It has been announced that the theatrical anime film "Blue Lock: Episode Nagi" (directed by Ishikawa Shunsuke), based on the spin-off "Blue Lock: Episode Nagi," a soccer manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) with popular character Nagi Seishiro as the protagonist, will be broadcast on TV Asahi from 10pm on October 5th. This will be the first time that the film will be broadcast on terrestrial TV. On the evening of October 5th, as part of a "Blue Lock Special Night," the first episode of the second season of the TV anime "Blue Lock," "Blue Lock VS. U-20 JAPAN," will be broadcast at midnight after the broadcast of "Blue Lock: Episode Nagi."
"Blue Lock" is a manga written by Kaneshiro Muneyuki and illustrated by Nomura Yusuke, and has been serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" since 2018. A national project called Blue Lock (Blue Prison) has been launched to create an "absolute ace striker" who will lead Japan to victory in the FIFA World Cup, and 300 high school students will be gathered to fight. The novel setting of a battle royale in which 300 strikers fight for survival and the unique characters have gained popularity. The comics have sold over 40 million copies in total. The first season of the TV anime aired from October 2022 to March 2023. From the second episode of the second season onwards, it will be broadcast every Saturday at 11:30 pm on TV Asahi's anime slot "IMAnimation". "Blue Lock -EPIOSODE Nagi-" has been serialized in "Bessatsu Shonen Magazine" (same publisher) since June 2022. The story is about how Nagi Seishiro, who has extraordinary soccer skills, meets Mikage Reo, the heir to the large Mikage Corporation, and they start playing soccer together with the goal of winning the World Cup. The animated film was released on April 19th and was a hit, grossing 1.8 billion yen and attracting an audience of over 1.32 million people.
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