Inazuma Eleven
SportsAthletic competition and the world around it.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Junko TakeuchiFumiko OrikasaHiroyuki YoshinoHinako SasakiMegumi TanoYuka Nishigaki
Starring
Junko TakeuchiFumiko OrikasaHiroyuki YoshinoHinako SasakiMegumi TanoYuka Nishigaki
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| S1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
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About
"Underdog soccer drama fueled by friendship and absurd trick shots"
A middling middle-school soccer team with barely enough players tries to save itself from being disbanded by taking on stronger rivals across the country. It's a sports anime aimed at kids, built around a shy but determined captain who recruits misfit teammates one by one. The tone is earnest and upbeat, leaning hard into friendship-powered comebacks and increasingly outlandish special moves that bend the laws of physics. Matches stretch across multiple episodes with lots of internal monologue and hype-building, so it rewards patience more than realism, and works best if you enjoy shonen sports formulas.
Watch it for
the escalating, gravity-defying soccer moves that turn matches into over-the-top spectacle.
Maybe skip if
you want realistic sports action or dislike long, filler-heavy match arcs.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Inazuma Eleven2008
8.14K267h 42m
The main character, Endou Mamoru, is a very talented goalkeeper and the grandson of one of the strongest goalkeepers in Japan, who died before he was born. Even though his skills are incredible his school lacks a real soccer club as the 6 other members don't appear very interested even in training. But as soon as a mysterious forward called Gouenji moves to Endou's town, the young goalkeeper sets out to find and recruit members for his soccer team.
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Inazuma Eleven GO2011
8.25K4110h 18m
Tenma Matsukaze, a first year who loves soccer, has exceptional dribbling skills, but still has lots of room for improvement. He enters Raimon Jr. High ten years after the first Football Frontier International, where Raimon has become famous for its soccer team. However, an organization called Fifth Sector has taken control of soccer over the years, and the passion that Raimon once had for soccer is no longer there.
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Inazuma Eleven GO: Chrono Stone2012
8.25K602h 59m
Following the end of the Holy Road soccer tournament, Matsukaze Tenma returns to Raimon Junior High after a break, only to find out that all of his friends and teammates no longer play soccer, and the soccer club apparently doesn't exist. He is soon after approached by a mysterious person called Alpha who reveals himself to be a time traveler (from an organization in the future known as El Dorado) on a mission to destroy soccer. Together with the help of Fey Rune, Tenma must travel through time and save soccer before El Dorado rids the world of it forever.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Junko Takeuchi Mamoru Endou
Fumiko Orikasa Aki Kino, Angelo Gabrino, Arachnes
Hiroyuki Yoshino Yuuto Kidou
Hinako Sasaki Haruna Otonashi
Megumi Tano Heigorô Kabeyama, Jirô Sakuma, Fuku
Yuka Nishigaki Ichirouta Kazemaru, Marco Maserati, Holly Summers
Hirofumi Nojima Shûya Gôenji
Yasuyuki Kase Ryûgo Someoka, Dante Diablo, Old Man
Sanae Kobayashi Natsumi Raimon, Guel, Hijikata's Brother
Nanae Katô Kakeru Megane, Kazuto Megane, Dan Tobiyama
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