TLDR: The show is fine. If you like typical shounen power fantasy or if you like isekai you'll probably find this fun. There's nothing inherently wrong with the show I just wish it wasn't such a typical predictable edgy shounen power fantasy. Ultimately this is less of a sports show and more of a shounen battle show flavored as a soccer show.
The animation is by far the best part a lot of effort was put into it and it looks amazing. It by far carries the show during its action segments. If you like the show this is probably one of the main reasons
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Alternative Titles
Japanese: ブルーロック
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
24
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Oct 9, 2022 to Mar 26, 2023
Premiered:
Fall 2022
Broadcast:
Sundays at 01:30 (JST)
Producers:
TV Asahi, Lantis, Kodansha, Toy's Factory, Crunchyroll, Bandai Spirits, Bit grooove promotion, Bandai Namco Filmworks, Bandai Namco Music Live
Licensors:
None found, add some
Studios:
8bit
Source:
Manga
Genre:
Sports
Theme:
Team Sports
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Statistics
Ranked:
#4232
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Popularity:
#255
Members:
815,408
Favorites:
13,924
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Apr 5, 2023
"Wooooosh!" The enemy scores a goal in gym class and we lose the game. Wow, we're such a failure to Blue Lock.
This anime is fun to watch and reference around! And honestly, even though it's not a masterpiece and nothing really made sense to me (Like, is it trying to encourage us to focus on team plays or selfish plays?), it's a good sports anime to binge. After all, there aren't many soccer animes, and this anime is also quite dystopian/sci-fi. Story ~ 7: The story is pretty straightforward. You're getting what you expect: Good soccer players competing and training against each other to play ... Jun 16, 2023
The first 12 episodes were pretty hype, but then the side characters got more screen time. Usually I like learning about characters other than the lead, but by god are the side characters in Blue Lock so damn annoying. One's a co-dependent weirdo who's more focused on revenge than anything else, one's a self-absorbed jerkoff, one's the silent but deadly type who only talks about one thing... This would be fine if these traits weren't their entire personalities. The only well-rounded character in this anime is the main guy, but sometimes it feels like he's so unremarkable that the only reason he's gotten this far
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Dec 26, 2022
All of the reviews calling this "fujoshi-bait," cringe, and try-hard-edgy make my blood fucking boil on so many levels...fujoshis will ship a fucking table and a chair so please do not give them that much credit for ruining your experience.
This isn't an anime about football, so if you're looking for football, go watch a football game instead. Viewing it as a typical sports anime and comparing it to other sports anime will not make the most out of what this series has to offer. Take it completely as it is, on its own--independent from other media--and that'll make this anime much more worth ... Mar 25, 2023
It is a fine anime about football set in a do-or-die scenario. The characters themselves are not as interesting as any other character type that you've watched. I will say though I do love Kunigami as my daddy and will not like him in the later seasons. Anyways, I liked the concept of the show which is about individual skills and talents to other sports animes which are about teamwork and friendship. I don't mind the whole egoist thing as much, I could see it being cringe, but what would be the alternative for it? Heart?
Isagi the main character is pretty average just generally a ... Jan 26, 2023
O anime até que e bom, a animação e boa a história até que e boa, os personagens são bons, a proposta do anime em sí e boa que não da pra vencer o jogo sem jogar em equipe, tem uns furos ali e aqui mas até que e bom, cada um tem seu estilo suas características.
The anime is good, the animation is good, the story is good, the characters are good, the proposal of the anime itself is good that you can't win the game without playing as a team, there are some holes there and here but until it's good, each one has ... Jan 29, 2023
basically gay soccer produce 101 on crack. it’s pretty solid, just a normal sports shounen anime. it’s not anything special but it’s entertaining and nice to watch when i’m bored. the story is predictable but that’s usually how this genre of anime is and i still like it.
the characters are fine. i like how the show gives everyone strengths instead of having the protagonist constantly carry the team. the animation is nice. i don’t have any complaints abt it, and the line variation is cool. there is some cgi, but personally i don’t mind it. also, i watch the dub and the characters say “gen-z” slang every ... Jul 17, 2023
Don't get me wrong, I do love the story wise at the start and animation, but this wasn't it for me. I hate when anime is just focusing on the blue lock HQ location without having time to spend some love outside of it. I wasn't a fan of it at all. The story wasn't interesting for me. I love the music, the main idea of it, the characters and the animation every time when they strike a goal. It felt better than other sports animes but wasn't my cup of tea. I had watched 4 episodes out of 24. I would recommend this to
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Dec 4, 2022
Trash but visually entertaining. In short 'carried by animation.'
— They said blue lock is not about friendship but the whole series says otherwise. The characters are more friendly and intimately close to each other than haikyuu. They win by the use of friendship and comradely, it's just they talk like children and always arguing and cursing but they are really close, it's almost giving a boys love vibe. — Blue Lock is definitely about power of friendship. Don't deny it. Story (1): Atleast they tried to do something new. However, the whole concept became failure instead. Because the author wanted to create a football ... Jun 14, 2023
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A soccer series that wants to give the genre a breath of fresh air and succeeds, but in its wake it also makes many mistakes, this is a much more interesting series than I imagined I thought it would be like the rest of the series in the genre of sports but it gives it an air like a series of fights that I loved, it's simple in the idea that they give us, Japan is a country that wants to have a striker but they can't find him, so they make a program to find him and so It is the main plot here, ... Apr 14, 2023
The concept of Blue Lock is intriguing and unique, as it focuses on creating a team of individual strikers who can outperform each other in order to become the best. The show sets up a competitive atmosphere where players are pitted against each other in high-stakes matches, with only the best making it to the national team. This leads to some intense moments and gripping drama, as players struggle to prove their worth and secure a spot on the team.
One of the strengths of the anime is its character development. Each player in Blue Lock is given their own backstory, motivations, and unique playing style. ... Apr 17, 2025
It's fun to see a show admit you have to be an egotistical bastard at times.
I'm tired of battle royale's, man. I've seen the tropes. How characters unite in the most unlikely ways. The empathetic main character, or the morality at play when put against people who could be good. Rarely done with nuance, and I'll admit, this one gets pretty close to being great, but I really couldn't take it seriously. Battle Royale, but with soccer. You got monsters who can level the playfield, you've got the underdogs, the great prospects, and our protagonist who is very much a nobody in a sea ... Feb 11, 2023
Having followed the manga from way before there was even an anime announced for Blue Lock, I knew it wouldn’t be long before someone decided to take it on. And lo and behold, the one to step up to the challenge is none other than 8bit, a studio mostly known for the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Grisaia series. When I first got the news about this adaptation I did get some worries about how they would deal with a sports anime but thought it couldn’t be too bad since they did a good job with Stars Align. In fact, while
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Jun 23, 2023
I'm writing this as someone who has played and watched football/soccer for a solid 15 years..so i know everything about this sport inside and out.
The road that this first season has took is very interesting... Unlike most football animes traditional "high school tournament 11 v 11", Blue Lock has mixed it up with stuff that can only be done on the streets with your friends, which many many football fans will relate to...such as playing tag with a football, playing a 3,4 or 5 a side match, playing wildly and challenging each other... It's a big plus to the anime and that is why I'm giving it ... Feb 26, 2024
I started watching this show right after I finished Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood which I remember a friend of mine said was a bad idea since this show in comparison would be bad.
To an extent he was right because truthfully it wasn’t nearly as good but at the same time I didn’t expect to be and I don’t think it really intended to be. I think there’s a misconception that every piece of media needs to be some revolutionary, ground-breaking story in order to be any good but I don’t think that’s true. I think a piece of media can be just as good (a ... Dec 4, 2022
It shows unrealistic part of actual football game. So its not my taste of anime. Since I love to watch and play football this anime doesn't shows realistic part of it. I won't recommend it to people who love playing and watching football games.
Those who don't care sports part then you'll enjoy since it has nice animation, music, Shonen type epic moment and all those super attacks type of playstyle. Some characters are annoying especially I don't like MC and how his strength is portrayed. Like what is super spatial awareness and smell of goal, he can know when is goal is coming and from ... Dec 6, 2022
I kinda expected too much coz this is so hyped rn. Show could've been better but here's my take.
First, it deserves credit for trying to be creative and doing a sports anime thats kinda different than the rest. At times, it does offer some excitement, and I like that it challenges the classic teamwork mentality. While Blue lock aims to be revolutional, it unfortunately ends up being ridiculous. The whole premise of a Nazi concentration camp-esque football camp is so fucking dumb. Somehow, Japan's okay with locking up 300 adolescents in a place with no real sunlight for the sake of an experiment. It's ... May 21, 2023
Numbness like a ginger. That’s how I feel about this one.
I watched this because I have Crunchroll. And unfortunately, it seems that if there is ever an anime I want to watch, it’s not on Crunchyroll. Sports isn’t my genre; it’s actually my least favorite genre. But it was, however, on Crunchyroll. I was pleasantly surprised by the first episode. It ended with a twist that turned shounen on its head. And again, this is a sports anime, so all for one and one for all isn’t just a trope, it’s the core principal. The episode was spent building up the importance of the secondary ... Mar 25, 2023
Blue Lock is a sports series where some of your normal sports anime tropes aren’t present, especially the “power of friendship”, which is good in a way, yet it made it so edgy to the point where sometimes, it’s quite laughable. If you’re someone who likes sports anime for its realism, you won’t get that here at all. It’s definitely quite epic at times, and there are a couple unpredictable moments mixed in there, but I feel like the appeal of sports anime in general is to have a good mix of humour and drama, while being very character driven and relatable to the viewer
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Oct 22, 2022
"CARRIED BY ANIMATION"
Yes. Blue Lock is literally a sports series who can only offer good animation and good looking characters. Now, that's not totally a bad thing cuz I, myself is a sucker for animanga with good looking and all boys characters whom I can ship with each other. BUT! As a fan of sports animes, I hate those who can't even represent the sports properly. Although I don't play sports, I highly respect each of them and I despise those who makes them look ridiculous and stupid. Story (4): Maybe you think it's too early for me to give a review when the anime is ... Previous - |




