![]() ![]() If it isn’t already clear, both Ao Ashi and Blue Lock are the future kings of sports anime. ![]() So why should Netflix pick up Ao Ashi and Blue Lock? What makes Blue Lock stand apart from its other soccer counterparts is how unbashful the story is to completely disregard the sports anime cliche of friendship and teamwork, and instead, feed on the egos of its characters as they all compete against the other to be the very best of Japan’s aspiring youth.īeautifully illustrated, the animation studio Eight Bit has a mammoth task on its hands to please fans, however, judging by the trailer, fans of the manga have nothing to fear and should be incredibly excited. Basking in the fun of its shonen genre, Blue Lock takes soccer to that over-the-top level of fun that could only be appreciated through manga and anime. Haikyu! is to Ao Ashi what Kuroko’s Basketball is to Blue Lock. As a result, the Japanese Football Union builds a facility called Blue Lock, which is dedicated to finding the very best of Japan’s talented pool of players. The story of Blue Lock takes place after the 2018 Russian World Cup where the Japanese National Football Team placed 16th in the tournament. On August 1st, 2018 the first chapter of Blue Lock debuted in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine. But his dreams are dashed when he is the reason behind his team’s elimination from a tournament, however, his talent catches the eye of Tatsuya Fukuda, the youth coach of Tokyo City Esperion FC. The story is centered around aspiring soccer player Ashito Aoi, who dreams of becoming a professional. On January 5th, 2015 the first chapter of Aoashi was published in the Japanese magazine Big Comic Spirits. Those two challenges are Yuugo Kobayashi’s Ao Ashi and Muneyuki Kaneshiro’s Blue Lock. But after years of dominating the sports anime scene, two upcoming series have the potential to usurp the throne. Sports anime have been extremely popular in recent years, but arguably none have been more popular than the beloved high school volleyball anime Haikyuu!. The soccer anime scene is about to blow up, and Netflix needs to be a part of it, here’s why. The beautiful game will see the first-ever world cup tournament held in the Middle East when it kicks off in December 2022 and the highly anticipated anime adaptations of Ao Ashi and Blue Lock will debut. Inazuma Eleven, rated at a 7.67/10 on MyAnimeList, is available to watch on Netflix but is limited to certain territories.2022 is going to be a huge year for soccer. To do this, he’ll need a little help and more than a little luck.” – Inazuma Eleven, via MAL. The grandson of Inazuma Eleven’s first generation goalkeeper and captain of the team, Mamoru Endou, takes the challenge of kicking the long neglected club back into shape. “While other schools in Japan compete for the title of being the best Soccer team in the country, Raimon Middle School’s Soccer club, Inazuma Eleven, struggles to rise from the verge of being disbanded. More akin to something like Shaolin Soccer (a must-watch movie), this series strays from the realistic side of Football, but is still just as exciting as any other show. Inazuma Eleven has actually already made an appearance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup with one of its main characters Shuuya featuring in Nike’s popular TV commercial. FINALLY: TOKYO REVENGERS SEASON 2 WILL RELEASE IN JANUARY 2023, CONFIRMS NEW TRAILER.Hungry Heart: Wild Striker, rated at a 7.55/10 on MyAnimeList, is available to watch on BiliBili TV, but streaming links can be found online with a bit of Googling or YouTube searching. Kyosuke joins it and befriends two other first year players named Rodrigo and Sakai with the dream of becoming professional Soccer players themselves.” – Hungry Heart: Wild Striker synopsis, via ANN. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing Soccer until a boy from his new highschool discovered him and asked him to join their team. “Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional Soccer player. ![]() This series focuses on team building as the main character looks to step out from his brother’s shadow to become a professional player in his own right. One of the more classic Football anime series out there, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker was broadcast all the way back in Fall 2002 only a few months after Brazil lifted the World Cup that year. ![]()
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