BLUE LOCK

Following Japan's elimination from the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese Football Federation (JFA) decided to create a program to identify promising young athletes and prepare them for the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi, a striker, received an invitation to participate in this program just after his team lost its spot on the national team because he passed the ball to a less experienced teammate at the crucial moment instead of attempting to shoot himself. The program's coach was Ego Jinpachi, whose goal was to "destroy Japan's underdog football" with a revolutionary method: isolating 300 promising young strikers in a prison-like facility called "Blue Lock" and subjecting them to rigorous training aimed at creating "the most selfish and best striker in the world."