After watching 11 episodes of this series I can say. I LOVE IT. The exaggerations of the characters in the show are thrilling. It's about time a sports manga creator tries to do something different. To sum up many peoples complained they just wanted blue lock to be haikyuu but football/soccer. Personally, I find that boring it would've never peaked anyone's interest if it was just haikyuu v2. There are many soccer anime out there already that are like haikyuu but soccer.
What I love about Blue Lock is the selflessness of wanting to be the best, the Mamba mentality. The shooting, dribbling, and the
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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
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Ranked:
#4232
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Popularity:
#255
Members:
815,408
Favorites:
13,924
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Your Feelings Categories Feb 12, 2023
PROS:
+ great animation, OST, direction + exciting soccer battle sequences will get you pumped up + fast paced, suspenseful, compelling NEUTRAL: ~ total sausagefest/no waifus CONS: - predictable, formulaic plot ... Oct 30, 2022
I can't give this show more than a 5 for one simple reason. Its a great concept that wastes way too much screen time on useless dialogue. The amount of times I hear the SAME THING repeated over and over, is absurd. Each episode could easily be cut down to a 5-10 minute highlight real and then skip the rest because in these kinds of shows, the dialogue can literally NOT HAPPEN and we will still be entertained. It should be an action anime, not a dialogue heavy shounen. Let the soccer do the talking. I don't need a 5 year old's level play by
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Nov 21, 2022
Blue Lock as a concept is a failure. Since this anime has had a lot of hype, I was interested in watching it to see if the anime world has finally adapted a football anime to the same quality as Haikyuu or Kuroko in the sports genre. I was deeply mistaken. The show deviates from football to the idea of "blue lock", rather than applying basic football knowledge and conceptualizing a great plot: the show is too busy making it about being the "best striker." I'm an avid football fan; any football person would know by watching the first episode that the show is not
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Apr 6, 2023
First and foremost, I would like to delve into the key aspects that Blue Lock brings to the table. Following that matter, it can be argued that the anime has a rather questionable moral compass.
Personally speaking, I couldn't help but draw comparisons between Blue Lock and Danganronpa. Although there are very obvious similarities in the plot, the show stands apart with its focus on the characters' perspectives. Unlike in Danganronpa, where Monokuma is almost always the common enemy of the group, in Blue Lock, Ego is portrayed as this wise mentor - almost like a deity and the real “enimies” of the players ... Mar 19, 2023
I've seen moderate hype around this anime and was wondering - so I gave it a watch.
oh boy I didn’t expect the hellfire I got myself into. However, the most insane thing to me is the score. I truly can’t wrap my head around on why this anime is rated highly. Maybe this is just me going insane, but let me explain my point of view: The entire premise is nonsensical. You know what doesn’t go well together? Football and Singleplayer Battle Royale. It has some promising ideas in isolation, but these shouldn’t be mixed. It’s like eating Nutella with KFC. You can do that, but ... Oct 30, 2022
Please, let this serve as an example on "how to kill an anime before it even aired"... Blue Lock has been fed to us for month as being the greatest football anime we'll ever see, and yes, visually it is, but that's about it.
I don't like to compare anime, but if you take AoAshi : It had simpler animation (to not say "bad"), but the character development was pretty high and there were some slice of life included in it so that the whole story wouldn't revolve around football (well, it does, but not entirely). Here with Blue Lock, we have good animation (not insanely good, ... Mar 25, 2023
Blue Lock pretty much came at the right time for me. Coming right after Ao Ashi which I really enjoyed and with the World Cup right around the corner, football fever was indeed very high. And yes, it’s called football, not soccer you goddamn Americans. Blue Lock though was prepared to offer something quite different from your standard sports anime. Something that would go against the typical, “power of teamwork” kind of show; where we test to see how one’s skill and ego can influence the people around you and change the course of any match. This is a show about a boy’s desire to
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Oct 23, 2022
The anime & manga is a mixture of hunger games and soccer: A survivor game between teenagers between 16-18. If you lose the game you are eliminated and your career is over forever. That sounds extremely scary for the 300 players who are passionate about football. The only one standing becomes the best striker in japan, and maybe in the whole world! The anime is extremely well constructed. It keeps the suspense up to the end, especially the first episode doesn't leave you with enough and you always want to know more. The voice actors do a very good job and you can really feel the emotions
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Mar 25, 2023
I know people who are really into sports and I can confirm they are exactly like this.
Blue Lock manages to be absolutely overflow with charm by sheer virtue of being as over-the-top and deranged as humanly possible. Every single episode you'll hear a teenager talk about their pride in their skills or resolve to be the best Soccer player they can be through saying it in the most unhinged ways imaginable, accompanied by an extreme visualization of that exact phrasing. Even if the amount of depth a character has can vary in how deep or shallow they are, everyone manages to be really memorable in ... Mar 25, 2023
Blue Lock is a refreshing take on the anime sports genre. There's no 'all for one and one for all' kind of sportsmanship here, they're playing based on their egos and they are not afraid to talk shit to each other. watching the first episode will definitely make you hooked. However, there are a few things that I want to point out about Blue Lock starting with the Pros.
The pros: The story starts of simple, the MC Isagi Yoichi got invited to join the Blue Lock project as a candidate to be the best striker in the world. The premise and how the story goes plays ... Mar 25, 2023
"Blue Lock," a manga adaptation that's all about soccer. But not the kind of soccer you see in your backyard. No, no, no, this is soccer on steroids! It's a story about teenage boys who want to become the best soccer player in Japan. And they're not just happy with being good. Oh no, they want to be the BEST, better than anyone else.
The story follows a guy named Isagi Yoichi. This dude got some serious talent when it comes to soccer. But he's not happy with being good. He wants to be the best. And he'll do whatever it takes to get there. That's ... May 28, 2024
The anime managed to surprise me. I planned to watch it in the background while eating, but from the first episodes I was drawn in.
This anime is not about characters or football, it is about healthy egoism, personal growth, the ability to say no to other people's desires in order to achieve your own. It helped me a lot, to cultivate egoism and the ability to be in a leading role, especially in online games, where I was transformed from a good support into a furious berserker in the core role! The art is good, the characters are written well enough so as not to seem ... Mar 27, 2023
The entire premise of this show just bugs me to no end... First and foremost, the idea that a "striker" is the most important player on the field is a HUGE assumption that could be discussed in numerous ways, but I'll just mention the fact that goalkeeper seems to be ignored as a prime reason this show is already junk. Want to check basically any league? You'll find the teams with best keepers are the most winning. But, ok let's ignore that. WTF is a striker in modern soccer? Traditionally its a mid-foreward when you run an archaic offense that wouldn't win anything in modern
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Nov 13, 2022
Blue Lock is mediocre at best. The exaggerated compliments from fans cannot be trusted. I can say the same (midiocre) with both the anime and the manga, cuz the anime has been true to it's source so far.
Blue Lock is quite enjoyable to watch because of its animation and art, I think that's what people are crazy about... But aside from animation and art, Blue Lock can't really offer anything good when it comes to the story and the characters. It's plot is almost non-existent. It's premise, "selecting the greatest striker in the world out of 300 applicants" is kind of childish and just ... Jul 6, 2023
Okay, Blue Lock.
Even though nobody cares about default L opinions, I'm doing myself a favour by typing out my harsh rating here instead of filling out the comment section of the anilist entry. It'd look better anyways. Looking at Blue Lock holistically, it's a very well-done adaptation. It faithfully follows the beats of the manga, focusing the drawings on high-points and extensively using 3d during its low-points. It's definitely worth noting that this is the most impressive implementation of 3D I've seen thus far. But the quality of the production... still feels rather cheap and underwhelming. The drawings are well done but aren't dynamic and lack fluidity. ... Jan 22, 2025
I must let it be known: I have NO respect for this show AT ALL lmfao and my rating is solely for the absolutely delicious yaoi content. As a sports anime it’s absolutely ridiculous with a nonsensical plot that it’s impossible for a mature, developed brain to accept—that being said, pretty boys talking about devouring each other? Yeaaaahhhh baby that’s the stuff! Homoerotic tension has surpassed subtext and is very much literal in Blue Lock (BL for a reason LMFAO) and for that reason alone, I’d recommend this train wreck of an anime. My advice is to avoid bothering to understand whatever “lore” or logic
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Feb 9, 2023
First of all,
The people saying this isn't a good anime by any standards and deeming it unworthy of being recommended , i would love to know what according to you ''Anime lovers'' defines a good anime? If it's a good plot (a strong one at that) , loveable characters , good character development , amazing animation , good pacing and you still don't like but (let me say it) HATE blue lock , there's something wrong with your taste. From the moment Isagi and his team lost the match in episode 1 , I was hooked , completely . And then the ending (OMG!) , it was ... Dec 12, 2022
Blue Lock, at least so far, has not been good.
For months prior to the airing of this show I had been hearing nothing but great things about the manga. "It's peak!", "It's the best new-gen!", etc. Maybe I just got spoiled by how good Aoashi was, but this show has been neither of those things. The art and animation, which I thought would be the only guaranteed great thing about the show, is arguably the worst. Every episode, every scene, and every shot looks exactly the same. The same color palette, the same backgrounds, and the same lighting. Bland blues and grays are the only colors ... Sep 18, 2024
Honestly, Blue Lock surprised me. I haven't seen many sports anime, because it's very different from what I usually enjoy, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I ended up liking it. The plot has a good balance between being based in realism and including made up elements and players, which made it both fun and surprisingly believable. They even throw in real-life events, like Germany winning the World Cup, and casually mention stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. It gives the whole thing a cool sense of realism while still being its own story.
The plot is solid for what it sets out ... |




