japanese hepburn japanese manga series written illustrated series tells story boy joins american football club secretary turns play wearing number pseudonym chose american football central subject realizing fit perfectly idea series manga originally serialized weekly jump july june series consists chapters collected volumes anime adaptation consisting television episodes produced tokyo television series aired japan tokyo network april march franchise spawned original video animations audio albums video games merchandise north_america manga released april october anime series later licensed north_america joint effort aired december site completion streaming service shut series streamed english licensed series distribution dvds japan manga sold million volumes manga anime featured times weekly lists best selling respective media anime watched large number television viewers japan helping raise american football popularity country publications manga anime commented received positive comments artwork characters negative responses non football scenes plot tokyo weak boy named enters high school choice remarkable physical abilities running speed agility noted school american football team captain forces join devil bats football team running protect identity teams want recruit forced publicly assume role team secretary enter field pseudonym wearing helmet hide features makeshift team initially takes spring football tournament hoping win strength new secret weapon extremely weak team eliminated early white knights best football teams japan defeat spring tournament revealed secondary importance fall tournament teams compete chance play christmas bowl high school football league championship slowly build real team students looking define baseball player catch characters slowly join team series follows building growth members rival teams achieve goal playing christmas bowl following christmas bowl japan begins gather best football players form team represent valuable player mvp awarded nfl contract million reaches final game ends tie teams declared winners teams return field improvised overtime causing chaos officials unclear team wins unofficial extra period holds mvp trophy aloft winning professional contract series concludes captain devil bats leave school attend college final year high school invites notre dame high school final chapter main characters college playing amateur league football employed production series published regularly published shots called march weekly jump original run magazine went times united_states college football matches visit space center collect reference materials use basis creating nasa aliens visited military base needed draw background revealed watched nfl game noted players transmitted intimidating powerful feeling saying facing mind created american player monstrous size despite having played american football chose theme deciding wanted create protagonist beginning perform sports game premise mind decided american football suitable material originally creating said wary want manga football fact football popular sport japan worried resort thought turn series rider style masked hero story met popularity required magazine asked work read manga noted cool design concepts uniforms equipment said turned great manga story happy challenge eventually chosen illustrating chapters mistakes hurt mistake dust draw characters sketches mechanical pencil considered special given publication manga series written illustrated originally serialized japanese magazine weekly july june manga consists chapters spanning collected volumes released december october published series magazine style books fourteen volumes released june february english translation manga published north_america label april october manga licensed countries france hong_kong indonesia italy south_korea taiwan anime adaptations original video animations original video animations based manga series developed named phantom golden bowl developed shown september jump second titled christmas bowl shown jump later released dvd released second compilation called jump super dvd released extra track sixth dvd anime series television series anime adaptation produced tokyo directed episode series television episodes aired japan april march tokyo japan distributed anime dvd format thirty volumes released july june initially planned air dubbed version internet video streaming service nfl rush site joint effort national_football_league nfl anime eventually posted episode available december completed cancellation december video streaming service announced begin stream subtitled site january episode available november premium users march free users february announced received license anime episodes released subtitled dvds february audio music anime adaptation composed series use pieces theme music opening seven ending themes opening themes breakthrough innocence blaze line running ending themes free blaze away goal run win day dreaming flower song power number audio cds linked anime series released japan original soundtrack released discs march title complete best album compilation albums featuring opening ending themes songs character team songs released august december march respectively maxi singles containing character songs published released october songs released january addition musical cds drama field audio drama released september related media art books based released published november second entitled paint jump art released december official published october pair light novels launched written based named published march second game written published original creator series worked light novels illustrated japan puzzles action figures dolls key chains medal game machine sold merchandise series released card game series video games produced games sony video game systems released let play american football playstation december portable edition playstation portable march nintendo secured rights video game license systems december releasing max devil power nintendo february game boy advance april game scheduled release nintendo gamecube later canceled nintendo published game wii entitled field greatest warriors released japan march non football games jump super stars stars released nintendo featured characters series devil bats appear support cameos reception manga sold million copies japan individual volumes frequently appeared lists best selling manga individual volumes appeared diamond comic distributors lists best selling graphic novels north_america times japanese website conducted online web poll best 21st century placed seventh poll best titles readers nonetheless want continue reading ranked twentieth anime adaptation featured times japanese television rankings episode having percent television viewership rating japanese television network conducted poll anime placed 47th series credited increasing number japanese teenagers playing american football critics generally given manga positive reviews wrote tying best continuing manga written characters dynamic artwork nail biting plus winning mix comedy action drama list listed best continuing able come series year elected best continuing manga series praised humor creators bring energy excitement game readers reviewing wrote delivers fresh entertaining standard sports clichés said art superb inch filled details gag left unseen ann declared convention turning consider bad idea able enjoy ann called typical sports story writing average series characters artwork wrote people think american football boring change minds seeing action sequences later said lot familiar clichés storyline sloppy job keeping track game making believable anime adaptation received positive mixed responses dvd talk praised rules american football explained foreign audience clue adding instructions commercial breaks similar lessons said explanations hilarious excellent introduction football field action praised saying sports action truly shines criticized scenes away football field pacing crawl storyline gets little boring review stated pace saving grace way boring time outs commercial breaks regular nfl game football hard understand explains byzantine rules entertaining way left waiting decision long minutes like real life lot dramatic tension carries action plays criticized artwork saying episode game clearly farmed inferior animation studio wrote good solid story idea showing young man finding way sports finding friends realizing potential sidelined frustrating deal situations
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