![]() While it’s obvious that the show’s visual style has modernised, this is perhaps where it’s the most apparent. For the modern sound effects, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’ve been ripped right out of JoJo, and they’re even given animations to match. In the original show, the sound effects that accompany Tsubasa’s impressive football skills sound a lot like those from the original Mobile Suit Gundam. In this version, this is when the animators start to show what four seasons of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure does for you. When he does strike the ball, the show does a great job of emphasising just how skilled he is at doing so. ![]() The first episode is very particular in how it shows just how good Tsubasa is at football, as we only get to see some fancy footwork for the first half of the episode. There’s also the ‘familiar looking’ drunkard, who will become much more important pretty soon. While exploring the city, we’re introduced to Wakabayashi, an incredibly gifted goalkeeper who’s so cool he wears a hat with a W on it. He’s moved to Nankatsu because of the schools, many of which have strong football clubs, so that he can continue to pursue his dream of being a professional footballer. We’re introduced to Tsubasa, a seemingly ordinary kid who is infatuated with the beautiful game, so much so that he actively dribbles a football around wherever he goes. If you’ve seen the original show then you’ll know exactly what to expect, as this one closely follows the pacing of the original anime series. Part of me thinks that there’s a larger opportunity putting a dubbed version of this show on children’s TV where possible, but if that’s the plan, we certainly don’t know about it.įortunately, the show itself is really well done. Viz Media has picked up the rights for the series, but there seems to be no word of a potential simulcast. Throw in an incredible amount of nostalgia and you’d think it’d be plain sailing from here. Inazuma Eleven isn’t as popular as it once was, and the only other football shows we get are one-offs like Giant Killing or Days. On top of that, it also seems like a good time for a football anime. Personally, my first encounter with this show was in Spain while I was on holiday in the early 00s, where I knew it as Oliver y Benji. If you’re not super familiar with these guys, you may have spotted the first guy on one of many FIFA game covers. ![]() This is a show so popular that famous footballers like Lionel Messi, Alexis Sánchez and Andrés Iniesta have cited it as part of why they ended up becoming professional footballers. This is a series that was massive in the early 80s, and not just in Japan either it found great success in Latin America and Spanish speaking countries in particular. Euri’s verdict: Parking the busĭavid Production picking up the license to Captain Tsubasa was a real out-of-the-blue move, and while many fans have found themselves upset that it wasn’t an announcement for JoJo‘s Vento Aureo, it can’t be argued that it’s a safe and likely very profitable series for them to animate. Now aged 11, he’s moved to the city of Nankatsu to attend elementary school, as well as further his football career. Ōzora Tsubasa has loved playing football (soccer, whatever) since he was a kid, even having his life saved by one.
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