The timing couldn’t be better for Blue Lock: The Movie – Episode Nagi. Besides arriving during a boom in sports-related anime, the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament is in full swing, so audiences are already football-obsessed. The provides an entry point and fresh perspective on the beloved .
Instead of Yoichi Isagi, we’re following the eponymous Seishirō Nagi, another hot shot in the programme vying for his chance on the international stage. His journey into the hardcore training regime, offering a slot on Japan’s under-20s squad, is markedly different from Isagi’s. Not a footie fan at all to start, it’s only when enthusiastic rich kid Reo Mikage notices some fancy footwork and coerces him does he even humor the idea.
Blue Lock: The Movie creates another football icon , then, covers his descent into soccer obsession, as well as the pair’s tricky relationship, since only one of them is getting that coveted prize. It’s all to play for, and stars Bryson Baugus and Kamen Casey loved every second of getting to expand their roles. “I was thrilled that we got more Reo Mikage.
Selfishly, as an actor, I was just excited to be front and center – we’re kind of off the bench,” Casey, who voices Mikage, explains to Dexerto. “I’m super happy to be here.You’re telling me, ‘Oh, man, we get to star in this thing.
Whoa, whoa, then this show must be blowing up!’” Although Nagi is the anime movie’s namesake, Mikage brings the excitement, at least in the first hal.