# BLUE LOCK (2022)

> High school strikers from across Japan compete in a brutal national project to forge the world's most egoistic striker.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/108395

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 38
- Episode runtime: 23 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, drama
- Network: HTB, tv asahi, Nagoya TV, KBC, ABC TV, NCC, OAB, ABA, Niigata Television Network 21, khb, KFB, HOME, KSB, Kagoshima Broadcasting, Iwate Asahi TV, Akita Asahi Broadcasting, Yamagata Television System, Shizuoka Asahi TV, Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Ehime Asahi TV, Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting, Ryu-Q Asahi Broadcasting
- Cast: Kazuki Ura, Tasuku Kaito, Yuki Ono, Soma Saito, Junichi Suwabe, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Rikiya Koyama
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15222080/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: intense, competitive, sweaty, adrenaline-fueled, bromantic

## What critics say

Audiences rate the single season positively, praising its intense competitive energy and its bold, over-the-top take on sports anime.

## Synopsis

Blue Lock (2022-2024) is a Japanese animated sports series produced by 8bit and based on the manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, a shounen anime that first aired on television across a broad network of regional Asahi stations. It follows Yoichi Isagi, voiced by Kazuki Ura, a high school striker recruited into a controversial national project in which dozens of talented young soccer players are locked into a training facility to produce the best and most egoistic striker in the world. Isagi's engine is the drive to outshine rivals, and the series builds each episode around high pressure drills, rigged scrimmages, and tense matches where personal ambition clashes with the need to cooperate. Meguru Bachira, voiced by Tasuku Kaito, and Rensuke Kunigami, voiced by Yuki Ono, sharpen the rivalry, while Hyoma Chigiri, voiced by Soma Saito, and Seishiro Nagi, voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki, bring contrasting temperaments. The single season of thirty-eight episodes runs as one continuing arc with a sustained competitive rhythm. The tone is intense and sweaty, with adrenaline-fueled match sequences and a sharp edge of rivalry and bromance. Fans of Haikyu!!, Inazuma Eleven and Kakegurui will find resonance in its cutthroat ambition and sports-driven psychology.

## Shows like BLUE LOCK

- [Captain Tsubasa J (1994)](https://ember.film/tv/58120)
- [Air Gear (2006)](https://ember.film/tv/29170)
- [Ahiru no Sora (2019)](https://ember.film/tv/78605)
- [Fight! Kickers (1986)](https://ember.film/tv/56740)
- [Captain Tsubasa (1983)](https://ember.film/tv/23685)
- [Classroom of the Elite (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/63232)
- [Inazuma Eleven (2008)](https://ember.film/tv/39163)
- [Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001)](https://ember.film/tv/22208)
- [Ace of the Diamond (2013)](https://ember.film/tv/54214)
- [Haikyu!! (2014)](https://ember.film/tv/54303)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt