Rudel Inc. introduced on Friday that it’s going to launch the Blue Lock Undertaking: World Champion smartphone sport in English on April 23. The sport is free to play with non-compulsory in-app purchases.

The corporate describes the sport:

It is a new kind of soccer coaching simulation sport wherein gamers practice strikers, construct the strongest crew, and compete in fierce video games in opposition to rivals.

Rudel Inc. said the sport will start service in English “worldwide (excluding some areas),” however didn’t give an actual listing of nations wherein it won’t be out there. The corporate famous the sport could also be delayed within the AppStore in France.

Rudel Inc. additionally stated it’s going to add different languages sooner or later.

The smartphone sport initially launched in Japan in December 2022.

Sensor Tower reported final month the sport had earned greater than the equal of US$100 million as of January, and was the #1 cell sports activities sport in Japan by downloads between January 2023 and January 2024.

The sport relies on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura‘s Blue Lock manga. Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Journal in August 2018. Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English digitally, and can be releasing it in print.

The BLUELOCK TV anime premiered in Japan in October 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the collection because it aired, and likewise streamed an English dub. The anime is getting a second season and an anime movie. The movie relies on the BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- spinoff manga and opened in Japan on Friday.

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