japanese manga and anime series
Captain Tsubasa ( japanese : キャプテン翼, Hepburn : Kyaputen Tsubasa ) is a japanese manga serial written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi since 1981. [ 2 ] The series chiefly revolves around the sport of affiliation football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora. The series is characterized by dynamic and exciting football moves, frequently stylish and farfetched. The plot focuses on Tsubasa ‘s kinship with his friends, rivalries with his opponents, train, competition and the natural process and result of each football match. Across the multiple Captain Tsubasa series, the plot shows Tsubasa ‘s and his friends ‘ growth as they face new rivals. Takahashi decided to create the manga inspired by the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. The Captain Tsubasa manga series was originally serialized in Shueisha ‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump comic book magazine between 1981 and 1988, with the chapters collected into a full of 37 tankōbon volumes. This was followed by numerous sequels. Captain Tsubasa and its sequels have sold over 80 million copies global, [ 3 ] making it one of the best-selling manga serial. The original manga series was adapted into a television zanzibar copal series, produced by Tsuchida Production, whose inaugural season premiered in Japan on the television Tokyo network between October 1983 and March 1986. numerous movies and television serial have followed with the latest one airing between April 2018 and April 2019. Captain Tsubasa became one of the most memorable manga and anime worldwide, most notably in Japan due to how it popularized association football. multiple real life players have been inspired to become professionals after seeing the series. In a poll conducted by television receiver Asahi in 2005, the Captain Tsubasa zanzibar copal series ranked 41 in a number of top 100 anime series. [ 4 ]

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Captain Tsubasa [edit ]

Tsubasa Oozora is an 11-year-old elementary school student who is deeply in love with football and dreams of one sidereal day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan. He lives together with his mother in Japan, while his father is a seafaring captain who travels around the populace. Tsubasa is known as the Soccer no Moshigo which translates as “ heaven-sent child of football ”. When he was alone scantily a year old, he was about run over by a rushing bus while playing with a ball. however, Tsubasa held the ball in front of him which served as a cushion for most of the affect. The storm of the bump blew him away, but he was able to right himself with the ball. Hence, Tsubasa ‘s motto of “ The ball is my friend ”. ever since he was little, he always went out with a ball. His mother concludes that he was indeed born to only play football. At a identical young historic period, Tsubasa already had amaze speed, stamen, dribbling skills and shotpower – he astounded anyone who saw him play. At the beginning of the fib, Tsubasa and his ma both motivate to the city of Nankatsu, a fabricated town in Shizuoka Prefecture well known for their talented elementary school football teams and where Tsubasa meets Ryo Ishizaki, a football-loving young scholar who frequently sneaks out from his mother ‘s public bathe houses and chores to play football. He meets Sanae Nakazawa ( besides known as Anego ) an enthusiastic girl who besides loves football and helps cheer the Nankatsu high school team on and Genzo Wakabayashi, a highly talented young goalkeeper whom he soon challenges to a game in Nankatsu ‘s annual sports festival. He besides meets Roberto Hongo, one of the best brazilian footballers in the world who is a acquaintance of Tsubasa ‘s church father and who starts living with Tsubasa and his beget in ordain to train Tsubasa. Roberto becomes a mentor to Tsubasa and helps him to harness his football skills, convincing him to join Nankatsu Elementary School and its newcomer elementary school football team, which Roberto late coaches as he passes his techniques onto Tsubasa. Tsubasa meets Taro Misaki, who has travelled around Japan due to his father ‘s job and soon joins Nankatsu. The two become the best of friends on the peddle and real liveliness, forming a partnership soon to be renowned as the “ Golden Duo ” or “ dynamic duet ” of Nankatsu. Soon Tsubasa and his Nankatsu team start taking on the best of elementary school football, merging such talented players as Kojiro Hyuga, Ken Wakashimazu, Jun Misugi, Hikaru Matsuyama and many others. Tsubasa ‘s Nankatsu squad wins numerous youth national championships and he wins the U-17 World Championships for Japan, before leaving the country to play in Brazil .

World Youth [edit ]

Tsubasa leaves Japan for Brazil and starts play, with his mentor Roberto as the coach, for São Paulo [ 5 ] ( F.C. Brancos in the zanzibar copal ), [ 6 ] in Brazil ‘s premier professional league, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, winning the concluding against Flamengo ( F.C. Domingos in the zanzibar copal ) 4–3. While in Brazil, Tsubasa gets to meet several talented brazilian players, such as his teammate and roommate Pepe, who comes from a humble backdrop, angstrom well Flamengo asterisk hitter Carlos Santana, a portentous however emotionless endowment. enthusiastic football-loving child Shingo Aoi, whom Tsubasa once played against while in the high school national championships, leaves Japan to play football in Italy, where he hopes to play for a major italian master team. After arriving in Italy, however, Shingo gets tricked by a homo who gives him deceitful promises of getting him selected for an italian team. After Shingo is taken to a ill supply field, the man runs away, stealing all his money. Shingo realizes that he is swindled and tries unvoiced to get his money second, doing such jobs as shoe-shining, until his enthusiastic attitude catches the eye of one of the coaches of Inter Milan ( Intina in the zanzibar copal ), who sign him to play for their team as an attacking midfielder. The Japan ‘s youth side plays the first phase of AFC Youth Championship without Taro Misaki, Makoto Soda, Hiroshi Jito, Shun Nitta, the Tachibana brothers Masao and Kazuo and Kojiro Hyuga. After Tsubasa, Wakabayashi and Shingo join the team, it defeats Thailand 5–4 after being 4–1 down at one stage. In the second phase, Japan beats Uzbekistan 8–1, China 6–3 and Saudi Arabia 4–1. In the semifinals, Japan beats Iraq 3–0. The japanese win the Asia Youth title beating South Korea 2–0 and qualifying for the FIFA World Youth Championship. In the first gear phase, Japan defeats Mexico 2–1, Uruguay 6–5 and Italy 4–0. In the quarterfinals, they beat sweden 1–0 and Netherlands 1–0 in the semifinal. The japanese winnings in the “ Great Final ” the World Youth Championship, defeating Brazil 3–2 after extra time with Tsubasa scoring a hat-trick and the gold goal despite the fact that Brazil used a new player at the extra fourth dimension called Natureza, who became the third person to score a goal on Wakabayashi from outside the goal area – the first being Karl Heinz Schneider of Germany and second being Sho Shunko of China. Tsubasa moves from São Paulo to FC Barcelona [ 7 ] ( FC Catalunya in the anime ), in the spanish Liga, after the end of the FIFA World Youth Championship final, taking his childhood ally and now wife, Sanae. He asked her out before moving to Brazil and the couple maintained a long-distance relationship before he proposed to her after the World Youth Championship .

Road to 2002 [edit ]

While Tsubasa moves from São Paulo ( Brancos in the anime ) to Barcelona [ 7 ] ( Catalunya in the anime ), Kojiro Hyuga is bought by Juventus F.C. ( F.C. Piemonte in the zanzibar copal ). Tsubasa plays very well in education, displaying all his skills, but the dutch coach Van Saal ( Edward in the zanzibar copal, inspired by Louis vanguard Gaal, who coached Barcelona at the time ) demotes him to FC Barcelona B, [ 7 ] the modesty team that plays in the second division, because Tsubasa and Rivaul ( inspired by Rivaldo ) can not play together whilst Rivaul holds a key position for playmaking. [ 6 ] interim, Kojiro Hyuga plays for his first game for Juventus ( Piemonte in the zanzibar copal ) against Parma in the italian Serie A, but does not score because his physical asymmetry is exposed by Parma defender Thoram ( inspired by Lilian Thuram ). Juventus passenger car Carlo Monetti replaces him with David Trezeguet ( David Tresaga in the zanzibar copal ), who scores the winning finish as Juventus beat Parma 1–0. In Germany, Genzo Wakabayashi [ 2 ] and his Bundesliga team, Hamburger SV ( Grunwald in the zanzibar copal version ), play against FC Bayern Munich ( Routburg in the zanzibar copal translation ), led by Karl Heinz Schneider. Wakabayashi makes many bang-up saves, impressing players and coaches from both teams, but in an try to win at the concluding moment despite the coach ‘s decision to aim for a describe, Wakabayashi left the goal sphere to take a release kick shoot that was stopped at the concluding second, which gave Bayern a opportunity to counterattack on an assailable goal, allowing them to win 2–1. In Spain, the Liga begins and the match between Barcelona ( led by Rivaul ) and Valencia CF ( San Jose in the anime ) ( who have just bought Tsubasa ‘s previous rival Carlos Santana ) ends 2–2. Tsubasa watches the match from the tribune ( in the anime translation, Tsubasa plays as a substitute in the match and scores a goal ). In the moment phase of the Japanese J.League, Júbilo Iwata, led by Misaki, Gon Nakayama ( inspired by real player Masashi Nakayama ), Ishizaki and Urabe, defeat the Urawa Red Diamonds led by Hayato Igawa and Sawada, 2–1. In early J.League matches, FC Tokyo, led by Misugi, draws 1–1 with Consadole Sapporo, led by Matsuyama. [ 8 ] In Italy, Hyuga and Aoi are bought respectively by A.C. Reggiana and A.S.D. Albese. In Spain, Tsubasa plays three matches with FC Barcelona B and he records 12 goals and 11 assists in three matches. Tsubasa is inserted in the Barcelona batting order because of an injury of his rival Rivaul a well as the black results of the Barcelona ( one steer in four matches ) and plays the Súper Clásico against Real Madrid C.F., who have just bought his honest-to-god rival Natureza. Tsubasa ends the match with three goals and three assists and Barcelona wins 6–5 .

Go for 2006 [edit ]

This is the epilogue of Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 and it is composed of five chapters. This manga follows Kojiro Hyuga and Shingo Aoi in Italy. In this manga, Kojiro Hyuga was loaned out to Reggiana while Shingo Aoi was loaned out to Albese. Kojiro Hyuga makes a hard train and he makes his debut scoring a hat-trick. [ 9 ]
While Tsubasa plays for Barcelona against Real Valladolid, recording a finish and an assist in a 2–0 winnings, the 23 players of Japan ‘s U-22 national team ( “ The Golden-23 ” ) are convoked to play two friendly matches against Denmark and Nigeria in planning for Summer Olympics. Two futsal players, Kazami and Furukawa, who previously played for Japan national futsal team, join the national U-22 football team and display capital skills, scoring two goals in a train match. meanwhile, the Japan U-20 side led by Takeshi Sawada win the AFC Youth Championship, defeating South Korea 6–5 on penalty kicks in the final. In Brazil, Minato Gamo, the erstwhile coach of the U-20 home team, tries unsuccessfully to convince Soga, a japanese musician who plays in CR Vasco district attorney Gama, to join the national team. interim, Tsubasa ‘s wife Sanae informs him that she is meaning. In Japan, the match with Denmark ends 4–2 with the following scorers : Misaki ( J ), Haas ( D ), Nitta ( J ), Nitta ( J ), Matsuyama ( J ) and Haas ( D ). In Germany, Hamburger SV plays a Bundesliga match and Genzo Wakabayashi is not in the line up because of the bad relationship with the coach Zeeman, starting rumors that Wakabayashi would leave Hamburger SV. A bunch of teams were matter to in signing Wakabayashi such us ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma, Bayern Munich and SV Werder Bremen. interim, Minato Gamo wants to convince Igawa, a player who can play in all the roles ( goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and advancing ), to join the home team. besides in Spain, Barcelona plays a league peer against Real Betis and Tsubasa scores two goals and makes an assist for Rikaar. In Japan, Wakabayashi joins the national team. The couple between Japan and Nigeria begins and Nigeria plays very well, as it has two champions Ochado ( who plays in Paris SG, based on Jay-Jay Okocha ) and Bobang ( who plays with Shingo Aoi in Albese ). After some minutes from the begin of the match, Nigeria has the first capital opportunity to score the inaugural finish in the pit with a penalty kick, but the japanese goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi saves in corner kick. Wakabayashi saves another shoot and makes an aid for Ken Wakashimazu, who scores a goal with an operating expense kick. however, Nigeria scores two goals with Bobang and Ochado. At the end of the first half, Nigeria is winning 2–1. interim, Minato Gamo convinces Gakuto Igawa to join the national team. The moment half begins, the Japan attacks during the injury time Misaki scores the equalizing goal. The match ends 2–2. In Spain, Barcelona wins 3–2 the match against Valencia led by Carlos Santana. In Japan, the match between Japan and Paraguay ends 3–0 with the following scorers : Gakuto, Wakashimazu and Nitta. In Spain, Barcelona plays against Atlético Madrid and Fersio Torres ( inspired by Fernando Torres ) cursorily scores a goal. however, Barcelona replies cursorily and Tsubasa scores two goals. The Asia qualifications begins and Japan beats Malaysia ( 6-0 for the foremost equal and 5–0 for the recurrence match ), Thailand ( 2–0 for the first match, 3–0 for the come back match ) and Bahrain ( 3–0 for the first match and 5-0 for the come back match ) and qualifies to the third base rung. In the third base round, Japan beats Vietnam 5–0, draws against Saudi Arabia 1-1 and loses against Australia 3–1. Standings after day 3 ( of 6 ) : Australia 9, Japan and Saudi Arabia 4 and Vietnam 0. only the first classified is admitted to Olympic Games. In the day 4, Japan defeats Saudi Arabia 2–0 while Australia defeats Vietnam 5–0. In day 5, Japan defeats Vietnam 4–0 and Australia draws against Saudi Arabia 1–1. Standings after day 5 ( of 6 ) : Australia 13, Japan 10, Saudi Arabia 5 and Vietnam 0. In the death day, Japan plays against Australia ( had Japan defeated Australia 3–0, 4–1, 5–2 and 6–3 or more, it would have qualified to Olympic Games, while had Japan won 3–1, 4–2, 5–3 or such, it would have played a playoff against Australia. Japan scores the first base goal of the match against Australia, thanks to Tachibana brothers. however, the Tachibana brothers get injured and are substituted by Wakashimazu and Nitta, who scores another goal. Japan tries to score the third goal, but all their shots hit the bar or are saved by the goalkeeper. In the second half, Australia scores the goal of 2–1, but Japan reacts and scores two goals ( scorers : Igawa and Misaki ). Japan ultimately wins 4–1 and qualifies to Olympic Games .

Kaigai Gekito Hen [edit ]

Italy

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One-shot released in Japan in 2009, which comprises 24 chapters. This one-shot tells the Serie C1 final temper match between Reggiana and Albese, with both teams directly vying for promotion. This match is the challenge between Kojiro Hyuga ( Reggiana ) and Shingo Aoi ( Albese ). Hyuga scores two goals in the inaugural half, showing to be powerfully improved in physical game. however, in the moment one-half, Albese reacts and scores two goals. Hyuga finally scores the victory goal in the last minute, allowing his team to be promoted into Serie B. Albese is disappointed for its frustration because they incorrectly think that U.C. AlbinoLeffe won against Ravenna F.C and overtook them in standings. however, Albinoleffe lost 2–1 to Ravenna, tying both teams in third base place, and this means that both Reggiana ( 1st ) and Albese ( 2nd ) are promoted. Both teams celebrate their forwarding .

Spain [edit ]

This one-shot started in February 2010, in holy order to celebrate the series ‘ thirtieth anniversary. It tells the return match between Barcelona and Real Madrid. From there on, seven more chapters are added in which first two goals from Barcelona been rejected by the reviewer. The match goes on and Rivaul last scores a genuine finish, followed by one from real Madrid. In the second gear half, Natureza scores the second goal 10 minutes before the end of the catch. Tsubasa scores the draw goal with a flying drive shoot in the add time and the meet ends 2–2 .

production [edit ]

Captain Tsubasa after watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[10] Author Yōichi Takahashi was inspired to writeafter watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Yoichi Takahashi was delighted by association football after seeing the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The matches, players and fans ‘ love towards the frolic inspired him to write a manga about football. [ 11 ] Another relevant aspect on this decision was the fact that Takahashi liked football more than baseball because he considered the players to have more freedom during matches. [ 10 ] Despite football not being popular in Japan, Takahashi aimed to depict it through his manga and to reach the general public. [ 11 ] Because of the non-popularity of the capable, getting the approval to write the manga by its publisher, Shueisha, took between 2 and 3 years, which was besides difficult since it was his first base manga. [ 10 ] Rather than using professional players, the manga writer rather used children as protagonists, hoping readers would identify themselves with the project. Nevertheless, Takahashi already had in thinker that through the series the chief characters would grow up and become professionals. [ 11 ] In the make of the cast, Takahashi designed multiple characters with unlike traits in order to deliver multiple traits that would serve as obstacles for Tsubasa to surpass. The large count of characters made Takahashi careful with their designs and he wanted to give each of them recognizable features. One of Tsubasa ‘s early rivals, Jun Misugi, was given skills that surpassed the supporter ‘s. As a consequence, he gave Misugi a heart condition that would balance the match between their teams. When asked why Tsubasa ‘s teams always win, Takahashi stated it was because he aims the manga to be hanker and therefore a frustration would reduce its length. [ 11 ] While the series was initially aimed at children, Takahashi was surprised at how, across the years, it has besides attracted adults, vitamin a well as at the impingement it had on Japan ‘s football. When talking about its themes, Takahashi stated the independent one is honor, which is meant to be superior than money, something which people value more. [ 11 ] As Takahashi liked european football due to its competitive level, he decided to make Tsubasa leave São Paulo and join Spain ‘s F.C. Barcelona at the age of 21. In 1998, Takahashi traveled to Barcelona and enjoyed the Camp Nou stadium so much that he was inspired by it to make the Barcelona team Tsubasa ‘s future team. Nevertheless, Takahashi asserted it was a decisiveness taken at random and joked that Tsubasa would have joined the Real Madrid if he had visited Santiago Bernabéu. [ 12 ] For this part, Takahashi started using professional players inspired by real-life football stars, most notably Rivaul ( inspired by Rivaldo ) who would mentor Tsubasa in Barcelona. Due to Tsubasa ‘s inexperience in his debut as an pornographic, Rivaul becomes his mentor. [ 13 ] As of 2010, the manga had been translated into English, french, italian, german, and Spanish. [ 14 ] As of 2017, several volumes were available in an official Arabic translation and a third of the foremost print run of these were donated to syrian refugee children by the publisher, Kinokuniya. [ 15 ]

Media [edit ]

Manga [edit ]

The first manga is Captain Tsubasa published 1981–1988 in Weekly Shōnen Jump in a sum of 37 volumes. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]

  • Captain Tsubasa Boku wa Misaki Taro (I am Taro Misaki) (1984, one-shot)[18]
  • Captain Tsubasa: Saikyo no teki: Holland Youth (1993, one-shot)
  • Captain Tsubasa: “World Youth” Saga (1994–1997 in Weekly Shōnen Jump; 18 volumes)[19][20]
  • Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001–2004 in Weekly Young Jump; 15 volumes, 144 chapters)[21][22]
  • Captain Tsubasa Millennium Dream (2000, one-shot)[23]
  • Captain Tsubasa Final Countdown (2002, one-shot)
  • Captain Tsubasa FCRB (2004, one-shot)
  • Captain Tsubasa Golden Dream (2004, one-shot)
  • Captain Tsubasa: All Star Game (one-shot; 5 chapters)
  • Captain Tsubasa: Golden-23 (2005–2008 in Weekly Young Jump; 12 volumes)[24][25]
  • Captain Tsubasa Japan Dream (2006, one-shot)
  • Captain Tsubasa Kaigai Gekito Hen (May 2009 – February 2012 in Weekly Young Jump; 8 volumes)
    • In Calcio (May 2009 – September 2009 in Weekly Young Jump; 2 volumes)[26][27]
    • En La Liga (February 2010 – February 2012 in Weekly Young Jump; 6 volumes)[28][29]
  • Captain Tsubasa Live Together (2010, one-shot)
  • Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun (2013-ongoing in Grand Jump, then in Captain Tsubasa Magazine, 14 volumes)[30]

Novels [edit ]

  • Captain Tsubasa Mirai Bunko (2013–2014): a trilogy of light novels by Hitomi Wada retells the first story arc of Captain Tsubasa.[31][32]

zanzibar copal [edit ]

The master Captain Tsubasa manga series was promptly adapted into a television receiver animation series, produced by Tsuchida Production, whose first gear season premiered in Japan on Tokyo Network between October 10, 1983 and March 27, 1986. This first serial adapts the foremost 25 volumes. Four animize movies followed soon after, between 1985 and 1986, continuing the storyline. In 1989 a new vivification series, Shin Captain Tsubasa, was produced by Shueisha and CBS Sony Group, Inc. and spanned 13 original video animations ( OVAs ). Shin Captain Tsubasa adapts the manga from bulk 25 to volume 36. The vivification series was followed soon after into a second adaptation, entitled Captain Tsubasa J, which was produced by NAS and Fuji Television and animated by Studio Comet. It was a repeat of the first volumes that continued adapting the manga where the previous series had stopped. It aired between October 21, 1994 and December 22, 1995 in Japan on the Fuji television receiver network and spanned 47 episodes, american samoa well an original television animation, Captain Tsubasa: Holland Youth, which was published in 1994. [ 33 ] The animated franchise was continued on foster into a third adaptation, Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream, besides known as Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to 2002, animated by Group TAC, which aired in Japan by television receiver Tokyo between October 7, 2001 and October 6, 2002, with music published by Avex Mode. All of the versions of the Captain Tsubasa animated series have been broadcast by the liveliness satellite television network Animax across its master network in Japan and late across its respective networks global, including East Asia, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions. english dub of all series have aired on Animax Asia [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] and some episodes of the English dub were released on VCDs by Speedy Video Malaysia. [ 36 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] It has been broadcast across several other regions around the populace, including Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. In 2018, Captain Tsubasa had a new anime besides broadcast in television receiver Tokyo. [ 41 ] It is directed by Toshiyuki Kato and produced by David Production. [ 42 ] Viz Media have licensed the new anime series. [ 43 ] The series aired from April 2, 2018 to April 1, 2019. An english dub began airing on Primo television in the United States beginning August 4, 2018. [ 44 ] An Viet dub began airing on HTV3 in vietnamese beginning October 20, 2018. An indonesian and Thai dub began airing on RCTI in Indonesia and PPTV in Thailand, respectively, on February 3, 2019. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] An Arabic knight began airing on MBC 3 in the MENA region beginning December 1, 2019. [ 48 ] [ 49 ]

Video games [edit ]

Captain Tsubasa has been adapted into multiple television games :

reception and bequest [edit ]

The manga series had a circulation of 70 million volumes within Japan as of 2008. [ 58 ] The manga has a accumulative circulation of 80 million cosmopolitan as of 2018 [ 59 ] .In 2001, the Captain Tsubasa zanzibar copal series was ranked forty-ninth in Animage ‘s “ Top 100 ” anime productions number. [ 60 ] The zanzibar copal adaptation has besides been identical democratic in Japan. In 2005, japanese television network television receiver Asahi conducted a “ crown 100 ” on-line web poll and nationally sketch : Captain Tsubasa placed forty-first in the on-line poll and thirtieth in the survey. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] In 2006, television receiver Asahi conducted another on-line poll for the top one hundred anime and Captain Tsubasa placed sixteenth on “ The Celebrity List ”. [ 63 ] The third base television series was besides highly popular in 2002, earning high gear ratings. [ 64 ] Captain Tsubasa has inspired big footballers such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Del Piero, Fernando Torres, Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi, Alexis Sánchez and Andrés Iniesta to play football and choose it as a career. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] It besides influenced Stephen Chow ‘s film Shaolin Soccer ( 2001 ) and a line of Adidas running shoes. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Manga group Clamp have besides produced dōjinshi works related with the Captain Tsubasa characters. [ 73 ] A tan statue of Tsubasa Oozora was erected in the neighborhood of the zanzibar copal ‘s creator in Katsushika, Tokyo in spring 2013. [ 74 ] Tsubasa and Misaki appeared in the video for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the closing ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [ 75 ] Tsubasa and Misaki performed their twin shot in one setting and Tsubasa appeared on his own subsequently with his touch overhead recoil. In a match from Japan for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the japanese fans held a tifo featuring an example from the manga with multiple messages that supported the team. [ 76 ] Nippon besides made an article where they noted how Tsubasa became one of the most likable fictional characters due to his dream and career in the series which at the like clock influenced others. [ 77 ] Espin Of notice one of the series ‘ most luminary features was how Tsubasa ‘s skills allowed him to perform goals while his train with his teammates besides generated entreaty to the viewers. His mania for the football and initial relationship with goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi was besides noted to be worthy notes. [ 78 ] THEM Anime Reviews noted that Tsubasa obtained a highly international reputation but found the vivification from the 1980s dated in the modern times. additionally, he found Kojiro Hyuga ‘s actions and his flight simulator ‘s drink problems might leave negative impressions on viewers. however, they found the story appealing and wished it was licensed for an english publish. [ 79 ] PublishersWeekly.com highly praised the series, stating that its surprise duration proves the success of the series. additionally, the manga was noted not for only bringing style to football, but besides sympathetic characters which were rightfully adapted in the anime series. [ 14 ] In The Imperial Sportive: Sporting Lives in the Service of Modern Japan, Sandra Collins acknowledges Captain Tsubasa and Takehiko Inoue ‘s Slam Dunk as mangas that helped to popularize football and basketball, respectively, in Japan during their serializations. Another series on which Captain Tsubasa exerted a great influence was Masaya Tsunamoto ‘s Giant Killing. [ 80 ] similarly, Miho Koishihara referred to these two mangas as responsible for increasing the popularity of their respective sports with the writer noting that Captain Tsubasa focused on realistic growth in comparison to previous works. [ 58 ] In Sport, literature, society : cultural historical studies noted the appeal of both the manga and its claim character as one of the main reasons for becoming one of Japan ‘s most popular soccer series referencing its popularity throughout its serialization. [ 81 ] During the US occupation of Iraq, the Japan Self-Defense Force put Captain Tsubasa stickers on their water trucks. At the lapp time, the Japan Foundation provided an Arabic-dubbed season of Captain Tsubasa to the largest television station for unblock. [ 82 ] In late 2018, the Katsushika City organized the “ Captain Tsubasa Cup, Got ta Win ! ” political campaign during the annual Junior Soccer Tournament to help bring tourists to the city and keep young men active, and gave Takahashi the Honorary Citizen Award for the manga ‘s positive shock on the city. [ 83 ]

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