Muneyuki Kaneshiro is a manga author known for the hit series Blue Lock, which had two seasons of anime adaptations in 2022 and 2024 respectively. He debuted in 2011 with As the Gods Will, which was adapted into a live-action film. He then wrote the story for the manga Bokutachi ga Yarimashita, which also received a live-action television series adaptation. In 2022, Kaneshiro began a sci-fi, horror, comedy serialization called Super Ball Girls. Kensuke Nishida is an illustrator known for the spin-off series I Am a Hero in Nagasaki.