Captain Tsubasa was created in 1981 as a manga series by artist Yoichi Takahashi. When this manga series became very popular, it was also adapted into the anime by the same name. This series of stories tells the adventures and matches of Tsubasa Ozora, the star football player of the Japanese youth team.
The main characters of the series are Tsubasa Ozoora and Genzo as the goalkeeper. From the day he was born until his childhood, Tsubasa is a playing boy who is constantly interested in the soccer ball. Tsubasa’s biggest and perhaps only dream is to become the best football player in the world.
Roberto Hongo, one of the best striker players of the Brazilian National Team for a while, had to quit football due to an eye disease and he knows Tsubasa’s father. Because of this relationship, the famous and successful football player becomes Tsubasa’s coach. And Tsubasa’s dream turns into going to Brazil to improve his football.
As a middle school student who loves football, Tsubasa Ozora dreams of winning the World Cup for Japan in the future. Tsubasa lives with her mother, as her father is a captain who has traveled the world. Tsubasa’s family moves to the city of Nankatsu.
Having to choose one of the two schools in this city, Tsubasa wants to compete with the talented goalkeeper by choosing the other school because the goalkeeper of the special school is very talented. On the one hand, Tsubasa’s school team achieves success in the regional league, with Hongo also coaching Tsubasa’s school team, and children who are very enthusiastic about football take part in this team. On the one hand, Tsubasa, who also encounters many young talents, gains many successes with his team. In the following period, he decides to continue his football in Brazil.
Captain Tsubasa has been one of the most watched cartoons by middle school and primary school children, especially in the 1990s. In addition, Tsubasa’s reputation spread all over the world, which also appeared in arcade and computer games. The combination of football and cartoons has successfully wrapped the target audience of young children on the screen and has included this work among the immortal classics.
