Anime

The Captain Tsubasa manga has been adapted multiple times to anime. These are all adaptations so far.

TV series[edit | edit source]

1983 series promotional image

Captain Tsubasa (1983): the first series which covered two of the three main arcs of the Captain Tsubasa Manga.
Captain Tsubasa J (1994): a series retelling the Kids' Dream Arc, and a time-skip following the Holanda Youth Special, covering the first twenty-nine chapters of the Captain Tsubasa: World Youth Hen (1994) manga.
2018 series promo

Captain Tsubasa (2001): most commonly known as Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002, which is a retelling of the first arcs of the original manga plus some chapters of the Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 manga.
Captain Tsubasa (2018): A new television anime of Yoichi Takahashi's Captain Tsubasa manga premiered in April 2018 on TV Tokyo and other stations. The new anime recounts the story starting from the manga's beginning.

Shin Captain Tsubasa (1989 OVA): This OVA Format covers the story following the Boys' Fight Arc into the J Boys' Challenge ("Jr. Youth arc" or "Junior Youth Hen"), where all the Japanese all-star teams ensemble together to compete in France against powerful teams.

Captain Tsubasa:The great European showdown (1985 film)
Captain Tsubasa: Captain Tsubasa: Danger! All Japan Jr. (1985 film)
Captain Tsubasa: Run towards tomorrow! (1986 film)
Captain Tsubasa: World Great Battle - Jr. World Cup (1986 film)
Captain Tsubasa: The most powerful opponent! Holland Youth (1994 film) - It was released as an OVA in 1995, but it was shown in 1994 as part of the Jump Super Tour '95.