at which tournament prompts the creation of the Blue Lock programme?

Japan is said to have finished 16th, and the JFA hires the enigmatic Jinpachi Ego to fix it.

How many players enter the Blue Lock programme in total?

Isagi competes against 299 others to become the world's best striker.

What is the penalty for failing Blue Lock?

Ego's philosophy is to build the world's most egotistical striker.

Which studio produced the Blue Lock anime?

Tetsuaki Watanabe directed the first season, which ran 24 episodes.

How many episodes were in the first anime season?

It aired on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block from October 2022 to March 2023.

Which band performed the first opening theme, 'Chaos ga Kiwamaru'?

They also performed the second ending, 'Numbness Like a Ginger', and the season-two opening.

What is the subtitle of the second anime season?

It aired from October to December 2024; season three is titled Neo Egoist League.

Which J-pop boy band performed 'One', the ending theme of season two?

Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada fronted a promo for the Blaze Battle mobile game instead.

The 2024 anime film is based on a spin-off manga about which character?

Episode Nagi was drawn by Kōta Sannomiya and ran in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2022 to 2025.

Which prize did Blue Lock win in 2021?

It was also nominated for a Harvey Award in 2022 and at the Angoulême festival.

By August 2026, roughly how many copies of the manga were in circulation worldwide?

It was the best-selling manga series in Japan for the first half of 2023.

Which streaming service licensed Blue Lock and released its English dub?

The dub reached Adult Swim's Toonami block in February 2026.

Which singer performed 'Monstruo', the theme of the 2026 live-action film?

Toho distributed the film, which opened in Japan in August 2026.

Which famous manga creator, whose assistant Nomura once was, recommended Blue Lock?

He is the author of Attack on Titan.

In 2025 Blue Lock became the first sports manga to collaborate with which football confederation?

Liverpool FC and FC Tokyo have also run official Blue Lock collaborations.

Inspired by the series, Japan launched which real-life youth-talent initiative?

It aims to select and cultivate young Japanese footballers.

Konami announced a Blue Lock collaboration for which of its games?

Two mobile games, Blaze Battle and Project: World Champion, also launched in 2024.

Which squad is Yoichi Isagi assigned to at the start of the programme?

Team Z was ranked among the weakest of the 300 participants.

Isagi's key strength is described as what?

He talks about creating 'chemical reactions' between teammates.

Which club does Isagi play for in the Neo Egoist League?

He ties Rin Itoshi for the highest transfer bid.

Meguru Bachira imagines opponents as what while dribbling?

He plays for FC Barcha in the Neo Egoist League.

Which player, nicknamed 'Princess' for his red hair, is famous for his acceleration?

A past ACL injury made him play cautiously until the match against Team W.

Rensuke Kunigami, the self-styled 'football superhero', returns after elimination through what?

He comes back far more introverted and now starts for Bastard München.

Which Team Z player betrays his teammates in their First Selection match against Team W?

He never recovered his standing and was eliminated in the Second Selection.

Which tall Team Z player is later used as a goalkeeper for the Blue Lock XI?

He uses his spring-like body to make 'impossible' saves.

Gurimu 'Igaguri' Igarashi comes from a family of what?

He is the lowest-ranked player in the whole programme, mostly surviving through perseverance and fouls.

Ryōsuke Kira, the 'Crown Jewel of Japan', is eliminated early after an unexpected kick from whom?

He had been Team Z's highest-ranked player.

Shōei Barō, the ultra-selfish striker, has what surprising off-pitch obsession?

He devotes himself to being Isagi's 'villain' after losing in the Second Selection.

Who recruited the naturally gifted Team V striker into competitive football?

Reo spotted him after Nagi caught a falling phone with his foot.

What ultimately happens to Nagi in the Neo Egoist League?

His play with Reo had become predictable at Manshine City.

What did the wealthy heir who discovered Nagi want that money could not simply buy him?

He grew up with everything handed to him thanks to his parents' wealth.

Reo's signature technique is what?

He hits up to 99 percent fidelity in the U-20 exhibition match.

Which player is ranked number one in Blue Lock and is Isagi's rival from the Second Selection on?

His skills are described as very similar to Isagi's, only more honed.

Japan U-20's star agrees to face Blue Lock in the exhibition match on what condition?

Shidou then scores twice as a second-half substitute.

Who is the captain of the Japan U-20 team?

Aiku later features as a Neo Egoist League figure too.

Michael Kaiser's signature strike, the Kaiser Impact, has three variations named what?

The German forward is Isagi's chief rival at Bastard München.

Julian Loki, the youngest Master Striker, is known for a speed nicknamed what?

At 17 he coaches France's stratum while playing for Paris X Gen.

Which Master Striker of the German club Isagi joins is ranked world number one?

He co-developed the Blue Lock programme with Ego.

Who chose the unknown Jinpachi Ego to run Blue Lock?

She dreams of Japan winning the World Cup and tracks the players' statistics for Ego.

Which two tournaments does Ego target for victory with his new generation of strikers?

He co-developed the programme with Noel Noa.

Which Japanese voice actor, known for Attack on Titan's Levi, voices Jinpachi Ego?

Derick Snow voices Ego in the English dub.

Which real football club's jerseys did Yusuke Nomura draw Blue Lock characters wearing in a 2021 collaboration?

Players such as Diego Oliveira appeared in the promotional artwork.

How many collected volumes of the Blue Lock manga had been released as of August 2026?

The first volume came out in November 2018, three months after serialisation began.

Who illustrates the Blue Lock manga?

He once worked as an assistant to the Attack on Titan creator, who later recommended the series.

Which English club's players were reimagined in Blue Lock style for a 2024 exhibition at Comic Con?

Former goalkeeper David James and mascot Mighty Red appeared at the Kodansha collaboration in Liverpool.

In the story, where did Japan finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, prompting the Blue Lock project?

The Japan Football Association responds by hiring the enigmatic Jinpachi Ego to build the world's greatest egotistical striker.

Which studio distributed the 2026 live-action Blue Lock film in Japan?

Credeus produced it with CK Works, and Ado sang the theme song 'Monstruo'.

On which US programming block did the Blue Lock English dub make its TV debut in February 2026?

Crunchyroll had streamed the dub since October 2022 and released two Blu-ray sets.

For which American comics prize was Blue Lock nominated in the Best Manga category in 2022?

The same year it was up for the Youth Selection at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

How many copies did Blue Lock sell as the best-selling manga of the first half of 2023?

Volume 24 had Kodansha's second-largest first print run of 2023–24, at 450,000 copies.

An Anime News Network reviewer noted overtones of which manga artist in Blue Lock's art?

Rebecca Silverman called the 'dystopian sports' premise blatantly absurd but wanted to keep reading.

Which game based on the series, released in March 2024, was set to end service in March 2026?

Its promo video featured Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada; a second game, Project: World Champion, launched in English weeks later.

On which TV Asahi programming block did the first season of the anime air?

Season two moved to the network's brand-new IMAnimation block in autumn 2024.

Who illustrated the spin-off manga Blue Lock: Episode Nagi?

Kaneshiro wrote it for Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2022 to 2025, and it filled eight volumes.

Who directed the Blue Lock anime television series?

Ishikawa, his assistant director, went on to direct the Episode Nagi film; Murayama composed the music.

Which duo performed 'Stormy', the theme song of the 2024 Episode Nagi anime film?

Crunchyroll took the film to North American cinemas in June 2024.