And if they don’t, I could always adopt someone else in the facility.When I first started watching this anime, I really didn't expect anything special. Then I could make ABSOLUTELY SURE my kids will become the greatest soccer stars in the world. Or better yet, if I had to resources to OPEN a school like this. If only I could send MY kids to a school like this. They are taught to only look out for themselves and to crush their competition with extreme prejudice. You know all those themes that sports anime loves to talk about? Camaraderie? Sportsmanship? The lack of “I” in “team”? Well, this anime takes all that hoo-ha and throws it in the garbage. Blue Lock Eight Bitīlue Lock is a dark exception to the sports anime rule, and that’s why it’s my favorite! Set in a dystopian future, the story takes place in an experimental training camp, where 300 teenagers are detained in prison-like conditions in order to be developed into the world’s greatest strikers. It also spawned several successful video games, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Captain Tsubasa was made at the same time that both soccer AND anime were gaining popularity in Japan, and remains one of the greatest sports anime of all time. This 1980s classic follows an eleven-year-old soccer star-in-the-making, who dreams of winning the World Cup for the Japanese team. That’s why I tell my kids to slide tackle with their cleats up. Oh well, there’s no use crying over spilled milk now is there? It’s better to let someone else cry over spilled blood. And that’s EXACTLY what I expect of my two children! Maybe if they had been better peewee soccer players, their father wouldn’t have walked out the door to “get some milk” and never return. Being the best means that you have to be better than EVERYONE ELSE. It’s the only thing I let my kids watch! If there’s one thing that a soccer anime protagonist knows, it’s that you have to be willing to sacrifice ANYTHING to get ahead in the sport. Even if they have to eat the corpses of their teammates to survive.Īnd that’s why I LOVE soccer anime. Every morning before school, I wake my kids up with a bullhorn and pile them into my SUV to drive them to practice. And so do my kids, if they know what’s good for them.

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