The third season of the TV anime adaptation of BLUE LOCK, based on the manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, has officially been titled BLUE LOCK NEO EGOIST LEAGUE.
Alongside the announcement, a “super teaser visual” for the upcoming season has also been unveiled. The super teaser visual depicts Isagi Yoichi and Michael Kaiser.
To mark BLUE LOCK Day on June 9, 2026, a special video has been released. The video opens with creator Yusuke Nomura drawing Yoichi Isagi holding a soccer ball on colored paper. The project celebrates the franchise’s evolution by bringing together its many forms of expression, seamlessly crossing the boundaries between manga, anime, stage productions, live-action adaptations, and mobile games.
“BLUE LOCK Day” Special Movie:
Teaser Visual:
Character Visual:
Yoichi Isagi VA: Kazuki Ura
Character Profile:
Once an unknown high school forward, he joined the “Blue Lock” project to chase his dream of leading Japan to a World Cup victory as the world’s number one striker. Through grueling selections inside the “Blue Lock” facility and battles against formidable rivals — including the match against Japan’s U-20 national team — he has gradually unlocked his talent and his “ego.” After scoring the decisive goal against the U-20 squad, he became an overnight sensation.
Michael Kaiser VA: Mamoru Miyano
Character Profile:
Ace forward of the U-20 squad at Bastard München — Germany’s strongest club, which also boasts the world’s current number one striker, Noel Noa — and one of the New Generation World XI (World Best Eleven). He carries absolute confidence in his talent and ability, and possesses a fierce “ego” that mercilessly looks down on lesser opponents. He boasts outstanding sense across the full range of play, from elite physical ability to ball control and handwork.
CAST:
Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
Mamoru Miyano as Michael Kaiser
STAFF:
Original Work: Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura ‘BLUE LOCK’ (Serialized in Kodansha’s ‘Weekly Shonen Magazine’)
Animation Production: eight-bit
Production: “BLUE LOCK” Production Committee
At the same time, BLUE LOCK continues its expansion with a live-action film adaptation set to premiere in theaters across Japan on August 7, 2026. Produced by CREDEUS the studio behind Kingdom, Golden Kamuy, and the blockbuster Kokuhou the film promises to bring the anime’s intense, ego-driven soccer battles to life on the big screen.
Crunchyroll is streaming both the ongoing seasons and BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-.
About BLUE LOCK:
The “Blue Lock” project enters Phase Two! The egoists, possessed by the fire to fight and prove themselves, return once more to a battlefield where their lives are on the line!! To forge the world’s number one striker who will lead Japan to a World Cup victory, the Japan Football Union launched the “Blue Lock” project. 300 high school forwards were invited to take part. Under the extreme condition that elimination meant losing all future eligibility for Japan’s national team, these chosen diamonds-in-the-rough awakened their egos as strikers, one after another.
Through the world’s most insane soccer survival, a maelstrom of ego, they pushed forward, sometimes by their own evolution, sometimes through life-or-death duels with rivals, until only 35 remained. They claimed victory against the U-20 Japan national team, sweeping the world into a frenzy and advancing to a new stage!
Now, against the geniuses of Europe’s top five leagues, consisting of the most popular and acclaimed teams in the world, the battle to prove their own originality and to become the world’s number one striker begins. The highest-level New Generation World Survival in football history, “NEO EGOIST LEAGUE,” starts now!!
Source: Press Release
©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha / “Blue Lock” Production Committee
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