The anime focuses on the Raimon Junior High soccer team. The 2008-2011 Inazuma Eleven anime series is based on a video game franchise. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depends upon your taste in sports anime. Some have said that it has more in common with the shy protagonist of Yowamushi Pedal than it does with a more serious soccer series such as Captain Tsubasa. But he tries hard, and with determination, he grows into a stronger player over time.ĭAYS is as much about the slice-of-life school stuff off the field as it is about the typical sports anime soccer action. At first, Tsukushi starts out as a novice player. It features a shy teen who joins his high school soccer team. This 2016 anime series is based on a Tsuyoshi Yasuda manga which ran from 2013 to January 2021. But there are Blu-ray discs and DVDs available. Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001-2002)įor such a successful franchise, the anime is surprisingly hard to find online outside of Japan.He even achieves his dream of playing in the World Cup. He eventually leaves Japan for international competition. Soccer-loving Tsubasa leads teams to qualifiers and tournament victories. But the story remains essentially the same. The various timelines are tricky, because the sequels sometimes retell stories from Tsubasa’s childhood. Since then, the original series has been followed by multiple anime movies, OVAs, and sequel remake anime series. It was adapted as a TV anime series in 1983-1986. The Yoichi Takahashi manga series started in 1981. Captain Tsubasa did for soccer anime what Slam Dunk did for basketball, or The Prince of Tennis for, well, tennis.
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