Inazuma Eleven (イナズマイレブン, Inazuma Irebun, "Lightning Eleven") is an association football-themed media franchise created by Level-5. The franchise began with the release of Inazuma Eleven in 2008, with the game series selling over 8 million copies worldwide by 2016.[1] In addition to video games, the franchise also has a manga series and a number of other animated television series and films. Most of the games are not released in North America, despite being released in PAL territories; the only exception is a port of the original Inazuma Eleven on the Nintendo 3DS and the upcoming Victory Road.