Japan and Europe goes continental! This time, they arrange a tournament with 4 teams: Japan, USA, "All-Europe", and "All-South America". South America is rising to the tops of the bracket with their hidden weapon, Carlos Santana, who manages to avoid the tricks of his international opponents. How will Team Japan counter this impressive player?
Direction
Tatsuya Okamoto's kinetic match choreography still slaps.
Sound
That iconic whistle and crowd roar = instant goosebumps.
Director
Tatsuya Okamoto
Akari Hibino
Tsubasa Oozora (voice)
Eiko Yamada
Tarou Misaki (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Kojirou Hyuuga (voice)
Teiyu Ichiryusai
Hikaru Matsuyama (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Ken Wakashimazu (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Carlos Santana (voice)
Keiichi Nanba
Karl-Heinz Schneider (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Sylvester Luke (voice)
Hiroko Maruyama
Ryou Ishizaki (voice)
Shigeru Nakahara
Mamoru Izawa (voice)
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Shun Nitta (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1986 film dropped during Japan's soccer boom, helping fuel the J-League's 1993 launch. Tsubasa literally willed Japanese football into existence.
Carlos Santana was based on multiple Brazilian legends but his 'fetal position goal celebration' was pure anime invention—real FIFA players later copied it.
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