Mobility! Each Competitor
Series title: 燃えろ! トップ|
- Studio
- Nippon Animation
- Animation studio
- Nippon Animation
Synopsis
Soccer thrills every boy around the world, thanks to the feelings and emotions it engenders... a combination of competition, team spirit and effort. Benjamin joins the San Podesta Junior Team. He is cheerful, passionate and full of life! A former international English soccer player, Robson, notices him and decides to make him a champion. Will Benjamin be able to surmount these problems? Will his teammates succeed in discouraging him from becoming a big champion? Are his opponents going to beat him? Benjamin is about to become kids' favorite soccer player.
Characters
Hikari Yoshikawa, Bertini, Dr. Robson, Cesare, Georgio, Maria, Robson, Makaroni, Katorinu, Mitsuru, Anna, Carlo, Luca, Antonio, Maria
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ryo Yasumura
- Episode Directors
- Akira Kiyomizu, Shigeru Yamazaki, Masahito Kitagawa
Producing
- Producer
- Shunichi Kosao
- Executive Producer
- Kôichi Motohashi
Writing
- Writer
- Yoshiyuki Suga, Yoshimasa Takahashi
Voices
- Voice
- Chafurin (Georgio), Ai Orikasa (Maria), Banjou Ginga (Robson), Chie Satou (Makaroni), Chieko Honda (Katorinu), Kazue Ikura (Mitsuru), Kumiko Nishihara (Anna), Masami Kikuchi (Carlo), Megumi Tano (Luca), Miki Narahashi (Antonio), Miyuki Ichijou (Maria)
Music
- Music
- Junnosuke Yamamoto
Animation
- Animator
- Kazuyuki Okaseko
- Chief Animation Director
- Nobuhiro Okasako
Crew
- Design
- Kazuyuki Okaseko
- Art Director
- Masaki Kawaguchi
- Character Design
- Nobuhiro Okasako
- Planning
- Shoji Sato
- Director of Photography
- Kazushi Torigoe
- Sound Director
- Etsuji Yamada
- Theme Song
- Wakako Shimazaki
Production notes
This TV series ran for 49 episodes.
The series was screened in France as "l'Ecole des Champions" ("School for Champions"). Thibault Chatel credited himself as director, and almost every Japanese name was removed from the credits. Hikari Yoshikawa was renamed Benjamin, while Cesare was renamed Mark.
Hikaru Kicker is a 13-year-old boy who loves soccer. He has grown up playing with a soccer ball at all times ever since his father's friend gave him a soccer ball when he was still only a baby.
Hikaru comes to Italy to learn its soccer. He first joins a strong team at Genova, but soon quits this team to join an extremely weak team named "Columbus" with his female friend Anna.
Experiencing many hardships and difficulties, their team gradually becomes stronger and stronger, and finally they defeat Margerita, one of the strongest soccer teams in Genova.
Soon Hikaru hears that Genova will stage its first soccer tournament. Throughout the tournament, Hikaru and his teammates confront many rivals and develop increasing maturity.
Can Hikaru score a goal and which team will win the championship?
The series was screened in France as "l'Ecole des Champions" ("School for Champions"). Thibault Chatel credited himself as director, and almost every Japanese name was removed from the credits. Hikari Yoshikawa was renamed Benjamin, while Cesare was renamed Mark.
Hikaru Kicker is a 13-year-old boy who loves soccer. He has grown up playing with a soccer ball at all times ever since his father's friend gave him a soccer ball when he was still only a baby.
Hikaru comes to Italy to learn its soccer. He first joins a strong team at Genova, but soon quits this team to join an extremely weak team named "Columbus" with his female friend Anna.
Experiencing many hardships and difficulties, their team gradually becomes stronger and stronger, and finally they defeat Margerita, one of the strongest soccer teams in Genova.
Soon Hikaru hears that Genova will stage its first soccer tournament. Throughout the tournament, Hikaru and his teammates confront many rivals and develop increasing maturity.
Can Hikaru score a goal and which team will win the championship?