Captain Tsubasa Season 2: Junior Youth-hen

Wow. Simply Extraordinary. The magnificent world created by Yoichi Takahashi has yet again gazed our eyes. The deft, unique and world-class manga that has inspired many around the globe returns. As I opened the television, the new theme song alongside its introduction hits with a new, exhilarating yet nostalgic feeling. The storyline, constructed by Takahashi as per usual and expected was sublime, engaging the audience with the use of various different anecdotes and backstories as Tsubasa and his teammates faces a new challenge. Characters that had appeared in season 1 was well-developed, such as Hygua, Wakabayashi and Masaki. Taking Hygua as an example, his personality ... clearly changed as he weaves through obstacles that he encounters. Still hot-heated with a strong determination to victory and everlasting glory, he is no longer the "caged tiger" both on and off the pitch, actively communicating with teammates. He now accepts defeat as a motive to hone his skills further and understands the importance of teamwork as seen with more frequent passing and the acknowledgement of Tsubasa as captain.

Apart from these, the animations in later episodes were also catchy and engaging. Fire shoot from Schneider captures precisely his fury and strength of his shot, making use of imagery to allow the audience to understand his emotions behind each and every kick of the ball. His fire, fueled by his will to reconnect his family. Genius Dribbler Diaz shows similar trait. His delicate, skillful yet cheeky South American dribbles were captured by a flashback to his childhood and upbringing under poverty in Argentina. By engaging with this backstory, Takahashi reflects the will and hope of every Argentinian audience alike. A prominent footballing country, where all levels of people play the sport.

If I had time, I would dive in further but overall I strongly recommend a watch to this nostalgic-inducing masterpiece as you are able to relive all emotions and skills alongside the Japan National Team with everyone's favourite Tsubasa Oozora.

I'm usually not the type to complain about ''bad animation'' or what not, but isn't this anime just a slideshow at this point? I've read the manga and you know it's bad when even that feels like it's moving more then whatever this collection of still images is. YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE THEM PROPERLY KICK A BALL TO ONE ANOTHER IT'S THAT BAD. Why even reboot it if you're going to give it this treatment? Who is this adaptation supposed to make happy? I doubt this adaptation would get anyone new into the franchise and the diehard fans are just hurt by this. ... Season 1 was absolutely fine animation-wise so I'm just confused as to what the hell went wrong in the production of this. I enjoy the franchise and the characters don't get me wrong but this adaptation is simply mediocre.

If you know even a little bit about football, you'll find this anime incredibly awful.
No matter whether youth teams or not. Strikers can only score a goal if they are alone in front of the goalkeeper.
The defenders run three abreast instead of closing up spaces and prefer to tackle 5m in advance. The players can also float in the air and change the direction of the shot three times and block; the series does not have flat passes.

The animations are also incredibly lazy. There are only still images with acceleration stripes, or it will
only the upper body shown. Even if you're nostalgic, you can't give ... this a 10. Because the animations are simply too weak. Compare that to Blue Lock. Every pass looks like a shot. The dialogues consist of 20x calling the player by name and saying "nice".

The whole thing mixes together into an incredible trashy mush. There is incredible pathos during training games.
Of course, for challenges you have to run illegally onto the field or steal the ball from those training.