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Aoashi

★ 8.1 5K votes 2022–2026 2 seasons · 29 episodes Returning Series NHK Educational TV
SportsAthletic competition and the world around it.This show: 10/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 8/10HopefulPersistent optimism in the face of adversity.This show: 7/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kôki ÔsuzuTatsumaru TachibanaClifford ChapinRicco FajardoAustin TindleRy McKeand
Written by
Yugo Kobayashi
Starring
Kôki ÔsuzuTatsumaru TachibanaClifford ChapinRicco FajardoAustin TindleRy McKeand
Written by
Yugo Kobayashi
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03006009001k

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About

"Soccer as chess, not spectacle"

A rough-edged rural teenager with raw talent but no formal training gets scouted by a top Tokyo youth soccer academy, where he must learn tactical thinking and positional discipline from scratch. The show is a patient, cerebral sports drama that trades flashy highlight-reel moments for detailed breakdowns of formations, spacing, and decision-making on the pitch. It rewards attention rather than adrenaline, building its hero's growth match by match, teammate by teammate. Pacing is deliberate, sometimes slow, but the payoff is a sports anime that treats the sport itself as seriously as any character arc.

Watch it for

the unusually intelligent, tactics-first approach to depicting soccer as a thinking sport.

Maybe skip if

you want fast, flashy sports action rather than methodical tactical detail.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12022
8.120K244h 48m
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Season 22026
8.09085

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kôki Ôsuzu Ashito Aoi
Tatsumaru Tachibana Eisaku Ootomo
Clifford Chapin Soichiro Tachibana
Ricco Fajardo Yuma Motoki
Austin Tindle Ryuichi Takeshima
Ry McKeand Kanpei Kuroda
Ciarán Strange Ashito Aoi
Marcus D. Stimac Keiji Togashi
Mitchell Stephens Martis Jun Asari
Seiichiro Yamashita Souichirou Tachibana, Soichiro Tachibana

Crew

Yugo Kobayashi

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