List of Blue Lock episodes

Blue Lock is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It was announced on August 12, 2021. The series is produced by Eight Bit and directed by Tetsuaki Watanabe, with Shunsuke Ishikawa serving as assistant director, Taku Kishimoto overseeing the series' scripts, Masaru Shindō providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director, Hisashi Tojima serving as chief action director, and Jun Murayama composing the music.^[1] The series' first season ran for 24 episodes from October 9, 2022, to March 26, 2023, on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block.^[2][1][3][a] The first opening theme song is "Chaos ga Kiwamaru" (カオスが極まる; "Chaos Reigns") by Unison Square Garden, while the first ending theme song is "Winner" by Shugo Nakamura.^[5] The second opening theme song is "Judgement" by Ash Da Hero, while the second ending theme song is "Numbness Like a Ginger" by Unison Square Garden.^[6][7]

Key visual for the series

Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and have streamed an English dub starting on October 22, 2022.^[8][9] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.^[10][11] It was broadcast on Animax Asia in the region.^[12]

Following the end of the first season, a second season was announced,^[13][14] along with a film adaptation of the Episode Nagi manga which released in Japanese theaters on April 19, 2024.^[14][15] Titled vs. U-20 Japan, the season aired from October 5 to December 28, 2024, on TV Asahi's brand new IMAnimation block.^{[16][17][18][19]} The opening theme song is "Bōjaku no Charisma" (傍若のカリスマ, Bōjaku no Karisuma), performed by Unison Square Garden,^[20] while the ending theme song is "One", performed by Snow Man.^[21]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	24		October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)	March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)
2	14		October 5, 2024 (2024-10-05)	December 28, 2024 (2024-12-28)

Episodes

Season 1 (2022–23)

Main article: Blue Lock season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title [22][23]	Directed by [b]	Storyboarded by [b]	Original release date [24]
1	1	"Dream" Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: 夢)	Tetsuaki Watanabe, Masao Kawase & Kazuki Yokoyama	Tetsuaki Watanabe	October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)
2	2	"Monster" Transliteration: "Kaibutsu" (Japanese: かいぶつ)	Shunsuke Ishikawa	Shunsuke Ishikawa	October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)
3	3	"Soccer's "Zero"" Transliteration: "Sakkā no Zero" (Japanese: サッカーの0)	Kazuki Yokoyama	Tetsuaki Watanabe & Takaaki Ishiyama	October 23, 2022 (2022-10-23)
4	4	"Premonition and Intuition" Transliteration: "Yokan to Chokkan" (Japanese: 予感と直感)	Takahiro Enokida	Shunsuke Ishikawa	October 30, 2022 (2022-10-30)
5	5	"To Be Reborn" Transliteration: "Umarekawaru no wa" (Japanese: 生まれ変わるのは)	Chihiro Kumano	Tetsuaki Watanabe & Takaaki Ishiyama	November 6, 2022 (2022-11-06)
6	6	"I'm Sorry" Transliteration: "Gomen" (Japanese: ごめん)	Tatsuya Ishiguro	Satoshi Shimizu	November 13, 2022 (2022-11-13)
7	7	"Rush" Transliteration: "Tagiri" (Japanese: 滾り)	Yoshito Mikamo & Akira Toba	Tetsuaki Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa & Takaaki Ishiyama	November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
8	8	"The Formula of a Goal" Transliteration: "Gōru no Hōtei Shiki" (Japanese: 成功（ゴール）の方程式)	Kentarō Sugimoto	Tomohiro Furukawa	November 27, 2022 (2022-11-27)
9	9	"Awakening" Transliteration: "Kakusei" (Japanese: 覚醒)	Takayuki Tanaka	Kiyoshi Okuyama, Nitta Chishima & Yūji Haibara	December 4, 2022 (2022-12-04)
10	10	"Just the Way It Is" Transliteration: "Kono Mama de" (Japanese: このままで)	Kazuki Yokoyama	Kazuki Yokoyama	December 11, 2022 (2022-12-11)
11	11	"The Final Piece" Transliteration: "Saigo no Pīsu" (Japanese: 最後の欠片（ピース）)	Norio Kashima	Shigeru Morikawa	December 18, 2022 (2022-12-18)
12	12	"The Second Selection" Transliteration: "Ni-ji Serekushon" (Japanese: 二次選考（セレクション）)	Yūsuke Onoda	Masashi Kojima	December 25, 2022 (2022-12-25)
13	13	"Top 3"	Yasushi Muroya	Kazuki Yokoyama	January 8, 2023 (2023-01-08)
14	14	"The Geniuses and the Average Joes" Transliteration: "Tensai to Bonsai" (Japanese: 天才と凡才)	Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	January 15, 2023 (2023-01-15)
15	15	"Devour" Transliteration: "Kurau" (Japanese: 喰)	Yoshito Mikamo & Shintarō Inokawa	Keiichi Sekino	January 22, 2023 (2023-01-22)
16	16	"Tri-Fusion" Transliteration: "Torai Sesshon" (Japanese: 三者融合（トライ・セッション）)	Kōhei Kuratomi	Shigeru Morikawa	January 29, 2023 (2023-01-29)
17	17	"Donkey" Transliteration: "Hetakuso" (Japanese: ヘタクソ)	Yūsuke Onoda & Shintarō Inokawa	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	February 5, 2023 (2023-02-05)
18	18	"The Stage for the Lead" Transliteration: "Sutēji" (Japanese: 主役の座（ステージ）)	Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori	Edgeworks & Isowa Yuri	February 12, 2023 (2023-02-12)
19	19	"Dancing Boy"	Norio Kashima	Yasushi Muroya	February 19, 2023 (2023-02-19)
20	20	"Super Link-Up Play" Transliteration: "Chō Rendō" (Japanese: 超連動)	Takayuki Tanaka & Noriyoshi Sasaki	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26)
21	21	"I'm Not There" Transliteration: "Ore ga Inai" (Japanese: 俺がいない)	Kōhei Kuratomi	Barnstorm Design Labo & Yoshikazu Miyao	March 5, 2023 (2023-03-05)
22	22	"Voice" Transliteration: "Koe" (Japanese: 声)	Kazuki Yokoyama	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)
23	23	"Luck"	Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori	Kōhei Kuratomi	March 19, 2023 (2023-03-19)
24	24	"The Time Has Come" Transliteration: "Toki wa Kitari" (Japanese: 時は来たり)	Tetsuaki Watanabe, Kōhei Kuratomi & Shintarō Inokawa	Tetsuaki Watanabe, Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama	March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)

Season 2: Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan (2024)

Main article: Blue Lock season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title [25][26]	Directed by [b]	Storyboarded by [b]	Original release date [27]
25	1	"Tryouts" Transliteration: "Toraiauto" (Japanese: 適性試験（トライアウト）)	Masahiro Amano & Ryōtarō Honda	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06)[c]
26	2	"The Assassin and the Ninja" Transliteration: "Koroshi-ya to Ninja" (Japanese: 殺し屋と忍者)	Fukutarō Hattori & Hiroshi Kimura	Chihiro Nitta, Akemi Nakajima & Chisaki Satō	October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12)
27	3	"The World You Feel" Transliteration: "Kanjiru Sekai" (Japanese: 感じる世界)	Mitsutoshi Satō	Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama	October 19, 2024 (2024-10-19)
28	4	"Chameleon" Transliteration: "Kamereon" (Japanese: カメレオン)	Yuki Nishiyama	Chisaki Satō, Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama	October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26)
29	5	"Flow"	Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori	Chisaki Satō	November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)
30	6	"The Big Stage" Transliteration: "Ōbutai" (Japanese: 大舞台)	Kenji Yasuda	Suzuka Yoshida, Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama	November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)
31	7	"Itoshi Sae" Transliteration: "Itoshi Sae" (Japanese: 糸師 冴)	Yūsuke Kamata & Kentarō Sugimoto	Katsumi Terahigashi	November 16, 2024 (2024-11-16)
32	8	"Blue Genes" Transliteration: "Ao no Idenshi" (Japanese: 青の遺伝子)	Mitsutoshi Satō	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	November 23, 2024 (2024-11-23)
33	9	"Night Snow" Transliteration: "Naito Sunō" (Japanese: ナイトスノウ)	Hiroshi Kimura & Fukutarō Hattori	Masashi Kojima	December 1, 2024 (2024-12-01)[c]
34	10	"The Subs Take to the Stage" Transliteration: "Kōtai Geki" (Japanese: 交代劇)	Aya Ikeda	Chisaki Satō	December 8, 2024 (2024-12-08)[d]
35	11	"What You Taught Us" Transliteration: "Oshieta Koto" (Japanese: 教えた感情（コト）)	Shin Tosaka	Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chihiro Nitta	December 14, 2024 (2024-12-14)
36	12	"Flowers" Transliteration: "Hana" (Japanese: 花)	Mitsutoshi Satō	Chihiro Nitta & Kiyoshi Okuyama	December 21, 2024 (2024-12-21)
37	13	"Not Alone" Transliteration: "Hitori Janai" (Japanese: ひとりじゃない)	Yūsuke Kamata & Daisuke Tsukushi	Chihiro Nitta, Kiyoshi Okuyama & Chisaki Satō	December 28, 2024 (2024-12-28)[e]
38	14	"Last Attack" Transliteration: "Owari Geki" (Japanese: 終撃)	Kentarō Sugimoto & Hajime Nihira	Kiyoshi Okuyama, Chisaki Satō & Hajime Nihira	December 28, 2024 (2024-12-28)[e]

Home media release

Japanese

Bandai Namco Filmworks (Japan – Region 2/A)

Vol.		Episodes	Cover character(s)	Release date	Ref.
Season 1
	1	1–6	Yoichi Isagi and Meguru Bachira	January 27, 2023	[31]
	2	7–12	Rensuke Kunigami and Hyōma Chigiri	March 24, 2023	[32]
	3	13–18	Seishiro Nagi and Reo Mikage	May 26, 2023	[33]
	4	19–24	Yoichi Isagi and Rin Itoshi	July 28, 2023	[34]
Season 2
	1	25–31	Yoichi Isagi, Yō Hiori and Nijirō Nanase	March 26, 2025	[35]
	2	32–38	Rin and Sae Itoshi	May 28, 2025	[36]

English

Crunchyroll, LLC (North America – Region 1/A)

Part		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
Season 1
	1	1–12	November 14, 2023	[37]
	2	13–24	May 28, 2024	[38]

Notes

1. TV Asahi lists the series premiere at 25:30 on October 8, 2022, which is effectively 1:30 a.m. JST on October 9.^[4]
2. Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
3. This episode aired at 12:00 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original air time on TV Asahi.^[28]
4. This episode aired at 12:30 a.m. JST, 1 hour after the original air time on TV Asahi.^[29]
5. Episodes 13 and 14 premiered back-to-back, with Episode 13 airing 30 mins earlier than the original air time on TV Asahi.^[30]