Things aren’t looking up for Isagi and Team Z as they faced a devastating defeat against Team X in episode 3 of Blue Lock. Tasting defeat right in the first match of First Selection has certainly dampened the spirits of Isagi and his teammates.
Isagi in particular bears the brunt of Team Z’s loss […]
Impulse and ego triumph over team spirit and camaraderie as the First Selection program kicks off in episode 3 of Blue Lock. We witnessed how ruthless Jinpachi Ego’s pet project, Blue Lock, can be as Yoichi is forced to take out his fellow teammates to become the world’s greatest striker.
Yoichi […]
Blue Lock and Prison School are stories that run on the same idea but are from entirely different genres. One is a brutal sports anime with serious tones, while the other is a sex comedy. What remains common between the two is the audience (for the most part) and creators obsessed with putting[…]
The first episode of the most awaited sports anime this season made its debut on October 9, 2022. The anime has taken multiple fans by storm, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that everyone is super invested in this series. The first episode of Blue Lock was quite a roller coaster and a buttload[…]
Sports anime are a dime a dozen, and soccer is probably one of the most popular sports in the genre. To stand out in this oversaturated market, you must go to certain extremes, and Blue Lock has taken the risk. Has the risk benefitted the series, though? Now that is something you can know only[…]
Blue Lock’s hype has been there even before the anime adaptation was announced. The manga alone is so phenomenal that it gathered a following on par with other top-rated franchises. Due to this popularity, the pressure of animating it increased tenfold because no one would dare mess with such a[..]
Blue Lock takes sports anime to a whole different level. Its death game-like structure will remind you of anime like Kakegurui or Tomodachi Game. Just like these psychological series, Blue Lock involves several young players and eliminates them one by one to build Japan’s best striker.
You can’t deny that the most intense and emotional sport in the world has to be football. The amount of hype it gets worldwide is unlike any other, so naturally, a football anime like Blue Lock would be highly anticipated. The anime portrays the sport in its glory and adds an exciting and[…]
To put it simply, Blue Lock is essentially just a less tragic and gore-ish version of Squid Game. The key difference between both would be that Blue Lock is about football and high-schoolers who aspire to become the best strikers in the world. This sports anime is unlike any other you’ve ever[…]
The Blue Lock fanbase will have to sit tight and wait for the hit manga series to resume on October 27, 2021, as it is taking a break due to Yusuke Nomura’s sudden illness. The 45th edition of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine did not include a new chapter of Blue Lock as scheduled. On October […]
The anxiety that had been bubbling under the skin of every Blue Lock fan has finally erupted out in joyous cheer as the sports manga gets its long-due anime adaptation. Blue Lock is considered one of the best sports series for its unique take on Soccer. The series takes place in a prison-like[…]
Sports manga and anime can make even the most niche sport an overnight sensation, and the same goes for soccer. Over the years, we had some of the best soccer manga and anime, from the classics such as Captain Tsubasa to the current sensation such as Blue Lock. So many of these series are so[…]