What's more interesting is that Kaneshio's series has a closer relationship with Japan’s football team. Sometime in August this year, the Japanese football team unveiled their jerseys for the FIFA World Cup 2022. It sported a traditional blue color with added Origami elements, the Japanese art of folding paper, a sign symbolizing a prayer for happiness.

Animate Times (in Japanese). August 8, 2022. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022 . Retrieved August 12, 2022. However, the football world remained largely uninterested in this fact until today’s upset win by Japan. Despite Gundogan scoring a goal from a penalty in the 33rd minute, Japan scored an equalizer in the second half via Ritsu Doan’s goal in the 75th minute. Then, in the 87th minute, Takuma Asano scored the winning goal for his country. At the same time, the football world cup is being played in Qatar, where Japan beat one of the tournament favorites Germany in their opening match. It won’t be farfetched to say that this win was something out of an anime, where the underdogs beat the top-ranked team. A second play, subtitled 2nd Stage, is scheduled to run January 18–24, 2024, at Kyoto Theater and January 25–31 at Hulic Hall Tokyo. The play was again directed and written by Ise and Kōhei Nagata joined the cast as Rin Itoshi. [55] [13] Video game [ edit ] Which is huge but nothing in comparison to Captain Tsubasa that was serialised in the weekly ‘Shonen Jump’ and had 5 million at its pomp, and even now attracts 3 million readership.

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In France, football is played in leagues. In Japan, it’s in schools. It’s this close bond between sport and things like: links between friends, upper class and lower class, parents and all the heartful things that I wanted to capture in my manga,” Takahashi once said. You can get name and number printing on any kit available within our store, in the same style the players wear on the pitch. Choose ANY name - including your own.

W杯優勝を目指すFW育成物語「ブルーロック」週マガで. Natalie (in Japanese). August 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.Tom Byer, the American who revolutionised grassroots football in Japan with his football clinics and TV shows, told The Indian Express about the influence of anime. BLAZE BATTLE』(ブレバト)TVCMキャラクターに山田涼介さんの起用が決定！ (in Japanese). Bael Inc. via PR Times. November 20, 2023. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023 . Retrieved November 20, 2023. Today in Politics: Big BJD decision likely on Naveen Patnaik’s aide VK Pandian, Telangana poll campaign in final stretch As for the design, Adidas used the concept of origami and had white lines intersecting on the blue uniform, forming a pattern of paper cranes. Credit: 8-bit Both the illustrators also gave a special message to the Japanese National team and also words of encouragement to promote soccer in the country.

By August 2020, the manga had over 1.9 million copies in circulation; [58] by January 2021, it had over 3 million copies in circulation. [59] over 4 million copies in circulation by April 2021; [60] by August 2021, it had over 5 million in circulation; [61] over 6 million copies in circulation by February 2022; [62] over 8.3 million copies in circulation by March 2022; [63] over 9.3 million copies in circulation by June 2022; [64] over 10 million copies in circulation August 2022; [65] over 16 million copies in circulation by December 2022; [66] over 18 million copies in circulation by January 2023; [67] over 21.5 million copies in circulation by February 2023; [68] over 24 million copies in circulation by March 2023; [69] over 25.5 million copies in circulation by April 2023; [70] over 26 million copies in circulation by May 2023; [71] over 27 million copies in circulation by July 2023; [72] and over 28 million copies in circulation by August 2023. [73]The visuals are supposed to express the “joy” of the actual national team players and the characters together. in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022 . Retrieved January 27, 2021. Mateo, Alex (May 13, 2021). "45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021 . Retrieved May 13, 2021. I thought the simple design was very nice. It is a combination of a blue shirt and white pants, just like the blue shirt and white pants of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany,” Giant Killing illustrator Tsujitomo said, revealing he was very happy when he saw the jersey for the first time. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 26, 2021). "Kodansha Licenses 7 New Manga by Jet Kusamura, Marimo Ragawa, Fly, More". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.