One of the most anticipated anime of Fall 2024 Blue Lock Season 2: Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan is aired. This season of Blue Lock will show the Main Eleven players of Blue Lock facing the Japan U-20 in a National Representative match for the chance to secure control of the Japan National team and show their skills to the world.
However, There has been a noticeably poor animation of this Season 2’s Episode 2, which premiered on October 12, 2024.
The animation moments in this episode felt like moving colored manga panels with a pinch of CGI. The whole ongoing match felt like a slideshow.
As a popular manga and anime series, it is natural for the fans and their Critical reactions online which raised questions among the animation studio 8bit (or, eightbit).
Many fans expected to see good animation during the matches but the animation drop led to a wave of Critical Reactions.
This setback will no doubt raise questions about the production choices, as the final quality was severely lacking. Even there are many critical reactions on a popular anime website MyAnimeList on its Blue Lock Season 2’s Episode 2 discussion post, as many users noticed the poor animation with computer-generated effects which looked like the moving colored manga.
These reactions reflect a growing concern among the community about the direction of the series and its animation choices, prompting discussions on social media about the future of Blue Lock Anime.
Blue Lock VS. U-20 JAPAN was released on October 5, 2024. As previously announced, this season is listed with 14 Episodes. The opening song “Boujaku no Charisma” (Arrogant charisma) was performed by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN and the ending song “One” was performed by Snow Man.
The additional castings for season 2 include:
Oliver Aiku by Satoshi Hino
Sendo Shu-to by Akihisa Wakayama
Bookmark our website for more updates. Animation Studio eightbit animated this new season of Blue Lock which also animated its 1st Season.
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Blue Lock is a Japanese manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It was serialized in August 2018 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine. As of December 2023, this manga has a total of 27 Volumes. This manga also won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category.
This manga later got a spin-off titled “Blue Lock: Episode Nagi” which focuses on Seishiro Nagi written by Kaneshiro Muneyuki and Illustrated by Sannomiya Kouta. It began serialization in June 2022 in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shounen Magazine.
This manga later got an anime adaptation by eightbit which aired in October 2022. The spin-off manga “Blue Lock: Episode Nagi” got the anime movie adaptation which is set to release on 19 April 2024. The second season of this anime is also announced.
Kodansha USA Publishing releasing this manga digitally and by printing too in English. It describes its plot as:
“After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match… and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?“
