Blue Lock the Movie -Episode Nagi-

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Blue Lock the Movie -Episode Nagi-

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Released Jun 28

1h 31m

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"That's a hassle." That was second-year high schooler Nagi Seishiro's favorite phrase as he lived his dull life. Until Mikage Reo, a classmate who dreamed of winning the World Cup, discovered Nagi's hidden skill, inspiring him to play soccer and share his outstanding talent. One day, he receives an invitation to the mysterious BLUE LOCK Project. What awaits him there is an encounter with the finest strikers assembled from across the country. Nagi's dream of becoming the best, alongside Reo, will take this prodigy to a world he's never known. A prodigy can only be shaped when someone discovers him... now, striker Nagi Seishiro's incredible talent and persona will set the soccer world ablaze.

Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

It's like watching an animated football match that has been put together on a cocktail of speed and mushrooms and then being mashed about the head by the original manga. It is intense, breathless stuff...

Jul 9, 2024

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

The film becomes a taxing blur of goalmouth sallies and nondescript players incredulously intoning the latest manoeuvre: “Rabona!”

Rated: 2/5

Jul 1, 2024

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Abhishek Srivastava

The Times of India

This film is a letdown for even hardcore Blue Lock’ manga fans.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 30, 2024

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Ayaan Paul Chowdhury

The Hindu

The spin-off film is a clever recontextualization that deepens Nagi’s character while reaffirming the show’s central themes of ambition, rivalry, and the unabashedly self-serving grab for glory.

Aug 30, 2024

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Ricardo Gallegos

La Estatuilla

Episode Nagi is a solid friendship story that allows us to delve deeper and even fall in love with a great supporting character [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 14, 2024

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Charles Solomon

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I guess if you like soccer a lot, you'll have a good time with it.

Jul 13, 2024

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Shav'ae

Loved everything. Blue Lock is awesome 💙✨

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/08/24

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Kelly

The movie was fine. It was just Nagi version of how he started playing soccer. So some of the things were stuff we say on the TV show. I was expected it to be about Nagi playing Japan team but it wasn't. Over all it was okay

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Lukas

Really nicely animated. Told the story nicely from Nagi’s perspective. Bummed they cut a lot of scenes from the manga

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Aly

The movie is really good but it’s basically a recap but more depth prior to the new season coming out soon. It was a bit underwhelming but had some great storyline points.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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Connie

Didn’t watch the anime but the movie is easy to follow the story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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Jay S.

Huge waste of time for people that have already seen Season 1. With a name like Episode Nagi, you would expect a deep dive on Nagi as a character, but what we got instead was a quick 15 minute intro to Nagi and Reo meeting before just going through all of season 1 again just from Nagi's perspective. The animation wasn't even movie level like it was for the recent Haikyu movie. Huge bummer.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/01/24

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Nobunaga Shimazaki

Seishiro Nagi

Yuma Uchida

Reo Mikage

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Zantetsu Tsurugi

Kazuki Ura

Yoichi Isagi

Tasuku Kaito

Meguru Bachira

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Synopsis

"That's a hassle." That was second-year high schooler Nagi Seishiro's favorite phrase as he lived his dull life. Until Mikage Reo, a classmate who dreamed of winning the World Cup, discovered Nagi's hidden skill, inspiring him to play soccer and share his outstanding talent. One day, he receives an invitation to the mysterious BLUE LOCK Project. What awaits him there is an encounter with the finest strikers assembled from across the country. Nagi's dream of becoming the best, alongside Reo, will take this prodigy to a world he's never known. A prodigy can only be shaped when someone discovers him... now, striker Nagi Seishiro's incredible talent and persona will set the soccer world ablaze.

Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa
Screenwriter: Taku Kishimoto
Distributor: Crunchyroll / Sony Pictures
Production Co: Bandai Namco Filmworks, 8-Bit
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Partial Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Anime, Comedy, Sports
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 28, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.7M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital