Who would have thought that a Japanese manga would change the development of Japanese football, and if it is said that the manga that has the greatest impact on reality, "Football Player" is well deserved.
How many people turned on the TV in their childhood, watched Dakong Wing compete with his friends in the campus competition, competing to imitate the tricks of various characters, and the theme song "Burning Hero" became a generation of classics.
Now, the "Football Player" comic has officially announced the end of the day, and the 43-year series is finally coming to an end!
"It's been 43 years since I started serializing 'Captain Tsubasa' in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1981. In recent years, I've been thinking about how far the story of the future can be depicted. In the end, I felt that instead of painting all the way to the limit of my physical strength, I would better finish the story of "Captain Wing" directly. 」
On January 5, the famous Japanese cartoonist Yoichi Takahashi officially announced that the comic will officially end in April this year. When he has accompanied many people through childhood and youth, the legendary journey of Captain Dakong Wing will eventually come to an end.
Perhaps many people are not aware of the latest developments, in the final chapter of "Rising Sun", Tsubasa Okura led the team to the Madrid Olympics as a member of the Japanese Olympic team, and met the host Spain Olympic Games led by Michael in the semi-finals. Although it was behind for a while, the score is now 4-2.
Yes, you read that right. After so many years, when the original author Yoichi Takahashi can no longer draw, how many people are running three, running four or even five, but Da Kongyi is still a young player in the National Olympic Games......
If the story of the big empty wing ends here, it will obviously come to an abrupt end, and Yoichi Takahashi also said that the ending may be explained in the future with a story.
"Football Player" is a classic memory of the post-70s, 80s, and 90s, when I turned on the TV, I saw Okutasa, Cape Taro, Hinata Kojiro, Misugi Jun, Afterlife Tetsubing and others struggling to show off their skills.
Since its inception in 1981, the Japanese manga "Tsubasa Captain" has spent a long 43 years, and has been subsequently adapted into TV animation and theatrical animation, which has deeply influenced the development of Japanese football, and the series has accumulated a circulation of more than 90 million copies worldwide.
The protagonist Tsubasa Okuchi is a talented individual footballer, not only with outrageous skill and foot power, but also as a team leader in many cases, so he can always use his strength and charm to subdue his teammates and opponents.
The most impressive scene is that Hinata Kojiro kicked a powerful shot, but the young Okutsubasa directly blasted the ball back, and the ball flew into the opponent's gate extremely fast, directly piercing the net and falling into the wall, which shocked the young heart at that time.
This shooting power, Barty has to call it an expert!
Curve Shot, Tiger Shot, 3S Shot, Razor Shot, Double Shot, Reactionary Swift Cannon, Flame Shot......
Many characters have their own tricks, and although each one seems to be imaginative, who says it can't be successfully replicated in reality?
From comics to reality, "Soccer Player" is an illustration of a remarkable work that can have a positive impact on reality. In the 80s of the last century, Japanese football was at a low point, with poor national team results, a lack of competitiveness in the league, and no stars who could get their hands on.
When Japan's economy continued to reach a peak but the sport of football was left in the cold, a rookie manga artist emerged during this period, who abandoned the popular baseball theme at the time and instead submitted a short soccer manga that was widely acclaimed, and thus began the official serialization of "Soccer Boy" in 1981.
Looking at it now, the work "Football Player" unexpectedly vigorously promoted the development of Japanese football, and how many teenagers are interested in football because of this comic, and choose football in school club activities, making campus football more popular, which directly led to the increase in the number of Japanese football population.
In Japan, with a total population of 125 million, the number of soccer players has reached a staggering 5 million, and the number of registered school soccer teams in Japan is 26,000!
At the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Japan successfully defeated Germany and Spain and successfully qualified from the group of death, surprising everyone on the world stage.
"Football Player" came into reality from a comic, and I couldn't imagine that the Japanese men's football team could participate in the World Cup 7 times in a row, win the Asian Cup 4 times, and now also have its own golden generation: Kaoru Mikasa, Endo Hang, Hisashi Hisashi, Junya Ito, Itakura Tsuku, Takumi Minamino......
Not only has it had a huge impact on Japanese football, but the influence of "Soccer Player" has even transcended national borders. Due to the popularity of comics and animation, this work actually has a lot of influence in Europe and South America, and in fact, it has a far greater impact on world football than imagined.
How many football stars are fans of "Football Player", spanning the 70s, 80s, and 90s, Iniesta, Piero, Aguero, Podolski, Casillas, Torres, Neymar, Mbappe......
To drive the development of football in a country and let more people around the world love football, the success of "Football Player" is enough to go down in the history of world football development. Although the series will come to an end, the positive impact it has had on the world of football has already been significant.
In reality, no one can be young forever, but the big air wing is always young!
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