Blue Lock

Blue Lock
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yoichi Isagi
ブルーロック
(Burū Rokku)
Genre
Manga
Written byMuneyuki Kaneshiro
Illustrated byYusuke Nomura
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
Original runAugust 1, 2018 – present
Volumes37
Manga
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
Written byMuneyuki Kaneshiro
Illustrated byKōta Sannomiya
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineBessatsu Shōnen Magazine
Original runJune 9, 2022July 9, 2025
Volumes8
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Tetsuaki Watanabe (S1)
  • Shunsuke Ishikawa (S1)
  • Yūji Haibara (S2)
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byJun Murayama
StudioEight Bit
Licensed by
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
English network
Original run October 9, 2022 – present
Episodes38
Anime film
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
Directed byShunsuke Ishikawa
Written byTaku Kishimoto
Music byJun Murayama
StudioEight Bit
Licensed byCrunchyroll
ReleasedApril 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)
Runtime91 minutes
Live-action film
Studio
  • Credeus
  • CK Works
ReleasedAugust 7, 2026 (2026-08-07)

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.