Inazuma Eleven (manga)
Inazuma Eleven is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tenya Yabuno based on a series of video games created by Level-5. The manga has been published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic since the June 2008 issue. The manga series won the 2010 Kodansha Manga Award and 2011 Shogakukan Manga Award in the Children's Manga category.
An anime television series based on the game aired on the TV Tokyo network from October 5, 2008 until April 27, 2011. The series was produced by Level-5 in conjunction with TV Tokyo and OLM. The series also airs on TVB in Hong Kong, Modern Nine TV in Thailand, Indosiar in Indonesia, NTV7 in Malaysia, Tooniverse in South Korea, Rede TV! in Brazil, Cartoon Network in India, Philippines, South Asia, East Asia, Taiwan, Pakistan, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Australia and New Zealand, Rai 2 in Italy since June 14, 2010, FDF in Spain and Panda Biggs in Portugal since December 2, 2010 and on Disney XD in the Netherlands since July 4, 2011, and on Disney XD in both Ireland and the United Kingdom from July 25, 2011. It formerly aired on CITV in the United Kingdom but now airs on Kix. In Germany, it aired on RTL II since June 10, 2012. An Arabic dub has been airing on Spacetoon for the MENA region since 2010, as well as the channel's other overseas territories. But only arrived in South Africa on Dstv on January 2, 2017 on channel 308, Nicktoons.
The first 26 episodes were formerly available in the United States on Hulu, in both English and Spanish versions. However, the Japanese version is not currently available. Additionally, the European Spanish dub merely translates the English dub. There is a separate Latin American dub that translates from the original Japanese, but it is also not available in the United States at this time. The first three episodes can also be freely viewed via the Nintendo 3DS eShop, which were released alongside the North American release of the first video game.
Plot
Endou Mamoru is a cheerful goalkeeper at Raimon Jr High, who has six other players on his team. The team is threatened with disbandment unless they can win a match against the Teikoku Gakuen, the best team in Japan. Endou tries to save the team by gathering four more players. In the second series, Endou and his team have to gather players to defeat the new enemies, Aliea Gakuen. In the third series, the Football Frontier International is announced and Inazuma Japan is assembled; it is coached by Kudou Michiya.- Endou Mamoru – Endou a cheerful goalkeeper.
- Gouenji Shuuya – Gouenji is the ace striker and voice of reason of the team.
- Kidou Yuuto – Kidou wears goggles and a red cape.
- Fubuki Shirou – When the Raimon Eleven team first meets him, he is the captain of Hakuren Junior High School's Football club in Hokkaido, and is both an excellent defender and the team's ace striker.
- Kazemaru Ichirouta – Originally a member of the track team, Kazemaru is convinced by Endou to become a player on the football team.
- Kabeyama Heigorou – Despite his height, he is a really shy person.
- Domon Asuka – Domon used to live in America with Aki, but did not care for football because of an accident involving one of his best friends.
- Ichinose Kazuya – Ichinose is childhood friends with Domon and Aki.
- Kino Aki – Aki is the team manager. She used to play football but stopped after experiencing a horrible trauma.
- Otonashi Haruna – Originally from the school paper, after seeing Raimon play against Teikoku she became a big fan and decided to be a manager.
- Raimon Natsumi – She is the daughter of the chairman of the school and is the student council president. She becomes a manager because of Endou's passion for football.
- Shourinji"Shourin" Ayumu – Another member of Endou's original team, usually playing as a defender.
- Endou Daisuke – Endou's grandfather and the original Inazuma Eleven's coach.
- Handa Shinichi – Another of Endou's teammates. He usually plays as a defender, but sometimes he plays in a forward position.
- Megane Kakeru – A little pretentious and later becomes a manager.
- Kageno Jin – Kageno joined the team to help and get people to know him.
- Sakichi Shishido – Another of Endo's teammates. Shishido is versatile and often does a little of everything.
- Kūsuke "Max" Matsuno – Another one of Endo's original teammates.
- Teppei Kurimatsu – Like Shourin, Kurimatsu is one of the shortest members of the team. He has a bucktooth and a bandage across his nose.
- Touko Zaizen – She is the daughter of the prime minister and the captain of the Eleven In Black.
- Yūya Kogure – Kogure is a small character with a prankster attitude.
- Rika Urabe – Rika is on a girls' football team in Osaka.
- Jousuke Tsunami – Tsunami loves to surf and is the oldest in the team at 15.
- Yuki Tachimukai – He is a big fan of Endou, and also the second goalkeeper of Inazuma Japan.
- Hiroto Kiyama – Growing up in an orphanage, the only 'parent' he knew was an elderly man who frequently visited the orphanage.
- Ryuuji Midorikawa – He is the captain of Gemini Storm, the second rank team of Aliea Academy and the best friend of Hiroto Kiyama.
- Toramaru Utsunomiya – He is a new character introduced in the FFI Arc.
- Seiya Tobitaka – He is a new character introduced in the FFI Arc.
Media
Manga
The Inazuma Eleven manga series, based on the video game series of the same name, was written and illustrated by Tenya Yabuno. It began publication in the June 2008 issue of the Shogakukan magazine CoroCoro Comic and ended in the September 2011 issue. A total of ten tankōbon volumes of Inazuma Eleven have been released in Japan between September 26, 2008 and October 28, 2011.Anime television series
The animated series, Inazuma Eleven, was produced by OLM, Inc. and Dentsu Inc., and directed by Katsuhito Akiyama. 127 episodes aired on TV Tokyo from October 5, 2008 to April 27, 2011.The series was available for video on-demand streaming via Toon Goggles.
The second series, Inazuma Eleven Go!, adapted from the manga of the same name, began airing on May 4, 2011.
Anime film
Guidebooks
A series of three guidebooks to the first anime series have been published by Shogakukan. The books detail the television episodes and include player information and uniform catalogs.Reception
Inazuma Eleven won "Best Children's Manga" at the 34th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.According to Kogyo Tsushinsha, the first film, Inazuma Eleven Saikyō Gundan Ōga Shūrai, debuted in second place at the Japanese box office for the weekend of December 25 and 26, 2010. By February 6, 2011, the film had grossed US$ 21,099,188 by its seventh week of screening in the country.