Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
First tankōbon volume cover
ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER
(Hangurī Hāto Wairudo Sutoraikā)
GenreSports
Manga
Written byYōichi Takahashi
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 24, 2002February 10, 2005
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed bySatoshi Saga
StudioNippon Animation
Original networkAnimax, Fuji TV
English network
Original run September 11, 2002 September 10, 2003
Episodes52

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (Japanese: ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER, Hepburn: Hangurī Hāto Wairudo Sutoraikā) is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yōichi Takahashi. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 2002 to February 2005, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. The anime series was animated by Nippon Animation and broadcast on Animax from September 2002 to September 2003, spanning a total of 52 episodes.