Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

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Japanese: ハングリーハート Wild Striker

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Type: TV

Episodes: 52

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 11, 2002 to Sep 10, 2003

Premiered: Fall 2002

Broadcast: Wednesdays at Unknown

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Nippon Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life, Sports

Theme: Team Sports

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.55¹ (scored by 13,357 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #1706²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #4412

Members: 25,022

Favorites: 244

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Synopsis

As the younger brother of Japanese soccer star Seisuke Kanou, Kyousuke was always expected to grow as a soccer player at the same pace his brother did—an expectation that proved too difficult to meet. Having fallen behind, he now lives in the shadow of his brother's success.

Entering his freshman year at Jouyou Akanegaoka High School, Kyousuke vows never to play soccer again. However, Miki Tsujiwaki, the captain of the girls' soccer team, and Mori Kazuto, the manager of the boys' team, recognize Kyousuke's potential and want to see his return to the game for their own reasons.

With an opportunity to play soccer again, Kyousuke must either remain steadfast in his decision to abandon the sport he once loved, or allow himself to reignite that flame to become the best striker in the world.

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Background

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker was released on DVD by Pony Canyon in Japan from February 19, 2003 to March 17, 2004.

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Hibino, Akari
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Kosao, Shunichi

Producer

Saga, Satoshi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Takahashi, Hideo

Sound Director

Kaburagi, Hiro

Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

	1: "2nd Stage" by Kids Alive (eps 01-42)
	2: "Kiseki no Tsubasa" by Natsuki Kato (eps 43-52)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Mi Title" by Utaibito Hane (eps 1-12)
	2: "Tell Tell Bouzu" by KOKIA (eps 13-39)
	3: "Watashi no Taiyou" by KOKIA (eps 40-51)
	4: "2nd Stage" by Kids Alive (eps 52)

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Apr 6, 2016

Riezabeth

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6.5 Story

Are you a younger brother of someone famous? Are you becoming a shadow of your siblings? Are you tired of being compared and seems to be always the second best? You might have the same scenario with Kyosuke.

An Orange Highschool, orange haired main protagonist and orange uniform, you’ll all get it in Wild Striker. The Hanamichi Sakuragi of Soccer? That would be Kyosuke Kano. This anime series focuses to the main protagonist, Kyosuke Kano, a teenage highschool student who at the beginning of the series, has just transferred into Jyoyo Orange High School. He is the younger brother of Seisuke, a ...

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Nov 21, 2015

Tsuki_215

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Story 9

Heart: Wild Striker(HHWS) is a story about main character (MC) who wants to be a Professional football player and be like his brother who is already a Pro. The MC is constantly compared to his successful brother, which causes a lot of friction in MC's life.

The story line is one of the strong points of this anime. The story is inspirational and uplifting. What makes this anime standout from rest of the sports anime is its slice of life approach in telling the story. Also unlike other shounenish sports anime, where story is driven by the MC, this anime provides ample amount ... of space for supporting characters.

There are lot of obstacles that the MC and his team face on and of the field which engages the audience on emotional level and the victories are so much more memorable.

Art 6

Art is the weakest aspect of this anime. Sometimes art can be used to enhance story line and a lot things can be communicated to the audience without saying it. This anime does not rely on art to enhance the story line. Even though this anime is about football, art could have been used to improve the viewing experience. Many a times the anime relied on same scenes to show the passing and dribbling of the football over and over again. Considering the anime is made in 2000's I expected artwork to be much better.

Sound 7

I liked the background music that is used in this anime. Whenever the background music starts playing it was able to change the vibe that the anime gave. There have been times when the background music starts playing, my heartbeat would go up and body temperature rose just from the anticipation of what was going to happen in the next few scenes. I also liked the OP#1 "2nd Stage" by Kids Alive, i do listen to it from time to time just like the story it is pretty uplifting.

Character 8

The anime has done pretty good job of fleshing out the MC and how he evolves over time. Even the supporting character got ample screen time and even they evolved as the anime went on. One gripe i had with this anime was unlike the MC and his team the antagonist didn't get much character development. If the antagonist were given some character development the victories that MC and his team achieved would have been much more meaning full.

Enjoyment 9

The enjoyment that I derived was from the goals that the MC' team scored and ultimately from winning the matches. The matches between the teams were well done. The MC's team faced opposition teams that were evenly matched or teams who had good players who could win the matches or teams who were much better than MC's team. The goals that were scored or attempted were pretty enjoyable to watch. Some of the goals were scored from an awkward position or when the MC's team was in dire straits this also added to the enjoyment factor.

Overall 9

There are many things or combination of thing that can make a anime great. What makes HHWS great is its ability to use slice of life approach to tell a sports story and they are wildly successful in it. The story line is inspirational, memorable and highly re-watchable. I have already watched this anime 2 times and i am confident that i will be watching it again and again in the coming years.

I would recommend this everybody but especially to people who are facing personal or professional difficulty this anime will be a much needed respite and you will watch it again and again from time to time.

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Feb 2, 2014

Instantferu

Recommended

Hungry Heart : Wild Striker is the best sports anime I have seen so far. Maybe the best anime I have seen too.

SPOILERS AHEAD

It's not the typical sports anime, however. It's the first time I have seen the main character's team lose so many times, and lose the last match of the series.

Hungry Heart has a very great cast of characters, including the main team, rivals, and supporting characters. Side stories are developed fine, so is the main character's background. I'm talking about Kyosuke Kanou.

Kanou is a very tempered striker, always in the shadow of his brother, a former player in the european league. The ...

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