Upcoming football anime 'Blue Lock' releases PV of Rensuke Kunigami
Updated: Oct 14, 2022
Rensuke Kunigami is described as having a strong physique with a powerful mid-shot using his left foot.
By: Nicole S. Castro on March 16, 2022 at 18:07 PHT
Upcoming football anime Blue Lock has released a third character promotion video (PV), this time featuring Rensuke Kunigami (CV: Yūki Ono).
Kunigami is described as having a strong physique with a powerful mid-shot using his left foot. His character PV also shows us his serious, no-nonsense personality.
The TV anime is scheduled to broadcast within 2022 and is produced by Studio Eight Bit.
Previously Announced Cast
Kazuki Ura (浦和希) as Yoichi Isagi
Tasuku Kaito (海渡翼) as Meguru Bachira
Sōma Saitō (斉藤壮馬) as Hyōma Chigiri
Synopsis
In 2018, the Japanese national team finished 16th in the FIFA World Cup. As a result, the Japanese Football Union hires the soccer enigma Ego Jinpachi. His master plan to lead Japan to stardom is Blue Lock, a training regimen designed to create the world's greatest egotist striker. Those who fail Blue Lock will never again be permitted to represent Japan. Yoichi Isagi, an unknown high school student, decides to join the program in order to become the best player in the world. (from Wikipedia)
About Blue Lock
Blue Lock (Japanese: ブルーロック) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018. Blue Lock won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.
Source: Blue Lock official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.