Mockery arises towards Blue Lock animation

The second season of “Blue Lock,” one of the most popular sports series today, has generated a strong wave of negative reviews after the broadcast of its most recent episode. Fans have expressed their disappointment on social media, noting that the quality of the animation has dropped considerably. According to viewers' opinions, One of the most recurring problems is the excess of static frames, where the characters lack movement and only camera close-ups with minimal action are observed.

This abuse of static images has led many fans to compare the current quality of the animation with other football series, highlighting that, in their opinion, other adaptations such as “Ao Ashi” have achieved a better visual result. Although the animation in “Blue Lock” has had highlights in previous seasons, this decline has sparked a debate about the overall quality of the anime in its second season and the management of the budget.

Fan comments reflect this disappointment:

• «“Jujutsu Kaisen” TikTok Fan Edits Look Better Than This».
• «I just hope the budget is invested in the main part of this season».
• «The stops in the frames are bad, but the rest looks very good».
• «Even Ao Ashi's animation is better than Blue Lock's at this point».
• «Ao Ashi's adaptation surpasses that of Blue Lock, and it is also a better series».
• «Tell me that the entire budget went into the U-20 arc».
• «This is what people think “Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War” looks like».
• «Jagaaaan fans watching the animation after the author focused more attention on Blue Lock as it was the most popular manga between the two».
• «This and Tower of God are competing for some very important awards this year».
• «It would literally look 100 times better if there was more movement instead of stops in the frames».
• «They lost the FIFA World Cup so badly that they cut the animation budget by 75%».
• «Anime without animation, let's better call it a PowerPoint».
• «It's really not that bad, everyone has been spoiled with insane animations lately. Yes, this show definitely deserves better animation than what it's getting, but it's still good enough».
• «Reading the manga was the best decision I've ever made.».
• «Just go with full 3DCG during matches at this point, at least you'll have more moves».
• «Don't watch this show, please just read the manga».
• «I think they're going to make the third season of Nanatsu no Taizai look good in comparison».
• «Bring back the CGI, at least that had movement».
• «How could they make the animations so bad?».
• «WAIT THIS LITERALLY HAS NO 2D ANIMATION, THEIR MOUTHS DON'T EVEN MOVE WHEN THEY SPEAK».
• «THIS IS TODAY'S EPISODE?!?!?!?!??! MY GOD, WHY ARE THEY LOWER THE QUALITY LIKE THIS?».
• «Hahaha, I didn't want to say anything, but what the hell happened during production?!».
• «My PowerPoint presentations in college had more movement than this, bro».
• «A lot of people complain that something is bad, but they still see it and will complain all year long. Instead of complaining, just DON'T SEE IT. I don't understand how a group of adults keep complaining, but they won't stop watching it».

Despite the criticism, “Blue Lock” is still a series with a sizable fan base, and many still hold out hope that the animation will improve in future episodes. However, comparisons to other titles and general discontent continue to dominate conversations on social media.

Fountain: Twitter