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Initial D (Japanese: 頭文字D（イニシャル・ディー）Hepburn: Inisharu Dī) is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Weekly Young Magazine from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the mountain passes and rarely in cities or urban areas, and with the drifting (motorsport) racing style emphasized in particular. Professional race car driver and pioneer of drifting Keiichi Tsuchiya helped with editorial supervision. The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō region and in their surrounding cities and towns. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan.

Initial D has been adapted into several anime television and original video animations series by OB Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, A.C.G.T and SynergySP. A live action film by Avex and Media Asia was released in 2005. Both the manga and anime series were initially licensed for English-language distribution in North America by Tokyopop (2002–2009),^[4] however, the anime license has since been picked up by Funimation, while the manga was relicensed by Kodansha Comics.

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Story overview[edit]

The story is about 18 year old Takumi Fujiwara who is an average high school kid. His father, Bunta Fujiwara, owns a tofu shop and Takumi is the delivery boy. He uses his father's Panda 1983 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex AE86 to do the deliveries. Takumi hated driving because he was forced to drive since he was in middle school. The deliveries train his extraordinary driving skills. His friends learn about his skills, and introduce Takumi into the world of Touge racing. Takumi eventually loves street racing, and driving altogether, and then he has only one priority: To become the best driver in the Gunma Prefecture.

Synopsis[edit]

The protagonist, Takumi Fujiwara, is a student working as a gas station attendant with his best friend Itsuki. Itsuki is enthusiastically interested in being a street racer. The team he feels closest to and hopes to join is the Akina Speedstars, where the team leader (Iketani Koichiro) is also working at the same pump station. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi helps out his Father Bunta as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill of over 5 years behind the wheel of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86).

Shortly after the story begins, the Red Suns, an amateur racing team from Mount Akagi led by Ryosuke Takahashi, challenge the local Speedstars team to a set of races on Mount Akina. Dispirited after watching the Red Suns' superior performance during a practice run, the Speedstars expect to lose. Later that night, the Red Suns' #2 driver, Keisuke Takahashi, heading home after the last practice run, is defeated soundly by a mysterious Sprinter Trueno, despite driving a much more powerful Mazda RX-7(FD3S). An investigation into the identity of the driver leads to Bunta Fujiwara, Takumi's father. While trying to do his best for the team on Mount Akina, Iketani suffers a crash and damages his car and injures himself. He is unable to take part in the race to represent his team. The Speedstars beg Bunta to help them defeat the Red Suns, and he initially refuses, later relenting to 'maybe' show up at the race. At the same time, Takumi asks Bunta if he can borrow the car for a day to take a trip to the beach with a potential girlfriend (Natsuki Mogi), and Bunta seizes the moment by granting permission (plus a full tank of fuel) on the condition that Takumi defeats Keisuke.

On the night of the race, the Trueno does not show up, and the Speedstars enlist a backup driver (Kenji) for the first run. At the last moment before the race starts, the AE86 arrives. Takumi steps out of the car to the bewilderment of the Speedstars, who were expecting Bunta. He easily defeats Keisuke by utilizing a dangerous 'Gutter run' (putting both the right/left tires into the gutters to prevent centrifugal force pushing the car outward) technique on the mountain road's hairpin corners.

The Red Suns' embarrassing defeat sets up the plot for the rest of the series: drivers from neighboring prefectures come to challenge Takumi and the 'Legendary Eight-Six of Akina' and thus prove themselves as racers. Eventually, the plot moves away from Mount Akina as Takumi becomes bored with racing solely on that road. He joins an expedition racing team (Project.D) formed by the disbanded Red Suns and challenges more difficult opponents on their home courses in the pursuit of his dream to be 'the fastest driver out there'.

Media[edit]

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Manga[edit]

• Initial D manga Japanese release: 48 Volumes (1995–2013, Vol. 48 released in November 2013)
• Initial D manga Tokyopop release: 33 Volumes (2002–2009, expired license)

The first Initial D volume was released in Japan on November 6, 1995 and concluded on July 29, 2013.^[5] The manga has been translated officially into Chinese, French and English over its publication run. As of 2013, 48 volumes have been published.

The manga and anime were originally licensed for English releases in North America by Tokyopop. The company changed the names of the characters in the anime edition, and subsequently changed them in the manga to match.^[6] These name changes were to reflect the name changes that Sega implemented into the western releases of the Initial D A Stage video games {see below} due to name length limits. Tokyopop also cut out a character's enjo kōsai relationship with another and edited sex scenes, appearing in volumes 1 and 9 in the original manga. In addition, 'street slang' was interlaced in translations (a drift was described as 'slammin', for example).

The manga also had some translation errors. One example was the technical term 'Wastegate' (which is a mechanism used to regulate the boost pressure generated by a turbocharger) that was translated as 'West Gate'. Another was an inaccurate explanation of how an engine's displacement is calculated (the explanation given is how a ship's displacement is calculated, which is totally different). Many of the explanations of automotive design and function, as well as the specification sheets of the various cars, were incorrect.

In August 2009, Kodansha announced that they would not be renewing their licensing agreements with Tokyopop, citing 'tense relations' between the two companies. This meant that Tokyopop could no longer release new volumes of Kodansha manga properties, nor re-release Kodansha titles that were already printed. Tokyopop ceased the release of Initial D after volume 33, which was released on December 30, 2008. Volume 34 had a scheduled street date of April 7, 2009, but never released.^[7] In April 2019, ComiXology and Kodansha Comics announced that they have released volumes 1 to 38 digitally, while volumes 39 to 48 were released in July.^[8][9]

Anime[edit]

Avex has released the anime in several parts called Stages. One noticeable feature is that it uses Eurobeat music as background music in race scenes, especially by Italian singers.

• Initial D (referred to retroactively by fans as 'First Stage') — 26 episodes (1998)
• Initial D Second Stage — 13 episodes (1999)
• Initial D Extra Stage — 2-episode OVA side-story focusing on Impact Blue (2000)
• Initial D Third Stage — a 114-minute movie (2001)
• Initial D Fourth Stage — 24 episodes (2004–2006)
• Initial D Extra Stage 2 — a 50-minute OVA side-story focusing on Mako and Iketani (2008)
• Initial D Fifth Stage — 14 episodes (2012–2013)^[10]
• Initial D: Final Stage — 4 episodes (TV), compilation movie (DVD/Blu-ray) (2014)
• New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening — feature movie (2014)
• New Initial D the Movie - Legend 2: Racer — feature movie (2015)
• New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Dream — feature movie (2016)

The Battle Stages are Musical Films serving as a compilation of the racing action scenes in the preceding series reanimated and remastered with more advanced CGI and stripped of all but minimal character dialog. It also features hidden battles that were only featured in the manga and not in the anime such as Keisuke's race against Smiley,

• Initial D Battle Stage — a 50-minute movie (2002)
• Initial D Battle Stage 2 — a 1-hour movie (2007)
• Note that Battle Stage 2 is a compilation of races from Fourth Stage with unchanged CGI, even for the hidden battles.

In 1998, Initial D was adapted into an animated television series produced by OB Planning and Prime Direction. The first episode premièred on Fuji TV on April 8, 1998. The initial series ran for 26 weekly episodes with the finale airing on December 5, 1998.

The second series, named 'Second Stage', aired from October 14, 1999 to January 20, 2000 with a one-week break over the New Year period. This was followed by animated feature film in 2001 and an OVA documenting all battles from the previous three stages, with the battles from First Stage being re-animated.

Initial D: Third Stage was a feature film covering the story arcs between the second and fourth stage, released in Japan on January 13, 2001. It earned a distribution income of ¥520 million ($6.52 million) at the Japanese box office.^[11]

In 2004, Initial D: Fourth Stage aired on SkyPerfecTV's pay-per-view service, airing two episodes back-to-back every two months. 24 episodes were made until the final episodes were aired in February 2006.

Following Second Stage in 2000, Initial D: Extra Stage was aired as a spinoff to the original series. This story focused on the all-female Impact Blue team of Usui Pass and their point of view of the recent events of Second Stage and the upcoming Third Stage movie. This was followed by Extra Stage 2 in 2008, which look at the relationship between Impact Blue's Mako Sato and Iketani of the SpeedStars (following on from the original side-story in the manga).

Eight years after the release of 'Fourth Stage' in 2004, Animax aired 'Initial D: Fifth Stage'. Animax has aired the series on a pay-per-view basis on SKY PerfecTV!'s Perfect Choice Premier 1 channel.^[12] The first two episodes aired on November 9, 2012. The rest of the episodes were broadcast two per month till May 10, 2013.^[12]

In 2014, 'Initial D: Final Stage' became the latest installment in the anime series. Animax has aired its first two episodes on a pay-per-view basis on its own brand new ANIMAX PLUS channel, on May 16, 2014, on its new subscription VOD (Video On Demand) service, which allows subscribers to watch all the latest anime series. Initial D Final Stage will start right after where Fifth Stage left off. There are a total of four episodes that makes up this mini stage.^[13] The final two episodes were broadcast on June 22, 2014.

Since the anime's original run, Japanese musical group m.o.v.e has performed all of the opening and some ending themes of the series. This followed on from the success of one of their first hits, 'Around the World', which was used as the first opening of First Stage. Their latest single to be used in the series is called 'Outsoar The Rainbow' and it is used as Final Stage's opening.^[14] They had another recent unreleased song, 'Days'. It was played on the finale of 'Final Stage'.

Like in the manga, Tokyopop change elements of the anime to suit Western audiences. As well as changing the names and used western slang, the company also changed the anime's music from the series' staple eurobeat tracks to originally developed tracks of rap and hip-hop via Stu Levy (DJ Milky), the Tokyopop CEO and an in-house musician.^[15]

In 2006, Funimation Entertainment announced that it would be distributing the DVDs of the anime (since Tokyopop's original distributor went bankrupt). This new distribution was marked by slightly revised packaging and two box sets corresponding to the licensed seasons Tokyopop had dubbed, although the DVDs themselves were exactly the same as the original Tokyopop release.

Tokyopop had completed an English dubbed version of Third Stage, and reportedly screened it at the Big Apple Anime Fest on August 29, 2003.^[16] They briefly mentioned that their version of Third Stage would retain the original Japanese soundtrack, in contrast to their treatment of the anime series. This version of the film was never released on DVD, nor was it ever mentioned by Tokyopop past the original announcement.

At the New York Anime Festival 2009, Funimation Entertainment announced that it would be re-releasing and re-dubbing Initial D: First Stage, Second Stage, Extra Stage, Third Stage, and Fourth Stage. Their release included a brand new English dub and retained the original music from the Japanese in an uncut format. Funimation released the series out of order, with the Third and Fourth Stages releasing before the First and Second Stages.^[17] Funimation has not specified whether or not they will dub and release Extra Stage 2 (the first Extra Stage was included in the Second Stage box set) or either of the Battle Stages, nor have they made a decision about 5th Stage and Final Stage.

Animated feature film series[edit]

In July 2013 it was announced that another feature film titled New Initial D the Movie and a last anime series, Initial D Final Stage, will be produced.^[18] The movie is a retelling of the early Stages with a wholly new voice cast and is split into three parts, with the first part released on August 23, 2014.^[19]

Games[edit]

• Initial D Gaiden — 1998 — Game Boy
• Initial D — 1999 — Sega Saturn
• Initial D — 1999 — PS1
• Initial D: Ryosuke Takahashi's Fastest Typing-theory — 2001 — PS2
• Initial D Arcade Stage / Initial D — 2002 — Arcade (NAOMI 2)
• Initial D Another Stage — 2002 — GBA
• Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.2 / Initial D Ver.2 — 2003 — Arcade (NAOMI 2)
• Initial D Collectible Card Game — 2003 — Collectible Card Game
• Initial D: Special Stage — 2003 — PS2
• Initial D Mountain Vengeance — 2004 — PC)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 3 / Initial D Version 3 — 2004 — Arcade (NAOMI 2)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 4 / Initial D 4 — 2006 — Arcade (Lindbergh)
• Initial D: Street Stage — 2006 — PSP
• Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited — 2007 — Arcade (Lindbergh)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Kai — 2008 — Arcade (Lindbergh)
• Initial D Extreme Stage — 2008 — PS3
• Initial D Arcade Stage 5 — 2009 — Arcade (Lindbergh)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA — 2011 — Arcade (RingEdge)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 7 AAX — 2012 — Arcade (RingEdge)
• Initial D Arcade Stage 8 ∞ (Infinity) — 2014 — Arcade (RingEdge / RingEdge 2)
• Initial D: Perfect Shift Online — 2014 — Nintendo 3DSeShop (free-to-play)
• Initial D Arcade Stage Zero — 2017 — Arcade (Sega Nu2)
• Initial D RPG — Sony Ericsson mobile phone

The Initial D Arcade Stagearcade video game series has sold approximately 7,111 hardware units in Japan up until 2007, grossing approximately $24 million in hardware sales.^[a]

Live-action film[edit]

A live-action film based on Initial D was released on June 23, 2005 in Asia. The movie was jointly produced by Japan's Avex Inc. and Hong Kong's Media Asia Group. It was directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, whose credits include the 2002 Hong Kong blockbuster Infernal Affairs. The adaptation featured Taiwanese singer Jay Chou as Takumi Fujiwara and Hong Kong stars Edison Chen as Ryosuke Takahashi and Shawn Yue as Takeshi Nakazato. Despite many changes to the original story, the movie was met with critical acclaim and was nominated for multiple awards, including Best Picture, at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards, winning many of them.

A sequel has been in discussion since the following year after the movie has debuted. However, a concrete conclusion could not be reached due to several obstacles which includes the storyline, filming locations, casts, and safety reasons. As of March 2015, director and producer, Andrew Lau, has once again reconfirmed in an exclusive interview that a sequel will surely follow but is tight-lipped on the release date. Jay Chou and Edison Chen will reprise their roles in the sequel.

Soundtracks[edit]

The anime series sold 700,000 soundtrack album units up until 2000.^[22] At a price of ¥3,146,^[23][24] soundtrack album sales grossed approximately ¥2,202.2 million. The live-action film's theme songs sold 1.2million units, grossing approximately ¥1.232 billion.^[b] In total, the franchise sold approximately 1.9million soundtrack units, grossing approximately ¥3,434.2 million ($43.04 million) in soundtrack sales. Some of their most famous soundtracks include 'Deja Vu' and 'Running in the 90's'.

Reception[edit]

Commercial reception[edit]

As of July 2013, collected tankōbon volumes of the Initial D manga series sold 48million copies.^[25] At an average price of ¥691,^[26][27] the manga has grossed approximately ¥33.2 billion ($416.09 million) in tankōbon volume sales. In addition, the total circulation of its manga chapters in Weekly Young Magazine issues between 6 November 1995 and 29 July 2013^[5] amounted to approximately 1,037,447,413 copies, with those issues grossing approximately ¥228,994,579,120 ($2.856 billion) in sales revenue.^[c]

The Initial D anime series sold over 1million DVD units in Japan up until 2008.^[28] At an average price of ¥5,184,^[29][30] video sales grossed approximately ¥5.2 billion up until 2008. Initial D Fifth Stage (2012) sold 157,598 home video units, grossing ¥408.3 million.^[31] In Japan, the live-action Hong Kong film sold 250,000 DVD units, grossing approximately ¥998 million ($13 million).^[32] In total, the franchise has sold approximately 1.41million video units in Japan, grossing approximately ¥6.61 million ($83 million) in video sales revenue.

The Initial D Third Stage anime film grossed ¥520 million ($6.52 million) at the Japanese box office.^[33] The anime New Initial D the Movie trilogy grossed $2,660,288 at the East Asian box office.^[d] The live-action Initial D Hong Kong film grossed US$11 million at the worldwide box office.^[34] Combined, the Initial D films have grossed approximately $20.02 million at the worldwide box office.

Critical response[edit]

Initial D received praise. The Anime Review rated it A-, with the reviewer calling it 'simply the best show I've seen in a long time.'^[35] Bamboo Dong of Anime News Network rated it B-, stating it 'is the first time in a long while since I've been so fired up about a series, so I recommend to everyone to at least check this out.'^[36]

Some fans of Initial D reacted negatively to the Tokyopop's extensive editing and changes made in the English-language version of the manga. Similar reactions were made towards their English dub's script and voice acting, and the removal of the original music from the anime series. Tokyopop said that it was trying to Americanize the series so it could be aired on television, while at the same time keeping the Japanese spirit of the series.^[37]

According to Funimation officials, the re-release of the anime has 'done well'.^[38] Reviews of the series note a marked improvement from the Tokyopop iteration, with most complaints leveled against the lack of anamorphic widescreen on the DVDs.

Initial D has drawn comparisons to the later Fast & Furious film franchise (debuted 2001), particularly Tokyo Drift (2006),^[39][40] for which Initial D's consultant Keiichi Tsuchiya served as a stunt coordinator and stuntman.^[41][42]

Notes[edit]

1. ^See Initial D Arcade Stage § Reception
2. ^See Initial D (film) § Soundtrack
3. ^See Weekly Young Magazine § Circulation
4. ^See New Initial D the Movie § Box office

References[edit]

1. ^'Initial D'. Funimation. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
2. ^'Initial D Zip Zaps Available Now'. IGN. October 17, 2003. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
3. ^'The Legendary Tofu Delivery Car Drifts to Yushi-Con'. Anime News Network. July 25, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
4. ^'TOKYOPOP Inc. Out of Print Titles'. Tokyopop. 1Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.' Retrieved on September 10, 2009.
5. ^ ^ab'Initial D Manga's Final Chapter to be Published This Month'. Anime News Network. 2013-07-18. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
6. ^'Editors Note. Name Changes in Initial D, English Language Version.' Initial D Volume 2. Tokyopop.
7. ^Tokyopop Confirms its Kodansha Manga Licenses Will End. August 31, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
8. ^Sherman, Jennifer (April 17, 2019). 'Comixology, Kodansha Comics Release Complete Initial D Manga in English'. Anime News Network. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
9. ^Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 20, 2019). 'Kodansha USA Announces 4 New Shōjo Manga Licenses, Release of Volumes 39-48 of Initial D Manga'. Anime News Network. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
10. ^'Initial D Fifth Stage #07 (13 story, 14 Story)'. Perfect Choice. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
11. ^'2001年度 日本映画・外国映画 業界総決算 経営/製作/配給/興行のすべて'. Kinema Junpo (2002年（平成14年）2月下旬号): 138. 2002.
12. ^ ^ab'「頭文字D」新アニメはアニマックス presents PPVで放送'. Comic Natalie. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
13. ^'「頭文字D」イニシャル'. Animax. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
14. ^[1]. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
15. ^Open letter from Tokyopop. Retrieved 3 June 2006.
16. ^BAAF to Screen Initial D Third Stage March 17, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2012
17. ^2009 press release. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
18. ^Initial D Car-Racing Manga Gets New Anime Film & Final Stage Anime. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
19. ^New Initial D Car-Racing Anime Teaser Reveals Film Trilogy. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
20. ^'Initial D World - Discussion Board / Forums – History of Fujiwara Tofu Shop'. Initial D World Forums. October 20, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
21. ^'The Real Life Initial D On Display - Speedhunters'. Speedhunters. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
22. ^これがアニメビジネスだ. 2002. p. 107.
23. ^'「頭文字D」SOUND FILES vol.1'. Oricon. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
24. ^'頭文字D Second Stage サウンドファイルズ'. Oricon. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
25. ^'頭文字D ： 人気'走り屋'マンガ次週完結　18年の歴史に幕'. Mainichi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
26. ^'頭文字(イニシャル)D 1'. Oricon. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
27. ^'頭文字＜イニシャル＞D 45'. Oricon. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
28. ^'2年半ぶりの完全新作！「頭文字［イニシャル］D Extra Stage2～旅立ちのグリーン～」が12月5日にリリース！'. Newtype. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
29. ^'頭文字(イニシャル)D VOLUME-1'. Oricon. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
30. ^'頭文字[イニシャル]D VOLUME-7'. Oricon. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
31. ^'2000-Present, Average Sales of 10,000 or More'. Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
32. ^'19th Annual Business Report'. Avex Group. 2006. p. 13. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
33. ^'2001年度 日本映画・外国映画 業界総決算 経営/製作/配給/興行のすべて'. Kinema Junpo. Kinema Junposha (2002年（平成14年）2月下旬号): 138. February 2002.
34. ^'TAU MAN JI D (INITIAL D)'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
35. ^'Initial D - Stage 1'. The Anime Review. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
36. ^'Review - Initial D'. Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
37. ^'Tokyopop Open Letter regarding Initial D.' Tokyopop at Anime News Network. July 13, 2002. Retrieved on September 28, 2009.
38. ^'Funimation's Live Feed from Otakon 10.' July 30, 2010. Retrieved on March 27, 2012.
39. ^Francisco, Eric (April 13, 2017). 'These 9 Sweet Action Comics Will Thrill 'Fast & Furious' Fans'. Inverse.
40. ^'7 Anime Fast & Furious Fans Would Totally Dig'. Geek & Sundry. April 18, 2017.
41. ^Fast & Furious 6. '10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Fast & Furious Films'. BuzzFeed.
42. ^The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (DVD).

External links[edit]

• Initial D at Kodansha's official site(in Japanese)
• Avex webpage for Initial D(in Japanese)
• Initial D Fifth Stage Official Website - Animax(in Japanese)
• Initial D Games Official Website - Sega
• Initial D Games Official Website - Sega(in Japanese)
• Initial D (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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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 pitch and real life, forming a partnership soon to be renowned as the 'Golden Duo' or 'dynamic duo' of Nankatsu. Soon Tsubasa and his Nankatsu team start taking on the best of elementary school football, meeting 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.

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Tsubasa leaves Japan for Brazil and starts playing, with his mentor Roberto as the manager, for São Paulo^[4] (F.C. Brancos in the anime),^[5] in Brazil's premier professional league, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, winning the final against Flamengo (F.C. Domingos in the anime) 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 background, as well Flamengo star striker Carlos Santana, a prodigious yet emotionless talent.

Enthusiastic football-loving youngster 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 professional team. After arriving in Italy, however, Shingo gets tricked by a man who gives him fraudulent promises of getting him selected for an Italian team. After Shingo is taken to a badly furnished field, the man runs away, stealing all his money. Shingo realizes that he is swindled and tries hard to get his money back, doing such jobs as shoe-shining, until his enthusiastic attitude catches the eye of one of the coaches of Inter Milan (Intina in the anime), who sign him to play for their squad 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 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 win in the 'Great Final' the World Youth Championship, defeating Brazil 3–2 after extra time with Tsubasa scoring a hat-trick and the golden goal despite the fact that Brazil used a new player at the extra time 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^[6] (FC Catalunya in the anime), in the Spanish Liga, after the end of the FIFA World Youth Championship final, taking his childhood friend 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^[6] (Catalunya in the anime), Kojiro Hyuga is bought by Juventus F.C. (F.C. Piemonte in the anime). Tsubasa plays very well in training, displaying all his skills, but the Dutch coach Van Saal (Edward in the anime, inspired by Louis van Gaal, who coached Barcelona at the time) demotes him to FC Barcelona B,^[6] the reserve team that plays in the second division, because Tsubasa and Rivaul (inspired by Rivaldo) cannot play together whilst Rivaul holds a key position for playmaking.^[5]

Meanwhile, Kojiro Hyuga plays for his first game for Juventus (Piemonte in the anime) against Parma in the Italian Serie A, but does not score because of his physical imbalance. Juventus coach Carlo Monetti replaces him with David Trezeguet (David Tresaga in the anime), who scores the winning goal as Juventus beat Parma 1–0.

In Germany, Genzo Wakabayashi^[1] and his Bundesliga team, Hamburger SV (Grunwald in the anime version), play against FC Bayern Munich (Routburg in the anime version), led by Karl Heinz Schneider. Wakabayashi makes many great saves, impressing players and coaches from both teams, but in an attempt to win at the final moment despite the coach's decision to aim for a draw, Wakabayashi left the goal area to take a free kick shot that was stopped at the last second, which gave Bayern a chance to counterattack on an undefended 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 old rival Carlos Santana) ends 2–2. Tsubasa watches the match from the tribune (in the anime version, Tsubasa plays as a substitute in the match and scores a goal).

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In the second stage 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 Izawa and Sawada, 2-1. In other J.League matches, FC Tokyo, led by Misugi, draws 1–1 with Consadole Sapporo, led by Matsuyama.^[7] 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 lineup because of an injury of his rival Rivaul as well as the disastrous results of the Barcelona (one point in four matches) and plays the Súper Clásico against Real Madrid C.F., who have just bought his old 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 training and he makes his debut scoring a hat-trick.^[8]

Golden-23[edit]

While Tsubasa plays for Barcelona against Real Valladolid, recording a goal and an assist in a 2–0 win, 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 preparation 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 great skills, scoring two goals in a training 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 former coach of the U-20 national team, tries unsuccessfully to convince Soga, a Japanese player who plays in CR Vasco da Gama, to join the national team. Meanwhile, Tsubasa's wife Sanae informs him that she is pregnant. 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. A lot of teams were interested in signing Wakabayashi such us ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma, Bayern Munich and SV Werder Bremen.

Meanwhile, Minato Gamo wants to convince Igawa, a player who can play in all the roles (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward), to join the national team. Also in Spain, Barcelona plays a league match against Real Betis and Tsubasa scores two goals and makes an assist for Rikaar. In Japan, Wakabayashi joins the national team.

The match 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 beginning of the match, Nigeria has the first great opportunity to score the first goal in the match with a penalty kick, but the Japanese goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi saves in corner kick. Wakabayashi saves another shot and makes an assist for Ken Wakashimazu, who scores a goal with an overhead kick. However, Nigeria scores two goals with Bobang and Ochado. At the end of the first half, Nigeria is winning 2–1. Meanwhile, Minato Gamo convinces Gakuto Igawa to join the national team. The second 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) quickly scores a goal. However, Barcelona replies quickly and Tsubasa scores two goals.

The Asia qualifications begins and Japan beats Malaysia (6-0 for the first match and 5–0 for the return match), Thailand (2–0 for the first match, 3–0 for the return match) and Bahrain (3–0 for the first match and 5-0 for the return match) and qualifies to the third round. In the third 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 last 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 plaied a playoff against Australia. Japan scores the first 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[edit]

One-shot released in Japan in 2009, which comprises 24 chapters. This one-shot tells the Serie C1 final season 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 first half, showing to be strongly improved in physical game. However, in the second half, Albese reacts and scores two goals. Hyuga eventually scores the victory goal in the last minute, allowing his team to be promoted into Serie B. Albese is disappointed for its defeat because they wrongly 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 place, and this means that both Reggiana (1st) and Albese (2nd) are promoted. Both teams celebrate their promotion.

Spain[edit]

This one-shot started in February 2010, in order to celebrate the series' 30th 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 referee. The match goes on and Rivaul finally scores a genuine goal, followed by one from Real Madrid. In the second half, Natureza scores the second goal 10 minutes before the end of the match. Tsubasa scores the draw goal with a flying drive shot in the added time and the match ends 2–2.

Production[edit]

Yoichi Takahashi was delighted by association football after seeing the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The matches, players and fans' love towards the sport inspired him to write a manga about football.^[10] 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.^[9] Despite football not being popular in Japan, Takahashi aimed to depict it through his manga and to reach the general public.^[10] Because of the non-popularity of the subject, getting the approval to write the manga by its publisher, Shueisha, took between 2 and 3 years, which was also difficult since it was his first manga.^[9] Rather than using professional players, the manga author instead used children as protagonists, hoping readers would identify themselves with the cast. Nevertheless, Takahashi already had in mind that through the series the main characters would grow up and become professionals.^[10]

In the making of the cast, Takahashi designed multiple characters with different traits in order to deliver multiple traits that would serve as obstacles for Tsubasa to surpass. The large number 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 protagonist's. As a result, 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 long and thus a defeat would reduce its length.^[10] While the series was initially aimed at children, Takahashi was surprised at how, across the years, it has also attracted adults, as well as at the impact it had on Japan's football. When talking about its themes, Takahashi stated the main one is honor, which is meant to be superior than money, something which people value more.^[10]

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 decision taken at random and joked that Tsubasa would have joined the Real Madrid if he had visited Santiago Bernabéu.^[11] 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 adult, Rivaul becomes his mentor.^[12]

As of 2010, the manga had not been translated into English, but French, Italian, German, and Spanish had been published.^[13] As of 2017, several volumes were available in an official Arabic translation and a third of the first print run of these were donated to Syrian refugee children by the publisher, Kinokuniya.^[14]

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

The first manga is Captain Tsubasa published 1981–1988 in Weekly Shōnen Jump in a total of 37 volumes.^[15][16]

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• Captain Tsubasa Boku wa Misaki Taro (I am Taro Misaki) (1984, one-shot)^[17]
• Captain Tsubasa: Saikyo no teki: Holland Youth (1993, one-shot)
• Captain Tsubasa: 'World Youth' Saga (1994–1997 in Weekly Shōnen Jump; 18 volumes)^[18][19]
• Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001–2004 in Weekly Young Jump; 15 volumes, 144 chapters)^[20][21]
• Captain Tsubasa Millennium Dream (2000, one-shot)^[22]
• 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)^[23][24]
• 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)^[25][26]
  • En La Liga (February 2010 – February 2012 in Weekly Young Jump; 6 volumes)^[27][28]
• Captain Tsubasa Live Together (2010, one-shot)
• Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun (2013-ongoing, 9 volumes)^[29]

Novels[edit]

• Captain Tsubasa Mirai Bunko (2013–2014): a trilogy of light novels by Hitomi Wada retells the first story arc of Captain Tsubasa.^[30][31]

Anime[edit]

The original Captain Tsubasa manga series was quickly adapted into an TV animation series, produced by Tsuchida Production, whose first season premiered in Japan on the TV Tokyo network between October 10, 1983 and March 27, 1986. This first series adapts the first 25 volumes. Four animated movies followed soon after, between 1985 and 1986, continuing the storyline. In 1989 a new animation 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 volume 25 to volume 36.

The animation series was followed soon after into a second sequel, entitled Captain Tsubasa J, produced by Studio Comet, which aired between October 21, 1994 and December 22, 1995 in Japan on the Fuji TV network and spanned 47 episodes, as well an original video animation series, Captain Tsubasa: Holland Youth, which was published in 1994.^[32]

The animated series was continued on further into a third sequel, Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream, also known as Captain Tsubasa ~ Road to 2002, animated by Group TAC, which aired in Japan by TV 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 animation satellite television network Animax across its original network in Japan and later across its respective networks worldwide, including East Asia, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions. English dubs of all series have aired on Animax Asia^{[33][34][35][36]} and some episodes of the English dub were released on VCDs by Speedy Video Malaysia.^{[35][37][38][39]} It has been broadcast across several other regions around the world, including Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

In 2018, Captain Tsubasa has a new anime also broadcast in TV Tokyo.^[40] It is directed by Toshiyuki Kato and produced by David Production.^[41]Viz Media have licensed the new anime series.^[42] The series aired from April 2, 2018 to April 1, 2019. An English dub began airing on Primo TV in the United States beginning August 4, 2018.^[43] 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.^[44][45][46]

Video games[edit]

Captain Tsubasa has been adapted into multiple video games:

• The first one shares the series' name. It was developed by Tecmo for the NES in 1988 using role-playing game elements. It was released in Western regions with multiple changes to the point of renaming it Tecmo Cup Soccer Game in 1992.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa Vol. II: Super Striker^[48]
• Captain Tsubasa VS A 1992 Graphic Research game for the Game Boy.^[49]
• Captain Tsubasa 3: Koutei no Chousen: A 1992 game by Tecmo.^[50]
• Captain Tsubasa IV: Pro no Rival Tachi a 1993 sports game by Tecmo.^[51]
• Captain Tsubasa J: A 1995 Bec arcade game.^[52]
• Captain Tsubasa J: Zenkoku Seiha e no Chousen: A 1995 Bandai game for the Game Boy.^[53]
• Captain Tsubasa J: The Way to World Youth: a 1995 Super Nintendo game by Bandai with RPG elements.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa: a 1994 Sega CD game by Tecmo.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa J: Get In The Tomorrow: A 1995 PlayStation game with traditional sports elements combined with special techniques capable to be used by some players and goalkeepers.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa: Aratanaru Densetsu Joshou: A 2002 WinkySoft game for the PlayStation.^[54]
• Captain Tsubasa: Ougonsedai no Chosen: a 2002 sports game for the Nintendo GameCube.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa: A 2006 PlayStation 2 that combines RPG elements and regular sports games.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa: New Kick Off: A 2010 Nintendo DS game by Konami.^[47]
• Captain Tsubasa Dream Team: A mobile game for Android and iOS.^[47]

Reception and legacy[edit]

The manga series had a circulation of 70,000,000 volumes within Japan as of 2008.^[55] In 2001, the Captain Tsubasa anime series was ranked forty-ninth in Animage's 'Top 100' anime productions list.^[56] The anime adaptation has also been very popular in Japan. In 2005, Japanese television networkTV Asahi conducted a 'Top 100' online web poll and nationwide survey: Captain Tsubasa placed forty-first in the online poll and thirtieth in the survey.^[57][58] In 2006, TV Asahi conducted another online poll for the top one hundred anime and Captain Tsubasa placed sixteenth on 'The Celebrity List'.^[59] The third television series was also highly popular in 2002, earning high ratings.^[60]

Captain Tsubasa has inspired prominent footballers such as Hidetoshi Nakata to play football and choose it as a career,^{[61][62][63][64][65][66]} and also influenced Stephen Chow's film Shaolin Soccer and a line of Adidas running shoes.^[67][68] Manga group Clamp have also produced dōjinshi works related with the Captain Tsubasa characters.^[69]

A bronze statue of Tsubasa Oozora was erected in the neighborhood of the anime's creator in Katsushika, Tokyo in spring 2013.^[70] Tsubasa and Misaki appeared in the video for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the closing ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[71] Tsubasa and Misaki performed their twin shot in one scene and Tsubasa appeared on his own later with his signature overhead kick. In a match from Japan for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Japanese fans held a tifo featuring an illustration from the manga with multiple message that supported the team.^[72]

Nippon also 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 same time influenced others.^[73] Espin Of noted one of series' most notable features was how Tsubasa's skills allowed him to perform goals while his trainings with his teammates also generated appeal to the viewers. His passion for the football and initial relationship with goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi were also noted to be worthy notes.^[74] THEM Anime Reviews noted that Tsubasa obtained a highly international reputation but found the animation from the 1980s dated in the modern times. Additionally, he found Kojiro Hyuga's actions and his trainer's drinking problems might leave negative impressions on viewers. Nevertheless, they found the story appealing and wished it was licensed for an English release.^[75]PublishersWeekly.com highly praised the series, stating that it's surprising length proves the success of the series. Additionally, the manga was noted not for only bringing style to football, but also likable characters which were rightfully adapted in the anime series.^[13] 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.^[76] 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 a realistic growth in comparison to previous works.^[55] In Sport, literature, society : cultural historical studies noted the appeal of both the manga and its title character as one of the main reasons for becoming one of Japan's most popular soccer series referencing its popularity throughout its serialization.^[77]

During the US occupation of Iraq, the Japan Self-Defense Force put Captain Tsubasa stickers on their water trucks. At the same time, the Japan Foundation provided an Arabic-dubbed season of Captain Tsubasa to the largest television station for free.^[78]

In late 2018, the Katsushika City organized the 'Captain Tsubasa Cup, Gotta Win!' campaign during the yearly 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 impact on the city.^[79]

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Further reading[edit]

• 'キャプツバ高橋氏「日向は本田と武藤、香川は翼」 - 日本代表 : 日刊スポーツ'. nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• '２０１４シーズンのプロモーションとして『キャプテン翼』とのコラボレーション決定　『キャプテン翼』の必殺シュートをＪリーグの選手が再現したコラボプロモーションビデオ　「Ｊリーグ×キャプテン翼 DREAM SHOOT」を3月12日(水)から配信：Ｊリーグ.jp'. Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (Press release) (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• 'asahi.com：マンガの力（３）　キャプテン翼の「洗脳」（上） - 文化一般 - 文化・芸能'. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• 'asahi.com：マンガの力（４）　キャプテン翼の「洗脳」（中） - 文化一般 - 文化・芸能'. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• Reck, Gregory G.; Dick, Bruce Allen (2015). American Soccer: History, Culture, Class. McFarland. ISBN9781476617565.
• Kohler, Chris (2004). Power-up : how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life. Indianapolis: BradyGames. pp. 235–236. ISBN9780744004243.

External links[edit]

• (in Japanese)TV Tokyo official Captain Tsubasa anime website
• Captain Tsubasa (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Captain Tsubasa Online

Captain Tsubasa Volume II: Super Striker (キャプテン翼（つばさ） II スーパーストライカーKyaputen Tsubasa II: Sūpā Sutoraikā) is a continuation of the 'Cinematic Soccer' series of games started on the Famicom. Released in 1990 by Tecmo this game is fairly similar to its predecessor but with some slight graphical improvements. It was also the last Tsubasa game to be released on the Family Computer with the series moving to the Super Famicom two years later.

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Plot[edit]

Three years after winning the France World Cup for Japan , Tsubasa Oozora, moves to São Paulo F.C. alongside his coach Roberto. Tsubasa intends to help São Paulo F.C. beat Flamengo and win the Brazilian National Tournament. At the first game of the tournament a Brazilian player named Carlos watches Tsubasa as he plays. After Tsubasa wins the match, Carlos is astounded by his skill. Before the third match, Tsubasa encounters a goalkeeper named Claudio Meon, who challenges him to try score through him. Tsubasa attempts to score using his signature Drive Shot, but, Meon managed to catch the ball. Tsubasa gets shocked that he caught the ball. In the third match after Tsubasa again faces off against Meon, after trying to score through him multiple times. Tsubasa starts to wonder if there is a way to score through Meon, he then figure s it out then develops a new Super Shot, dubbed the Drive Bicycle Kick (Works similar to the Drive Shot, but is shot with a Bicycle Kick), he uses this new move to score through Meon and it worked. After Tsubasa beat Meon, Carlos is still astounded by Tsubasa's skills. An unknown figure, shows up to tell Carlos that Flamengo can still win the Brazilian National Tournament and he has the potential to become a 'Super Striker' then disappear. Carlos wonders who the mysterious figure was and what he meant by the term 'Super Striker'.

Gameplay[edit]

This term refers to the style of the gameplay. Rather than being a straightforward soccersim. Many of the Captain Tsubasa games featured fully animated cut scenes throughout the match leaving the player to make key strategic decisions and then watch the outcome.

Trivia[edit]

Some of the music in this game have remixed versions of the it's predecessor. Such as:

• The Enemy theme from the Rio Cup is remixed from the enemy theme from the National Tournament in Captain Tsubasa (video game).

• The Enemy theme from the High Schools Tournament is remixed from the Enemy theme from the World Tournament in Captain Tsubasa (video game).

• The Hyuga's theme is remixed from his theme in Captain Tsubasa (video game)

• The Penalty Shootout theme is remixed from it's theme in Captain Tsubasa (video game)

Captain Tsubasa Streaming

Glitches[edit]

In the English translation of this game. An unknown glitch in the 4th match occurs (in some cases). Such as if a player is about to use a Super Skill in before (or with) the Extra time. It will show a soccer ball just moving around with a black screen background.

Translations[edit]

Arabic translation[edit]

Circa 1994-1996, the game was unofficially translated and bootlegged into Arabic as 'Captain Majed 2' (Arabic: الكابتن ماجد 2: المهاجم الهداف‎), based on the Arabic dub of the anime, since the show was extremely successful in the Arab world. translated by Extra Ordinary.

English translation[edit]

In 2007, hayabusakunreleased a fan translation as an IPS patch for the Japanese ROM.

Turkish translation[edit]

In 2008, Cruyyford translated game into Turkish, since Captain Tsubasa was popular in Turkey.

Persian translation[edit]

In 2015, Farid finished translation of the game into Persian, since the anime was very popular in Iran.

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