# Where to Watch Blue Lock

**You can stream Blue Lock on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hulu, with extra options on Bilibili TV and an official YouTube playlist depending on your region. Crunchyroll is the go-to home: it carries the complete 24-episode first season both subtitled and with an English dub.**

## Where to Watch

- [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WEKE/blue-lock)
- [Hulu](https://www.hulu.com/series/82c637ed-3f67-4488-bf73-eacf1beafe17)
- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81640753)

Crunchyroll is the most complete home for the show — it co-produced the series and streams all 24 episodes both subtitled and with an English dub. Netflix and Hulu also carry it, while Bilibili TV and an official YouTube playlist open up access in other regions. Licensing differs from country to country, so the exact set of platforms available to you will depend on where you're watching — use the links above to see what's currently live in your region.

## Synopsis

Blue Lock opens with Japanese soccer chasing a World Cup that keeps slipping out of reach, and a national football body willing to try something drastic to change that. Its bet is counterintuitive: stop hunting for a balanced squad and instead forge a single striker ruthless enough to decide games on his own. Three hundred of the country's most promising high-school forwards are sealed inside one brutal training facility and thrown into direct competition, each knowing that only a lone survivor will emerge as the striker who could finally carry Japan to the summit of world soccer. Our anchor is Yoichi Isagi, an ordinary forward who has to learn to treat his own ambition as his sharpest weapon. On the surface it's shounen sports; underneath, it runs on psychological-thriller wiring, where every match is really an elimination game won by the player who out-thinks everyone else.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 24
- **Premiered:** 2022
- **Studio:** 8 bit, 8-bit, 8bit corp, inc., eightbit, point pictures
- **Score:** 8

## Watch Order

The watch order is refreshingly simple. Start right here, with the 24-episode first season — it's the entry point and lays out the entire selection tournament. From there, move on to the direct follow-up, Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan, which carries the story forward from where this season ends. The side story Blue Lock: Episode Nagi is a companion piece centered on Seishirou Nagi; it isn't required to follow the main line, so you can slot it in after the first season whenever you want a different angle on events.

- [Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan](https://hozuna.com/anime/blue-lock-season-2) — sequel
- [Blue Lock: Episode Nagi](https://hozuna.com/anime/blue-lock-episode-nagi) — side\_story

## If You Liked This

- **[Blue Lock Season 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/blue-lock-season-2)** — The direct sequel, and the natural next watch once the first season clicks for you. It pushes Isagi and the surviving strikers onto a bigger, higher-stakes stage while keeping the same every-man-for-himself, mind-games intensity.
- **[Blue Lock: Episode Nagi](https://hozuna.com/anime/blue-lock-episode-nagi)** — A side story that revisits Blue Lock's brutal selection through Seishirou Nagi, one of the players you cross paths with here. If he stood out to you, this companion piece gives his side of the story room to breathe.
- **[Frieren: Beyond Journey's End](https://hozuna.com/anime/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — 
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 
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## FAQ

### Where can I watch Blue Lock?

Blue Lock streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hulu, plus Bilibili TV and an official YouTube playlist in some regions. Crunchyroll has the full first season both subbed and dubbed, while availability on the other platforms varies by country.

### Does Blue Lock have an English dub?

Yes — an English dub was produced, and Crunchyroll carries it alongside the original Japanese audio with subtitles. If you prefer to watch subbed, that's the standard option on the platforms that have the show.

### How many episodes is Blue Lock, and is it finished?

This first season runs 24 episodes and has finished airing; it premiered in the fall 2022 season. The story doesn't stop there, though — it continues in the sequel, Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan.

### What is Blue Lock actually about?

It's a sports anime built on a cutthroat premise: a national football body locks 300 high-school strikers into a competitive program to forge one world-class striker, and only a single survivor reaches the top. Expect shounen soccer action wired with psychological, battle-royale-style tension.