Crunchyroll Announces Streaming Availability for ‘BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-‘

Shortly After the Season Two Premiere, the Crowd-Favorite Soccer Anime Film Scores a Premiere Date of October 17

Culver City, California (October 15, 2024) – BLUE LOCK is keeping up the momentum as BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- makes its way to Crunchyroll this Thursday, October 17 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET. The film will be available to stream in select territories around the world in Japanese with subtitles in English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Arabic. The film will also be available with dub languages in English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, French, German and Italian.

After receiving acclaim for its international premiere at the 2024 Annecy International Film Festival in France as a part of the new “Annecy Presents” section, Crunchyroll and Sony distributed the film worldwide to a hungry theater-going audience.

BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- is the first film installment of the BLUE LOCK franchise, based on the award-winning manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Kōta Sannomiya and based on the character design by Yūsuke Nomura. The original Blue Lock manga series is currently the 5th best selling manga of 2024, while the BLUE LOCK -EPISODE NAGI- has published more than a million copies with five volumes.

Produced by studio 8-Bit (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime), the film is directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa, with character designs by Nomura, composition and screenplay by Taku Kishimoto, and music by Jun Murayama.

The first season of BLUE LOCK is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll, and BLUE LOCK 2nd Season is now premiering with new episodes simulcast weekly on Saturdays.

BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- Official Synopsis:

“That’s a hassle.” That was second-year high schooler Nagi Seishiro’s favorite phrase as he lived his dull life. Until Mikage Reo, a classmate who dreamed of winning the World Cup, discovered Nagi’s hidden skill, inspiring him to play soccer and share his outstanding talent. One day, he receives an invitation to the mysterious BLUE LOCK Project. What awaits him there is an encounter with the finest strikers assembled from across the country. Nagi’s dream of becoming the best, alongside Reo, will take this prodigy to a world he’s never known.

A prodigy can only be shaped when someone discovers him….now, striker Nagi Seishiro’s incredible talent and persona will set the soccer world ablaze.

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About BLUE LOCK

BLUE LOCK follows the dreams of 300 high school students who aim to become an absolute ace striker and lead the Japan’s Men’s National Team to win the next World Cup tournament. However, if they are eliminated from the BLUE LOCK training program they will never be able to play for the national team and their career is finished. Only one whose ego and skill triumphs over all will emerge on top. Based on the award-winning manga of the same name written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, illustrated by Yūsuke Nomura and serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine with over 30 million copies in circulation, the anime debuted in October 2022 and was one of the most popular series during its simulcast season.

Credits: Directed by Shunsuke Ishikawa. Original story by Muneyuki Kaneshiro. Manga by Kōta Sannomiya. Character Design by Yūsuke Nomura. Composition and Screenplay by Taku Kishimoto. Music by Jun Murayama. Produced by 8-Bit.