

High school student Kanou Kyosuke lost his passion for soccer after constantly being compared to his professional soccer player brother. Hungry Heart: Wild Striker MAL Rated 7.77, Ranked #898 | Premiered Fall 2002 | Produced by Nippon Animation Will main character Matsukaze Tenma and the soccer club ever be able to play 'real soccer' again?Ģ. Set ten years later is Inazuma Eleven GO where Raimon's passion for soccer is losing its shine to the commands of Fifth Sector, an organization that controls soccer matches. With a lot of determination and a little luck, Mamoru may be able to revive the club. Captain of the team Mamoru Endou takes on the challenge to kick this club back into shape. Inazuma Eleven revolves around Raimon Middle School's soccer club Inazuma Eleven and its battle against disbanding. Inazuma Eleven MAL Rated 7.77, Ranked #899 | Premiered Fall 2008 | Produced by Oriental Light and Magic With these points in mind, it's time to unveil the 18 soccer anime and manga!ġ. In this case, we'll be using the terms interchangeably, both of which are an abbreviated version of 'association football' a term used back in the day to separate soccer from rugby football. No bird nest unfortunately.The terms soccer and football can be interchanged to reference the same sport however, in Northern America, soccer and football refer to two separate sports. More likely, the 2nd season in the anime was mostly filler. I think the entire second half seem to be skipped in the manga. You also see a picture of Kanou and Seisuke both wearing the Japanese national uniform towards the end of volume 6.

After that, it's said they lost against Tenryu (not shown), but then it says they won against Tenryu the following year. By the way, important detail, they win their match against Kokuryo. It's just not a one to one adaptation like Captain Tsubasa 2018.Īnyway, I think I have to read it again. The anime wasn't a direct adaptation of the manga from what I remember, but still told a similar story with the same characters.

You have to remember they were devised as two separate series running concurrently. I know that a lot of anime characters aren't present in the manga. It seems like they're playing against Kokuryo in the final match, and not Tenryu. Honestly it's been so long I read it I don't remember the details. They show Kanou in Ajax and Seisuke in Milan on like one page.
