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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Blue Lock manga volume 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring Yoichi Isagi
| ja_kanji = ブルーロック
| ja_romaji = Burū Rokku
| genre = {{ubl|[[Sports manga|Sports]]<ref name="Kodansha"/>|[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]<ref name="Kodansha">{{cite book|title=Blue Lock|url=https://kodansha.us/series/blue-lock/|publisher=[[Kodansha USA]]|access-date=May 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429131407/https://kodansha.us/series/blue-lock/|archive-date=April 29, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Muneyuki Kaneshiro]]
| illustrator     = {{ill|Yusuke Nomura (manga artist)|lt=Yusuke Nomura|ja|ノ村優介}}
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
| NA = [[Kodansha USA]]
}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| imprint         = Shōnen Magazine Comics
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]
| first           = August 1, 2018
| last            = 
| volumes         = 31
| volume_list     = List of Blue Lock chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
| author          = Muneyuki Kaneshiro
| illustrator     = Kōta Sannomiya
| publisher       = Kodansha
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Kodansha USA
}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint         = 
| magazine        = [[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]]
| first           = June 9, 2022
| last            = 
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     = List of Blue Lock chapters#Blue Lock: Episode Nagi volumes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = {{ubl|Tetsuaki Watanabe ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Shunsuke Ishikawa ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}}){{efn|Credited as {{Nihongo|Assistant Director|副監督|Fuku Kantoku}}.}}|Yūji Haibara ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})}}
| writer          = [[Taku Kishimoto]]
| music           = Jun Murayama
| studio          = [[Eight Bit (studio)|Eight Bit]]
| licensee        = [[Crunchyroll LLC|Crunchyroll]] {{English anime licensee|[[South Asia|SA]]/[[Southeast Asia|SEA]]|[[Medialink]]}}
| network         = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] ([[TV Asahi]])
| network_en      = {{English anime network|SEA=[[Animax (Asian TV channel)|Animax Asia]]}}
| first           = October 9, 2022
| last            = 
| episodes        = 32<!-- This parameter should only be incremented when new episodes air or when a [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source]] can confirm a specific number of episodes. -->
| episode_list    = List of Blue Lock episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = film
| title           = Blue Lock: Episode Nagi
| director        = Shunsuke Ishikawa
| producer        = 
| writer          = Taku Kishimoto
| music           = Jun Murayama
| studio          = Eight Bit
| licensee        = Crunchyroll
| released        = {{Start date|2024|4|19}}
| runtime         = 91 minutes
| budget          = 
| gross           = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Blue Lock'''''|ブルーロック|Burū Rokku|lead=yes}} (stylized as '''''BLUELOCK''''') is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by [[Muneyuki Kaneshiro]] and illustrated by {{ill|Yusuke Nomura (manga artist)|lt=Yusuke Nomura|ja|ノ村優介}}. It has been serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 31 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes as of October 2024.

An [[anime]] television series adaptation produced by [[Eight Bit (studio)|Eight Bit]] aired from October 2022 to March 2023. An anime film adaptation based on the ''Episode Nagi'' manga premiered in April 2024. A second season, entitled ''vs. U-20 Japan'', premiered in October 2024.

By July 2024, the manga had over 40 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] of all time. In 2021, ''Blue Lock'' won the 45th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|shōnen]]}} category.

== Plot ==
The Japan national team finished 16th in the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]. The Japan Football Union hires the football enigma Jinpachi Ego. His masterplan to lead Japan to stardom is Blue Lock, a training regimen designed to create the world's greatest egotist striker. Those who fail Blue Lock will never again be permitted to represent Japan. Yoichi Isagi, an unknown high school football player who is conflicted about his playing style, decides to join the program in order to become the best striker in the world.

== Characters ==
;{{Nihongo|Yoichi Isagi|潔 世一|Isagi Yoichi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kazuki Ura]]<ref name="ANN1"/>|[[Ricco Fajardo]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Ryōhei Takenaka (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay">{{cite web|script-title=ja:舞台「ブルーロック」開幕！潔世一役の竹中凌平「人生の活力になる作品に」|url=https://natalie.mu/stage/news/523501|website=[[Stage Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 23, 2023|language=ja|date=May 23, 2023|archive-date=May 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517085550/https://natalie.mu/stage/news/523501|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:The protagonist of the series. His weapon is his eyes, which allow him to analytically scan the field for openings to score goals.
;{{Nihongo|Meguru Bachira|蜂楽 廻|Bachira Meguru}}
:{{voiced by|Tasuku Kaito<ref name="ANN1"/>|Drew Breedlove<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Nobunaga Sato (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:A Team Z player who Isagi befriends. His weapon is his dribbling power.
;{{Nihongo|Rensuke Kunigami|國神 錬介|Kunigami Rensuke}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yūki Ono]]<ref name="ANN1"/>|[[Alex Hom]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Shōta Matsuda (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:An orange-haired member of Team Z. His weapon is his striking power.
;{{Nihongo|Hyōma Chigiri|千切 豹馬|Chigiri Hyōma}}
:{{voiced by|[[Soma Saito]]<ref name="ANN1"/>|[[Aaron Dismuke]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Ryō Saeki (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:A member of Team Z with long red hair. He previously tore his ACL in a previous game, but overcame his weakness and utilizes his speed as his weapon.
;{{Nihongo|Wataru Kuon|久遠 渉|Kuon Wataru}}
:{{voiced by|[[Masatomo Nakazawa]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|Mark Allen Jr.<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Jin Saori (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:A member of Team Z. His weapon is his jumping power, but he later sells Team Z out to another team, resulting in him losing the team's trust.
;{{Nihongo|Jingo Raichi|雷市 陣吾|Raichi Jingo}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yoshitsugu Matsuoka]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|[[Aaron Campbell (voice actor)|Aaron Campbell]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Takamichi Sato (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Yūdai Imamura|今村 遊大|Imamura Yūdai}}
:{{voiced by|[[Shōya Chiba]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|Jesse Pinnick<ref name="Dub"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Gin Gagamaru|我牙丸 吟|Gagamaru Gin}}
:{{voiced by|[[Shugo Nakamura]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|Lee George<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Kōki Muramatsu (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Asahi Naruhaya|成早 朝日|Naruhaya Asahi}}
:{{voiced by|Daishi Kajita<ref name="ANN2"/>|Spencer Liles<ref name="Dub"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Okuhito Iemon|伊右衛門 送人|Iemon Okuhito}}
:{{voiced by|Ryūnosuke Watanuki<ref name="ANN2"/>|Anthony DiMascio<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Takuro Sawada (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Gurimu Igarashi|五十嵐 栗夢|Igarashi Gurimu}}
:{{voiced by|[[Aoi Ichikawa]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|Kyle Igneczi<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:A low-ranked member of Team Z.
:{{portrayed by|Yuki Kakikawa (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Ryōsuke Kira|吉良 涼介|Kira Ryōsuke}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kenichi Suzumura]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|[[Blake Shepard]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:A member of Team Z who initially befriends Isagi but is eliminated after the first round.
;{{Nihongo|Jinpachi Ego|絵心 甚八|Ego Jinpachi}}
:{{portrayed by|Shojiro Yokoi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hiroshi Kamiya]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|[[Derick Snow]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:The creator of the Blue Lock program.
;{{Nihongo|Anri Teieri|帝襟 アンリ|Teieri Anri}}
:{{voiced by|[[Eri Yukimura]]<ref name="ANN2"/>|Kasi Hollowell<ref name="Dub"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Shouei Barou|馬狼 照英|Barō Shōei}}
:{{voiced by|[[Junichi Suwabe]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Blue Lock Anime Casts Junichi Suwabe|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-10/blue-lock-anime-casts-junichi-suwabe/.186522|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 10, 2022|date=June 10, 2022|archive-date=June 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610103108/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-10/blue-lock-anime-casts-junichi-suwabe/.186522|url-status=live}}</ref>|Matthew David Rudd<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Yuki Izawa (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:A member of Team X.
;{{Nihongo|Zantetsu Tsurugi|剣城 斬鉄|Tsurugi Zantetsu}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kazuyuki Okitsu]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Blue Lock Anime Casts Kazuyuki Okitsu|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-16/blue-lock-anime-casts-kazuyuki-okitsu/.187716|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 16, 2022|date=July 16, 2022|archive-date=July 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716072931/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-16/blue-lock-anime-casts-kazuyuki-okitsu/.187716|url-status=live}}</ref>|Matthew Elkins<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Takumi Masunaga (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:A member of Team V.
;{{Nihongo|Seishirō Nagi|凪 誠士郎|Nagi Seishirō}}
:{{voiced by|[[Nobunaga Shimazaki]]<ref name="ANN3">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Blue Lock Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yūma Uchida|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-24/blue-lock-anime-casts-nobunaga-shimazaki-yuma-uchida/.187958|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 24, 2022|date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=July 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724043408/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-24/blue-lock-anime-casts-nobunaga-shimazaki-yuma-uchida/.187958|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Bryson Baugus]]<ref name="dub2">{{cite web|title=BLUELOCK English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date [UPDATED]|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2022/10/21/bluelock-english-dub-reveals-cast-crew-release-date|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|date=October 21, 2022|access-date=September 5, 2023|archive-date=September 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905155625/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2022/10/21/bluelock-english-dub-reveals-cast-crew-release-date|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:{{portrayed by|Ryōtarō Kosaka (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:A skilled member of Team V, and the main protagonist of the spin-off manga, as well as Isagi's rival.
;{{Nihongo|Reo Mikage|御影 玲王|Mikage Reo}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yuma Uchida]]<ref name="ANN3"/>|Kamen Casey<ref name="dub2"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Shuji Kikuchi (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
:Nagi's best friend and a member of Team V.
;{{Nihongo|Ikki Niko|二子 一揮|Niko Ikki}}
:{{voiced by|[[Natsuki Hanae]]<ref name="ANN4"/>|[[David Matranga]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Kosei Tsubokura (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Junichi Wanima|鰐間 淳壱|Wanima Junichi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Ryōta Suzuki (voice actor)|Ryōta Suzuki]]<ref name="ANN4"/>|Chris Guerrero<ref name="BTVA">{{cite web|title=BLUELOCK (2022)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/BLUELOCK/|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=October 27, 2024|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907191047/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/BLUELOCK/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
:{{portrayed by|Masahide Funaki (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Keisuke Wanima|鰐間 計助|Wanima Keisuke}}
:{{voiced by|Ryōta Suzuki<ref name="ANN4"/>|Chris Guerrero<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Masahiro Kawai (stage play)<ref name="Natalie-Stageplay"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Sae Itoshi|糸師 冴|Itoshi Sae}}
:{{voiced by|[[Takahiro Sakurai]]<ref name="ANN4"/>|[[Alejandro Saab]]<ref name="Dub"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Rin Itoshi|糸師 凛|Itoshi Rin}}
:{{voiced by|[[Koki Uchiyama]]<ref name="ANN5">{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=Blue Lock Anime Casts Kouki Uchiyama, Katsuyuki Konishi, Shinnosuke Tachibana|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-09/blue-lock-anime-casts-kouki-uchiyama-katsuyuki-konishi-shinnosuke-tachibana/.189503|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 9, 2022|date=September 9, 2022|archive-date=November 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115074108/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-09/blue-lock-anime-casts-kouki-uchiyama-katsuyuki-konishi-shinnosuke-tachibana/.189503|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Matt Shipman]]<ref name="dub2"/>}}
:{{portrayed by|Kōhei Nagata (stage play)<ref name="Stageplay 2">{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BLUELOCK Series Gets 2nd Stage Play in January 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-12/bluelock-series-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-january-2024/.202278|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 12, 2023|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912174117/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-12/bluelock-series-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-january-2024/.202278|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Jyubei Aryu|蟻生 十兵衛|Aryū Jūbee}}
:{{voiced by|[[Katsuyuki Konishi]]<ref name="ANN5"/>|Bradley Gareth<ref name="dub2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Aoshi Tokimitsu|時光 青志|Tokimitsu Aoshi}}
:{{voiced by|[[Shinnosuke Tachibana]]<ref name="ANN5"/>|Jordan Dash Cruz<ref name="dub2"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Ryūsei Shidō|士道龍聖|Shidō Ryūsei}}
:{{voiced by|[[Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)|Yuichi Nakamura]]<ref name="ANN6">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=BLUELOCK Anime Gets 2nd Series, Film With 6 More Cast Members|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/bluelock-anime-gets-2nd-series-film-with-6-more-cast-members/.196431|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 25, 2023|date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325173843/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-25/bluelock-anime-gets-2nd-series-film-with-6-more-cast-members/.196431|url-status=live}}</ref>|Van Barr Jr.<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Tabito Karasu|烏 旅人|Karasu Tabito}}
:{{voiced by|[[Makoto Furukawa]]<ref name="ANN6"/>|[[Clifford Chapin]]<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Eita Otoya|乙夜影汰|Otoya Eita}}
:{{voiced by|[[Kengo Kawanishi]]<ref name="ANN6"/>|Davon Oliver<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Kenyu Yukimiya|雪宮剣優|Yukimiya Kenyu}}
:{{voiced by|[[Takuya Eguchi]]<ref name="ANN6"/>|Jim Foronda<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Ranze Kurona|黒名 蘭世|Kurona Ranze}}
:{{voiced by|[[Chiaki Kobayashi]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- Film Reveals Chiaki Kobayashi as Ranze Kurona|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-11/bluelock-episode-nagi-film-reveals-chiaki-kobayashi-as-ranze-kurona/.210718|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 30, 2024|date=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514121747/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-11/bluelock-episode-nagi-film-reveals-chiaki-kobayashi-as-ranze-kurona/.210718|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Yo Hiori|氷織 羊|Hiori Yō}}
:{{voiced by|Eiji Mikami<ref name="ANN7">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK TV Anime's 2nd Season Reveals 2 More Cast Members, New Visual|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-30/bluelock-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members-new-visual/.211361|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 30, 2024|date=May 30, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530123503/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-30/bluelock-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members-new-visual/.211361|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Justin Briner]]<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Nijiro Nanase|七星 虹郎|Nanase Nijirō}}
:{{voiced by|Kakeru Hatano<ref name="ANN7"/>|Travis Mullenix<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Oliver Aiku|オリヴァ 愛空|Oriva Aiku}}
:{{voiced by|[[Satoshi Hino]]<ref name="ANN8">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK TV Anime's 2nd Season Reveals 2 More Cast Members, October 5 Debut in New Programming Block on TV Asahi|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-24/bluelock-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members-october-5-debut-in-new-programming-block-/.212351|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 24, 2024|date=June 24, 2024|archive-date=June 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624104428/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-24/bluelock-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members-october-5-debut-in-new-programming-block-/.212351|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Jonah Scott]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 18 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-october-18-debut/.216854|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 17, 2024|date=October 17, 2024}}</ref>}}
;{{Nihongo|Shūto Sendō|閃堂 秋人|Sendō Shūto}}
:{{voiced by|Akihisa Wakayama<ref name="ANN8"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Julian Loki|ジュリアン・ロキ|Jurian Roki}}
:{{voiced by|[[Hiro Shimono]]<ref name="ANN6"/>|Kevin D. Thelwell<ref name="BTVA"/>}}
;{{Nihongo|Leonardo Luna|レオナルド・ルナ|Reonarudo Runa}}
:{{voiced by|Shin'ichiro Kamio<ref name="ANN6"/>|Brandon Acosta<ref name="BTVA"/>}}

== Media ==
=== Manga ===
{{Main|List of Blue Lock chapters{{!}}List of ''Blue Lock'' chapters}}
Written by [[Muneyuki Kaneshiro]] and illustrated by {{ill|Yusuke Nomura (manga artist)|lt=Yusuke Nomura|ja|ノ村優介}}, ''Blue Lock'' started in [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' on August 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/293591|script-title=ja:金城宗幸×ノ村優介、W杯優勝を目指すFW育成物語「ブルーロック」週マガで|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204142119/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/293591|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The first volume was released on November 16, 2018.<ref name="JP-vol1">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブルーロック（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000314505|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=January 27, 2021|language=Japanese|archive-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202132243/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000314505|url-status=live}}</ref> As of October 17, 2024, 31 volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブルーロック（３１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000398537|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=October 17, 2024|language=Japanese|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920085034/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000398537|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2021, [[Kodansha USA]] announced that they had licensed the manga for English digital release in North America, starting on March 16, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Kodansha Licenses 7 New Manga by Jet Kusamura, Marimo Ragawa, Fly, More|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-26/kodansha-licenses-7-new-manga-by-jet-kusamura-marimo-ragawa-fly-more/.168808|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 27, 2021|date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126122439/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-26/kodansha-licenses-7-new-manga-by-jet-kusamura-marimo-ragawa-fly-more/.168808|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they would release the manga in print.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Exclusive: Blue Lock Soccer Manga Gets Print Releases in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-06/exclusive-blue-lock-soccer-manga-gets-print-releases-in-english/.181258|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 6, 2022|date=January 6, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106180703/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-06/exclusive-blue-lock-soccer-manga-gets-print-releases-in-english/.181258|url-status=live}}</ref>

A [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] manga focusing on Seishiro Nagi, titled ''Blue Lock: Episode Nagi'', began serialization in Kodansha's ''[[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]]'' on June 9, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Blue Lock Soccer Manga Gets Spinoff in June|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-09/blue-lock-soccer-manga-gets-spinoff-in-june/.183382|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 9, 2022|date=March 9, 2022|archive-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309070143/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-09/blue-lock-soccer-manga-gets-spinoff-in-june/.183382|url-status=live}}</ref> The spin-off is written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Kōta Sannomiya.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Tesla Note Artist Kōta Sannomiya Draws Blue Lock Spinoff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-05-09/tesla-note-artist-kota-sannomiya-draws-blue-lock-spinoff/.185492|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 9, 2022|date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509160204/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2022-05-09/tesla-note-artist-kota-sannomiya-draws-blue-lock-spinoff/.185492|url-status=live}}</ref> Its chapters have been collected in five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes as of July 17, 2024.<ref name="NagiJP-vol5">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブルーロック－ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ 凪－（５）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000393891|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=June 5, 2024|language=Japanese|archive-date=June 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605014111/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000393891|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha has published the series in English on their K Manga service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kodansha's K Manga app launches with 60 English simupubs among 400 titles|url=https://soranews24.com/2023/05/11/kodanshas-k-manga-app-launches-with-60-english-simupubs-among-400-titles/|website=Sora News 24|date=May 10, 2023|access-date=May 10, 2023|archive-date=May 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510150058/https://soranews24.com/2023/05/11/kodanshas-k-manga-app-launches-with-60-english-simupubs-among-400-titles/|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2023, Kodansha USA announced that the manga is planned to be published in print.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Kodansha USA Licenses Blue Lock -Episode Nagi-, Tank Chair, He's Expecting Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-14/kodansha-usa-licenses-blue-lock-episode-nagi-tank-chair-he-expecting-manga/.203350|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014204014/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-14/kodansha-usa-licenses-blue-lock-episode-nagi-tank-chair-he-expecting-manga/.203350|archive-date=October 14, 2023|date=October 14, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The first volume was released on October 15, 2024.<ref name="NagiEN-vol1">{{cite web|title=Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, Volume 1|url=https://kodansha.us/product/blue-lock-episode-nagi-1/|publisher=[[Kodansha USA]]|access-date=September 5, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240905174031/https://kodansha.us/product/blue-lock-episode-nagi-1/|archive-date=September 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Anime ===
{{Main|List of Blue Lock episodes{{!}}List of ''Blue Lock'' episodes}}
An [[anime]] television series adaptation was announced on August 12, 2021. The series is produced by [[Eight Bit (studio)|Eight Bit]] and directed by Tetsuaki Watanabe, with Shunsuke Ishikawa serving as assistant director, [[Taku Kishimoto]] overseeing the series' scripts, Masaru Shindō providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director, Hisashi Tojima serving as a chief action director, and Jun Murayama composing the music.<ref name="ANN1"/> The series' first season ran for 24 episodes from October 9, 2022, to March 26, 2023, on [[TV Asahi]]'s {{ill|NUMAnimation|ja|NUMAnimation}} programming block.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブルーロック：テレビアニメは全24話 連続2クール放送 南野拓実選手が“名誉キャプテン”に|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220923dog00m200010000c.html|website=[[Mantan Web]]|date=September 23, 2022|access-date=December 7, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=October 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005115832/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220923dog00m200010000c.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN1">{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Blue Lock Soccer Manga Gets TV Anime by 8-Bit in 2022|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-12/blue-lock-soccer-manga-gets-tv-anime-by-8-bit-in-2022/.176166|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815194821/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-12/blue-lock-soccer-manga-gets-tv-anime-by-8-bit-in-2022/.176166|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN2">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Blue Lock Anime Reveals Promo Video, October Premiere, 10 More Cast Members|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-13/blue-lock-anime-reveals-promo-video-october-premiere-10-more-cast-members/.185636|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 13, 2022|access-date=May 13, 2022|archive-date=May 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513101334/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-13/blue-lock-anime-reveals-promo-video-october-premiere-10-more-cast-members/.185636|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|TV Asahi lists the series premiere at 25:30 on October 8, 2022, which is effectively 1:30 a.m. [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] on October 9.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ブルーロック」に花江夏樹・鈴木崚汰・櫻井孝宏が出演、1話＆2話の先行劇場上映も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/489269|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=August 12, 2022|access-date=August 12, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103125304/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/489269|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The first opening theme song is {{Nihongo|"Chaos ga Kiwamaru"|カオスが極まる||"Chaos Reigns"}}, performed by [[Unison Square Garden]], while the first ending theme song is "Winner", performed by [[Shugo Nakamura]].<ref name="ANN4">{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Blue Lock Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, Opening Song, October 8 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-12/blue-lock-anime-video-reveals-more-cast-opening-song-october-8-premiere/.188592|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 12, 2022|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812070344/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-12/blue-lock-anime-video-reveals-more-cast-opening-song-october-8-premiere/.188592|url-status=live}}</ref> The second opening theme song is "Judgement", performed by Ash Da Hero, while the second ending theme song is "Numbness Like a Ginger", performed by Unison Square Garden.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Ash Da Hero Performs New Opening Theme for Blue Lock Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-24/ash-da-hero-performs-new-opening-theme-for-blue-lock-anime/.193293|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 24, 2022|access-date=December 24, 2022|archive-date=December 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224170023/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-24/ash-da-hero-performs-new-opening-theme-for-blue-lock-anime/.193293|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Unison Square Garden Performs Blue Lock Anime's New Ending Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-21/unison-square-garden-performs-blue-lock-anime-new-ending-song/.194064|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 21, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121203903/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-21/unison-square-garden-performs-blue-lock-anime-new-ending-song/.194064|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the end of the first season, a second season was announced.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saabedra|first=Humberto|title=BLUELOCK Anime Strikes Back with Season 2, Movie Plans|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/25/bluelock-anime-strikes-back-with-season-2-movie-plans|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=March 25, 2023|access-date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325172237/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/25/bluelock-anime-strikes-back-with-season-2-movie-plans|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN6"/> Subtitled ''vs. U-20 Japan'', it premiered on October 5, 2024, on TV Asahi's brand new {{ill|IMAnimation|ja|IMAnimation}} block,<ref name="ANN8"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals Title, New Visuals|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-18/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-title-new-visuals/.214430|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 18, 2024|access-date=August 18, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818130145/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-18/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-title-new-visuals/.214430|url-status=live}}</ref> and is set to run for 14 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日：アニメ枠「IMAnimation」10月新設　第1弾は「ブルーロック」第2期　追加キャストに日野聡、若山晃久|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240624dog00m200054000c.html|website=[[Mantan Web]]|date=June 24, 2024|access-date=June 24, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624105610/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240624dog00m200054000c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme song is {{Nihongo|"Bōjaku no Charisma"|傍若のカリスマ|Bōjaku no Karisuma}}, performed by Unison Square Garden,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ブルーロック」第2期OP主題歌はUNISON SQUARE GARDEN、音源聴けるPV公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583570|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724102934/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583570|archive-date=July 24, 2024|language=ja|date=July 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> while the ending theme song is "One", performed by [[Snow Man]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「エピ凪」地上波初放送決定　「ブルーロック」第2期の新PV到着、EDはSnow Man|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/591377|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917122107/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/591377|archive-date=September 17, 2024|language=ja|date=September 17, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== English release ====
[[Crunchyroll LLC|Crunchyroll]] has licensed the series and premiered an English dub on October 22, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Blue Lock, Orient 2nd Part, Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2 Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-28/crunchyroll-to-stream-blue-lock-orient-2nd-part-rent-a-girlfriend-season-2-anime/.186103|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 28, 2022|access-date=May 28, 2022|archive-date=May 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528223046/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-28/crunchyroll-to-stream-blue-lock-orient-2nd-part-rent-a-girlfriend-season-2-anime/.186103|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dub">{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Blue Lock Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 22 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-21/blue-lock-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-october-22-premiere/.191082|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 21, 2022|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021173303/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-21/blue-lock-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-october-22-premiere/.191082|url-status=live}}</ref> The company released the series on two Blu-ray Disc sets on November 14, 2023, and May 28, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 12–18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-15/north-american-anime-manga-releases-november-12-18/.204451|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 25, 2024|date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121205250/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-15/north-american-anime-manga-releases-november-12-18/.204451|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 26–June 1|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-29/north-american-anime-manga-releases-may-26-june-1/.211293|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 25, 2024|date=May 29, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601010010/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-29/north-american-anime-manga-releases-may-26-june-1/.211293|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Medialink]] licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Ani-One Asia Streams Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, My Master Has no Tail, Blue Lock Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-26/ani-one-asia-streams-gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-my-master-has-no-tail-blue-lock-anime/.190204|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 26, 2022|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926093033/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-26/ani-one-asia-streams-gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-my-master-has-no-tail-blue-lock-anime/.190204|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Ani-One Simulcasts The Human Crazy University, Blue Lock Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-01/ani-one-simulcasts-the-human-crazy-university-blue-lock-anime/.190370|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 1, 2022|access-date=October 9, 2022|archive-date=October 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009020415/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-01/ani-one-simulcasts-the-human-crazy-university-blue-lock-anime/.190370|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Film ====
At the end of the first season, an anime film adaptation of the ''Episode Nagi'' manga was also announced.<ref name="ANN6"/> The film features the staff and cast reprising their roles, with Shunsuke Ishikawa, who served as assistant director for the first season, assigned to direct the film and manga writer Muneyuki Kaneshiro supervising the story.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- Anime Film's Trailer Reveals Spring 2024 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-16/bluelock-episode-nagi-anime-film-trailer-reveals-spring-2024-premiere/.201332|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 16, 2023|access-date=August 16, 2023|archive-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816172348/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-16/bluelock-episode-nagi-anime-film-trailer-reveals-spring-2024-premiere/.201332|url-status=live}}</ref> It premiered in Japanese theaters on April 19, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- Anime Film's Trailer Reveals April 19 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-26/bluelock-episode-nagi-anime-film-trailer-reveals-april-19-debut/.204819|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 26, 2023|access-date=November 26, 2023|archive-date=November 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126080642/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-26/bluelock-episode-nagi-anime-film-trailer-reveals-april-19-debut/.204819|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Takahiro Nishijima|Nissy]] and [[Mitsuhiro Hidaka|Sky-Hi]] performed the film's theme song, "Stormy".<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=AAA Members Nissy, SKY-HI Perform BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- Film's Theme Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-04/aaa-members-nissy-sky-hi-perform-bluelock-episode-nagi-film-theme-song/.207215|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 4, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2024|archive-date=February 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205004958/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-04/aaa-members-nissy-sky-hi-perform-bluelock-episode-nagi-film-theme-song/.207215|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2024, Crunchyroll announced that they had acquired North American and select international theatrical rights to the film. The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 28.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Crunchyroll to Screen Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle, BLUELOCK The Movie -Episode Nagi-, Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom Anime Films (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-09/crunchyroll-to-screen-haikyu-the-dumpster-battle-bluelock-the-movie-episode-nagi-overlord-the-/.209687|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 25, 2024|date=April 9, 2024|archive-date=April 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424181220/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-09/crunchyroll-to-screen-haikyu-the-dumpster-battle-bluelock-the-movie-episode-nagi-overlord-the-/.209687|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Philippines, the film was released by Pioneer Films on July 31.<ref>{{cite web|title='Blue Lock The Movie – Episode Nagi' is coming to Philippine cinemas this July|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/913273/blue-lock-the-movie-episode-nagi-is-coming-to-philippine-cinemas-this-july/story/|publisher=[[GMA News Online]]|access-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714020715/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/913273/blue-lock-the-movie-episode-nagi-is-coming-to-philippine-cinemas-this-july/story/|archive-date=July 14, 2024|date=July 13, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Blackpink World Tour receives PG rating|url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/07/blackpink-world-tour-gets-pg-rating|publisher=[[Daily Tribune (Philippines)|Daily Tribune]]|access-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917125016/https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/07/blackpink-world-tour-gets-pg-rating|archive-date=September 17, 2024|date=August 7, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Stage plays ===
A stage play adaptation of the manga was announced by [[Kodansha]] in December 2022. It ran on May 4–7, 2023, at Osaka's Sankei Hall Breeze and on May 11–14 at Tokyo's Sunshine Theater. The play was directed and written by Naohiro Ise. The cast included Ryōhei Takenaka as Yoichi Isagi, Nobunaga Satō as Meguru Bachira, Shōta Matsuda as Rensuke Kunigami, and Ryō Saeki as Hyōma Chigiri.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Blue Lock Manga Gets Stage Play Next May|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-13/blue-lock-manga-gets-stage-play-next-may/.192903|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 13, 2022|access-date=March 8, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307193205/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-13/blue-lock-manga-gets-stage-play-next-may/.192903|url-status=live}}</ref>

A second play, subtitled ''2nd Stage'', ran on January 18–24, 2024, at Kyoto Theater and on January 25–31 at Hulic Hall Tokyo. The play was again directed and written by Ise, and Kōhei Nagata joined the cast as Rin Itoshi, with the other cast members returning to reprise their roles from the previous stage play.<ref>{{cite tweet|author={{lang|ja|【公式】舞台『ブルーロック』}}|user=BLUELOCK_STAGE|number=1657711835490168833|script-title=ja:舞台『ブルーロック』2ndSTAGE 2024年1月 公演決定！！|access-date=May 23, 2023|language=ja|date=May 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BLUELOCK Series Gets 2nd Stage Play in January 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-12/bluelock-series-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-january-2024/.202278|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 12, 2023|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912174117/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-12/bluelock-series-gets-2nd-stage-play-in-january-2024/.202278|url-status=live}}</ref>

A third play, subtitled ''3rd Stage'', ran on August 9–12, 2024, at the Higashi-Osaka Cultural Creation Hall Dream House Great Hall and on August 17–25 at Tokyo's Theater H. The new cast members including Ryono Kusachi, [[Gaku Matsuda]], Kosuke Asuma, and Kairi Miura.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BLUELOCK Series Gets 3rd Stage Play in August|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-28/bluelock-series-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-august/.211284|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 28, 2024|access-date=May 29, 2024|archive-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529050428/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-28/bluelock-series-gets-3rd-stage-play-in-august/.211284|url-status=live}}</ref>

A fourth play, subtitled ''4th Stage'', is scheduled to run on May 15–25, 2025, at Tokyo's Theatre Milano-Za and on May 30–June 1 at the Higashi-Osaka Cultural Creation Hall Dream House Great Hall.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=BLUELOCK Manga Gets 4th Stage Play in May 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-25/bluelock-manga-gets-4th-stage-play-in-may-2025/.214728|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 25, 2024|access-date=August 25, 2024|archive-date=August 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825101512/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-25/bluelock-manga-gets-4th-stage-play-in-may-2025/.214728|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Video game ===
A smartphone game based on the series, titled ''Blue Lock: Blaze Battle'', is set to be released in 2024 for both iOS and Android devices. A promotional video for the game, featuring [[Hey! Say! JUMP]]'s [[Ryosuke Yamada]], has been released.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ブルーロック BLAZE BATTLE」のTVCMキャラクターに山田涼介さんの起用が決定！|url=https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/202311200025/|website=Gamer|access-date=November 20, 2023|language=ja|date=November 20, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120065144/https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/202311200025/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|script-title=ja:新作ゲーム『ブルーロック BLAZE BATTLE』(ブレバト)TVCMキャラクターに山田涼介さんの起用が決定！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000015.000107202.html|publisher=Bael Inc.|via=[[PR Times]]|access-date=November 20, 2023|language=ja|date=November 20, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120064831/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000015.000107202.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2024, [[Konami]] announced a collaboration with the series for their ''[[eFootball]] 2024'' game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Konami's eFootball and Blue Lock Animation Series Collaboration|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2024-03-21/konami-efootball-and-blue-lock-animation-series-collaboration/.209020|publisher=[[Konami]]|access-date=March 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329164007/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2024-03-21/konami-efootball-and-blue-lock-animation-series-collaboration/.209020|archive-date=March 29, 2024|date=March 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Novel ===
A prologue novel, titled {{Nihongo|''Blue Lock: Tatakai no Mae, Bokura wa. Aryū, Barō, Yukimiya''|ブルーロック 戦いの前、僕らは。 蟻生・馬狼・雪宮||{{lit|Blue Lock: Before the Fight, We are Aryu, Barō, Yukimiya}}}}, penned by Momo Moegi and Yusuke Nomura, was published on July 17, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Blue Lock Manga Listed With New Prologue Novel|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-15/blue-lock-manga-listed-with-new-prologue-novel/.210814|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515224016/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-15/blue-lock-manga-listed-with-new-prologue-novel/.210814|archive-date=May 15, 2024|date=May 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Manga ===
By August 2020, the manga had over 1.9 million copies in circulation;<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|user=bluelock_wm|number=1297402871697117184|script-title=ja:『ブルーロック』最新10巻 発売ホヤホヤです！！|access-date=August 12, 2021|language=ja|date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> by January 2021, it had over 3 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|user=bluelock_wm|number=1353672932514439176|script-title=ja:／㊗️皆さんの応援のお陰で、✨既刊全巻に超大重版が ✨決定いたしました！！！＼|access-date=August 12, 2021|language=ja|date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> over 4 million copies in circulation by April 2021;<ref name=":0">{{cite press release|script-title=ja:ブルーロック初原画展「BLUE LOCK EXHIBITION」開催決定！タワレコ渋谷で5月15日～6月6日、オリジナルグッズも販売！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000715.000025445.html|access-date=August 12, 2021|publisher=[[Tower Records]]|via=[[PR Times]]|date=April 26, 2021|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623184506/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000715.000025445.html|url-status=live}}</ref> by August 2021, it had over 5 million in circulation;<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|user=bluelock_wm|number=1432179412665966596|script-title=ja:累計500万部突破しました|access-date=August 30, 2021|language=ja|date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> over 6 million copies in circulation by February 2022;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ブルーロック』キャラPV・蜂楽廻編公開！海渡翼が蜂楽の魅力を語る|url=https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/42264|website=[[Animage|Animage+]]|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|access-date=March 14, 2022|language=ja|date=February 16, 2022|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223021239/https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/42264|url-status=live}}</ref> over 8.3 million copies in circulation by March 2022;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1508999754927452164|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:✨㊗️全巻大重版㊗️✨🎊累計830万部突破🎊|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=March 30, 2022|access-date=March 30, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> over 9.3 million copies in circulation by June 2022;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ブルーロック』己こそがナンバーワン!!選手は全員エゴイスト！ 究極の状況から誕生した最もエゴい＆イカれた名台詞・名シーンをまとめました!!|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1655965311|website=Animate Times|access-date=July 10, 2022|language=ja|date=June 29, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710102221/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1655965311|url-status=live}}</ref> over 10 million copies in circulation August 2022;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:秋アニメ『ブルーロック』スペシャルステージイベントがABEMA にて生配信決定！ 声優・浦和希さん、海渡翼さん、仲村宗悟さん、市川蒼さんが出演|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1659931076|website=Animate Times|access-date=August 12, 2022|language=ja|date=August 8, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812131527/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1659931076|url-status=live}}</ref> over 16 million copies in circulation by December 2022;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ブルーロック』新ビジュアル＆振り返りダイジェストムービー公開！|url=https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/48732|website=[[Animage|Animage+]]|access-date=January 4, 2023|language=ja|date=December 26, 2022|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104141559/https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/48732|url-status=live}}</ref> over 18 million copies in circulation by January 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1618824074721132545|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:✨🎊全巻重版1800万部突破🎊✨|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=January 27, 2023|access-date=January 27, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 21.5 million copies in circulation by February 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1627530369787625472|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:✨🎊全巻重版2150万部突破🎊✨『ブルーロック』1〜22巻全巻重版です📚🎊最新23巻は3月17日発売です🙌ぜひあわせて皆様の元に迎え入れてやってください🙇‍♂️いつも応援ありがとうございます🔥|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=February 20, 2023|access-date=February 20, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 24 million copies in circulation by March 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1636652392279310337|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:🎊📚全巻重版2400万部突破📚🎊先程の23巻に加え、1〜22巻にも重版がかかり、累計部数2400万部を突破しました🎉エゴイストの皆様、いつもたくさん応援していただきありがとうございます😭✨最新刊発売ホヤホヤの#ブルーロック 1〜23巻ぜひ読んでみてください🙇‍♂️🙌#エゴい|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=March 17, 2023|access-date=March 17, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 25.5 million copies in circulation by April 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1652174275263213569|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:🎊📚重版速報2550万部突破📚🎊おかげさまで、ブルーロック累計部数が2550万部を突破しました🎉皆さまの日々のエゴい応援に大感謝す😭✨ゴールデンウィークは#ブルーロック1〜23巻ぜひたくさんの方にお読みいただきたいです🙇‍♂️🙌|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=April 29, 2023|access-date=May 1, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 26 million copies in circulation by May 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1658705223295315968|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:🎊📚本日発売&2600万部突破📚🎊#ブルーロック 最新24巻本日発売いたしました‼️今巻で2600万部突破です🙌 いつも応援いただき、ありがとうございます🙇‍♂️✨表紙は氷織羊🐏🔥ぜひお手にとってみてください🤗|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=May 17, 2023|access-date=May 28, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 27 million copies in circulation by July 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1680187305901035520|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:✨㊗️累計2700万部突破㊗️✨ 「ブルーロック 最新25巻」＆「ブルーロック 25 潔・蜂楽サイン入り公式応援セット付き特装版」発売ホヤホヤ‼️ 累計部数は 2700万部を突破しました🎉📚🎊 ぜひ #ブルーロック で 25巻を読んだ感想を 教えていただけたら嬉しいです🙌 特装版のグッズは 添付画像にてチェック👀🎁|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=July 15, 2023|access-date=July 15, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 28 million copies in circulation by August 2023;<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1692176297479590257|user=bluelock_wm|script-title=ja:✨📚累計2800万部突破📚✨#ブルーロック 累計部数が2800万部を突破いたしました🔥いつもエゴい応援をいただきありがとうございます😭😭まだまだエゴく頑張ります⚽️2024年春の公開が発表された「劇場版 ブルーロック -EPISODE凪-」と TVアニメ第２期もどうぞお楽しみに🙌🎁|author=Soccer Manga Blue Lock [Official]|date=August 17, 2023|access-date=August 21, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> over 30 million copies in circulation by November 2023;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「劇場版ブルーロック -EPISODE 凪-」4月19日ロードショー！ 玲王、斬鉄、世一らが集結したビジュアル&予告編も公開|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2023/11/26/81480.html|website=AnimeAnime.jp|access-date=November 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127161745/https://animeanime.jp/article/2023/11/26/81480.html|archive-date=November 27, 2023|language=ja|date=November 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and over 40 million copies in circulation worldwide by July 2024.<ref>{{cite press release|script-title=ja:「ブルーロック」YouTubeで第1期全話を順次無料公開、本日配信スタート【TVアニメ第2期が10月5日から放送開始！】|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000006353.000001719.html|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|via=[[PR Times]]|access-date=August 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805144929/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000006353.000001719.html|archive-date=August 5, 2024|language=ja|date=July 26, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Blue Lock'' was the best-selling manga series in the first half of 2023 (the period between November 2022 and May 2023), with over 8 million copies sold,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2023 (1st Half) — Blue Lock Sells 8 Million After Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series-2023-blue-lock-sells-8-million-after-anime/.198621|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531025830/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series-2023-blue-lock-sells-8-million-after-anime/.198621|archive-date=May 31, 2023|date=May 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> while volumes 12–14 and 21–23 were among the best-selling manga volumes from the same period.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2023 (1st Half) — One Piece 105 Sells 1.76 Million|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2023-one-piece-105-sells-1.76-million/.198623|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531030435/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2023-one-piece-105-sells-1.76-million/.198623|archive-date=May 31, 2023|date=May 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Volumes 22–24 were among the best-selling manga volumes of 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2023 — One Piece Tops Chart for 13th Time|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2023-one-piece-tops-chart-for-13th-time/.204968|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130063153/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2023-one-piece-tops-chart-for-13th-time/.204968|archive-date=November 30, 2023|date=November 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Volume 24 was [[Kodansha]]'s second-highest first print run manga volume of 2023–2024 (period from April 2023–March 2024), with 450,000 copies printed, while the third volume of ''Blue Lock: Episode Nagi'' was the fifth, with 210,000 copies printed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2023–2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-07/manga-with-biggest-1st-printings-from-kodansha-shogakukan-shueisha-2023-2024/.209605|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407173159/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-04-07/manga-with-biggest-1st-printings-from-kodansha-shogakukan-shueisha-2023-2024/.209605|archive-date=April 7, 2024|date=April 7, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series was recommended by manga author [[Hajime Isayama]] of ''[[Attack on Titan]]'' fame, for whom Yusuke Nomura previously worked as an assistant.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:諫山創×金城宗幸×ノ村優介、「ブルーロック」1巻発売を記念し週マガで鼎談|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/307915|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 27, 2021|language=ja|date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207162914/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/307915|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Blue Lock'' was one of the Top 3 Sports Manga Series of the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2020" by Honya Club.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2020|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-01/japanese-bookstores-recommend-15-top-manga-for-2020/.156006|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 27, 2021|date=February 1, 2020|archive-date=February 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201100249/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-01/japanese-bookstores-recommend-15-top-manga-for-2020/.156006|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Blue Lock'' won the 45th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen]]}} category in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-07/45th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.171524|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 7, 2021|date=April 7, 2021|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801210724/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-07/45th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-nominees-announced/.171524|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-13/45th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-winners-announced/.172752|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 13, 2021|date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211103/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-13/45th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-winners-announced/.172752|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the series was nominated for a [[Harvey Award]] in the Best Manga category,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|date=August 14, 2022|title=Harvey Awards Nominate Blood on The Tracks, Blue Lock, Cat + Gamer, Chainsaw Man, Red Flowers, Spy x Family|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-14/harvey-awards-nominate-blood-on-the-tracks-blue-lock-cat-gamer-chainsaw-man-red-flowers-spy-x-family/.188634|access-date=October 2, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002084404/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-14/harvey-awards-nominate-blood-on-the-tracks-blue-lock-cat-gamer-chainsaw-man-red-flowers-spy-x-family/.188634|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Youth Selection category at the 49th [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=49th Edition : Youth Selections|url=https://www.bdangouleme.com/selections-officielles-2022/69|access-date=December 20, 2023|publisher=[[Angoulême International Comics Festival]]|archive-date=December 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220175347/https://www.bdangouleme.com/selections-officielles-2022/69|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rebecca Silverman of ''[[Anime News Network]]'', in her review of the series' first two volumes, called the "[[dystopia]]n sports" concept something that makes it stand out among other sports series; however, she said that it is so "blatantly absurd that it doesn't entirely work". Silverman praised its art, noting [[Tite Kubo]]'s overtones, and concluded that while the first two volumes are not perfect, there is enough going to make her want to read more.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|title=Blue Lock GN 1 & 2 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blue-lock/gn-1/.172143|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 1, 2021|date=May 1, 2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501160020/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blue-lock/gn-1/.172143|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Anime ===
Bamboo Dong of ''Anime News Network'' described the first half of the first season, saying that while the superhuman abilities provide a good chuckle, the characters also go a long way in broadening the series' appeal for anime fans who didn't know or care about soccer. Dong praised the action scenes, noting that these plays are a "genuine thrill to watch", although she felt there are times when the consistency and quality dip. Nonetheless, she concluded that "''Blue Lock'' is a really good time, especially if they have a high tolerance for camp and absurdity. [...] Action fans will enjoy the strategy sessions and head-to-head showdowns, while soccer fans will enjoy the impassioned and mildly angry love story to the sport, like armchair quarterbacking brought to life."<ref>{{cite web|last=Dong|first=Bamboo|title=BLUELOCK BD+DVD - Season 1 Part 1 Anime Series Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/bluelock/bd-dvd-season-1/.206502|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 16, 2024|date=January 22, 2024|archive-date=January 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128183406/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/bluelock/bd-dvd-season-1/.206502|url-status=live}}</ref>

Writing for ''[[The O'Colly]]'', Baylor Bryant praised its dynamics in games, calling them both "strong" and "compelling." Baylor wrote that ''Blue Lock'' has flaws and is still a sports anime, while its climactic moments are still just soccer matches. However, the games are interesting, filled with their own storylines, and each match showcases new and unique strikers with their own style and narrative they bring to the story. The writer described the animation, noting that "it has moments, but with players moving around the field playing a game of soccer, it's not always clean and crisp." Nevertheless, despite its limitations, the anime was more enjoyable for viewers who wanted more comedy and avoided reading the manga.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bryant|first=Baylor|title='Blue Lock' review: Season one sets a high bar for sports anime|url=https://www.ocolly.com/lifestyle/blue-lock-review-season-one-sets-a-high-bar-for-sports-anime/article_8bddc8c4-ce91-11ed-a32a-1ba800c04df5.html|website=[[The O'Colly]]|access-date=February 16, 2024|date=March 29, 2023|archive-date=February 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216061016/https://www.ocolly.com/lifestyle/blue-lock-review-season-one-sets-a-high-bar-for-sports-anime/article_8bddc8c4-ce91-11ed-a32a-1ba800c04df5.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rafael Motamayor of ''[[IGN]]'' compared the show to 2021's ''[[Squid Game]]'' while describing it as "a fairly typical sports anime." Rafael said that the anime does have some interesting things to say about sports, their competitiveness, and what it means to be a great athlete. The animation was criticized, saying that the use of 3D computer animation, and particularly the back-and-forth between CG and traditional 2D animation, became "jarring" to watch compared to ''[[Haikyu!!]],'' which is full of fluid of movements. However, he concluded that it compensates for uneven CG with striking keyframes and fantastic use of visual metaphors.<ref>{{cite web|last=Motamayor|first=Rafael|title=Blue Lock Season 1 Review|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/blue-lock-season-1-review|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=February 16, 2024|date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=September 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922025159/https://www.ign.com/articles/blue-lock-season-1-review|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, ''Blue Lock'' won the New Face Award at the [[Japan Character Awards]] by Japan's Character Brand Licensing Association (CBLA).<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2023年6月28日 2022年の最高のキャラクターがついに決定!!|url=http://www.charabiz.com/award/news/20230622.html|website=charabiz.com|date=June 22, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=July 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712032418/http://www.charabiz.com/award/news/20230622.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The series ranked second behind ''[[Oshi no Ko]]'' in the anime category of the [[Yahoo! Japan Search Awards]], based on the number of searches for a particular term compared to the year before.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Yahoo!検索大賞アニメ1位は「【推しの子】」 「君たちはどう生きるか」や宮野真守も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/551747|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204225310/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/551747|archive-date=December 4, 2023|language=ja|date=December 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

The second season received backlash for its drop in animation quality.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sayyed|first=Rayan|title=Why Blue Lock Season 2’s Animation Falls Short|url=https://in.ign.com/blue-lock/218506/news/why-blue-lock-season-2s-animation-falls-short|website=[[IGN|IGN India]]|access-date=November 7, 2024|date=October 30, 2024|archive-date=November 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110052031/https://in.ign.com/blue-lock/218506/news/why-blue-lock-season-2s-animation-falls-short|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Tesla Note]]'', another manga series illustrated by Kōta Sannomiya

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|https://tv.bluelock-pr.com/|Official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|24342}}

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