Service replenishes all 39 episodes of 2001 anime based on manga by Natsuko Heiuchi
© Natsuko Heiuchi/Kodansha/Ashi Productions
Crunchyroll added all 39 anime episodes of Natsuko Heiuchi’s Offside soccer manga last Thursday worldwide excluding Asia but including India. This is the first official English release of the anime in North America.
The streaming service describes the anime’s first episode:
Kumagaya Goro is the goalkeeper of Shirayuri Middle School, a team that hasn’t won in three years.
The anime ran from May 2001 to January 2002.
Seiji Okuda is directing the anime and Takao Koyama is composing the series. Mari Tominaga and Yutaka Arai designed the characters. Mitsuharu Miyamae is the art director. Masayuki Sakamoto composed the music.
The series is a remake of the original 1993 anime video based on the manga by Heiuchi. Heiuchi launched the manga in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1987. The manga ended in 1992 and Kodansha has released 29 compiled volumes.
Source: Crunchyroll, email