In early April, a blockbuster manga Captain Tsubasa The 43-year history has officially come to an end. Author Yoichi Takahashi announced that he would continue to produce rough storyboards featuring a young soccer prodigy as the main character, but the manga as a whole is finished. As of this writing, the world isn’t necessarily Tsubasa-free, as the second season of the 2018 anime revival series is still airing, but that doesn’t mean it will end one day, as the original story has reached its conclusion. welcome. nevertheless, Captain Tsubasa is arguably the most famous soccer manga and anime in the world, but it’s by no means the only one, and it’s a fun show that can fill the void in Tsubasa by doing things Yoichi Takahashi’s work couldn’t or couldn’t do. There are many.
1. Blue Rock
Soccer is a great group sport for teaching teamwork. This is the part that real junior soccer clubs across the country place the most importance on. However, the players that most children admire and aspire to be are forwards who specialize in scoring goals, and are better known as strikers in Japan. Success as a striker requires a kind of “first among equals” mentality. To work in a team, you almost have to be…an egoist.that’s the hook blue rock This anime is named after the Space Training Regiment, which aims to find and develop Japan’s greatest egoist striker.
The big attraction is blue rock That goes against the clichés of every sports anime and sports media in the world. This isn’t a story where, in the end, the real trophies are the friends and experiences everyone makes along the way. This program recognizes and analyzes the contradictions of the relentless pursuit of individualism in group activities and how these opposing ideas must work together to make sport happen. It’s honest, refreshing, and wonderfully animated. What more do you need?
2. Farewell, dear Kramer
2011 and 2012 were great years for women’s sports in Japan. Everywhere I go, I hear about Nadeshiko, the country’s national women’s soccer team, which became the first team in Asia to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and came close to winning the championship. You’ve probably seen it before. It lit a fire that led many young women down the path to soccer.of Goodbye, dear Kramer The (2021) anime, based on the manga by Naoji Shinkawa, captures the spirit of the time with a story that takes a previously underperforming women’s soccer team to the top.
The series adopts many familiar sports anime beats along the way, but it also shows that a certain soft prejudice against women’s sports manifests itself in lowered expectations, which can be internalized by the female athletes themselves. I also want to say a few things about. But the best thing about this anime is that it doesn’t claim that men’s soccer and women’s soccer are exactly the same. Acknowledge the differences and focus on the characteristics of the latter. This is the kind of message you rarely get from sports movies and sports shows. Farewell, dear Kramer An anime like no other.
3. Clean freak!Aoyama-kun
A young genius joins an underachieving soccer club and helps the team move up the rankings, but he doesn’t allow other members of the team to touch him and feels uncomfortable when other people are around. Blue He Rocks He seems like a good candidate for the program, but with the rest of the story, you could be forgiven for thinking the story is a bit run-of-the-mill. Obviously, a stuck genius has to go through a transformation, embrace others and learn the value of teamwork, right? No, Aoyama, a young soccer prodigy, is actually very humble and very hardworking.And the only reason he doesn’t allow others to touch him is because he Large scale Fastidious disease. However, there’s more to this anime than this gag.
Aoyama is a rare example of a clearly neurodivergent anime character who isn’t relegated to a purely comedic role. We spend a lot of quiet time with him and we get to see the world through his eyes, learning that Aoyama is not “broken” but needs to be fixed, that his disability is not due to magical powers. I have come to understand that there is no such thing. He’s just a little different from most people and has to work harder (perhaps more than most) to carve out a place for himself in the real world. The action in this series is great, but what really sticks out is its refreshing perspective on neurodivergent people.
4. Area Knight
This is a hell of an anime, and unfortunately there’s no way to get people interested without spoiling it a bit. So, this drama is about a promising soccer player who had to quit soccer, returns to soccer after being hit by a truck with his genius younger brother, and the main character loses his brother’s heart. It is a story of receiving.
As a result, some of the big brother’s talents are transferred to the protagonist, and old wounds seem to have healed. From that point of insanity, this anime becomes a very good soccer show that takes itself to another level every time you think, “Oh, this is…”An inspiring sports challenge hand of orlac, a classic horror film in which a pianist appears to have a hand transplanted from an executed criminal and also inherit his murderous tendencies. ” So come enjoy sports action and intentional comedy. But stay tuned for unintentional comedy with a hint of horror.
5. Kazu & Yasu: Birth of a Hero
Tomoyoshi Miura’s professional soccer career began in 1986, a year before Messi was born. In 2017, the Japanese soccer legend and perhaps the first superstar known by his fans as “King Kazu” became the oldest player to score in a professional game and remains the oldest active professional soccer player. He remains the oldest person in history. But despite his impressive accomplishments, King Kaz is not a household name around the world.Kazu & Yasu Hero Birth (1995), The animated biopic about Kazuyoshi and his older brother Yasutoshi, a former professional player who quit his coaching job, was undoubtedly designed to change things. Even if it’s not completely successful, it’s not too late. Learn about the history of Japanese soccer and enjoy a fun animated story about determination and perseverance.
