Eyeshield 21 (2005) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

The series centers on Sena Kobayakawa, a quiet student whose natural agility is unexpectedly discovered by Youichi Hiruma, the captain of the Deimon High School football team. Hiruma recruits Sena into the team under the guise of "Eyeshield 21," a legendary running back shrouded in mystery and rumored to possess incredible speed honed during his time at an American college. Concealed by a visor, Sena must navigate the demanding world of high school football while grappling with self-doubt. The narrative explores themes of overcoming personal limitations and the development of camaraderie through shared challenges. As he integrates into the team, Sena’s unique skillset allows him to become a crucial asset, fostering growth in both his athletic abilities and his sense of self. The anime emphasizes teamwork and the potential found in unconventional talents within a competitive environment.

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Characters:

Anezaki, Mamori (Main) - Voice Actors: Hirano, Aya, Higgins, Kate, Jeong, Mi Sook, Arellano, Mayra, Corbeil, Claudia-Laurie, Mello, Lia
Hiruma, Youichi (Main) - Voice Actors: Tamura, Atsushi, Prince, Derek Stephen, Barrero, Jesús, Pyo, Yeong Jae, Viana, William, Manuel, Julian
Kobayakawa, Sena (Main) - Voice Actors: Irino, Miyu, Lowenthal, Yuri, Kikuchi, Kokoro, Hong, Beom Gi, Ruiz, Miguel Ángel, de Ruelle, Laurent-Christophe, Gama, Lucas, Mattos, Nicolas, Olbrich, Grischa
Kurita, Ryokan (Main) - Voice Actors: Nagano, Kouichi, Rivero, Javier, Méndez, Ricardo, Ferreira, Matheus
Raimon, Tarou (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, Hong, Si Ho, Mora, Moisés Iván, Chevrette, Hugolin, Caliano, Mattheus, Mereis, Benjamin
Akaba, Hayato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirakawa, Daisuke, Song, Jun-seok, Mora, Moisés Iván, Lopes, Fernando
Akemi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Dufour, Lisette
Apollo, Leonard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horiuchi, Kenyuu, Chiesse, Nestor, Wohnhaas, Alexander, Cortés Jáquez, Jesús
Atsumi, Daisuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiraga, Makoto, Lisita, Mckeidy
Banba, Mamoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kusunoki, Taiten, Feier Motta, Luiz
Bat, Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martínez, Kaihiamal, Taro, DJ, Reding, Sébastien, Briggs, Guilherme, Hörmann, Arne
Cerberos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwasaki, Masami, Viana, William, Mendonça, Fernando
Fitzgerald, Homer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ochiai, Kouji, Cruz, Alexandre
Gaou, Rikiya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Tsuyoshi, Suárez, Luis Leonardo, Simões, Daniel
Habashira, Rui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yusa, Kouji, O, In Seong, Prieto, Alan, Campos, Marco Aurélio
Harao, Kiminari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Kousuke, Fonseca, Eduardo, Íñigo, Carlos, Zilse, Felipe, Griegel, Sebastian
Honjou, Masaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mikami, Ichiro, del Roble, Daniel, Ávila, Cassiano
Horide, Billy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyazawa, Tadashi, Fernandes, Élcio Romar
Hosakawa, Ikkyu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyonaga, Toshiyuki, Machado, Yago
Ikari, Daigo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takemoto, Eiji, Patiño, Marcos, Marques, Glauco, Lezama, Ernesto
Ishimaru, Tetsuo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: George, Grant, Katou, Kei, Paquet, Frédéric, Fonseca, Eduardo, de Britto, Miguel, Cruz, Igor
Juumonji, Kazuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thornton, Kirk, Hoshino, Takanori, Pyo, Yeong Jae, Covarrubias, Víctor, Villas, Eduardo, Thomsen, Uwe
Kaitani, Riku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Masuda, Yuuki, Chikiri, Kyouko, Prieto, Alan, Emmanuel, Charles, Rosemann, Leonard
Kakei, Shun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Kousuke, Guarnieri, Caio, Lezama, Ernesto
Kamiya, Taiga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ichinose, Hidekazu, Pinheiro, Rafael, Orozco, Luis Fernando
Kobayakawa, Mihae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bezerra, Úrsula
Komusubi, Daikichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakaki, Hidenori, Carmona, Jonatas, Cruz, Igor
Kongo, Agon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kirimoto, Takuya, Covarrubias, Víctor, Souza, Marcos
Kongo, Unsui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Maeda, Takeshi, Watier, Martin, Pereira, Fox, Cruz, Igor
Konjo, Katsuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Keiko, Saddy, Flávia, Byrd, Christine, Giraud, Johanna
Kumabukuro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ribeiro, Eduardo
Kumabukuro, Riko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ise, Mariya, Acevedo, Patricia, Menezes, Erika
Kuroki, Koji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oliver, Tony, Iwasaki, Masami, Martin, Philippe, Martínez, Kaihiamal, Mendonça, Fernando
Maruko, Reiji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugita, Tomokazu, Ugarte, Víctor, Botta, Duio
Mizumachi, Kengo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Daisuke, Shin, Yong Wu, Orozco, Luis Fernando, Tatini, Adrian
Morgan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwasaki, Masami, Vasconcellos, Jorge
Mushanokoji, Shien (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Yuuya, Vilchis, José Gilberto, Espinoza, Duda, Carl, Mike
Nanpa, Torakichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bezerra, Úrsula
Narrator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chouinard, Patrick, Briggs, Guilherme
Omosadake, Futoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taro, DJ, Picard, Daniel, Minei, Alex, Méndez, Ricardo
Otawara, Makoto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nomura, Kenji, Seitz, Patrick, Harvey, Tristan, Mendiola, Roberto, Albuquerque, Filipe
Sakaki, Doburoku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akaboshi, Shoichiro, Mercado, Arturo, Amajones, Affonso, Ramos, Mauro
Sakuraba, Haruto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyano, Mamoru, Jeong, Jae Heon, Savard-L'Herbier, Nicholas, Méndez, Ricardo, Chesman, Yuri
Sasaki, Koutaro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Moriyama, Eiji, Méndez, Ricardo, Gesteira, Yan
Sawai, Juri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Higuchi, Chieko, Byrd, Christine, Miragaia, Sabrina
Shin, Seijuurou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gomoto, Naoya, Freeman, Crispin, Martínez, Kaihiamal, Rossatto, Raphael
Shouji, Gunpei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Komura, Tetsuo, Gagnon, Hubert, Mendiola, Roberto, Campanile, Carlos
Spencer, Patrick (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kujirai, Kousuke, Mora, Moisés Iván, Bittencourt, Pierre
Susumu, Kyotai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ochiai, Kouji, Prieto, Alan, Rodriguez, Reinaldo
Takami, Ichirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hamada, Kenji, Jeong, Myeong Jun, Lachance, Gilbert, Marques, Thiago, Barrero, Jesús, Lubowski, Manou
Takekura, Gen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Rikiya, Noya, Gabriel, Cruz, Igor
Taki, Suzuna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakagawa, Shoko, Byrd, Christine, Dolan, Stéfanie, Barrero Palestino, Yectli, de Freitas, Ana Helena
Taki, Natsuhiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ochiai, Kouji, Campuzano, Manuel, Granja, João Victor, Ugarte, Víctor, Thiele, Andreas
Tanaka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Legendre, Joël
Tetsuma, Jo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takemoto, Eiji, Fonseca, Eduardo, Grativol, Marcelo
... and 9 more characters

Staff:

Azuma, Fukashi (Producer)
Miyake, Masanori (Producer)
Simone, Jamie (Producer)
Jitsumatsu, Teruaki (Assistant Producer)
Katagai, Shin (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nishita, Masayoshi (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Matsuoka, Hiroki (Sound Director)
Awai, Shigeki (Episode Director, Animation Director)
Hatakeyama, Shigeki (Episode Director)
Hirokawa, Shuuichi (Episode Director)
Hishikawa, Naoki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Izumi, Akihiro (Episode Director)
Kanbara, Toshiaki (Episode Director)
Kuboyama, Eiichi (Episode Director, Key Animation)
Kuroda, Kouichirou (Episode Director)
Makino, Yoshitaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matano, Hiromichi (Episode Director)
Matsumoto, Masayuki (Episode Director)
Nakagawa, Satoshi (Episode Director)
Nasukawa, Mitsuru (Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director)
Natori, Takahiro (Episode Director)
Nishimori, Akira (Episode Director)
Okazaki, Yukio (Episode Director)
Okumura, Yoshiaki (Episode Director)
Ono, Katsumi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ooba, Hideaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ootani, Hajime (Episode Director)
Shimizu, Kazunobu (Episode Director)
Takada, Masahiro (Episode Director)
Takayama, Hideki (Episode Director)
Tsuda, Yoshizou (Episode Director)
Urata, Yasunori (Episode Director)
Ushigusa, Takeshi (Episode Director)
Watanabe, Shinichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Watanabe, Sumio (Episode Director)
Yamaguchi, Mihiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yamauchi, Tomio (Episode Director)
Yamazaki, Shigeru (Episode Director)
Fouquet, Emmanuel (Script)
Kawase, Toshifumi (Script)
Nakase, Rika (Script)
Otoubo, Márcia (Script)
Yamashita, Kenichi (Script)
Fukuta, Jun (Storyboard)
Matsui, Hitoyuki (Storyboard)
BACK-ON (Theme Song Performance)
Hirano, Aya (Theme Song Performance)
Matsui, Goro (Theme Song Lyrics)
Nakagawa, Shoko (Theme Song Performance)
Takanashi, Yasuharu (Theme Song Arrangement)
... and 200 more staff

News:

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Genres: Shounen, Sports, Team Sports
Themes: Team Sports
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Gallop
Producers: Nihon Ad Systems, Shueisha, TV Tokyo, TV Tokyo Music
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks, VIZ Media
Rating: 7.91 / 10
Rank: #831
Popularity: #1370
Users Listed: 192,491
Users Scored: 92,136
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 01/02/2023
Aired: April 6, 2005 – March 19, 2008 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 145
Broadcast: Wednesday at 19:00 (JST)

Eyeshield 21