Second Installment of "Blue Lock Day": Hidehisa NAKATA x Muneyuki KANESHIRO Interview in Weekly Shonen Magazine!! & Special Generator Under Preparation!!

June 9, 2026, is the "Blue Lock Day" of the century!

We will hype it up with "ego" across all boundaries of comics, stage plays, anime, live-action movies, and app games! "Let's have a festival today! Egoists!!" by Muneyuki KANESHIRO & Yusuke NOMURA

Click here for the first release:

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000008517.000001719.html

#BlueLockDay Ego Information Part 3

Let's cheer for soccer with the Cheering Image Generator!!

*The design of the generated images is subject to change.

A special Cheering Image Generator to support soccer together will be released soon on the official original website!! *The release date is subject to change.

Official Original Website

https://bluelock-kc.com/

Generate original images with your own cheering messages for "Blue Lock" characters!! You can post them on social media while watching matches, or send them to your friends. Use them however you like!

All usage is free!

Cheer for the Japanese national team fighting the world, and for that person and this person, with images filled with your ultimate "ego"!

#BlueLockDay Ego Information Part 4

Hidehisa NAKATA x Muneyuki KANESHIRO Interview in Weekly Shonen Magazine!!

An interview between Hidehisa NAKATA and Muneyuki KANESHIRO will be realized in the 29th issue of "Weekly Shonen Magazine" released on June 17, 2026!!

Hidehisa NAKATA, a legend in Japanese soccer who contributed to Japan's participation in three consecutive World Cups. He is actually a big manga fan, and Muneyuki KANESHIRO, the original author of "Blue Lock," will interview him! We will delve into NAKATA's passionate "egoism" conveyed through manga, soccer, and life!!

Here's a sneak peek at the content of the anticipated interview!!

KANESHIRO: Thank you for today. I'm a huge fan of yours, Mr. NAKATA, so I'm very happy to meet you like this.

NAKATA: Thank you. I didn't realize it because the art style differs in each work, but I've been reading many of your works for a long time.

KANESHIRO: That's incredibly flattering! Thank you.

NAKATA: For example, in "As the Gods Will," I used to wonder, "What is this person thinking when they draw?" (laughs). Then, when I read "Blue Lock," it was filled with content about fundamental human desires. I felt that "living" might be KANESHIRO's theme.

KANESHIRO: We could end the interview right here! I'm truly that happy (laughs).

NAKATA: But why did you choose soccer as the subject matter?

KANESHIRO: I originally liked watching soccer. I got hooked on soccer after watching the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, when you, Mr. NAKATA, were playing. It's a sport with a power to attract people, and it's a big sport, which I love.

NAKATA: So you had a background in it. I love manga. I started reading weekly manga magazines around the age of 10. Since then, I haven't missed a single week and have been reading them continuously.

KANESHIRO: Really, even now?

...Check out the June 17th issue of "Weekly Shonen Magazine" No. 29 for the continuation of the long interview!

Photography / Go SHINTO

Hair & Makeup / AKANE

Design / Asami MATSUMOTO (GROSVENOR design)