Blue Lock Sales Are Exploding All Because of The FIFA World Cup

The World Cup has seen the anime, Blue Lock, incorporated into Japan’s team in some rather unique ways, as the artist who assisted in creating the franchise worked on the soccer players’ uniforms. Thanks to both the major football event along with the anime adaptation gaining serious ground in the anime community, the original manga’s sales have been skyrocketing as a result, with recent figures showing just how popular Blue Lock has become in the past two weeks.

Creators Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura first began Blue Lock’s story in 2018, with the first season of the anime adaptation beginning earlier this year and competing for the top spot for new anime against contenders including Spy x Family, Lycoris Recoil, and Chainsaw Man to name a few. With the first season’s first cours set to come to a close following episode twelve’s release, an additional twelve will bring season one to an end. Luckily, based on the success of the anime adaptation, a season two might be a surefire bet as there are plenty of stories from the manga that have yet to hit the small screen.

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Thanks in part to the World Cup and the continued success of the anime adaptation, Blue Lock has sold a staggering two million copies over the past two weeks, solidifying its success.

If you have yet to dive into the world of Blue Lock, the first batch of episodes are currently available to check out on Crunchyroll, with the streaming service releasing an official description for this story that sees players willing to put their careers on the line for greatness:

“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?”

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Via Oricon