A cruel test suddenly begins...Autumn Anime "Blue Rock" Episode 1 Synopsis & Scene Cuts Revealed! Introduction movie by Hiroshi Kamiya and other CVs is also available!

The first episode trailer and introduction movie of thefall 2022 anime"Blue Rock" have been released.

Based on a soccer manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (original story by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, manga by Yusuke Nomura), it won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Juvenile Division. It depicts high school students fighting for survival in the Blue Rock (blue prison) project to create "egoists" who will become the world's best strikers. The cast is made up of a splendid voice cast including Kazuki Ura, Teijo Matsuoka, and Hiroshi Kamiya, and animation production is handled by Eight Bit.


A large gathering of egoists! New anime "Blue Rock" will start airing on October 8 on TV Asahi's nationwide network! New PV and additional cast including Takahiro Sakurai revealed!

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The TV anime will finally start airing on October 8 (Sat.) at 1:30 pm on TV Asahi's nationwide network "NUMAnimation slot". The synopsis of the first episode and advance scene cuts have been released.


The synopsis and advance cuts of the first episode are as follows
Episode 1 "Dream
The prefectural final of the national high school soccer championship. Seiichi Jie, a second-year high school forward,is thrown off the road to the national tournament when he makes a pass to his teammate in front of the goal.
He receives an invitation to the "Blue Rock" (blue prison). The Blue Rock is a facility where, in order for Japan to win the World Cup, an egoist is created from among 300 high school forwards to become the "world's best striker".
The group is gathered in a small room without knowing what to expect, and they are challenged to an entrance test to determine one out of twelve who will be eliminated from the team.

Introduction Movie

The hottest and craziest soccer manga in history is finally adapted into a TV anime!




■TV Animation "Blue Rock

<Broadcast Information
TV Asahi national network, NUMAnimation slot: October 8 (Sat.) from 1:30 p.m.
AT-X: Every week (Sun.) from October 9 at 9:00 p.m.
(repeat broadcast: every Wednesday at 28:30 / every Sunday at 6:00)
BS Asahi: Every Saturday from October 8 at 26:00


<Distribution information
All-you-can-watch distribution
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 26:00~:Anime Unlimited, Amazon Prime Video, dAnime Store, Netflix, etc.
Pay-as-you-go distribution
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 26:00-:Amazon Prime Video, GYAO! Store, Nico Nico Channel, etc.


<Staff> Original story by Muneyuki Kaneshiro

Original Story : Muneyuki Kaneshiro Manga : Yusuke Nomura (Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine" serialization)
Director : Tetsuaki Watanabe
Assistant Director : Shunsuke Ishikawa
Series Composition/Screenplay : Taku Kishimoto
Story Supervisor: Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Concept Advisor: Yasushi Kamimura
Main Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Yu Shindo
Character Design and Chief Animation Director:Kenji Tanabe, Kento Toya
Chief Action Director:Hisashi Higashijima
Action Director: Hiromi Sakamoto
Prop Design: Hisashi Higashijima, Yuri Nakajima, Kaori Okitsu
Animation Special Effects: Akane
Color Design: Sakura Komatsu
Art Setup Designer: Shinji Sugiyama
Art Director: Sawako Takagi
Backgrounds: Studio YS
Director of Photography : Yasuhiro Asagi
Cinematography: Chiptune
3DCG Director: Norimitsu Hirosawa
3DCG: Aura Studio
Visual Concept: Toshiyuki Yamashita (Hyperball)
Special Effects Processing: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Rina Misumi
2DCG Monitor Graphics: Keiichi Asano (emitai)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (edits)
Sound Director: Hiroki Gohbun
Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion
Music: Murayama☆Jun
Animation Producer: Tsuyoshi Hirano
Animation Production: Eight Bit


<Cast

Seiichi Kiyoshi: Kazuki Ura
Maki Hachiraku:Tsubasa Kaiwatari
Kokugami Rensuke:Tomoki Ono
Chigiri Ryoma: Saito Souma
Wataru Kudo: Masatomo Nakazawa
Raiichi Jingo: Matsuoka Teijo
Yudai Imamura: Shoya Chiba
Gagamaru Gin: Sogo Nakamura
Asahi Naruhaya: Hirotsugu Kajita
Iemon Sentojin: Ryunosuke Watanuki
Kurimu Igarashi: Aoi Ichikawa
Kira Ryosuke: Kenichi Suzumura
Eshin Jinpachi: Hiroshi Kamiya
Teikyo Henri: Eri Yukimura
Teruhide Marou: Junichi Suwabe
Kazuki Futago: Natsuki Hanae
Junichi Wanima: Yoshiaki Suzuki

Keisuke Wanima: Yoshiaki Suzuki
Seishiro Nagi: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Reio Mikage: Yuma Uchida
Zantetsu Kenjo: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Rin Itoshi: Koki Uchiyama

Jubei Aryu: Katsuyuki Konishi
Seishi Tokimitsu : Shinnosuke Tachibana
Itoshi Sae:Takahiro Sakurai


<Introduction
You cannot be the world's best striker without being the world's best egoist.
In order to nurture the striker who will lead Japan to the World Cup championship, the Japan Football Union has launched a plan.
It is called the "Blue Rock (Blue Prison) Project.
Three hundred high school students were gathered. And they are all forwards.
What kind of striker will revolutionize Japanese soccer?
The hottest and craziest soccer anime in history is about to begin.

Read the original story!

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©︎ Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha / "Blue Rock" Production Committee

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