Rudel Inc. announced on Friday that it will release the Blue Lock Project: World Champion mobile game title in English on April 23. The game is free-to-play with in-app purchase options.
The company describes the game as follows:
This is a new type of soccer training simulation game, where players train strikers, build the strongest team, and compete in intense matches against rivals.
Rudel Inc. stated the game will start serving in English “worldwide (excluding some regions),” but did not provide an exact list of countries where it will not be available. The company noted the game may be delayed on the App Store in France.
Rudel Inc. also said it will add other languages in the future.
The mobile game title initially launched in Japan in December 2022.
Sensor Tower reported last month that the game had earned over the equivalent of US$100 million as of January, and was the #1 sports mobile game in Japan in terms of downloads in the period from January 2023 to January 2024.
The game is based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s Blue Lock manga. Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the manga in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga digitally in English, and is also publishing it in print.
The BLUELOCK TV anime premiered in Japan in October 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and also streamed an English dub. The anime will have a second part and an anime film. The film is based on the BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- manga spin-off, and opened in Japan on Friday.