The appeal and reviews of "Shoot! Goal to the Future": New possibilities for soccer anime

Shoot! Goal to the Future

■ Public Media

TV anime series

■ Original Media

comics

■ Broadcast period

July 2, 2022 - September 24, 2022

■TV Broadcast

• AT-X July 2, 2022 to September 24, 2022 (episodes 1 to 13) Every Saturday 23:30 to 0:00
• TOKYO MX July 3, 2022 to September 25, 2022 (1st to 13th episodes) Every Sunday 22:00-22:30
• Shizuoka Television: July 4, 2022 to September 26, 2022 (episodes 1 to 13) Every Monday from 0:30 to 1:00
• Yomiuri TV July 5, 2022 to September 27, 2022 (Episodes 1 to 13) Every Tuesday 1:59 to 2:29
• BS Nippon Television July 6, 2022 to September 28, 2022 (Episodes 1 to 13) Every Wednesday 23:30 to 0:00
• BS Fuji July 7, 2022 to September 29, 2022 (Episodes 1 to 13) Every Thursday 0:30 to 1:00

■ Online distribution

• Hikari TV July 3, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• dTV July 8, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Friday from 22:00
• Anime Times July 8, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Friday at 22:00
• ABEMA July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• ytv MyDo! July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• TVer July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• GYAO! July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• FOD July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• d Anime Store July 10, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Niconico Channel July 10, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Amazon Prime Video July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• U-NEXT July 10, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Animehodai July 10, 2022 (1st to 13th episodes) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Video Market July 10, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• music.jp July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• GYAO! Store July 10, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Bandai Channel July 10, 2022 (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Rakuten TV July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday from 22:00
• TELASA July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• J:COM On Demand July 10, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Sunday from 22:00
• milplus July 10, 2022 - (1st to 13th) Updated every Sunday at 22:00
• Niconico Live Broadcast July 10, 2022 to October 2, 2022 (1st to 13th episodes) Every Sunday 22:30 to 23:00
• au Smart Pass Premium July 12, 2022 - (1st - 13th) Updated every Monday
• HAPPY! Videos July 14, 2022 - (Episodes 1-13) Updated every Thursday at 12:00

■Broadcasting station

AT-X, TOKYO MX

■Frequencies

half an hour

■ Number of Episodes

Episode 13

■Original Story

Oshima Tsukasa "Shoot!"

■ Director

Noriyoshi Nakamura

■ Production

• Animation Production: EMT Squared
• Production/“Shoot! Goal to the Future” Production Committee

■Works

©2022 Tsukasa Oshima/Shoot! Goal to the Future Production Committee

■ Story

Atsushi Kamiya, a former captain of Kakegawa High School and a "world-class warrior" who played for a prestigious Italian team. Hideto Tsuji now attends a weakened Kakegawa High School and tries to distance himself from the soccer club. When the two meet, a new legend begins.

■Explanation

A monumental soccer manga with a total circulation of over 50 million copies, a completely original new anime adaptation has been decided for 2022!! Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine for about 13 years from 1990 to 2003, it was adapted into an anime in 1993, won the Kodansha Manga Award in the Shonen category in 1994, and a live-action movie was released in the same year. The monumental soccer manga by Oshima Tsukasa with a total circulation of 50 million copies has been decided to be adapted into the latest anime!! There are many memorable scenes such as "The legendary 11 players passing" and "Do you like soccer?", and it has many fans not only among manga fans but also among soccer players, transcending the boundaries between professional and amateur. It has been translated and published in various languages ​​in various countries and regions, including English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian, and the anime has also been aired in North America and Europe.

■Cast

• Hideto Tsuji/Chiaki Kobayashi
• Sei Kazema/Yuki Ono
• Subaru Kurokawa/Shunichi Toki
• Kohei Kokubo/Shinba Tsuchiya
• Ryu Sahara/Tomoaki Maeno
• Takumi Sonoda/Shunichi Saito
• Hitoshi Namioka/Kentaro Mashiro
• Souma Hayashi/Ryunosuke Matsumura
• Ryuji Ameya/Ryota Suzuki
• Kiriya Nakano/Yuya Hirose
• Hinata Tatsunami/Daisuke Hirose
• Kei Matsuhashi/Yugo Sato
• Kazuki Yamaguchi/Yuya Yasuzumi
• Arata Matsukata/Atsushi Tamaru
• Mamoru Takaida/Wataru Tsuyuzaki
• Ryo Miyoshi/Shuichiro Umeda
• Shindai Aoi/Yuji Kameyama
• Masaya Sudo/Joichiro Yoshida
• Manabu Nakajo/Yuuri Ise
• Narimiya, Achilles, Balterink/Tomohiro Shiozaki
• Michiru Sakurada/Masaya Wada
• Takeshi Shimoda/Kyosuke Nitta
• Ayumu Goto/Takahide Ishii
• Yuki Chiba/Tomohiro Omachi
• Ayaka Tsuji/Kana Ueda
• Coach Nomada/Yuki Sanpei
• Professor Kanie/Wataru Tsuyuzaki
• Andrea/Ryota Iwasaki
• Sergio/Fumiya Imai
• Sergio's Mother / Kanata Tanaka
• Takeo/Akemi Okamura
• Director Hamano/Yujiro Kakuta
• Fuyu Itoda / Kotaro Nishiyama
• Hide Kato/Haruto Miki
• Hirokazu Konishi/Ryoto Nakajima
• Kosei Oka/Toru Akiyoshi
• Kenji Hanyu/Yoshinori Murakami
• Shinobu Hashimoto/Shojiro Yokoi
• Shogo Hikita/Masaya Wada
• Kota Hazawa/Yuuri Ise
• Kurokawa (childhood)/Akari Yuino
• Kazama (childhood)/Natsumi Fujiwara
• Kishitani/Yuki Inoue
• Kurokawa and Mother/Nitta Kyosuke
• Atsushi Kamiya/Yuichiro Umehara
• Yoshiharu Kubo/Kosuke Toriumi
• Toshihiko Tanaka/Shotaro Morikubo
• Kazuhiro Hiramatsu/Daisuke Hirakawa

■ Main staff

• Original story/Oshima Tsukasa "Shoot!" (published by Kodansha "Kodansha Manga Bunko")
• Planning: BoaSolchi Management, Crunchyroll
• Director: Noriyoshi Nakamura
• Assistant Director: Junichi Kitamura
• Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
• Original character concept, character design: Yukiko Akiyama
• Art Director: Satoru Kuwahara
• Color design/Iwami Mika
• Costume design, prop design: Tomomi Sugiyama
• Sound Director: Koji Yamamoto
• Music: Command S.inc
• Music producer/Yusuke Suga
• Music Production: Sankreid
• Director of photography: Tomoyuki Shiokawa
• Edited by Motoki Niimi
• Football Technical Cooperation / Shinji Ono
• Soccer Supervision/Tomonosuke Katsumata
• Planning Director: Nobuhiko Kurosu, Shinji Omori, Toru Umemoto
• Producers: Nobuhiko Kurosu, Masaaki Toita, Shinji Hayashi, Yuki Sato, Hideaki Miyamoto, So Murakami, Toyokazu Nakahigashi, Yasuhiro Takano, Yoshiyasu Oyama, Taketo Yoshida, Dynamite Tommy, Norito Isotani, Takefumi Kanari
• Animation producer/Hatora Ayumu
• Supervisor: Tetsu Dezaki
• Animation Production: EMT Squared, Magic Bus
• Production/“Shoot! Goal to the Future” Production Committee

■ Main Characters

●Kakegawa High School

• Hideto Tsuji is the protagonist of this work. He started playing soccer at a young age and showed his skills as an ace striker, scoring many goals, but after a certain incident he realized that his talent was being brought out by those around him, so he quit soccer and spent his days immersed in games.
• Subaru Kurokawa is a first-year student in the soccer club at Kakegawa High School. He is a technician who supports the entire team with his excellent passing, dribbling and other skills. His hotline with his childhood friend Fuma is a major source of points. He is a hard worker who supports Fuma in everyday life and is considerate of those around him.
• Fuma Narikakegawa High School Soccer Club 1st year. He leads the team with his natural height and power. He has a passionate personality, but because of that he often clashes with those around him. He is childhood friends with his teammate Kurokawa and trusts him.
• Sahara Ryu is a third-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer team. He calls himself Kakegawa's speedster and plays the key role of a forward. He is a player who symbolizes the current Kakegawa, and does not want to face the outcome of the game. To put it in a good way, he is a mood maker. He has talent but no motivation. On the other hand, he is a bit of a troublesome senior who feels it is annoying to lose to his juniors.
• Takumi Sonoda is a third-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer club. He is a midfielder who supports the team from the middle with a broad perspective. He originally joined the club with enthusiasm, but was swept away by the club's decadent atmosphere and ended up spending his time carelessly. As if to symbolize the weakened Kakegawa, even when they lose a match, he doesn't feel any regret, but just smiles and lets it go. However, he also has a caring side, as a captain.
• Namioka is a second-year student in the soccer club at Kakegawa High School. He loves soccer, but has no talent for it, and serves as the team manager. He is the team's wife, taking the initiative to act for the team, such as collecting information about other teams and being the first to speak up when the team is in crisis.
• Ryuji Amatani is a second-year student in the soccer club at Kakegawa High School. He has a gentle and timid personality, so he tends to be influenced by the atmosphere around him, but deep down he seems to have a passionate heart. He is the backbone of the team and the conscience of the club. He has a relatively strong core thanks to his experience in mountain climbing, influenced by his grandfather.
• Souma Hayashi is a second-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer club. He is a key player in the defense, playing center back alongside Yamaguchi. His strength in contests is his selling point. He also has a caring side, supporting his juniors.
• Tatsunami Hinata is a second-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer team. She is a fullback who runs up the left wing. She has a stylish hairstyle and thin eyes, but contrary to her appearance, she is the type who speaks her mind.
• Kei Matsuhashi is a second-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer club. He is a midfielder who carries the ball with great energy. He has a strong sense of responsibility and is usually cheerful, but he tends to dwell on his own mistakes.
• Kazuki Yamaguchi is a second-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer club. He plays as a center back with Hayashi. His strengths are his adaptability and flexibility, allowing him to play any position skillfully. Apparently, he's actually quite popular.
• Kiriya Nakano is a second-year student in the Kakegawa High School soccer club. He plays as a right back and participates in both offense and defense. He has a naive side, which can sometimes cause trouble for everyone.
• Atsushi Kamiya is an alumnus of Kakegawa High School and one of the founding members of the soccer club. During his active career, he was called the "fighting general" and feared for his passionate playing style. After dropping out of high school, he went to Europe and played as an ace. He is a famous player who was also selected for the Japanese national team.

●Nomata High School

• Kohei Kokubo is Tsuji's childhood friend and former teammate. He has a unique sense and assisted Tsuji's goals. He was a pair with Tsuji until junior high school, but he decided to study abroad in England and traveled there. He has now returned to Japan and is a member of the Nomada High School soccer club.

■Subtitle

• Episode 1: Uproar (2022/07/02)
• Episode 2: Loser Group (2022/07/09)
• Episode 3: The one who leaves (2022/07/16)
• Episode 4: Shaking (2022/07/23)
• Episode 5: Old Friend (2022/07/30)
• Episode 6: Neapolitan (2022/08/06)
• Episode 7/Training Camp (2022/08/13)
• Episode 8: Thread (2022/08/20)
• Episode 9: Collapse (2022/08/27)
• Episode 10: Emptiness (2022/09/03)
• Episode 11: Left Foot (2022/09/10)
• Episode 12: Solitary (2022/09/17)
• Episode 13: The Beginning (2022/09/24)

■ Related works

• Blue Legend Shoot!
• Blue Legend Shoot! Movie Edition

■ Theme songs and music

• OP1
• Aoleid
• Lyrics by Airien
• Composer: Kengo Minamida
• Arrangement/Soft Boiled Rockers, Kengo Minamida
• Sung by Airi Miyagawa
• ED1
• RIVALS
• Lyrics by Ra-U
• Composer: Ra-U
• Arrangement: Seiji Kameda
• Song: All at Once

Shoot! Goal to the Future - Shoot! Goal to the Future Review and Recommendation

"Shoot! Goal to the Future" is a new anime series based on the classic soccer manga "Shoot!" by Tsukasa Oshima, which was broadcast in 2022. The work, which has a total circulation of over 50 million copies, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1990 to 2003, and was made into an anime in 1993. It won the Kodansha Manga Award in the Boys' category in 1994, and a live-action movie was released in the same year. Its popularity and influence are immense, and it has many fans among soccer players, both professional and amateur. It has been translated and published in various countries and regions, including English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian, and the anime has even been aired in North America and Europe.

This new anime is a completely original story that can be enjoyed by fans of the original work as well as new viewers. The story centers on two characters: Atsushi Kamiya, a former captain of Kakegawa High School who played for a prestigious Italian team, and Hideto Tsuji, who is trying to distance himself from soccer. The setting that their meeting marks the beginning of a new legend is sure to raise viewers' expectations.

Story and Characters

The story is set in the weakened Kakegawa High School soccer club. Hideto Tsuji has loved soccer since he was a child and was an ace striker, but after a certain incident he realized that his talent was being brought out by those around him, so he left soccer and spent his days immersed in games. Meanwhile, Atsushi Kamiya is an alumnus of Kakegawa High School and one of the founding members of the soccer club. During his active days, he was known as the "fighting general" and was feared for his passionate playing style. After dropping out of high school, he went to Europe, where he became an ace striker and was selected for the Japanese national team.

The meeting between Tsuji Hideto and Kamiya Atsushi symbolizes the rebirth of the Kakegawa High School soccer team and the beginning of a new legend. Influenced by Kamiya Atsushi, Tsuji Hideto regains his passion for soccer and leads the team. Meanwhile, through Tsuji Hideto, Kamiya Atsushi rediscovers his pure love for soccer that he had forgotten. The relationship between these two is the core of the story and what draws viewers in.

The members of the Kakegawa High School soccer team are also very unique and leave a strong impression on viewers. Kurokawa Subaru is a technician with outstanding skills, and his hotline with his childhood friend Kazemaru is the team's main source of points. Kazemaru leads the team with his height and power, but his passionate personality sometimes causes him to clash with those around him. Sahara Ryu is a self-proclaimed speedster and a mood maker who refuses to face the issue of winning or losing a game. Sonoda Takumi is a midfielder who supports the team with a broad perspective, but is swept away by the club's decadent atmosphere. Namioka Jin has no sense of soccer, but he is the manager and wife who supports the team. As these characters' worries and growth are depicted, the growth of the team as a whole is depicted.

Animation and performance

The animation was produced by EMT Squared and Magic Bus, and the director was Nakamura Noriyoshi. Character design was done by Akiyama Yukiko, who faithfully reproduced the atmosphere of the original while bringing out new charms. The depiction of the soccer scenes in particular is realistic and powerful, thanks to the cooperation of Ono Shinji in soccer techniques and the soccer supervision of Katsumata Tomonosuke. The tension of the game and the movements of the players are carefully depicted in detail, drawing the viewer in.

Also, don't miss the beautiful backgrounds and colors created by art director Satoru Kuwahara and color designer Mika Iwami. The school buildings, grounds, and atmosphere of the match venue of Kakegawa High School are realistically reproduced, adding to the visual appeal. The sound effects and background music by sound director Koji Yamamoto also add to the realism of the soccer match.

Music and theme song

The music was produced by Command S.inc, in collaboration with music producer Yusuke Suga and music production company Sancraid. The opening theme "Ao Reido" is sung by Airi Miyagawa, with lyrics by aireen, and music and arrangement by Kengo Minamida and Soft Boiled Rockers. The song expresses the hot passion of youth, which is a perfect fit for the theme of the story. The ending theme "RIVALS" is sung by all at once, with lyrics and music by Ra-U, and arrangement by Seiji Kameda. The song depicts battles with rivals and friendship, and serves to enhance the emotional impact of the story.

Recommendations and ratings

"Shoot! Goal to the Future" is a work that can be recommended not only to soccer fans, but also to those who like youth dramas and sports anime. Fans of the original work can enjoy new storylines and character development, while new viewers can experience the charm of soccer and the hot passion of youth.

In particular, the episodes depicting the relationship between Hideto Tsuji and Atsushi Kamiya, and the growth of the members of the Kakegawa High School soccer team are moving and will leave a strong impression on viewers. In addition, the depiction of soccer matches is realistic and powerful, and the tension of the match and the movements of the players are carefully depicted in detail, making this a must-see for soccer fans.

In addition, the beautiful backgrounds and colors, sound effects and background music are also elements not to be missed, making this a work full of visual and auditory appeal. The opening and ending theme songs are also a perfect fit for the theme of the story, and have the power to draw the viewer in.

Overall, "Shoot! Goal to the Future" is a great anime series that captures the charm of soccer and youth. It is a must-watch series that can be enjoyed by fans of the original work and new viewers alike.