It's not the best, it can't even be compared to the manga in many cases, but what this anime of kids kicking balls with abruptly high egos has achieved doesn't make any sense, the Blue Lock project is real.
To begin with, the soccer that is narrated here can be taken in many ways; impress you, disgust you or love it, but one thing here is true, this is fiction. All of this coupled with a dark aura (technically edgy. and it's awesome) makes the anime something unique, making a sport seen as "simple" (without analyzing it too much, since all sports have a lot of content) into something absurd. , but entertaining and fun. As the characters threaten each other with death for the simple fact of having lost the ball or because they are simply jerks, but each one is unique, thus having their own weapon, differentiating them from the rest (along with part of their attitude, aura and representative color and further).
Now I would like to talk more in depth about the series, setting aside the context and the amazing (and edgy) characters.
-FIRST, the animation... this causes a lot of commotion, it is true that it is not up to what it should have had, but some scenes are visually incredible, and the drawing almost never disappoints, to improve would be the use of cgi (for background characters or far shots) and still images with the ball moving or with sound effects or something that makes it appear that the image is moving.
-The first and second arc, the first and second selection... are quite good. The material is entertaining (the second half seemed like a video game to me, and I love it) and it makes new characters or characters that hadn't been seen before shine and become very fond of them, each one having their moment of prominence. Although they are little compared to what will come in future seasons (hehehe).
-And lastly... the amazing and mostly overlooked (by vast majority though it may not seem like it) amazing music and OST's. BLLK's OST's are incredible, they give a lot of emotion to the scenes and make you feel motivated, or scared, like many of Rin's OST's, causing a feeling of danger to the viewer. And then, that it is not important in the reviews, the Openings and Endings. To start with, the 2 Op and Ed have great animation and amazing music, even though the first Op is controversial because it doesn't reflect much of BLLK (the lyrics do it perfectly, but we're not Japanese and we understand almost nothing or nothing), and then there is the madness of the second Op, Judgment, with a quite innovative and new artistic section, as well as a very good song by the group ASH DA HERO.
Beyond this there is not much more to say about Blue Lock, the truly good is yet to come and we are not prepared for it, luckily everything manages to live up to it.
If you have come this far, I thank you and I hope you support my review, I wish you a great day.
(I don't speak English very well, so much of this review has been done with a translator, I hope I didn't mess it up and that your eyes didn't hurt from reading some mistake, once again I say goodbye, thanks for reading).