Shoot! Goal to the Future

Alternate Title
シュート！Goal to the Future

Synopsis

Atsushi Kamiya is the former captain of the Kakegawa High School soccer team and a world-class player who played for a prestigious Italian team. Hideto Tsuji is a student attending Kakegawa High School who keeps his distance from the now-weakened soccer team. A new legend will begin when these two meet…

Background

The Shoot! series began as a manga written and illustrated by Tsukasa Oshima that was serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine manga magazine from 1990 to 2003. It was published in 33 collected tankobon volumes. In 1994, the series won the 18th Kodansha Manga Award in the shonen category, and in February 2019, the series surpassed 50 million copies in print.

In 1993, the series was adapted into a TV anime titled Aoki Densetsu Shoot!. It was produced by Toei Animation (Digimon Adventure, Dragon Ball, Galaxy Express 999) and featured Daisuke Nishio (Dr. Slump, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart, Pretty Cure) as director. The anime aired from November to December of the following year on Fuji TV and spanned 58 episodes.

A new anime adaptation titled Shoot! Goal to the Future is in the works and is being produced by EMT Squared (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar, Nyanko Days). It is being directed by Noriyuki Nakamura (Captain Tsubasa: Asu ni Mukatte Hashire!, Dragon Slayer, Itsudatte My Santa!) and features Jun'ichi Kitamura (Cells at Work! Code Black, Kumamiko - Girl meets Bear, My Wife is the Student Council President) as assistant director, Mitsutaka Hirota (Bonobono, Rent-A-Girlfriend, So I'm a Spider, So What?) as series composer, and Yukiko Akiyama (Black Cat, Fantastic Detective Labyrinth, Puzzle & Dragons X) as character designer. The anime’s opening theme song is "Aoreido" by Airi Miyakawa, and the ending theme song is "Rivals" by All at Once. The anime will premiere in Japan in July 2022 on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and other channels and will be streamed overseas through Crunchyroll.

Characters

Hideto Tsuji (Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi)
The protagonist of the series. He started playing soccer at a young age, scoring many goals and showing his abilities as an ace striker. But one day, he realizes that his talent is drawn out by those around him and quits soccer to devote his time to gaming.

Subaru Kurokawa (Voiced by: Shunichi Toki)
Subaru is a first-year member of the Kakegawa High School soccer team. He is a technician who supports the entire team with his excellent passing and dribbling. He and his childhood friend Jo make a good scoring pair. He is a hard worker who supports Jo in his daily life and takes care of those around him.

Jo Kazama (Voiced by: Yuki Ono)
Jo is a first-year member of the Kakegawa High School soccer team. He leads the team with his height and power. He is hot-headed, which often causes him to clash with those around him. He is childhood friends with his teammate Subaru.

Atsushi Kamiya (Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara)
Atsushi is an alum of Kakegawa High and was one of the founding members of the school’s soccer team. During his playing days, he was called “brave captain” and feared for his enthusiastic play style. After graduating, he traveled to Europe, where he was an ace player, and was selected for the Japan national team.

Kohei Kokubo (Voiced by: Shimba Tsuchiya)
Kohei is Hideto’s childhood friend and former teammate. He has an exceptional sense for the game and assisted Hideto with goals. He and Hideto were a duo until junior high, when he decided to study abroad in England. He is currently back in Japan and is a member of the Nomada High School soccer team.

Hinata Tatsunami (Voiced by: Daisuke Hirose)

Takumi Sonoda (Voiced by: Junichi Saito)

Tsubasa Namioka (Voiced by: Kentaro Mashiro)

Yoshiharu Kubo (Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi)

Ryuji Amagai (Voiced by: Ryota Suzuki)

Sоma Hayashi (Voiced by: Ryunosuke Matsumura)

Ryu Sahara (Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno)

Kei Matsuhashi (Voiced by: Yugo Sato)

Toya Nakano (Voiced by: Yuya Hirose)

Kazuki Yamaguchi (Voiced by: Yuya Hozumi)

Music

Opening Theme Song: "Aoreido" by Airi Miyakawa
Ending Theme Song: "Rivals" by All at Once

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• Original Creator: Tsukasa Oshima
• Director: Noriyuki Nakamura
• Assistant Director: Jun'ichi Kitamura
• Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
• Character Design: Yukiko Akiyama
• Sound Director: Hiroshi Yamamoto
• Supervision: Satoshi Dezaki
• Planning: Boa Sorte Management, Crunchyroll
• Animation Production: EMT Squared