The TV anime series Blue Lock confirms its third season, Blue Lock NEO EGOIST LEAGUE. It was announced on June 9, also known as “Blue Lock Day, alongside a teaser visual, character visuals, and a special movie to celebrate the series. The third season was announced in September 2025.
Kazuki Ura is reprising his role as Yoichi Isagi for the third season, while Mamoru Miyano, who was revealed in the last scene of Blue Lock’s second season, is voicing Michael Kaiser. 8bit is also returning to animate the series.
The special movie features the original manga, TV anime series, live-action film, stage productions, and more as a celebration of “Blue Lock Day.”
Blue Lock is a manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It began serialization in August 2018 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. As of May 2026, it has released 38 manga volumes, with the 39th volume set to be released in Japan on June 17, 2026. The series inspired an anime adaptation, a spin-off manga and its spin-off animated film adaptation, a mobile game, and a stage play adaptation, and an upcoming live-action film adaptation, premiering on Aug 8, 2026.
The first season of the Blue Lock anime series aired from October 2022 to March 2023, followed by a second season that ran from October 2024 to December 2024. The spin-off manga written by Kaneshiro and illustrated by Kato Sannomiya, Blue Lock -Episode Nagi-, was adapted into an animated film that premiered in 2024.
Kodansha USA is releasing the original manga series and its spin-off in English. It describes the original series as:
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 Japan Football Union 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…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?
Source: press release