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[…]
The Blue Lock fandom has always been on a razor’s edge regarding when the manga will get an anime adaptation. For those living under a rock, Blue Lock is considered to be one of the best sports series, even better than Haikyu! in some regards. This series packs quite a kick, with manga sales in[…]
Kodansha Manga Awards, an annual prize for the best-serialized manga, announced the winners for its 45th annual Manga Awards. It is one of the most prestigious manga awards of all time, and only the best manga series wins this honor. Kodansha Awards are for the best-serialized manga […]
Kodansha is a privately-owned publisher in Tokyo. Not only is it well-known, but it is also the biggest publisher in Japan. From gory action manga to the cutest romances, the company licenses them all! Attack on Titan, Sailor-Moon, A Silent Voice, The Seven Deadly Sins, its list of[…]