Blue Lock’sfirst anime season released in October 2022, depicting the story told inthe original manga by mangaka Muneyuki Kaneshiro and artist Yusuke Nomura. The series was a massive success, bringing the acclaimed sports anime to screens worldwide. Following the debut of the anime, theBlue Lock: The Movie -Episode Nagi-film was also released in theaters in June 2024, giving viewers deeper insight into a few of the characters and storylines in preparation for the upcoming second season.
Now, that second season is here, and it coversone ofBlue Lock’smost exciting, high-stakes arcs: the U-20 Arc. This storyline pits the Blue Lock competitors against Japan’s U-20 team in a match that will decide the future of the Blue Lock Project itself.
If the eleven Blue Lock players who are chosen to compete win the game against Japan’s team, the Blue Lock Project’s search for the world’s best striker will be permitted to continue. However, if they lose, the contest will be immediately terminated and each player’s potential soccer career will go up in flames instantly.
When Do New Episodes ofBlue LockSeason Two Release?
Blue Lock,Produced by Studio 8bit, Based on the Manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura
Blue Lockseason two’snew episodes will be available to stream on Crunchyroll. Thefirst episode aired this past Saturday, June 17, 2025, at 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (PT)on the platform. For fans who might have forgotten crucial details of the first season that aired almost two years ago, a brief recap video is also featured on Crunchyroll to summarize season one’s most pivotal points. The upcomingsecond episode will premiere Saturday, August 17, 2025, on Crunchyroll.Viewers can expect to see the new episode uploaded to the platform at7:30 AM Pacific Time (PT).
What Happened inBlue LockSeason Two, Episode #1?
Six Players Were Chosen To Form the Core of the Team, Leaving 29 To Compete for the Remaining Spots
Blue Lockcertainly kicked off season two with a bang, introducing the soccer match that will change everything. Jinpachi Ego, the creator of the Blue Lock Project that will choose Japan’s best striker out of a group of 300 hopeful players, gathered the remaining 35 participants to explain what the upcoming game will look like. Since Blue Lock is facing off against Japan’s talented U-20 team, Egomust choose theabsolute best 11 playersto build his opposing team. He revealed that he has already formed the core of the team, made up of the current six most successful participants thus far.
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In order of skill, theBlue Lock Top 6 are: Rin Itoshi, Ryusei Shido, Tabito Karasu, Eita Otoya, Kenyu Yukimiya, and Nagi Seishiro.These six will split off into three teams and the remaining 29 players must each choose one team to play with in order to prove themselves worthy of securing a coveted spot on Blue Lock’s team. To up the stakes even further, each player will only have one final chance to show off their soccer skills, except for Bachira Meguru, who will be permitted to play two games since he received seventh place in Ego’s ranking of the players.
Blue LockSeason Two, Episode #2 Explores Isagi’s Dismay At Not Being Chosen
The Episode Also Briefly Sets up the Future Conflict Between Brothers Rin and Sae Itoshi
When Isagi discovered he was not picked as one of the top six players in Blue Lock, he was extremely disappointed. He also began to worry about having to demonstrate his soccer expertise in only one game, as did many of the other remaining players. Isagi ruminated over which of the three teams to choose to play with for the one defining match, taking into consideration Ego’s advice about focusing on the potential for “assertion" and “coexistence” when making their choice. After much pondering,Isagi selected Rin and Shido’s team, since he felt these players would push him to improve quickly.
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The beginning of episode two also hints at thecomplex and emotionally fraught relationship betweenbrothers Rin Itoshiand Sae Itoshi. A flashback is featured depicting a very smug Sae and a distraught Rin playing soccer with one another. The brief match is very tense and Sae taunts his younger brother after defeating him in the game, questioning his soccer ability and whether he has been practicing at all. Sae and Rin’s relationship has been a major plot point inBlue Lock,as Rin struggles to become better than his brother and prove himself, while Sae looks down on Japanese soccer entirely.
Blue Lock’sfirst episode set up quite a few story lines that will be explored in this season,from fractured family relationships to Isagi’s continual struggle to become the world’s best strikeramong a sea of talented players.Blue Lockseason twopromises to be the most exciting installment in the anime yet, pitting the players not just against one another, but against Japan’s best.
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Blue Lock is a sports-centric animated series based on the manga series of the same name. The show follows the Japan Football Association trying to recover from their poor showing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup by hiring a football genius, Ego Jinpachi. With his new intense training regimen, Jinpachi invites the best football players in Japan to compete to become the team’s new star player - and high school student Yoichi Isagi may be exactly who he’s looking for.
