Shounen has always been an interesting genre to watch and enjoy. It is oddly informative and allows one to get a greater insight into the particular sport It deals with. However, recent years have seen the overuse of words like “friendship” and “team play”.
The protagonist team always seems to win based on this mysterious power of teamplay. Blue Lock is this one anime that took it upon itself to change the current trend. It mainly focuses on the individuality and ‘ego’ of the player.
This unique approach has brought this show a loyal fan base. Combine that with a great storyline, we have ourselves a winner. Many of the fans want to keep enjoying this anime for as long as possible.
With all the buzz surrounding this super popular anime, the question pops in. Is Blue Lock going to be a 12-episode anime or a 24-episode one? Well, Worry Not! We are here to answer the question!
Blue Lock will be a 24 episodes anime and will run in two cours. If there is no break between the two cours, we can expect the anime to be running until March of 2023. The anime is expected to adapt around 80 chapters of the manga.
Number of Episodes in Blue Lock: 12 or 24?
Blue Lock will have 24 episodes which will be split into two-cours of 12 episodes. If you are a new anime fan and do not know what cour means, here’s a little context.
A cour is essentially one production block of episodes that may or may not have a break in between. Basically, it represents the division of the Season.
For example, Bleach Thousand Year Blood War Arc is a season that is estimated to have 50 episodes. However, this season can be further divided and aired as cours, maybe as 12-episode batches or 24-episode batches.
As of now, the information indicates that the anime will not be taking a break between the cours. However, this is not official yet.
How many chapters will Season 1 cover?
We do not exactly know how many chapters will season 1 be covering. However, based on the pacing of the anime, many fans have predicted that 24 episodes of the anime will probably cover 80-85 chapters of the manga.
That means the anime will cover till the end of the second selection. Remember that this is just an estimation and not official information.
About Blue Lock
Blue Lock 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. Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.
The story begins with Japan’s elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which prompts the Japanese Football Union to start a program scouting high school players who will begin training in preparation for the 2022 Cup.
Isagi Youichi, a forward, receives an invitation to this program soon after his team loses the chance to go to Nationals because he passed to his less-skilled teammate.
Their coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who intends to “destroy Japanese loser football” by introducing a radical new training regimen: isolate 300 young strikers in a prison-like institution called “Blue Lock”.
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