In the next issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine on August 17th , the Blue Lock manga will receive an important announcement . anime adaptation .
Additionally, the recent chapter will receive color pages.
Synopsis:
The story begins with Japan's elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, causing the Japan Football Union to begin a search program for high school players who will begin training for the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi , a striker , receives an invitation to this program shortly after his team lost the chance to go to nationals.
Their coach Ego Jinpachi , who aims to "end Japan's failed football" by introducing a radical new training regime: isolating 300 young strikers in a prison-like institution called "Blue Lock" and putting them through rigorous training with the objective of creating “The best striker in the world”.
Finally, the work has been published since August 2018 on Kodansha . Thus, the last two Volumes published by the publisher were the 11th in October 2020, followed by the 12th in December. The work surpassed the mark of 3 million copies in circulation, including digital copies.
