Blue Lock Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yūma Uchida, premieres this October

Additional characters and casts for the TV anime "Blue Lock" that will be broadcast in October have been announced. Nobunaga Shimazaki will play the role of Seishiro Nagi, who boasts an extraordinary sense of soccer, and Yuma Uchida will play the role of Reio Mikage, who aims to win the World Cup as a sergeant of a large company, Mikage Corporation.

The anime will premiere in October and will air on TV Asahi and its affiliates in the "NUMAnimation" programming block. Crunchyroll will stream the series.

The anime stars:

• Tasuku Kaito as Meguru Bachira
• Kazuki Ura as Yoichi Isagi
• Yūki Ono as Rensuke Kunigami
• Sōma Saitō as Hyōma Chigiri
• Masatomo Nakazawa as Wataru Kuon
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Jingo Raichi
• Shōya Chiba as Yūdai Imamura
• Shugo Nakamura as Gin Gagamaru
• Daishi Kajita as Asahi Naruhaya
• Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Okuhito Iemon
• Aoi Ichikawa as Gurimu Igarashi
• Kenichi Suzumura as Ryōsuke Kira
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinpachi Ego
• Eri Yukimura as Anri Teieri
• Junichi Suwabe as Shouei Barou
• Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Tsurugi

You can feel the confidence and egoism of soccer from the appearance of Reiou smiling on the field.

What is the TV anime "Blue Lock"?

Original: Muneyuki Kaneshiro / Manga: Yusuke Nomura's new sensation soccer manga is the original. The director is Tetsuaki Watanabe, the deputy director is Shunsuke Ishikawa, the series composition and screenplay are done by Taku Kishimoto, and the story is supervised by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, the concept advisor is Yutaka Uemura, the main character design and animation director is Yu Shindo, and the character design.

The animation director is Kenji Tanabe and Kento Totani, the chief action director is Hisashi Higashijima, the action director is Hiromi Sakamoto, the music is Jun Murayama, and the animation production is Eightbit.

Unless you are the best egoist in the world, you cannot be the best striker in the world. The Japan Football League launches a plan to train strikers who will lead Japan to victory in the World Cup. The name is also the "Blue Rock" project. 300 high school students were gathered. Moreover, all are FW (forward). What is the striker who will revolutionize Japanese soccer, born at the expense of 299 soccer lives? ──The hottest and most crazy soccer anime in history is about to begin.

Kazuyuki Ura plays the role of Kiyoyoichi, Tasuku Kaito plays the role of Hiraku, Yuki Ono plays the role of Rensuke Kunigami, Soma Saito plays the role of Nobunaga Shimazaki, Masatomo Nakazawa plays the role of Wataru Kuon, and Jingo Raiichi .

The role is Yoshitsugu Matsuoka , the role of Yudai Imamura is Shoya Chiba, the role of Gin Igamaru is Sogo Nakamura, the role of Asahi Naruhaya is Daiji Kajita, the role of Iemon Sender is Ryunosuke Watanuki, and the role of Kuri Yume Igarashi. Ao Ichikawa, Kenichi Suzumura as Ryosuke Kira, Hiroshi Kamiya as Jinhachi Eshin, Eri Yukimura as Henri Teikoku, Junichi Suwabe as Teruhide Mawolf , Kazuyuki Okitsu as Zantetsu Kenjo , Nobunaga Shimazaki will play the role of Seishiro Nagi, and Yuma Uchida will play the role of Reio Mikage .

Source: Blue Lock anime's website via Ota-Suke and Animenewnwetwork.