Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan

The next phase of the controversial Blue Lock project is underway with the candidate pool being dwindled down to just 35. Out of the remaining strikers, only a select few will be chosen to play in an upcoming exhibition game against the current U-20 Japanese soccer team. Playing in this match comes with a caveat: winning will grant the players the right to represent the nation as the new U-20 team, but losing will bring an end to Blue Lock in its entirety. Among the ones left in the running is Yoichi Isagi, who is coming to terms with his own abilities.

To further complicate matters, the six best players in the pool have already been named to the starting lineup and the remaining 29 will have to duke it out to claim a coveted spot. Each candidate must select a top six pairing to team up with for the selection to prove their competence. But if this mishmash of strikers wants to overthrow the current U-20 team, they will need to find a way to combine their playstyles effectively.

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Isagi, Yoichi Main

Ura, Kazuki Japanese

Bachira, Meguru Supporting

Kaito, Tasuku Japanese

Nagi, Seishirou Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Chigiri, Hyouma Supporting

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Itoshi, Rin Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Barou, Shouei Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Shidou, Ryuusei Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Mikage, Reo Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Itoshi, Sae Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Ego, Jinpachi Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kawakatsu, Yusuke Producer

Satou, Naoya Producer

Iwata, Takaki Producer

Arisawa, Ryouya Producer

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Dec 9, 2024

ZealousElit3

Recommended

Preliminary (10/14 eps)

The animation may be horrendous 90% of the time, but it honestly doesn't bother me. I find myself thoroughly entertained by each episode. Despite the "PowerPoint presentation," the plot and characters are still strong. At the end of the day, I think that's what matters most in an anime.

Animation: 3/10
Mostly terrible, with some nice looking scenes here and there.

Art: 9/10
The character designs and coloring look great, and I'd even say it's an improvement over season 1. It's just held back by the animation.

Story/Characters: 9/10
Just as good as season 1.
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Music: 7/10
Pretty average soundtrack, with a few standouts. None of the tracks particularly sound bad.

Voice Acting: 9/10
(Japanese) Good casting, and very well done all around. You can tell the VA's are putting their all into it.


Overall: 8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 8, 2024

RaidenSteiner

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (10/14 eps)

"You're not moving Blue Lock" - Oliver Aiku

Keeping the review short, the the second season of Blue Lock definitely have some big issues with its severe lack of animation.. on an sport anime.. to the point a lot games are just pngs moving around the screen with some shadow effects or something like that, sometimes the shoots and passes are not even animated either, the ball just flyies on (near) contact with the png at mach 20.

I would say the story itself is great, voice acting and SFX are pretty good and if you love Visual Novels or Audiobooks you could totally give it a ... watch, it will feel just like home, otherwise the manga may be unironically slighty better.

It's not the worst anime, but its very lacking.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 30, 2024

anarion322

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/14 eps)

The animation of this season is pretty much non existent. Feels like 5 fps or less. Most of the scenes are just frozen frames with dialogues, and when there's an animation most of the time is just one element on the scene, like the ball or lips moving in a frozen scene.

It moves forward with dialogue mostly, you don't see the plays, just see the faces of the characters telling you "he slip from behind· or something.

There's also a very few scenes in which they move like 3D animated and feels weird, they also don't do much in those, move a few steps and such.

The ... source material is good, so it's still ok, but as an anime does not feel very animated.

It's supposed to be one of the big featured anime of the season so it does not live to the hype with this kind of production.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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