Attacker You!

Attacker You!
The third volume of the Italian edition of the Attacker YOU! manga.
アタッカーYOU!
Genre	Romance, Sports
Manga
Written by	Jun Makimura Shizuo Koizumi
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	1984 – 1985
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Kazuyuki Okaseko Masari Sasahiro
Studio	Knack Productions
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 13, 1984 – June 21, 1985
Episodes	58
Anime television series
New Attacker You!
Directed by	Tomoharu Katsumata
Music by	Shiro Sagisu
Studio	Knack Productions
Original network	Darian Cartoon
Original run	2008
Episodes	52

Attacker You! (アタッカーYOU!, Atakkā Yū!^?) is a 1984 Japanese manga series by Jun Makimura and Shizuo Koizumi published by Kodansha. An anime series, consisting of 58 episodes of 24 minutes each, was produced by Knack Productions and broadcast by TV Tokyo from April 13, 1984 to June 21, 1985. The DVD version was released in Japan on August 20, 2004.

The Attacker You! anime, despite mediocre ratings in Japan, achieved a strong level of popularity in several European countries, including Italy (Mila e Shiro, due cuori nella pallavolo), France (Jeanne et Serge), Spain (called both Dos fuera de serie and Juana y Sergio), Portugal (Joana e Sérgio, O Desafio dos Anjos) and Poland (Pojedynek Aniolow). The anime has been rerun several times in Italy since its original broadcast there, and the manga was also released in Italy. The European dubs were reportedly so popular that they inspired many young female viewers in countries where the series aired to join volleyball teams at their own schools. As of 2012, no incarnation of the anime has been licensed in North America.

Attacker You! is the story of ambitious and energetic thirteen-year-old junior high schoolgirl You (pronounced Yu) Hazuki, who moves to Tokyo from the Japanese countryside, where she lived with her grandparents, to live with her father Toshihiko, a cameraman recently returned from Peru, and attend Hikawa High School. You's mother is not in the picture, having left when You was very young. Also living with You and her father is her adoptive younger brother Sunny (adopted by Toshihiko while he was in Peru), who is very attached to his stepsister and tends to follow her everywhere she goes, including to school and to her volleyball matches. However, You's father is not supportive of her volleyball playing, and You is puzzled as to why he gets so angry about it. You is also a fan of Kanako Tajima, a television color commentator for volleyball games, and notices that her father also acts strangely whenever she watches Tajima on TV or sees a picture of her.