Captain Tsubasa J (キャプテン翼J) is a TV anime series, and the second adaptation of the Captain Tsubasa franchise in a TV anime series.
Description[]

The series is divided into two parts:
- First part - a retelling of the Kids' Dream arc;
- Second part - the beginning of the Battle of World Youth arc, the prologues of Shingo Aoi and Tsubasa Ozora, and the events that followed up to the end of the AFC Youth Championship qualification.
Production[]
The anime was originally broadcast by Fuji Television in Japan from 1994-10-21 to 1995-12-22 with 47 episodes. The animation was done by Studio Comet.
The second part of the anime series adapted the first 31 chapters of the Battle of World Youth manga, with the end of the match of Japan Youth vs. Uzbekistan Youth (pages 27-28). However, the series was suspended due to budget constraints as well the studio running out of material to adapt (during the anime's run, the manga was still in progress).
Episodes[]
# | English title | Original title | Original broadcast date |
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1 | Entrust your grand dreams to your wings | でっかい夢を翼にのせて | 1994-10-21 |
2 | A challenge from the genius goalkeeper, Wakabayashi | 天才GK(ゴールキーパー)若林からの挑戦 | 1994-10-28 |
3 | An invigorating meeting with Taro Misaki | さわやか出会い岬太郎 | 1994-11-04 |
4 | The Burning, Long Battle Starts Now | 熱き永き戦いが今始まる | 1994-11-11 |
5 | Fly! Overhead Kick | とべ! オーバーヘッド | 1994-11-18 |
6 | Tsubasa and Misaki's Golden Duo | 翼・岬ゴールデンコンビ | 1994-11-25 |
7 | A Scorching Battle of Offense and Defense | 白熱の攻防戦 | 1994-12-02 |
8 | I am Kojiro Hyuga | 俺が日向小次郎 | 1994-12-09 |
9 | The Hat-Trick of the Raging Waves | 怒濤のハットトリック | 1994-12-23 |
10 | Tough Battle! Rain-Soaked Pitch | 激戦! 雨のフィールド | 1995-01-13 |
11 | Danger! Time's Up | 危うし! タイムアップ | 1995-01-20 |
12 | Bring Down the Keeper Wakabayashi! | キーパー若林をつぶせ! | 1995-01-27 |
13 | Wonderful Rivals | すばらしきライバルたち | 1995-02-03 |
14 | Preemptive Volley!! | 先制のボレーシュート!! | 1995-02-10 |
15 | I'm Not Afraid, Because the Ball Is My Friend | ボールは友だち怖くない | 1995-02-17 |
16 | Deadly Battle! Tsubasa vs. Kojiro Hyuga | 死闘! 翼VS日向小次郎 | 1995-02-24 |
17 | The Young Noble, Jun Misugi | 貴公子・三杉淳 | 1995-03-03 |
18 | The Terrifying Tachibana Twins | 恐怖の空中アクロバット | 1995-03-10 |
19 | A Warm Friendship from a Northern Land | 北の国から熱き友情 | 1995-03-17 |
20 | The Little Eleven from the North | 北国の小さなイレブン | 1995-04-28 |
21 | Appearance! Keeper Ken Wakashimazu | 登場! キーパー若島津健 | 1995-05-05 |
22 | Tsubasa vs. the Glass Prince | 翼VSガラスの貴公子 | 1995-05-19 |
23 | A Splendid Match! | 華麗なる闘い! | 1995-06-02 |
24 | The Silent Ace | 沈黙のエース | 1995-06-09 |
25 | Tsubasa, the Phoenix | 不死鳥・翼 | 1995-06-16 |
26 | Stand Up! Wounded Hero | 立て! 傷だらけのヒーロー | 1995-06-30 |
27 | The Night Before the Great Game | 大決戦その前夜 | 1995-07-07 |
28 | Wakashimazu vs. the Twin Shot | 若島津VSツインシュート | 1995-07-21 |
29 | The Raging Tiger's Flaming Bullet Shot | 猛虎・炎の弾丸シュート | 1995-07-28 |
30 | The Wounded Eleven | 傷だらけのイレブン | 1995-08-04 |
31 | The Raging Tiger's Counterattack | 猛虎の逆襲 | 1995-08-11 |
32 | Deadly Fight! Burning Extra Time Again | 死闘! 灼熱の再延長戦 | 1995-08-18 |
33 | Send Your Dreams Into the Goal! | ゴールに夢をたたきこめ! | 1995-08-25 |
34 | Tsubasa's Dream, the World Cup | 翼の夢・ワールドカップ | 1995-09-01 |
35 | Shingo Aoi takes the stage! The vow and the coins | 葵新伍登場! 誓いのコイン | 1995-09-08 |
36 | Shingo: A brilliant debut | 新伍・鮮やかデビュー | 1995-09-22 |
37 | Isolating training | 孤独の特訓 | 1995-09-29 |
38 | Standing on the field of glory | 栄光のフィールドに立つ | 1995-10-13 |
39 | The mysterious Real Japan 7 | 謎のリアルジャパン7 | 1995-10-20 |
40 | The Japan Youth's hard struggle!! | 全日本ユース大苦戦!! | 1995-10-27 |
41 | Combat fighting! Thailand Youth | 格闘技戦! タイユース | 1995-11-10 |
42 | A New Golden Duo Is Born! | 新ゴールデンコンビ誕生! | 1995-11-17 |
43 | Episode 043 (1994 TV series)|Great Reversal! Break Through the First Qualifiers!!]] | 大逆転! 一次予選突破!! | 1995-11-24 |
44 | Return of the Seven Fighters]] | 帰って来た七人の戦士 | 1995-12-01 |
45 | Killer! Raiju Shot | 必殺! 雷獣シュート | 1995-12-08 |
46 | The Strongest, Reborn Japan Youth | 最強の新生 | 1995-12-15 |
47 | Aim for 2002! | 全日本ユースめざせ! 2002年 | 1995-12-22 |
Voice cast[]
- Yoko Ogai as Tsubasa Ozora (kid)
- Nozomu Sasaki as Tsubasa Ozora (adult)
- Shinichiro Miki as Genzo Wakabayashi and Matteo
- Yuko Kobayashi as Taro Misaki (kid)
- Hiro Yuki as Taro Misaki (adult)
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Kojiro Hyuga
- Daiki Nakamura as Ken Wakashimazu
- Eri Sato as Ryo Ishizaki (kid)
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ryo Ishizaki (adult)
- Yuko Kobayashi as Jun Misugi (kid)
- Shinichiro Ota as Jun Misugi (adult)
- Noriko Uemura as Takeshi Sawada (kid)
- Tetsuya Iwanaga as Takeshi Sawada (adult)
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Yuzo Morisaki (kid)
- Yuji Ueda as Yuzo Morisaki (adult), Noboru Sawaki, Kazumasa Oda
- Hideyuki Hori as Roberto Hongo
- Shiho Niiyama as Natsuko Ozora and Teppei Kisugi
- Kazuhiro Nakata as Kodai Ozora
- Fujiko Takimoto as Sanae Nakazawa
- Junko Iwao as Yayoi Aoba
- Megumi Tano as Hanji Urabe (kid)
- Yuki Masuda as Hanji Urabe (adult)
- Akiko Suzuki as Hajime Taki
- Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Hikaru Matsuyama, Shinichi Kawasaki and Falan Khongsawat:
- Hisao Egawa as Hiroshi Jito
- Hideo Ishikawa as Makoto Soda and Munemasa Katagiri
- Hiroyuki Sato as Shun Nitta
- Unsho Ishizuka as Tatsuo Mikami
- Yasunori Masutani as Tatsuo Mikami (episode 29) and Sakun Khongsawat
- Nobutoshi Canna as Tadashi Shiroyama, Takashi Sugimoto and Nobuyuki Yumikura
- Masaya Onosaka as Gino Hernandez, Ryoma Hino and Commentator (Kids' Dream arc)
- Tomokazu Seki as Carlos Santana
- Masami Kikuchi as Shingo Aoi
- Toshihiko Nakajima as Kozo Kira and Calimero
- Yukimasa Kishino as Minato Gamo
- Wakana Yamazaki as Maki Akamine
- Wataru Takagi as Singprasert Bunnag
- Yusuke Numata as Chana Khongsawat
- Tatsuya Aoshima as Commentator (Battle of World Youth arc)
- Source[1]
Staff[]
- Original work: Yoichi Takahashi
- Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi
- Series composition: Takashi Yamada (eps. 1-37)
- Animation character / chief animation director: Hiroshi Kanazawa (eps. 1-37), Tadayoshi Okimura
- Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
- Editor: Hajime Okayasu
- Photography director: Seiichi Morishita
- Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
- Composer: Michihiko Ota
- Producer: Koji Kaneda, Hidetaka Ikuta, Etsuko Komatsu
- Production assistance: Studio Comet
- Production: Fuji TV, NAS
Theme songs[]
- Opening: "Fighting!" by Face Free
- Ending: "Otoko Daro!" by Ayako Yamazaki
Trivia[]
- In the first episode, in Tsubasa's dream, where he scored a goal in a match against Iraq national football team for Japan to win 3-2 is a reference to the Agony of Doha, a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier match, where Japan did not make it to the 1994 World Cup after Iraq scored a goal at the last minute, with the match ending 2-2.
- Episode 34 was a summary of episodes 2 to 35, while the last episode was a summary of episodes 35 to 46.
- In episode 35, during the scene where Shingo Aoi arrives at the Milan airport, there is a cameo of Roberto Baggio.
Videos[]
References[]
External links[]
- Series info at AniDB
- Series info at Anime News Network
- Series info at MyAnimeList
- Series at Bandai Channel (Japanese)
- Series at Amazon Japan rental service
- Series at VideoMarket (Japanese)
- Series at TV Tokyo Anitele service (Japanese)
- Series at Google Play (Japan-restricted)