Captain Tsubasa

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Flash Kicker
Japanese: キャプテン翼
Spanish: Captain Tsubasa: Campeones: Oliver y Benji
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Information

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
Source: Manga
Genre: SportsSports
Theme: Team SportsTeam Sports
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 7.351 (scored by 5358153,581 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #25172
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2340
Members: 89,129
Favorites: 603

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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.

Background

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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Staff

Mitsunobu, Hiroyoshi
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Minoguchi, Katsumi
Episode Director, Storyboard
Nakamura, Noriyuki
Episode Director
Amiya, Masakazu
Episode Director


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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
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 ...
Aug 5, 2016
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 ...
Jul 13, 2015
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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