The staff of the BLUELOCK series has announced that BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- will receive an adaptation into a stage play. The cast for the series has also been revealed.
The cast of the upcoming BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- stage play includes:
- Takamichi Sato as Seishiro Nagi
- Shuji Kikuchi as Reo Mikage
- Zantetsu Tsurugi played by Kenta Matsui
- Meguru Bachira played by Nobunaga Sato
- Hyoma Chigiri played by Ryo Saeki
- Shoei Baro played by Yu Imari
- Tabito Karasu played by Yuya Uno
- Eita Otoya played by Kento
- Ikki Niko played by You Maejima
- Jin Kiyora played by Tomoya Nakanishi
- Aiki Himizu played by Hayate Seki
- Reiji Hiiragi played by Hiromu Sakata
- Yoichi Isagi played by Ryohei Takenaka
- Rin Itoshi played by Ryono Kusachi
- Jinpachi Ego played by Shojiro Yokoi
Kodansha initially began serializing BLUELOCK in 2018. The BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi-spinoff manga released in June 2022 and will finally be ending after three years, in August 2025. The film adaptation of –Episode Nagi- sold 337,000 tickets after just three days. Within those first three days, it earned over 463 million yen (about US$2.99 million). The stage play will premiere on November 20 at Tokyo Dome City’s Theater G-Rosso. It will continue until November 30.
The anime adaptation of both the original series and the spinoff are available on Crunchyroll. Additionally, the manga is available to read on Kodansha’s website. Here’s an overview of BLUELOCK via Crunchyroll:
Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?
