Ashita e Free Kick

Synopsis:

Episodes:

• Episode 1: Godai Resort (Aired: 04/14/1992)

Characters:

• Aritaka, Mizuho (Main) - Voice Actors: Amano, Yuri
• Bazettini, Roberto (Main) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Nozomu, De palma, Ivo, Korol, Olivier
• Godai, Shun (Main) - Voice Actors: Kusao, Takeshi, Invernici, Felice, Laustriat, Denis
• Henderson, Carl (Main) - Voice Actors: Ishino, Ryuuzou
• Mascowitz, Jose (Main) - Voice Actors: Takagi, Wataru
• Morita, Mirei (Main) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Ai
• Toto (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, Dondi, Stefano, Baugin, Franck
• Albatros (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Hideyuki
• Becken, Chris (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kosugi, Juurouta
• Green, Abe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwanaga, Tetsuya
• Kasayama, Miku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiratori, Yuri
• Montino, Alisa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizutani, Yuuko
• Randou, Shin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito
• Sakuma, Ryouko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Misa

Staff:

• Umehara, Masaru (Producer)
• Amino, Tetsurou (Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard)
• Fujimoto, Yoshitaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Itou, Naoyuki (Episode Director, Animation Director)
• Kato, Takao (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Kobayashi, Tetsuya (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Murayama, Kiyoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Suzuki, Toshiaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Carucci, Carmelo (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
• D'Avena, Cristina (Theme Song Performance)
• Lombard, Claude (Theme Song Performance)
• Valeri Manera, Alessandra (Theme Song Lyrics)
• Fujita, Junji (Chief Producer)
• Habara, Nobuyoshi (Key Animation, Character Design, Animation Director)
• Horisawa, Satoshi (Animation Director)
• Ishihara, Mitsuru (Key Animation)
• Kadonosono, Megumi (Key Animation)
• Katsura, Kenichirou (Animation Director)
• Kogawa, Tomonori (Animation Director)
• Komori, Takahiro (Animation Director)
• Koyama, Toshihisa (Art Director)
• Nakajima, Mika (Background Art)
• Sano, Takashi (Production Manager)
• Satou, Keiichi (Animation Director)
• Takami, Akio (Key Animation)
• Takeuchi, Nobuyuki (Key Animation)
• Totsuka, Osamu (Music)
• Utsugi, Isamu (Animation Director)
• Wada, Izumi (Background Art)
• Yamamoto, Yuu (Series Composition)
• Yanagisawa, Masahide (Animation Director)

Reviews:

• User _Mataga_ (Score: 7/10):
  Ashita e free kick is one of very few anime that I watched years back and still fresh in my mind (around 2007). It left a really good memory of my youth and I don't deny that my eager to re-watch it some years ago was due to it. --Story-- Ashite e free kick may not be your typical sport anime. Despite it has one unique technique which is the main character's special move it's not really a football anime. Well, it may, but not your typical sport anime. If I would conclude the story in Ashita e free kick it's more about Godai Shun and hisfriends. nnAshita e free kick started of with Shun and Roberto come to Shun's grandfather's island. In the island, Shun meets people from football youth club which is actually his family's football club. After meeting them, Shun becomes interested in football and tries to learn playing it despite some of his family members forbid him to or don't approve Shun's decision. One of them is his uncle who wants Shun to focus studying economics and continue the family's business instead. The sport club that's being a focus of this anime isn't only Shun's new football club. Aritaka Mizuho's (the female main character) volley club is also received much focus on some episodes, especially in the middle of the stories.nnThis anime can be divided into some parts based on its stories. Some first episodes focus on Shun's interest to play football and his introduction to new friends of his, how the relationship he builds between them and also Shun's family circumstances. Started from episodes 10s, the story shifted focus more on other characters, especially Mizuho. This is the part I like the most, where Mizuho started to get close with Shun and they give romantic vibe especially from Mizuho. This part also opens more chances of screen time from Mizuho's volleyball team which is truely a fresh air. Though this part is also showing Shun playing football, it's barely being a focus. The third part, the last part, started out around episodes 40s where the football and shun's family drama get more attention again. nnThat being said, this is not a good anime if you want an exciting football or volleyball which push you to keep watch and want to know what club wins next. This is more about daily life of characters who engage in sport and their relationship.nn--Art--nThe art of this anime is the weakest part. Well, I actually like the art style since it gives a vibe of old anime which is so charming and atmospheric. The character is also very well designed that the female characters are so beautiful. nnBut the lazy part of the animators are seen in the later episodes where the character seems drawn by different people from the first episode. There's an obvious inconsistency in how the character drawn in some episodes of the middle part. The character from other football club (Jaldan Youth) are also similar…

Forum Topics:

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