Blue Lock
| Blue Lock | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yoichi Isagi | |
| ブルーロック (Burū Rokku) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Muneyuki Kaneshiro |
| Illustrated by | Yusuke Nomura |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | August 1, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 37 |
| Manga | |
| Blue Lock: Episode Nagi | |
| Written by | Muneyuki Kaneshiro |
| Illustrated by | Kōta Sannomiya |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | June 9, 2022 – July 9, 2025 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
| Music by | Jun Murayama |
| Studio | Eight Bit |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 9, 2022 – present |
| Episodes | 38 |
| Anime film | |
| Blue Lock: Episode Nagi | |
| Directed by | Shunsuke Ishikawa |
| Written by | Taku Kishimoto |
| Music by | Jun Murayama |
| Studio | Eight Bit |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Released | April 19, 2024 |
| Runtime | 91 minutes |
| Live-action film | |
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| Released | August 7, 2026 |
Blue Lock (Japanese: ブルーロック, Hepburn: Burū Rokku) (stylized in Latin script as BLUELOCK) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes as of January 2026.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Eight Bit aired from October 2022 to March 2023. An anime film adaptation based on the Episode Nagi spin-off manga premiered in April 2024. A second season, subtitled vs. U-20 Japan, aired from October to December 2024. A third season has been announced. A live-action film adaptation is set to premiere in Japan in August 2026.
By September 2025, the manga had over 50 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2021, Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.