Blue Lock anime’s official twitter account apologized for listing the broadcast date of the anime as 2023 in one of their previous tweets and rectified the error stating that the release date of the anime is still 2022.

“The correct version is ‘Broadcasting in 2022’. Sincerest apologies,” the tweet read.

正しくは「2022年放送」です。
大変失礼しました。#ブルーロック (P有澤) https://t.co/HDFyhumlOD

— 「ブルーロック」TVアニメ公式｜2022年放送開始！ (@BLUELOCK_PR) April 13, 2022

In an earlier tweet which announced the release of Blue Lock manga’s first chapter in the Manga Pocket app, the anime’s official account had listed the broadcast date as 2023.

“TV anime #Blue Lock will be broadcast in 2023,” a part of the old tweet read.

This led to confusion in the fanbase, who speculated that Blue Lock anime would be delayed due to unforeseen reasons.

However, a few fans also suggested that the PR team might have made a mistake in the caption since the official website and Twitter username has not updated the premiere date, nor had they announced it in any press release.

Blue Lock is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 2018.

The manga’s anime adaptation is being done by Eight Bit studio and directed by Tetsuaki Watanabe with Shunsuke Ishikawa serving as assistant director. Music will be provided by Jun Murayama, Taku Kishimoto is handling series composition and the script, Masaru Shindō is providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director, and Hisashi Tojima serving as the chief action director.

The cast includes:

• Yoichi Isagi: Ura Kazuki
• Hyōma Chigiri: Saitō Sōma
• Meguru Bachira: Kaito Tasuku
• Rensuke Kunigami: Ono Yūki

Blue Lock manga won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.

Source: Twitter