ブルーロック
BLUE LOCK
Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer? (Source: Crunchyroll)
Names
| Original | ブルーロック (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Blue Lock |
| English | BLUE LOCK |
| Chinese | 蓝色监狱 (simplified · via bangumi) |
| Also known as | BLUE LOCK ขังดวลแข้ง · بلو لوك |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 24 ep · 25 min · 10h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2022-10-09 → 2023-03-26 (Autumn 2022) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | 8-bit |
| Source | Manga |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Shounen |
| Genres | ActionDramaSports |
| Themes | FootballMale ProtagonistShounenAthleticsPrimarily Male CastBattle RoyalePrimarily Teen CastEnsemble CastAnti-HeroRevenge |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · YouTube · Bilibili TV · Netflix · Hulu |
Reception
| Community score | 8.10 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 8.09 / 10 |
| Composite | 67.7 |
| On lists | 322,596 |
| Favourited | 13,151 (4.1%) |
| Completion | 74.1% |
| Drop rate | 5.4% |
| In backlog | 16.7% |
| Score spread σ | 1.51 |
| MyAnimeList | 8.10 / 10 |
Score distribution
18772497396141,53453,67866,906720,762841,207938,8391019,875
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 8-bit | A | 4 of 63 |
| Broadcast season | Autumn 2022 | B | 10 of 74 |
| Year | 2022 | A | 28 of 318 |
| Genre | Sports | A | 32 of 447 |
| Length | Two-cour | B | 78 of 699 |
| Season (all years) | Autumn | A | 95 of 1,921 |
| Demographic | Shounen | B | 134 of 1,219 |
| Era | Early 2020s | A | 136 of 1,596 |
| Genre | Action | A | 175 of 2,765 |
| Genre | Drama | B | 232 of 1,917 |
| Source material | Manga | A | 234 of 3,025 |
| Format | TV series | A | 265 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | A | 361 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Tetsuaki Watanabe, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Hiromi Sakamoto |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Taku Kishimoto |
| Character design | Yuusuke Nomura, Kenji Tanabe |
| Original creator | Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yuusuke Nomura |
Franchise — ブルーロック
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| sequel | 2024 | BLUE LOCK Season 2 |
| side story | 2024 | BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- |
AniList id 137822 · MAL id 49596 · Bangumi 341163 · record updated 2026-08-27