Inazuma Eleven (イナズマイレブン)

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Planning/Original Story Hino Akihiro

Original Work LEVEL-5

Publication Monthly CoroCoro Comics

Original Character Design Nagano Takuzou

Series Composition Tomioka Atsuhiro

Character Design Ikeda Yuuji

Inoue Yuuko

Main Animator Sawada Masato

Art Director Nishikura Tsutomu Color Design Ootsuki Kouji

Director Assistance Kamakura Yumi

Director of Photography CGI Director Photography Supervision Editing

Yukiwaki Tatsumi Mikami Yasuhiro Yoshida Mitsunobu Watanabe Naoki

Music Mitsuda Yasunori

Sound Director Mima Masafumi

Opening Theme "Tachiagariiyo" Lyrics: Yamazaki Tooru Music: Yamazaki Tooru Arrangement: T-Pistonz & Takahashi Yuichi FRAME/UP-FRONT WORKS Music Coordination Takagi Atsushi Music Cooperation TV Tokyo Music

Animation Production Animation Producer CGI Producer

OLM Kanda Shuukichi Kobayashi Masashi

Supervisors Okuno Toshisato Kubo Masakazu Advisor Sagami Yasuyuki

Producers Azuma Fukashi (TV Tokyo) Muramatsu Sayako Kashihara Kiyofumi Program Managers Anami Rei Nakagawa Shinsuke

Director Akiyama Katsuhito

Goal!

Displaying their overwhelming strength, it's Teikoku Academy's victory!

Teikoku Academy

You've lost.

Do you still remember how Teikoku treats losers?

Y-Yes...

Losers do not deserve to exist.

Disbandment Application

Do it!

Let's Play Soccer!

Soccer Club

All right! Let's practice!

All right! Let's practice!

What's wrong, you guys?

We haven't been practicing lately.

Have you borrowed a field?

I was about to negotiate with the Rugby club again...

That's what I thought.

We'll only be the laughing stock of the school again.

They'll say, "If it's only seven people, a tennis court should be big enough."

Why don't we just practice on days when the field is open?

Yeah, yeah.

Although it's never open.

We're the Soccer club!

The Football Frontier.

Let's enter the tournament this year!

All right, Someoka, Handa?

That's impossible.

Kabeyama?

Kurimatsu, Shishido?

We won't be able to enter with only seven members in the club.

You're slow. You're supposed to shoot there.

Shut up.

You guys!

Didn't you join this club because you want to play soccer?!

What's the point of a soccer club that doesn't play soccer?!

Oh, oops.

Looking for members

What's he getting so heated up for?

There's no point even if we practice.

I heard this club will be disbanding soon.

Disbanding?!

Endou-kun!

Oh, Kino.

I'm sorry. I couldn't borrow the field for us.

At least you tried.

Where's everyone?

Same as usual.

Should I go and call them to practice?

It's all right.

I'm sure they'll feel like doing it eventually.

Those guys really like to play soccer too, after all.

Then, you're going to the riverbank to practice again, right?

But against a team of elementary school kids, does that really count as practice?

They're pretty good, actually.

When you see them, you'll understand.

That's right, pass it here!

There!

No, pass it like you always do!

Okay! Shoot now!

All right! Next!

Here I come, Endou!

Nice cut!

Now come for the net!

Eh? It was blocked again?

Okay, let's change positions!

Next up! Ryouta and Terasaka!

Keep shooting!

Mako!

That cut on Ryuusuke earlier was great.

Thank you!

It's all thanks to you that our team is starting to get its act together.

It's nothing.

I get practice out of this too.

This time, I'm going to score!

Look at my hissatsu shoot!

Note: hissatsu = "sure-kill"

Which jerk kicked this ball?!

A-Are you all right? I'm so sorry.

Umm, can you return-

Endou-kun!

Are you referring to this ball?

Huh?

Isn't he from Raimon Junior High School?

The Soccer club that has barely any members, and weak to boot.

How lame.

Hanging around little kids to play ball?

Yasui-san, how about showing them the basics?

Fine with me.

Let's show him.

Y-Yasui-san!

Y-You bastard...!

We'll remember this!

Thank you!

Wait!

Your kick's amazing!

Do you play soccer?

Hey, which school are you from?

If you'd like, let's practice together!

Hey...

I'm back!

Grandpa, I met someone who makes awesome shoots today!

Mamoru, take a bath before you have dinner!

This is my first time seeing that kind of person.

If only he'd join our team...

Mamoru, are you listening?!

Say, Grandpa.

Let's hope I'll meet that person again.

Listen up! Go and bathe right away!

M-Mom, I was concentrating on something.

I'm not going to let you have dinner in those dirty clothes.

Okay...

Geez, just like a certain other someone.

Gouenji Shuuya

What? You guys know each other?

No, it's not like I really know him...

Thanks, Grandpa.

Okay, just sit down.

Ahh, yes.

This is Gouenji Shuuya-kun, who has just transferred to Raimon Junior High.

You came from Kidokawa Seishuu Junior High, right?

Yes.

So he's from Kidokawa? All right!

Those on break-time duty, please go to the briefing room immediately.

I repeat.

Those on break-time duty, please go to the briefing room immediately.

Gouenji.

I didn't manage to introduce myself properly yesterday.

I'm Endou Mamoru, Captain of the Soccer club.

My position is Goalkeeper.

Do you want to join the team?

Kidokawa Seishuu is famous for its soccer, right?

No wonder why your kick's so powerful!

What's wrong?

I've stopped playing soccer.

You stopped playing? Why?

It's none of your business.

Endou!

Fuyukai-sensei is looking for you.

He wants you at the principal's office.

The principal's office?

Seems like they have something important to tell you.

I have a bad feeling about it. Maybe it's about disbanding the club.

D-Disbanding?!

I've heard about those rumors too.

Don't joke around with me.

I won't let them disband our club!

Inazuma...

Eleven!

All right! Let's go!

Yeah!

E-Excuse me... What do you want to talk to me about?

Although this is a bit sudden, there will be a practice match in a week's time.

Oh... So it's a match.

We get to have a match?!

The opponent is Teikoku Academy.

T-Teikoku?!

The Teikoku Academy that everyone says is the strongest team?

That's right.

How about that? Isn't that great?

They're an invincible school that has dominated the Football Frontier for forty consecutive years.

Why does Japan's number one team want to play against us?

I'm glad to be able to play against the strongest team...

But our Soccer club has only seven members.

If there aren't enough members, why don't you gather some before the match?

If you don't get enough members, or if you lose the match,

I will disband the Soccer club.

That's the deal.

Don't decide that on your own!

This is also the decision of the Chief Director and the Principal.