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In celebration of the anime coming in 2022, Kodansha USA is excited to announce the print license acquisition of the fan-favorite manga series\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em><\/a>. Written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro (As the Gods Will: The Second Series<\/em><\/a>), and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura (Dolly Kill Kill<\/em><\/a>),\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em>\u00a0is the heart-pounding soccer saga of a nation-wide competition to find the ace striker who will lead Japan to a World Cup victory. The first volume of\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em>\u00a0in print is scheduled for Summer 2022, and will be distributed by Penguin Random House.<\/p>\n

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 Football Association 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 \u2026 To do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team \u2026 and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?<\/p>\n

Winner of the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shonen category in 2021,\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em>\u00a0is currently available digitally in English, and can be read across a number of platforms including\u00a0Bookwalker<\/a>,\u00a0comiXology<\/a>,\u00a0Kindle<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Books<\/a>,\u00a0Google Play<\/a>,\u00a0Nook<\/a>,\u00a0Kobo<\/a>,\u00a0izneo<\/a>,\u00a0MyAnimeList<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n

A long-awaited anime for\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em>\u00a0was announced in August of 2021 from Eight Bit Animation Studio \u2013 the team responsible for the development of the\u00a0That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime<\/em>\u00a0anime. The first season of the\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em>\u00a0anime is set to debut later in 2022.<\/p>\n

A free first chapter of\u00a0Blue Lock<\/em>\u00a0is available to read right now at\u00a0kodansha.us<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fan-favorite Series Sees Print Release Same Year as Anime Debuts In celebration of the anime coming in 2022, Kodansha USA is excited to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17,32,16,24,727,157],"tags":[125,324,1485,183],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/unnamed-2.jpg?fit=1600%2C960","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22330,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/18\/blade-runner-black-lotus-1-new-comic-book-set-after-the-events-of-the-anime-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":21668,"position":0},"title":"Blade Runner: Black Lotus #1 – new comic book set after the events of the Anime series!","author":"DiRT","date":"March 18, 2022","format":"image","excerpt":"BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS #1\u00a0(OF 4) (W) Nancy Collins (A) Enid Balam (CA) Junggeun Yoon, Creees Lee, Concept Art, Mico Suayan FC, 32pp, $3.99, On Sale June 1, 2022 -\u00a0SET AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS ANIME SERIES! - ELLE, AKA BLACK LOTUS, HOPED SHE COULD LEAVE\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comic Book News"","block_context":{"text":"Comic Book News","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/category\/i-need-comics\/comic-book-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BR_BL1_Cover_A-1.jpg?fit=685%2C457&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BR_BL1_Cover_A-1.jpg?fit=685%2C457&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BR_BL1_Cover_A-1.jpg?fit=685%2C457&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11304,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/28\/play-with-cristiano-sports-star-launches-official-soccer-game-cristiano-ronaldo-soccer-clash\/","url_meta":{"origin":21668,"position":1},"title":"Play with Cristiano! 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