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.
The Anime can be watched on Vudu and Apple TV,
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[]
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)
- Megumi Ogata 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
- Mitsuki Otsuka as Nakagawa
- 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 and Mori (Nankatsu Elementary goalkeeper)
- Megumi Tano as Hanji Urabe (kid)
- Yuki Masuda as Hanji Urabe (adult)
- Akiko Suzuki as Hajime Taki
- Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Hikaru Matsuyama, Shinichi Kawasaki, Takeshi Kishida 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, Mizuno, 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 and Koji Nakano
- Atsushi Kisaichi as Kazushige Ichikawa
- Yusuke Numata as Chana Khongsawat
- Ikue Otani as Manabu Okawa
- Chizu Yonemoto as Tsuyoshi Oda
- Shunsuke Shima as Shimada's coach
- Koji Ishii as Shutetsu's coach
- Hirohiko Kakegawa as Furano's principal
- Tatsuya Aoshima as Commentator (Battle of World Youth arc)
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.
- In the Battle of World Youth arc of the anime, the commentator's voice is provided by Tatsuya Aoshima, a real-life sports commentator who works for Fuji Television, the same network which aired the anime.
Gallery[]
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Videos[]
Captain Tsubasa J Opening HD Fighting!
Opening 1
Captain Tsubasa J 2nd opening
Opening 2
Otoko Darou Ending Captain Tsubasa J Full Version Español Latino.
Ending
Ayako Yamazaki Captain Tsubasa J - Otoko Darou! Ending
Live TV ending theme performance
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)