Also known as Knight in the Area







Kakeru Aizawa
Voiced by: Sanpei, Yuuko
Suguru's younger brother. Originally a forward, but due to his weakness on his left side he works as the team manager of the football club, but secretly practices soccer in the park at night. Things begin to change as his childhood friend Mishima Nana returns to Japan one day. A road accident causes Kakeru to realize his dream of playing football.

Nana "Seven" Mishima
Voiced by: Itou, Shizuka
A childhood friend of Suguru and Kakeru, nicknamed Seven. Since returning from Los Angeles, she has become a manager, like Kakeru. She is skilled in soccer and has a mysterious relation to Silva.

Suguru Aizawa
Voiced by: Fukuyama, Jun
Aizawa Suguru is a genius midfielder, captain of the school soccer team, who even starred in the U-15 team for Japan. He is expected by many to shoulder the future of Japan's football world. He is aware of little brother's talent as a soccer player and is irritated of Kakeru's lack of motivation.


Studio: Shinei Animation
Primary network: TV Asahi
# of episodes: ???
Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports

Episode 1: Well, that was an impressive first episode. This is one of the first sports anime I've seen in months and I have to admit, I am impressed. The music, characters, and drama are executed well. Also, the storyline is easy to understand with possible plot twists in the future. Well, I definitely will be keep watching this series

I read some chapters. It's good, but to me no football (soccer) manga or anime will ever be as good as Captain Tsubasa.

I haven't read the manga yet or seen Captain Tsubasa. Tbh, this is one of the first soccer themed animes I've probably ever seen. First episode was executed well thou

Loved the first episode! I'm looking forward to the rest already.

Well, episode 2 aired about half an hour from time of this post and I liked it. There's actually some real life strategy involved and ofc, drama..involving the brothers and soccer:

^Basically, if u take that extra step, it's almost guaranteed that the goalkeeper will predict where the opposing player will shoot @. The reason Kakeru had no choose but to shoot from the right is because his weakness is from the left (according to plot).



^ Pretty curious who that person is. It could be Suguru due to his skills, his knowledge of Kakeru's left weakness, and "heart". Their height figures doesn't match thou...

Also, something else happens:

I hated how they did the accident scene. It was brutal and bloody in the manga. Because of episode 2, I'm thinking of dropping the anime and just read the manga.

Ah, I should check out the manga soon. By experience, I know that most if not all mangas has better characters and plot than its anime countepart. I can kinda predict what happened after that last scene thou.

thinks this anime has a lot of potential and could become on of the best

The timeslot of this Anime was 6am the reason why they censored that scene.

I dont like soccer but for some reason the first episode caught my attention
... now after the second episode with that unexpected accident... o.o Dx it was horrible... but got me even more into it
i feel like it has a lot of potential

At least watch ep 3 before you decide to drop it ;)
They`ve built up for something that should be very emotional.

This is actually one of my top animes to watch this season right now. So many questions that needs answers:

1) What happened after that accident??
2) Does he live/die?
3) Who's that kid with the mask appearing @ night?
4) Will that girl also join the team?

I really recommend this series right now as one of the underrated shows this season

I know what happens I've read the manga. I will watch episode 3 just to see how they handle it.

I can't find the manga for this series yet :(. O well

Something else that popped into my mind but was that "accident" really an accident? I mean, Suguru is one of the best players in the series. I wonder if someone or some team arranged that accident intentionally.