![]() ![]() ![]() This is how “longer than a Súpercampeones field” became a popular cultural reference – so much so that it even prompted a Japanese physics student to work out that the characters must play on an 18-kilometer field. In a real-life game, players can cross the field in as little as 10 seconds, but in Súpercampeones, the same action can take a whole 30 minute episode. The series also plays with time and space. In one episode, the brothers Koriotto (Tachibana in the original), surprise Atom and his friends by running past them and using the goal posts to propel themselves in the air and score from above in a parkour-like move. They’re impossible to replicate in real life, but too amazing not to feel inspired by. The series, which started as a manga in 1981, is known and loved for its elaborate and spectacular plays. The series follows him from elementary school, where he meets and challenges those who will become his teammates, through his breakthrough as a local and international star, to his role leading the Japanese national team in their quest to win the World Cup. His name is Oliver Atom and he’s the greatest footballer to never exist.Ītom (Tsubasa Oozora in the original) is the main character in the anime Captain Tsubasa (known in Latin America as Súpercampeones and in Europe as Oliver & Benji), a Japanese boy with great talent for soccer who dreams of becoming the best player in the world. ![]() A player whose magical skills and never say die attitude made them dream of becoming stars and winning the World Cup for their countries. But there’s one name they usually don’t mention, who towers above them all. If you ask James Rodriguez, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi who their soccer idols were when they were growing up, they’ll probably list the usual suspects: Maradona, Ronaldo Nazario or Zidane. ![]()
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