Snow Man：TV anime "Blue Lock" 2nd season ED by Daisuke Sakuma "A song about fighting spirit, dreams, and ego"

It has been revealed that the popular group Snow Man will be performing the ending theme "One" for the second season of the TV anime Blue Lock, based on a soccer manga currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha). The music video for the second season was released on YouTube, showcasing the song. "One" will be included in Snow Man's fourth album, RAYS, to be released on October 30th.

Regarding the ending, Daisuke Sakuma, representing Snow Man, commented, "I fell in love with Blue Lock after watching the anime, so I'm very happy to be able to add some luster to it. The ending theme song, One, is a medium ballad sung by each member of Snow Man. It's a quiet song that sings of a fighting spirit, dreams, and ego that are bluer than red and burn hotter than red, so I think it's a perfect song for the world of Blue Lock. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of ending animation will be created."

It was also announced that the theatrical anime Blue Lock: Episode Nagi will be broadcast on TV Asahi from 10 pm on October 5th, titled "Blue Lock Special Night," and the first episode of the second season will be broadcast from midnight on the same day. This will be the first time that Blue Lock: Episode Nagi will be broadcast on terrestrial television. From the second episode of the second season onwards, it will be broadcast on TV Asahi's anime slot "IMAnimation" every Saturday at 11:30 pm. There are 14 episodes in total.

"Blue Lock" is a manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura, and has been serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" since 2018. A national project called Blue Lock (Blue Prison) is launched to create an "absolute ace striker" who will lead Japan to victory in the FIFA World Cup, and 300 high school students are gathered to fight. The innovative setting of a battle royale in which 300 strikers fight for survival and the unique characters have gained popularity. The total number of copies of the comics published is over 40 million.

The first season of the TV anime aired from October 2022 to March 2023. For the second season, the band "UNISON SQUARE GARDEN" will be in charge of the opening theme "Hajaku no Charisma".