High School Final

High School Final

January 10, 1971 Series Attack Number One

Foreign titles: Les Attaquantes (French), Mila Superstar (German)

Series titles: アタック No. 1, Attack Number

Studio
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Animation studio
Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Characters

Kozue, Midori, Yoshimura, Coach Honma

Credits

Voices

Voice
Kurumi Kobato (Kozue Ayuhara), Eiko Masuyama (Midori Hayakawa), Masahiko Murase (Daigou Inokuma), Ayaka Morita (Mari Ishimatsu), Eiko Masuyama (Sherenina), Katsuji Mori (Jiro Yujima), Keiko Yamamoto (Kaoru Yanagizawa), Masako Ebisu (Ryouko Kakinouchi), Reiko Mutoh (Michiru Sanjou), Youko Kuri (Miyuki Oonuma)

Animation

Animation Directors
Tomekichi Takeuchi, Osamu Kobayashi, Eiichi Nakamura
Animator
Shingo Araki
Technical Directors
Fumio Kurokawa, Eiji Okabe

Art Department

Art Director
Hisao Fukuda, Jun Ikeda
Character Design
Eiichi Nakamura, Ruyoshi Takeuchi

Camera

Camera Director
Tatsumasa Shimizu

Casting

Recording Director
Akira Yamazaki

Production notes

This TV series ran for 104 episodes.

Adapted from Chikako Urano's 1968 volleyball manga.

This was the first sports anime directed toward a female audience.

Four movies made from re-edited footage were released in 1970.

Directors Fumio Kurokawa and Eiji Okabe and writer Haruya Yamazaki teamed up in 1977 for "Ashite e Attack!" ("Attack on Tomorrow"), a TV series designed to capitalize on Japan's recent volleyball World Cup successes. Featuring the character Mimi, this volleyball-themed series was much less successful and ran for only 23 episodes.