Following its December 2022 launch in Japan, the BLUE LOCK mobile game now has a date with the west. Rudel Inc. announced plans to bring BLUE LOCK Project: World Champion to smartphones in English on April 23, 2024, adding that it will be available worldwide “excluding some regions.” BLUE LOCK Project: World Champion will be free to play with optional in-app purchases. There are also plans to add other languages in the future. Here’s how Rudel Inc. describes it:
This is a new type of soccer training simulation game in which players train strikers, build the strongest team, and compete in fierce games against rivals.
Crunchyroll streams the BLUE LOCK TV anime and plans to release the BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- anime film in North American theaters on June 28, with other regions to follow.Crunchyroll describes BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- as follows:
“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.
Source: Anime News Network
