Captain Tsubasa

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Synonyms: Flash Kicker

Japanese: キャプテン翼

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Type: TV

Episodes: 128

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 13, 1983 to Mar 27, 1986

Premiered: Fall 1983

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: TV Tokyo

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Tsuchida Productions

Source: Manga

Genre: Sports

Theme: Team Sports

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.36¹ (scored by 52,307 users)

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Ranked: #2478²

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Popularity: #2272

Members: 86,770

Favorites: 592

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Ranked #2478Popularity #2272Members 86,770

Fall 1983TVTsuchida Productions

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Synopsis

Captain Tsubasa is the passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing soccer at a very young age, and while it was mostly just a recreational sport for his friends, for him, it developed into something of an obsession.

In order to pursue his dream to the best of his elementary school abilities, Tsubasa moves with his mother to Nankatsu city, which is well-known for its excellent elementary school soccer teams. But although he was easily the best in his old town, Nankatsu has a lot more competition, and he will need all of his skill and talent in order to stand out from this new crowd.

He encounters not only rivals, but also new friends like the pretty girl Sanae Nakazawa and the talented goalkeeper, Genzo Wakabayashi, who shares the same passion as Tsubasa, and will prove to be a treasured friend in helping him push towards his dreams. Representing Japan in the FIFA World Cup is Tsubasa’s ultimate dream, but it will take a lot more than talent to reach it.

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Captain Tsubasa has inspired real footballers such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Fernando Torres and Lionel Messi in their own football dreams. A bronze statue of Tsubasa Oozora was erected in Katsushika, Tokyo in 2013, which is the neighbourhood where the original manga creator lived.

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Related Anime

Adaptation:	Captain Tsubasa
Sequel:	Shin Captain Tsubasa
Side story:	Captain Tsubasa: Europe Daikessen, Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi! Zen Nihon Jr., Captain Tsubasa: Asu ni Mukatte Hashire!, Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup, Captain Tsubasa: Saikyou no Teki! Holland Youth
Alternative version:	Captain Tsubasa (2018)

Nanba, Keiichi
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Mitsunobu, Hiroyoshi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Minoguchi, Katsumi

Episode Director, Storyboard

Nakamura, Noriyuki

Episode Director

Amiya, Masakazu

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Opening Theme

	1: "Moete Hero (燃えてヒーロー)" by Hiroyuki Okita (eps 1-87)
	2: "Moete Hero (燃えてヒーロー)" by Takayuki Takemoto (eps 88-128)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Fuyu no Lion (冬のライオン; Lion of Winter)" by Hiroyuki Okita (eps 1-49)
	2: "Tsubasa yo Hashire! (翼よ走れ!)" by Captain Tsubasa Ouendan (eps 50-110)
	3: "Asu ni Mukatte Shoot (明日に向かってシュート)" by Youko Ogai (eps 111-128)

Reviews

Oct 27, 2007

Xalengurth

Recommended

I watched this anime when I was in elementary school, and including me all my friends were really into it. This got us all into soccer too lol, I would imagine myself being Tsubasa, or Misaki and try harder at soccer.

I recently watched the first three episodes but couldn't find anymore with english subs, or dubs. If anyone knows anyplace I can find them in please let me know.

But as to the anime it is very enjoyable, it combines both reality and super powers such as Tsubasa's super kick (which, while playing the Japanese only Atari game with my friends and not knowing a ...

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Aug 5, 2016

Paulo_Goncalves

Recommended

I know that 8+8+8+8+10=Overall 10. But that's how I feel.
This is not the best drawn anime. It's not the best character driven or have the best plot or even sound. But this anime has something that most animes nowadays will never had. This anime made people around the world enjoy football (soccer to you americans).

Fernando Torres; Iniesta and plenty other european players were fan of it. Some even say they went to play because of it. I am not even talking about Japanese players (https://www.tofugu.com/japan/soccer-in-japan/)

This show is very good about a boy who will do everything to become a world cup winner and every ...

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Jul 13, 2015

AnimeDevotee

Not Recommended

Preliminary (66/128 eps)

"Tsubasa, Tsubasa, Tsubasa!"...I get it he's out of everyone's league.

I am a late anime bloomer which is why I started giving this anime a chance since I am a huge, sports anime fan.

Art-6/10
I completed Slam Dunk so the art wasn't that hard to get used to, but the expressions the characters had wasn't good to look at to be honest...they were starting to look the same after few episodes to the point you'll be confused on which one is which half of the time-and that is hard!

Sound-6/10
Again I need to understand when this anime was created which was in the late ...

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