Fantasista Stella

Synopsis:

Trailer:

Characters:

• Honda, Keisuke (Main) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Hideo
• Sakamoto, Teppei (Main) - Voice Actors: Yanagita, Junichi
• Kondou, Atsushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyashita, Eiji
• Morikawa, Ryuuji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito
• Okita, Kaoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchiyama, Kouki
• Ookubo, Rui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawabe, Shunsuke

Staff:

• Ooyama, Ryou (Producer)
• Takahashi, Hideya (Director)
• Urakari, Hiroki (Sound Director)
• Yamashita, Tomohiro (Script)
• Aida, Asami (Assistant Animation Director)
• Hashimoto, Junichi (Animation Director)
• Kawashima, Kumiko (Character Design)
• Kobayashi, Ichizou (Animation Director)
• Kusaba, Michiteru (Original Creator, Original Character Design)
• Oda, Taeko (Animation Director)
• Ogawa, Yukiko (Background Art)
• Ozawa, Kumiko (Animation Director, Character Design)
• Shinbo, Takurou (Animation Director)
• Takahashi, Atsuko (Animation Director)
• Washida, Toshiya (Animation Director)

Reviews:

• User ShadowJackal35 (Score: 7/10):
  There aren't any reviews for this anime and I honestly enjoyed it a lot, so I guess I'll give my brief opinion. Fantastisa Stella is a 3 episode sports anime featuring soccer (or football if you aren't American) and it has all the basic elements to make a sports anime, but it didn't have the time. There are only 3 episodes so ~60 minutes to get a whole tournament and if you know anything about anything about sports anime, it's this: one tournament usually equals about 5-6 episodes. 3 minimum if they're really trying to be fast. (laugh) So unfortunately, FS did not have this luxuryand the competition is cut short to just the bare bone.nnDespite this however, I really enjoyed watching it. I thought the music was great, the cast was likable, and there's that element of un-realism that most sports anime possess that is somehow really enjoyable, and I would have liked to see these characters more because I thought there was a lot of potential. There was a good dynamic, all things aside, and it's too bad despite its low score.nnI dunno, man. I shit talk a lot, but I really have nothing against the show.nnStory - 7 (Good)nArt - 7 (Good)nSound - 8 (Very Good)nCharacter - 7 (Good)nEnjoyment - 8 (Very Good)nOverall - 7.5 (Good)
• User TheCompletionist (Score: 8/10):
  Despite being a long time fan of anime, I'm actually a very loyal sports fan as well. Being Canadian you'd think the only sport I would ever be interested is in Hockey, but for as long as I can remember I've always been a fan of soccer but in a very obscure way. I don't really watch any of the euro leagues but I never miss the world cup. One of the thing that I've always appreciated about soccer is that it is the most played sport around the world and even though in the world of soccer there are always the soccer superpowers, butwhen it comes to the world cup I always love to root for the underdog and I absolutely love it when we get to see the soccer superpowers get beaten by lesser known teams in the tournament. Even though Canada never really makes it to the world cup minus the odd exception, one team I always love to cheer because of my love of anime is always Japan. To have an opportunity to see an anime that focuses on Japanese National Team making their final preparations with regards to competing in 2014 world cup in Brazil is something worth watching. Even better yet, it turned out to be something I immensely enjoyed despite it's short length of only 3 episodes. nnThe plot of Fantasista Stella focuses on the Japanese National Soccer Team playing an exhibition game against the top team in the European league known as Real Madrid. Teppei Sakamoto is a star soccer player of Japan and plays for Real Madrid and despite his desire to play for the National Team, his coach refuses to let him on the team because they don't think the team would match up to his level of play and he feels the team would be better suited to play against him rather to play with him. Obviously there are a lot of nerves regarding the the Japanese National Soccer Team because it's not like they're playing against another country but they are playing a team that has a collection of the best soccer players in the world. Obviously they're not going to use the real names of actual soccer players even though the anime has permission to use the logos of Real Madrid and the Japanese National Soccer Association but as you watch this anime and if you have a lot of knowledge about soccer players it's pretty easy to know what players the anime tries to showcase throughout this short three episode adventure. nnDespite the anime's short length, there isn't really a lot of character development and two and half of the three episodes are strictly focused on the actual soccer game between Real Madrid and the Japanese National Soccer Team. For the Japanese team, there are a lot of jangled nerves because even though this game against Real Madrid is an exhibition game there is this drive that they want to do their very best even though…

News:

• News Briefs for Sept 29 - Oct 5 (10/06/2014)
• Weekly Shounen Sunday Announces Multiple OVA Adaptations (05/09/2014)

Forum Topics:

• Fantasista Stella Episode 1 Discussion
• Fantasista Stella Episode 3 Discussion
• Fantasista Stella Episode 2 Discussion
• Preview & Cast (Update 9/2)

External Links:

• Official Site
• AniDB
• ANN
• Wikipedia

Related Anime/Manga:

• Fantasista Stella (manga - Adaptation)