Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
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Screenshot of the logo from the anime Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
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ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER (Hangurī Hāto Wild Striker) |
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| Genre | Sports (association football) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yōichi Takahashi |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | 2002 – 2004 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Saga |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | Animax, Fuji Television |
| English network | |
| Original run | September 11, 2002 – September 10, 2003 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER Hangurī Hāto Wild Striker?) is a Japanese soccer manga and anime series, authored by Captain Tsubasa creator Yōichi Takahashi. The manga series was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion. The anime series was produced by Nippon Animation and Animax, and premiered in Japan on Animax between September 11, 2002 and September 10, 2003, spanning a total of 52 episodes.
Animax later aired the series across its other networks worldwide, including its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and its other networks, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latin America and numerous other regions. The anime series has also been broadcast, translated and dubbed in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Urdu and other languages.
German-based sportswear brand Puma were the commercial sponsors for the anime series, with many of the clothing and sportsgear sporting Puma's brand.
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker tells the story of Kanō Kyōsuke, a teenage high school student who at the beginning of the series, has just transferred into Jyoyō Orange High School. Kyōsuke's older brother is the illustrious and extremely famous A.C. Milan soccer player, Kanō Seisuke, who had first taught him how to play and love the game of soccer and whom he has greatly admired since childhood. After Seisuke left Japan to sign with Italian powerhouse A.C. Milan, people started comparing Kyōsuke with his brother and criticizing him due to his different playing style. Living in his brother's shadow, Kyōsuke's love for the game slowly started to evaporate and lessen, and he eventually lost most of his passion for it.
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