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Eyeshield 21
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 Details Eyeshield 21 (??????21, Aishirudo nijuichi?) is a manga about American football written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. It has been adapted into an anime movie in 2004 (shown at Jump Festa), an anime television series in 2005, several video games and a trading card game from Konami. The manga is serialized in Shueisha`s Weekly Shonen Jump. The twenty five volumes have collectively sold over 16 million copies in Japan, and the number of children playing American football has almost doubled in the four years since it began.<1> The manga is published in English by VIZ Media. The anime version, produced by NAS and animated by Artland, premiered across Japan on TV Tokyo from 6 April 2005, and ended March 19, 2008 with episode 145. The anime is sponsored by NFL Japan. The English dub `aired` on the free on-demand Toonami Jetstream as a joint effort with NFL Rush on December 17, 2007,<2> however it is currently on hiatus, likely waiting dubbing production. It is also aired in Taiwan. By Riichiro Inagaki (Eyeshield 21) Characters Main Characters Main article: Deimon Devil Bats Deimon Devil Bats * Logo: Red Devil Bat, a nonexistent creature which bears a striking resemblance to Hiruma Yoichi. * Helmet logo: black, white facemask, and red bat-wings (with a white outline) along each side. * Team colours: Red, white, black. The pants of the team's uniform are revealed in the Eyeshield 21 video games to be a very light beige, rather than white. (Close NFL Color: Arizona Cardinals) * Notes: This team represents the Deimon Private Senior High School (Shiritsu Deimon Kotogakko). The high-school incarnation of the middle-school club, the Maou Devil Bats, the Deimon American Football Club started out with only three members: Yoichi Hiruma, Ryoukan Kurita, and Gen "Musashi" Takekura. After its inaugural year, its membership was further reduced with the departure of Gen Takekura. This remained the case until Hiruma found Sena Kobayakawa and his amazing running ability. The team's chant is "Kill'em! YA-HA!"(YA-HA!!Bukkorosu! YA-HA!!) * This team is opposite to that of Ojo, whose philosophy is based on ultimate defense. The Deimon Devil Bats' philosophy is based on extreme offense, based on the ideals of its captain Hiruma, who totally focuses on offense, and also partly due to the fact that the team initially lacked a kicker. It does not matter to them if the other team scores, so long as they score more. See the section on Doburoku Sakaki. Koigahama Cupids * Logo: Cupid * Team colors: Crimson and Pink * The Cupids are a very weak team who usually lose and are eliminated within the first or second matches of a game. They are known for the presence of all the team members' girlfriends at every one of the few games they play. It was against this team that Eyeshield 21 made his debut by scoring a comeback touchdown victory. The Cupids set the worst record in the Kanto Tournament, losing to the Seibu Wild Gunmans (10-125); however, even though Koigahama was practically crushed in the game, they still managed to score 10 points off Seibu, showing Seibu's extremely weak defense. Koigahama surrendered during the 3rd quarter, though, and never finished the game. The quarterback and his girlfriend have made appearances in the crowd at several of Deimon's games, including the match with Taiyo. * In their volume 1 match against the Devil Bats, Shin comments that the Cupids have decent offence, but Sakuraba notes that their weak linemen are no match for Kurita. Kaoru Hatsujo * Seiyu: Masami Iwasaki * Voice Actor: Sam Riegel * Position- Quarterback, Safety, Kicker * Jersey Number: 19 The captain of the Koigahama team, he is more interested in going after girls than he is in playing football. He has an annoying habit of teasing the opposing side by stating that his team has at least ten girls cheering for them while suggesting that his opponents come from an all-boys school. Uninterested in playing against Deimon in the first game of the Spring Tournament, he does not get fired up until Hiruma creates a de-facto cheerleading squad by stealing the Cupids' girls. However, because of the ineptness of the team thrown together by Hiruma, Hatsujo nearly led Koigahama to a three-point victory, an ending not averted until Sena was brought in to score the final touchdown with seconds left. By the time of the fall tournament, Hatsujo is nearly seduced once again by the cheerleaders of Koigahama's first opponent: the Seibu Wild Gunmen. His team remained inept and the Gunmen were inspired by the victories of Deimon and Ojo, and as a result Hatsujo's team is forced to forfeit, as all their player are exhausted. Hatsujo's skill as a quarterback is never clarified, but he is apparently not remarkably skilled. He is, however, noted for his abilities as a kicker; he scored the field goal that almost gave the Cupids victory over Deimon, and the Football Monthly fall season lineup commented on his kicking ability. Hatsujo has a girlfriend; unfortunately, she has confused football with rugby so many times that he has given up trying to explain the difference. The name "Hatsujo", incidentally, is a play on another kanji pair "??", or to be in heat. Main article: Ojo White Knights Ojo White Knights (Ojo Howaito Naitsu) * Mascot: Knight with lance on horse. * Helmet logo: Blue shield with a white cross. * Team colours: White and blue - akin to the Indianapolis Colts' away kit. * Jerseys feature a lightning bolt across each shoulder - Similar to the new San Diego Chargers uniforms. * Notes: Ojo Private Senior High School is built to resemble the Notre Dame Cathedral, to indicate that the school has a long, proud American football tradition like that of theUniversity of Notre Dame. Their team's chant is "Glory on the Kingdom!" The team coach is Gunpei Shouji, a man who played football with Doburoku when they were young. A pony-tailed girl named Koharu Wakana is the team manager. * The team's philosophy is based on the old football maxim "Offense Wins Games, But Defense Wins Championships"; if the opponent can be prevented from scoring, then only one point is needed to win. This is the direct opposite of the Deimon Devil Bats' strategy, in which ultimate offense is considered most important. Hiruma: "If we can score 100 points to their 99 points (the number of points Ojo scored on their first game against Deimon), then one point is all we need to win." * Like Zokugaku, Ojo also has a university school, whose football team is called the "Silver Knights". Currently, their players consist of the legendary "Golden Generation", who are known as the pinnacle of defense and who came the closest to defeating the unstoppable Shinryuji Nagas during their time (prior to Deimon doing so this football season). Zokugaku (Zoku to Gakuen) Chameleons * Logo: Chameleon * Uniform: checkered squares on the shoulders * Team colours: Green and Blue, but different shades than Kyoshin Poseidon - closer to the former World League team Orlando Thunder. * This team has a look-alike team at Zokugaku University. They are known as the Zokugaku Frilled Lizards, and are led by Rui's older brother. * This entire team consists of gang members who are not above using dirty tactics to win. The team was disqualified from the Spring tournament when some of the players beat up the referee. Like the chameleon, Zokugaku's philosophy is to adapt in order to win. They specialize in targeting an opponent's weaknesses in either past strategies or team members. However, they run into problems when the opposing team does something that they don't expect, or if the team can see through their schemes. When this happen, they often resort to straight, brutal street-fighting to weaken their opponent. * Their leader, Rui Habashira accepts a challenge from Deimon where 5 million yen goes to the victor of their match. The game against the Devil Bats ends in a 28-48 loss for them. When Deimon defeats Zokugaku, the team believes that Hiruma was joking about the money, until Hiruma busts out numerous guns and grenades strapped to his body in response to Rui's unsheathing of his butterfly knife. After all, Sena once said in response to an anecdote about Rui's constant possession of a butterfly knife, "We know someone who always carries firearms." The Chameleons are forced to become his slaves to pay off their debt to him. Otherwise, Hiruma would have disassembled their motorcycles and sold the parts for money. They help the Hah Brothers to train and learn a new technique called "rascal killing" (sometimes known as "delinquent deathblow" or "scumbag scuffle"). In the English manga, it's called "The Juvenile Delinquent Murder Method". The team was later released from their debt when the Devil Bats went to America. Hiruma wanted them to train for the Fall Tournament. * In the anime, the Devil Bats and Chameleons have a practice scrimmage just before the second matches of the Fall Tournament. The team from Zokugaku showed a better performance than before, but they still lost 28-30, due to the addition of Deimon's new Tight End. Afterward, they were forced by their manager/trainer to carry their motorcycles home. Rui Habashira * Seiyu: Kouji Yusa The leader of the Zokugaku team. He is a punk's punk, leading his team like it was a street gang (which in fact it is). Not short on skill, Habashira's long arms make him a good linebacker, because he can intercept passes and stop runs, though he's not on the same level as Shin. Habashira's trash-talking of Shin is what motivates Sena in their game. However, he does show a more serious side after his team is defeated by the Kyoshin Poseidon team. Hiruma noted that only Habashira tried his hardest to win. At this point, the Zokugaku linebacker begged Hiruma to tell him why, when the two of them were so much alike (both using force to rule their teams), his team lost heart while the Devil Bats fought on. Although seeming like (and acting like) a punk, he does have a good heart. In the anime, when Kanagushi made an imposter Eyeshield 21 to enrage the Chameleons so that they would pick a fight with Deimon Devil Bats and be disqualified, Habashira, although beaten to near exhaustion, did not fight back, take revenge himself, or let his teammates take revenge on Kanagushi. During the start of the 2nd half of the game between the Devil Bats and the Nagas, he and Tsuyumine both witness the onside kick, which was the start of Deimon's counterattack. Habashira leaves afterward, saying that Deimon didn't stand a chance, but he is seen with tears in his eyes. Later, the day before the Christmas Bowl, he saw Teikoku's backup players build a giant snow statue in shapes of their mascot. In response to this, he called his whole team and others, and having them build snow statue of Devilbats mascot face-to-face against Alexander's mascot. It should be noted that Rui has been subject to a penalty flag - though that was in flashback; he reacted badly to an official throwing the marker his way, and punched his lights out. * 40-Yard Dash: 5.2 seconds * Bench Press: 80 kg * Jersey Number: 42 * Position: Inside Linebacker * Height: 174 cm (5'8") * Weight: 67 kg (147lbs) * Blood Type: B * Birthday: January 25 * 2nd Year Student (Grade 11) TECHNIQUES/STRATEGIES * Firecracker Kick - Also known as a Squib Kick, the ball is kicked at an extremely low angle, causing it to bounce all over the place. This causes the opposing team members to run after it during the kick return, scattering them and making them disorganized. Ashizuka He's the place-kicker of Zokugaku Chameleons, who had a 78% success rate. * Position: Place-kicker Hebii The giant lineman prepared by Chameleons to face Kyoshin's tall lineman Mizumachi. However, his inflexibility got the better of him while Mizumachi knocked him on the side using his Swim tackle and faster speed. * Position: Lineman * Jersey Number: 61 * Height: 184 cm * Weight: 120 kg Megu Tsuyumine * Seiyu: Maze Kyoko The team's manager / trainer. She is a rough, no-nonsense woman who carries a wooden practice sword (a split shinai or bokuto) and is not above torturing the team members in order for them to train harder. Some of her known tactics are towing the players behind her motorcycle, hitting them between the legs with her wooden practice sword, and making them carry their own motorcycles home (with herself sitting on Habashira Rui's motorcycle, as he is the leader), rather than ride them. She rules the team with an iron fist and even Habashira's afraid of her. She is also an expert of surprise attacks, and interrogates the team members severely to "strengthen them". Tsuyumine is considered a beauty, but because of her brutal and torturous personality, she is more feared than admired. While it was left unclear by the creators if Tsuyumine and Habashira are dating, it was said that the two are good companions who share a great deal of trust and understanding. Since Tsuyumine refers to him as "Rui", his first formal name, instead of Habashira-kun (which is Japanese custom, even for close friends, and especially for women), the possibility that they are in a serious relationship is quite strong. * Position: Team Manager/Trainer * Height: 169 cm (5'6") * Weight: 55 kg (121lbs) * 2nd Year Student (Grade 11) Read manga |