Shoot! (manga)

Shoot!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Toshihiko Tanaka (right)
シュート!
(Shūto)
GenreSports
Manga
Written byTsukasa Ōshima
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run19902003
Volumes66
Anime television series
Aoki Densetsu Shoot!
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Produced by
  • Shinji Shimizu
  • Yoshio Takami
Written byJunki Takegami
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioToei Animation
Original networkFuji TV
Original run November 7, 1993 December 25, 1994
Episodes58
Anime film
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Produced by
  • Shinji Shimizu
  • Yoshio Takami
Written byJunki Takegami
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedDecember 4, 1994
Runtime25 minutes
Anime television series
Shoot! Goal to the Future
Directed byNoriyuki Nakamura
Written byMitsutaka Hirota
Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Shizuoka, ytv, BS NTV, BS Fuji
Original run July 2, 2022 September 24. 2022
Episodes13

Shoot! (Japanese: シュート!, Hepburn: Shūto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Ōshima. It was published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1990 and 2003. The story revolves around a boy named Toshihiko Tanaka, who had just started at Kakegawa High School in order to play association football with his idol, Yoshiharu Kubo. Toshi's friends were not interested in playing football again until he convinces them to join the team and soon the team would enter the All-Japan High School Championship.

A 58-episode anime television series adaptation titled Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (蒼き伝説 シュート!, lit.'Blue Legend Shoot!') was produced by Toei Animation and broadcast between November 7, 1993, and December 25, 1994, on Fuji Television. A brand-new original anime television series by EMT Squared and Magic Bus titled Shoot! Goal to the Future (シュート!Goal to the Future) aired from July 2 to September 24, 2022, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, TV Shizuoka, ytv, BS NTV, and BS Fuji.[1][2] Noriyuki Nakamura directed the series alongside Junichi Kitamura serving as assistant director, Mitsutaka Hirota writing the scripts, and Yukiko Akiyama designing the characters.[3] Crunchyroll has licensed the series.[4]

A side story volume centered around Yoshiharu Kubo was released in 1994.

Shoot! won the 1994 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[5]

  1. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 17, 2021). "Tsukasa Ooshima's Soccer-Themed Shoot! Manga Gets 1st New Anime in 28 Years". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 3, 2022). "'Shoot! Goal to the Future' Soccer Anime Premieres on July 2". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 4, 2022). "'Shoot! Goal to the Future' Soccer Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, July Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Mateo, Alex (March 23, 2022). "Crunchyroll to Stream 'Shoot! Goal to the Future' Soccer Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.