Ranked #531Popularity #863Members 119,523 Add to List * Your list is public by default.SynopsisSena is like any other shy kid starting high school; he's just trying to survive. Constantly bullied, he's accustomed to running away.
Surviving high school is about to become a lot more difficult after Hiruma, captain of the school's American football team, witnesses Sena's incredible agility and speed during an escape from some bullies. Hiruma schemes to make Sena the running back of his school team, The Devil Bats, hoping that it will turn around the squad's fortunes from being the laughingstock of Japan's high school leagues, to title contender.
To protect his precious star player from rivaling recruiters, he enlists Sena as 'team secretary,' giving him a visored helmet and the nickname 'Eyeshield 21' to hide his identity.
The Devilbats will look to make their way to the Christmas Bowl, an annual tournament attended by the best football teams in Japan, with 'Eyeshield 21' leading the way. Will they be able to win the Christmas Bowl? Will Sena be able to transform from a timid, undersized freshman to an all-star player? Put on your pads and helmet to find out!BackgroundEyeshield 21 was original scheduled to stream in North America on Toonami Jetstream and NFL Rush in collaboration with the National Football League, but the plan fell through and the anime made its debut only on Toonami Jetstream, which later dropped the series. It would then become available in its entirety on Crunchryroll. Sentai Filmworks later licensed and released the first 52 episodes on DVD from 2010 to 2011.Episode Videos |
Related Anime| Adaptation: | Eyeshield 21 | | Side story: | Eyeshield 21: Maboroshi no Golden Bowl, Eyeshield 21: Jump Festa 2005 Special |
Characters & Voice Actors| Raimon, Tarou | Yamaguchi, Kappei
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| Shin, Seijuurou Supporting | |
| Akaba, Hayato | Hirakawa, Daisuke
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Staff| Nishita, Masayoshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation |
| Okumura, Yoshiaki Episode Director |
| Ooba, Hideaki Episode Director, Storyboard |
Edit Opening Theme #1: 'Breakthrough' by Coming Century (eps 1-35)
#2: 'Innocence' by 20th Century (ep 36- 64)
#3: 'Dang Dang' by ZZ (eps 65-103)
#4: 'BLAZE LINE' by BACK-ON (ep 104-126)
#5: 'Hanno no Runningback' by SHORT LEG SUMMER (eps 127-145)
Edit Ending Theme #1: 'Be Free' by Rikken'z (eps 1-13)
#2: 'Blaze Away' by TRAX (eps 14-35)
#3: 'Goal' by Arashiro Beni (eps 36-64)
#4: 'Run to Win' by Mamori (Aya Hirano), Sena (Miyu Irino), Kurita (Koichi Nagano), Rimon (Kappei Yamaguchi) (eps 65 - 100)
#5: 'A day dreaming...' by BACK-ON (eps 101-116)
#6: 'Flower' by BACK-ON (eps 117-126)
#7: 'Song of Power' by SHORT LEG SUMMER (eps 127-144)
#8: 'Dang Dang' by ZZ (ep 145)
More reviewsReviews 145 of 145 episodes seen Poparteeb(All reviews)
236 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 8 | | Story | 8 | | Animation | 8 | | Sound | 7 | | Character | 8 | | Enjoyment | 9 |
How long is it? 145 episodes. What’s it about? American Football. All of it? Yes. (And if you liked this series but found it either too long, or a bit childish, definitely check out Cross Game, a highly underrated sports series that is on a whole different maturity and story level.) Eyeshield 21 is definite shonen sports anime. Heck, its even sponsored by the Japanese NFL and received backing in the United States as a football series on a sports channel. And now,…don’t get turned off. Because if you do, you’re missing out on one of the most entertaining series people disregard just because of its non-traditional anime content.
Review:
Please, please, don’t dump this series just because its football. I cannot but regret that I did put off watching this and suffered my way through crap series like Blade of the Immortal. My 2 cents on why you should watch (if you don’t want to slog your way through the rest of this):
• Typical plot (yet this works perfectly fine for this series), interspersed with drama, comedy, and laugh your head off antics of its marvelous characters.
• Marvelous characters (I said it but I will say it again), You will love the characters of Eyeshield, because even Sena isn’t as annoying as it seems. And…Hiruma will send you to hell if you don’t watch this.
Now that you’re here:
Characters: To put it simply, there is nothing bland about Eyeshield’s cast. From Sena’s traditional shonen perserverance, to Hiruma’s demonic avarice (and he will become your favorite as well), Eyeshield 21 does a masterful job of designing to characters to both appeal to viewers and to transition their interactions with each other smoothly. The rivalry between Sena and Shin is also nonclichedly carried out, and all the supporting characters get their own backstory as well. To tell the truth, I don’t even think that the supporting characters were even ‘technically 2nd tier’. You cannot but feel for the other characters such as the quarterback of the Zokugaku Chameleons whose delinquent team cannot hold themselves together. And so yes, the characters of Eyeshield are not just comedic, but serious, dramatic, and all the time flawed in some way or another. There’s not fun in watching perfect characters now is there?
Plot: Well, its straightforward enough: team has a dream, team wants to go to Christmas Bowl, team must defeat rival teams, team must work together, team must train, then team must win. But this is all you need to watch Eyeshield. It’s 145 episodes does more than enough to advance the adrenaline pumping scenes of the matches. Between moments of drama and football action is raucous comedy which borderlines on the absurd (cough Hiruma gun toting blackmailer), yet makes it more funny all the same. Now come to think of it, you don’t watch a sports series too much for the plot as more for the character development and anime action.
Sound and Graphics: Nothing too shabby here. The BGMs were great, the Ops and EDs were equally great. Eyeshield does a decent job of fitting its sound to its action scenes. The animation is more than adequate for the heart pumping football action scenes. Of course its NOT realistic. Who would want to watch realistic football for 145 episodes? Nah, this is where you see special moves like those in DBZ like Sena’s Devil Bat Ghost, Kid’s Rapid Fire Throw. (No fantastical equipment, mind but enough specialty to make you want to continue watching.) That said, animation is definitely decent for this series.
Entertainment/Replay Value : This is something I wouldn’t mind watching more than once. The one bone I have to pick with the series is its sometimes slightly traditional fillers, which it has to have in its 145 episodes. But even with that, Eyeshield 21 is hilarious, action packed, and a touchdown for us viewers.
Poptart’s Rating: 8/10 145 of 145 episodes seen Pneumonic(All reviews)
31 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 7 | | Story | 6 | | Animation | 8 | | Sound | 6 | | Character | 10 | | Enjoyment | 7 |
**This review is spoiler free** At first glance, there are a lot of reasons why one might not want to watch this show. It's about American Football (narrowing down its audience that might even know what is going on down to just the United States). As stated, Eyeshield 21 is a sports anime, another thing many potential viewers might not like. Lastly, it's shonen, meaning everyone and their brother has probably heard of it before. So why should you watch it? I'll tell you. Story- 6/10 This is easily the weakest point of Eyeshield 21. The story isn't anything that will blow your mind, it isn't anything that will capture you and it's constant struggle. It's just about going to the Christmas Bowl (basically a football championship game). That's all you are going to get. Some characters that like football wanting to play a game on the highest stage of their highschool careers. As I stated, this is the weakest point of Eyeshield, but it still fits the show. You wouldn't expect a Neon Genesis 'my mind is blown!!!' moment, and you wouldn't expect a Death Note 'Wow!' either.
Art- 8/10
I found myself rather impressed with the art of Eyeshield. It isn't necessarily that every character is incredibly detailed, but the details that were added are very impressive to just sit and look at. For instance, Hiruma (my personal favorite character of the show, but we will go over that later) is always described as a manipulative, devil like character. The author could have just stopped there, but instead of being lazy, do you know what they did? They made the football team called the, 'Deimon Devil Bats' for one. But also, they made him LOOK like a devil. He has pointy ears, a huge devilish grin, incredibly spiky hair and the like. That being said, the art styles for all the characters fit them very well (Hiruma is just the most obvious where it fits). After noticing how Hiruma looked, I found myself analyzing other characters to see if I could find any particular art style that fit there character. The conclusion was, every character has some little thing that fits them, and it is done very well!
Sound- 6/10
Another weaker point of Eyeshield is the sound. It isn't bad by any means, but just be ready to hear the same things a lot. Some examples would be when Sena runs, sometimes you will hear a weird buzzing sound, like he is some sort of rocket at take off. Some of these sounds are great, like before a game when Hiruma yells his special battle chant. On the other hand, other noises you will get tired of VERY quickly. Monta, a star receiver on the Devil Bats, has a catch phrase where he yells 'MAX!!!'. This gets annoying quickly, because he uses it for almost every conceivable situation. Also, being that you should watch this subbed, whenever he yells said catchphrase, it is usually something like this:
Intended: Catch Max!
Final Product: CATCHEEDUH MAXXXOOOOOH!
I understand that this is a different language, but I do thing a better catch phrase could have been made, to at least be less annoying. Those are my only gripes with the sound, as the voice acting is rather good. All the voices perfectly fit the character they are trying to portray.
Character- 10/10
The strongest point of Eyeshield 21, the characters. Every character has something to like, something to hate, or something that will at least make you FEEL for that character. Whether it is a positive or negative feeling, it is much better to feel negative towards a character than to simply not care. You will most likely find one character that you can relate to in every situation. Also, before we go into this any more, Hiruma will end up being your favorite character. You will see why as the show progresses, but just know and be prepared. Anyway, every character has some sort of different trait that makes them different from any other character. Sena, for instance, has the Shonen persistence that every main character seems to have. That always present drive to get better, get stronger, get faster, what ever the situation. Kurita has more compassion than his weight in Valentine's Day chocolates. Mamori has the motherly caring and protective instincts (especially towards Sena). That is why every character in Eyeshield is so great. Every character, from the main character Sena to a supporting character like Taki, has something there. There are no wasted characters. While some shows like Bleach have a large cast but don't do anything with half of them, Eyeshield uses it's large cast perfectly. Just when you think they have forgotten about Taki, he catches a pass for a 13 yard gain. Just when you think the Devil Bats will never throw a pass in this game, they throw a touchdown. Nothing is left wasted, and anyone can put themselves in any other characters shoes.
Enjoyment- 7/10
This show is very enjoyable over all. You will find yourself with boring parts though. Sometimes there is a 3 episode wait between games, and sometimes there is a 20 episode wait. The show is paced very well, but it does have the Shonen filler sometimes. There are also a lot of episodes where something is wrong with one character or group of characters, and the entire episode is spent trying to fix whatever happened.
Overall- 7/10
Overall there are no gaping flaws that make this show unwatchable. This is one of the only Shonen I'd recommend to anyone, just because there is something for everyone, whether you like football or not. I hope you decide to try this show out, and to hopefully finish it one day, because it really is worth your time.
Thank you for reading my thoughts, and hopefully you found this review helpful. 145 of 145 episodes seen graysky14(All reviews)
21 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 10 | | Story | 9 | | Animation | 8 | | Sound | 10 | | Character | 10 | | Enjoyment | 10 |
At first glance, many thought that American football is all about muscle and killing intent. As a child, I watched NFL games and saw players hurt, injured, worst; crushed, suffer fractures and other accidents that led them to disability. As a sportsman(once a varsity basketball player), I hate games runned by power and skill alone. Ya-HA! Enters Eyeshield 21 that features a with unorthodox players such as shorty, porky and a Demon. The plot is very simple, about an errand boy who became a superstar in a game played by monsters and his team, the Devil Bats journey to National Championships, the Christmas Bowl. It highlights the rivalry of the main character, light speed runningback Kobayakawa Sena known as Eyeshield 21 and Linebacker Shin Seijurou who is considered as the perfect player. Like other shounen stories, the protagonist grows strong stronger as he faced stronger opponents until the final decesive battle against his rival.
What everyone loved in this anime is its character development and as a sports themed anime, ES21 expressed the importance of teamwork better.
ES21 can be a manual itself and gradually showed the rules of the American football. This sports unlike any other team sports is a game of specialties and choosing a position is very vital to he outcome of the team. In the Devil bats case, the team is composed usually of inexperienced guys (and some are weaklings) relying only on their lifestyle, natural talents, hard work and rushed training. Here are their ligitimate line-up:
QB- H. Youichi - the devilish trickster and master of psychological warfares.
RB/TB- K. Sena- former errand boy with lightspeed legs
RB/FB- Ishimaru - helper from the track & field club
WR- R. Tarou - dedicated follower of a Baseball catching superstar
WR- Yukimitsu- his life was spent on academics
C- K. Ryoukan- a guy who knows nothing but power
G- Y. Daikichi - a loyal apprentice of Kurita
G- Ha -thugs
T- Ha -same-
T- Brothers -same-
Considering these data, thechances of playing forthe national championship was estimated 0.1% but saccording to their Leader, Hiruma-sama, as long as its not completely zero, winning is still inevitable.
Compared with other sports anime, I'd say Eyeshield 21 is the smartest of them all. This anime proves that winning isn't only a matter of skills, athleticism, work ethic and determination, it takes some deep tactics, calculations and brainstorming to outwit the opposing team and to stand on the battlefield.
After watching this anime, surely you'll never doubt that David really toppled Goliath. Ya-ha! 145 of 145 episodes seen ladyxzeus(All reviews)
16 people found this review helpful |
| Overall | 6 | | Story | 5 | | Animation | 6 | | Sound | 6 | | Character | 8 | | Enjoyment | 7 |
Eyeshield 21 is an essay in 145 episodes about... American Football! A game that I don't know, like or understand, portrayed in anime! A game that we always believed that was only played in America... In anime! Conclusion: Must Watch. The story is as simple as "sports anime": a team and its players, represented by the Speed-Light Running Back Kobayakawa Sena as main character, must overcome stronger teams and players by evoluting physically and spiritually in way to get to the ultimate victory (participating in the Christmas Bowl). However, this team is not like your average! They are below the average! In the end, this is the fight of an underdog team composed by untalented members that had to generate their talent through train and hard work. Very heart warming for people that, like me, don't have talent and have to do everything through hard work.
Adding to this, the characters are pretty much... Brilliant. Each character design is a caricature from the corresponding personality. With this fashion, characters that had not much of a content, turned into people that you are willing to support and even identify with. You find all the stereotypes, but you also discover that they are real and have their reasons.
The animation is quite good, as well as the art overall, but this series suffers of a disease common to most long anime: repeated animation sequences and loss of detail quality through the series. Of course that if you watch an episode a week like you should and not 15 a day like I did, you will most likely never notice this. However, the slow paced games hook you up to the point of wanting to watch them as soon as possible. Even the filler episodes held enough fun.
A great comedy, with its inspirational and touching moments, and above all a tribute to American Football.
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What does a wimpy kid who's been bullied all his life have to depend on but his own two feet? Sena Kobayakawa is about to start his first year in high school and he's vowed not to get picked on anymore. Unfortunately, the sadistic captain of the football team already has his eye on Sena and his lightning-fast speed.
Published April 5th 2005 by VIZ Media LLC (first published January 1st 2002)
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This is my review for whole series.
I have read some sport manga, and the main plot of this genre is cliché, from zero to hero. Although they all basically have the same basic plot, there are still new sport manga since Captain Tsubasa. Authors/creators of sport manga are inventing new ideas in premises, themes, or characters (oh, and illustration arts too, we are talking about manga). At a glance on the cover of the manga, everyone can guess that Eyeshield 21 offers a new main theme in sport man...more
Dec 12, 2011
Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ] rated it
it was amazing Shelves: 2011-reads, own, manga-graphic-novel☺, reviews, young-adult, favorites
YAHAAA!!!
Do you know Kobayakawa Sena? How about Eyeshield 21 from the Deimon Devil Bats?
Eyeshield 21 is a manga about american football written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. It became an anime on Aril 6, 2005 and ended with 145 episodes on March 19, 2008. This anime is sponsored by NFL Japan and aired in countries like korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
The story revolves around high school student Kobayakawa Sena who loves football and has a incredible talen...more
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Jan 25, 2018Elizabeth (Elzburg) rated it liked it
I almost dropped this after reading the first 2 chapters because it was so generic, but decided I should at least finish the volume. You know, since it's supposed to be a pretty good sports manga/anime and all. Also because I've dropped too many manga after reading only the first chapter or two, and a series really does need more of a chance than that.
Eyeshield 21 is a sports manga about American football.
USA! USA! USA!
I don't really care too much about the sport myself. I had some fun playing...more
Eyeshield 21 Episode 146
ini komik sports yang jadi favorite gue,
meskipun pada awalnya gue gak ngelirik pertama kali karena gambar karakternya gak cakep (note : gue selalu lihat dari gambar-gambar karakternya cakep apa kagak :P) tapi pas lihat sosok Hiruma si akuma yang jenius itu gue mulai tertarik dan nggak kecewa baca komiknya. .
yang paling menarik dari komik ini adalah humornya yang bikin ngakak mampus, sosok hiruma sang quaterback yang licik, suka bawa senjata kemana-mana dan memiliki buku hitam (buku ancaman) jad...more
Sep 24, 2017Javier Muñoz rated it liked it
Eyeshield 21 es un divertido shonen sobre futbol americano, tramas sobre la construcción del equipo, vida en el instituto, relaciones de amistad... muy típico todo pero al tiempo muy loco y gracioso, para pasar un rato con la sonrisa puesta y poco en lo que pensar
Aug 29, 2017Nicolo Yu rated it liked it · review of another edition
With the upcoming NFL season (2017) a few weeks away, there are more suitable reads than Eyeshield 21 but the humor and sports action make for a potent combination.
Eyeshield 21 is how a Japanese manga creator views the eponymous American sport of football. This reader isn't here for the crash course in sports rules, but it does make for a soft introduction into the nuances of the sport. This reader is here for the action and the comedy.
The first seven chapters comprise the first volume and conta...more
Feb 04, 2015Aurora Dimitre rated it it was amazing
So, my favorite genre of anime/manga is sports manga, as weird as that might seem to even myself - because I honestly don't care about any sort of sports at all in real life, but make it fake and it's my favorite. Eyeshield 21 is no exception - and, actually, the only sports manga that I've really read - oh, I've read a few chapters here and there of Kuroko no Basket, or Kenichi: the Mightiest Disciple, but I've never really sat down and just read the manga until Eyeshield 21.
The story foll...more
Sep 07, 2009Jeff_§of2014 rated it really liked it
This book is about an average boy named Sena who runs errands for his sister all the time. Sena had just got into a new high school with a new start without any friend so his sister convinced him to go to clubs and in the end the football club was the one best suited for him. Since Sena had been running a lot of errands he had superb speed and it really gave him the advantage with the football team for a runner.
I can connect this to many people because everyone will do one thing they wont like...more
Aug 11, 2016José Paredes rated it really liked it
Eyeshield 21 features all the clichés you can expect from a sports manga, yet it's executed so well that it doesn't really matter. The artwork is awesome, the pacing is great and the characters are diverse, interesting and have developed personalities and motivations. Seriously, Hiruma Youichi alone is a good reason to read this manga.
Jul 10, 2018Julie (Manga Maniac Cafe) rated it liked it
3.5 stars
Cute art, but the story didn't grab me. I am reading so many sports manga that Eyeshield 21 has serious competition, and this volume fell short. I love the action scenes when Sena is running, usually away from something. But the eyeshield? That's too silly, even for me. It's like Clark Kent and the glasses. Everyone is too unobservant to realize that the little team manager disappears and the little runner dude appears, just when he's needed the most. Nah, I am just not buying that.
This manga is “EYESHIELD 21” this is American football manga. Actually, I didn’t know about American football before reading this manga . But I could enjoy this manga.
Of course, you can enjoy without the knowledge. This manga makes us excited without the knowledge. And you can get the knowledge of American football. I wanted to play American football. You maybe wanted to ply American football too.
I recommend this manga. This is so exciting. I hope that you will read.
Jan 28, 2018Elinor Master of Gifs rated it really liked it
Aaaaahh Eyeshield 21 ! J'ai regardé une bonne partie du dessin animé quand j'étais plus jeune. J'adorais. Il est finalement temps de se mettre à la version papier ! Et c'est cool, évidemment. Le n'importe quoi de Hiruma rend moins bien en manga pour l'instant (c'est plus rigolo de l'entendre crier) mais les actions sportives rendent mieux sur papier, je trouve, aussi bizarre que ça puisse paraître.
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Apr 19, 2018
Hana Eka rated it
liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: sport, adventure, devil, best-mangaka, reread
Pertama kali baca Eyeshield 21 ketika pertama kali terbit kira-kira waktu kuliah dulu. Sekarang membaca uang untuk penyegaran.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, sungguh segar melihat HIruma dkk beraksi. xD9
Sena Kobayakawa has always been a shy and easily bullied kid. Good thing his older (female) friend Mamori has protected him throughout his childhood, though being in different schools before made that hard. But now that he's going to her school, she's clucking over him and trying to protect him again, encouraging him to make friends by joining clubs (but she issues a stiff warning: stay away from anything to do with a guy called Hiruma!). Sena meets a large student named Kurita, who shares his w...more
Jan 13, 2014~Anna B.~ ♥ rated it it was amazing
5 STARS! :)
(NOTE: This is a review for the whole manga.)
Sena Kobayakawa has been bullied ever since he was young. He has this aura around him that makes him seem weak and targeted by delinquents. He was cornered but the urge to protect his childhood friend is stronger. Someone discovered his talent as a running back of an American football team. This story took a long route of explaining how a lie turn out to be the truth and the Deimon devil bats' hope to reach the Christmas Bowl. I love the en...more
Oct 28, 2013
Fugo Feedback rated it
liked it · review of another edition
Recommended to Fugo by: Bucletina
Creo que la cantidad de minutos de mi vida que dediqué a ver partidos de fútbol americano debe ascender a... cinco, seis. Diez como mucho. Sin embargo, horas y días de mi vida (que seguro suman meses) las dediqué a la lectura, ociosa o laboral, de muchísimos mangas, así que el lenguaje propio de este tipo de historietas ya me es más que familiar.
Gracias a esa familiaridad, al encanto del dibujo, a las fáciles pero efectivas secuencias humorísticas y a las explicaciones de fútbol americano para t...more
This series currently holds the title of My Mostest Favoritest Manga. I've grown up in a household where Autumn Saturdays are already booked as college football days. Football has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and the fact that I have actually found a graphic novel that goes along with that very theme is incredible.
The artwork in this series starts out a little... inexperienced, but rest assured it improves dramatically. The characters from Sena to Shin are so filled with...more
Aug 23, 2015Lei rated it really liked it
Rating for all 333 chapters.
Had so much fun reading this one. Great characters, nice pacing and enjoyable battles. It's not perfect but it was very good up until the World Cup arc. The final arc was so disappointing and that's the reason why I had to shave off a star. It should've ended with the Christmas Bowl and in my mind, that will always be the final arc. I've never been interested in American Football but because I was reading this one, I ended up watching football highlights in Youtube.
Y...more
Apr 23, 2014Thelma rated it it was amazing
Maybe a reread of this is exactly what I need. I love these characters so much and their struggles never fail to get me motivated. This first book just sets up the main conflict (going to the Christmas Bowl) and the main characters (Sena, Hiruma, Kurita and Mamori) so it's not too hard hitting. But I just want to pick up the next one right now to see them all become a team. So that's exactly what I'm going to do.
(Plus I get a nice refresher about american football because I am not american and t...more
THE GOOD: Un excellent manga, parfait pour amateurs de football américains.
THE BAD: Je trouve que l’histoire manque de profondeur .
THE UGLY: Malheureusement, ce manga n’arrive pas a surpasser Slam Dunk!
May 20, 2017Sebastien rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Je dois le dire, les manga de sport sont facilement dans les meilleurs oeuvres que j’ai lu point à la ligne. Slam Dunk est facilement dans mon top 5 manga a vie et il parle de basketball. Sinon autre gros titres sont Rookies, Ikaru No Go et maintenant je peux fièrement ajouter Eye Shield 21 dans le lots des excellent et voir même presque parfait manga de sport. On m’avait dit que ce manga serait le roi de ma bibliothèque après l’avoir lu. Avec autant d’attente c’est avec plaisir que je dit qu’il...more
Nov 27, 2018Ben Truong rated it really liked it
Eyeshield 21: The Boy With the Golden Legs is the beginning of a series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata and it's a sports manga centering on Sena Kobayakawa and his tenure on an American Football team. This tankōbon collects the first seven chapters of this on-going series.
Sena Kobayakawa has just managed to enter high school and on his first day, three students known collectively as the 'Hah Brothers' bully him. To beat Sena Kobayakawa without witnesses, they enter...more
Jan 03, 2019Oscar Leal rated it liked it
3 ESTRELLAS ☆☆☆
Me encanta el fútbol Americano. Soy gran fanatico de los NY Jets desde que tenía unos 12 años, trato de ver sus partidos siempre que puedo; pero este es mi primer acercamiento con un manga que trate a este deporte. La linea de secuencia con los elementos y pasos en los que progresa la historia/protagonista son cliché de otros tantos más en el sector deportivo del manga que son muy buenos como Captain Tsubasa, Slam Dunk, Kuroko no Basket, entre otros.
La trama en sí es muy tipica y...more
May 16, 2018Alexandra Rivera rated it it was amazing
Eyeshield 21 is a fascinating blend of Japanese and American culture through American football. What I love the most about this manga is that it gives Japan's perspective on an aspect of American culture. We see football being one of the most unpopular sports in Japan and easily looked over in favor of other sports. Meanwhile, in American its one of the most highly anticipated sports. We also see a group of students who are dedicated to playing football and being the best; yet, there is no festi...more
May 27, 2017Martin rated it it was amazing
Kobayashi Sena ist ein kleiner, schmaler Junge, der sein ganzes Leben lang von seiner Freundin Mamori Anezaki beschützt worden ist, die ihn mütterlich vor allen möglichen Gefahren bewahrt. Als Sena frisch an der Oberschule zufällig dem teuflischen General des zu Beginn nur zwei Personen bestehenden Football-Klubs aufgrund seiner Geschwindigkeit auffällt, da entwickelt sich in weiterer Folge einer der größten Sport-Manga ever.
Während die Storyelemente typisch dem Shōnen-Genre entsprechen, so sind...more
Apr 25, 2019
typewriterdeluxe rated it
really liked it Shelves: comics, action, comedy, coming-of-age, series, sports, young-adult, tv-and-film
Eyeshield 21 is such a fun story that even readers who know nothing about football (me) will be rooting for the Deimon Devil Bats to win the Christmas Bowl!
This is a great mix of over-the-top hijinks and genuine heartwarming content all rolled up in a sports story about a team that hasn't gotten off the ground yet but may be coming together thanks to a new recruit with raw talent.
I'm kind of shocked by how much I enjoyed this book, considering that I'm not a sporty person at all. The writing an...more
May 05, 2019Chris rated it liked it
Wacky and silly.
Jul 27, 2018Morgane Zambrelli rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
J'ai ADORE cette série ! Je l'ai lu entre le 30 juin et le 20 juillet.
my first sports manga, i liked it quite a bit
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He is a mangaka from Tokyo, Japan. He debuted in October 2001 with Nandodemo Roku Gatsu Jū San Hi, and also wrote for the magazine Square Freeze and Love Love Santa, published in November 2001 and in February 2002 respectively. He later moved to Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, in wich he won the 7th 'Story King' section in the same year.
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