The most famous football anime of recent years will soon return with a second season, 14 episodes for a decisive match

News culture The most famous football anime of recent years will soon return with a second season, 14 episodes for a decisive match

Battle Royale a 3-5-2

For those who managed to escape the wave Blue Castle, The manga tells the story of the creation of a structure in Japan that aims to create the best goalscorer in the worldthat can ultimately lead the country to victory in the World Cup. With this goal in mind, Ego Jinpachi has launched the Blue Lock project, a kind of sports battle royale in which hundreds of players compete against each other in various events. and in which the least efficient people are excluded from the project and additionally excluded from playing professional football.

At the end of the first season of the anime, the death of the show was announced. Due to a lack of results and fear of the costs of maintaining the project, the board of the Japanese Football Association decided to end the Ego Jinpachi project. It then proposed some of its results to the council members a promotional match between the best players of Blue Lock and the U-20 national team since the future of the structure is at stake, who will be eliminated if his foals fail to defeat the national team.

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One goal to dominate them all

This second season is officially titled Blue Lock vs U20 Japan

It will have 14 episodes10 less than the first, and remain in the hands of the Eight Bit studio, despite much criticism for the quality of the animation in the series. The recently released trailer mainly shows passages from the story arc that prevents the clash between the U-20 and the Blue Lock team, with some images seeming to hint at the highly anticipated match.

So, The second season of the anime is expected to adapt the arc of the third selection (the final phase before the match in which the 11 players who will face the U-20 are determined) or even the match itself, a crucial story arc of the manga that spans almost 50 chapters and whose adaptation as an animation was highly anticipated by fans. You will soon be able to give your verdict, as the release of this new season is not far away and is expected on October 5th on Crunchyroll.