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Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (Japanese: ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER, Hepburn: Hangurī Hāto Wairudo Sutoraikā) is a Japanese football manga and anime series, authored by Yōichi Takahashi. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 2002 to February 2005, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. The anime series was animated by Nippon Animation and broadcast on Animax from September 2002 to September 2003, spanning a total of 52 episodes.
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| Hungry Heart: Wild Striker | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER (Hangurī Hāto Wairudo Sutoraikā) | |
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| Genre | Sports |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yōichi Takahashi |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | January 24, 2002 – February 10, 2005 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Saga |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | Animax, Fuji TV |
| English network | |
| Original run | September 11, 2002 – September 10, 2003 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker tells the story of Kanō Kyōsuke, a teenage high school student who at the beginning of the series, has just transferred into Jyoyō Orange High School. Kyōsuke's older brother is the illustrious and extremely famous A.C. Milan football player, Kanō Seisuke, who had first taught him how to play and love the game of football and whom he has greatly admired since childhood. After Seisuke left Japan to sign with Italian powerhouse A.C. Milan, people started comparing Kyōsuke with his brother and criticizing him due to his different playing style. Living in his brother's shadow, Kyōsuke's love for the game slowly started to evaporate and lessen, and he eventually lost most of his passion for it.
After his transfer to Jyoyō and a fated meeting with Tsujiwaki Miki, an enthusiastic girl with a lot of passion for football and who soon reinvigorates his love for the game with her determination to excel, Kyōsuke's deep love and passion for football returns to its fullest. He soon joins the Jyoyō men's football team and makes several friends, such as his fellow freshmen, Sakai Jefferson, a talented goalkeeper, and Rodrigo, a passionate Brazilian transfer student. Kyōsuke, with the support of his friends at Jyoyō and invigorated with Miki's care and help and by his love and determination to excel in football, takes on the best, and discovers an immense and determined passion for the game.
The series was planned by Yōichi Takahashi who wished to use the title of Bruce Springsteen's song "Hungry Heart" which he enjoyed. While developing the manga, Takahashi also contacted Nippon Animation to make an anime series at the same time. Despite being based on the Hungry Heart, Takahashi stated that the two would be highly different.[1] The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 24, 2002,[2] to February 10, 2005.[a] Akita Shoten collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from November 7, 2002,[5] to April 8, 2005.[6]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 7, 2002[5] | 4-253-20375-2 |
| 2 | November 20, 2003[7] | 4-253-20376-0 |
| 3 | September 2, 2004[8] | 4-253-20377-9 |
| 4 | December 9, 2004[9] | 4-253-20378-7 |
| 5 | February 8, 2005[10] | 4-253-20379-5 |
| 6 | April 8, 2005[6] | 4-253-20380-9 |
A Hungry Heart anime series retitled Hungry Heart: Wild Striker was produced by Nippon Animation and Animax. Satoshi Saga directed the series while Ken'ichi Imaizumi was in charge of characters designs which were significantly different from the ones from the manga. The series aired in Japan in Animax between September 11, 2002 and September 10, 2003, spanning a total of 52 episodes. Pony Canyon collected the series in a total of thirteen DVD volumes released in Japan between February 19, 2003 and March 17, 2004. All of the DVD covers use color illustrations by Yōichi Takahashi.
The series uses two opening themes starting with Kids Alive's "2nd Stage". It is replaced in episode 43 by "Hungry Heart (Kiseki no Tsubasa)" (ハングリーハート〜奇跡の翼〜, Hungry Heart (Miracle Wings)) by Natsuki Katō as Miki Tsujiawaki featuring Athens Generation. The first ending theme song is "Mi Title" (未タイトル, Titleless) by Utaibito Hane for the first twelve episodes. It is then replaced by "Tell Tell Bōzu" (tell tell 坊主, Tell Tell Teru teru bozu) by Kokia for the following twenty-six episodes. In episode 40, Kokia's "Watashi no Taiyō" (私の太陽, My Sun) serves as the new ending theme and it is used for the remaining episodes except the final one which uses "2nd Stage."
| # | Title[11] | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "You're Kyosuke..?" (Japanese: お前、恭介か…？) | September 11, 2002 |
| 02 | "Thank you... Coach!" (Japanese: ありがとう…コーチ！) | September 18, 2002 |
| 03 | "I'm Not Gonna Lose!" (Japanese: 絶対…負けねーっ！) | September 25, 2002 |
| 04 | "Me? What? Defender?" (Japanese: オレ？何？ディフェンダー！？) | October 2, 2002 |
| 05 | "Running Away?" (Japanese: 逃げまくり？) | October 9, 2002 |
| 06 | "Why do you have to be a forward?" (Japanese: なんでフォワードじゃなきゃダメなの？) | October 16, 2002 |
| 07 | "Don't Underestimate soccer! part 1" (Japanese: サッカーをなめるな！) | October 23, 2002 |
| 08 | "Don't Underestimate soccer! part 2" (Japanese: 決して誰にも、渡しはしない！) | October 30, 2002 |
| 09 | "You're a Man! What are you cowering about?" (Japanese: 男のくせに何びびってるの!?) | November 6, 2002 |
| 10 | "I Can see it! I can clearly see it!" (Japanese: 見える！はっきりと見える！) | November 13, 2002 |
| 11 | "Kyosuke-kun is Akanegaoka's weakpoint?" (Japanese: 恭介君が、茜ヶ丘の弱点…？) | November 20, 2002 |
| 12 | "Don't be taken by the posts!" (Japanese: 枠にとらわれるな) | November 27, 2002 |
| 13 | "Hot-headed mister!！" (Japanese: 爆発頭のお兄ちゃーん！) | December 4, 2002 |
| 14 | "Everyone! Gather in the Locker Room!" (Japanese: 全員、ロッカーに集合だ！) | December 11, 2002 |
| 15 | "What's That Shot?" (Japanese: な、なんだ、あのシュート!?) | December 18, 2002 |
| 16 | "This Is It! I Can't Take It Anymore!" (Japanese: もう、がまんの限界だ！！) | December 25, 2002 |
| 17 | "I'll Drag You Out Right Now!" (Japanese: 今に引っぱり出してやるからな！) | January 8, 2003 |
| 18 | "Something Is Wrong With Rodrigo!" (Japanese: 何か変よ、ロドリゴは！) | January 15, 2003 |
| 19 | "When I Said I'll Make It, I'll Make It!" (Japanese: 決めると言ったら決める！！) | January 22, 2003 |
| 20 | "Hesitating Is So Unlike You!" (Japanese: うじうじと、らしくない！) | January 29, 2003 |
| 21 | "A Sore Loser!" (Japanese: おーじょーぎわが悪いわねっ！) | February 5, 2003 |
| 22 | "What Are We Doing..." (Japanese: ワイらは何をやっとるんやろ…) | February 12, 2003 |
| 23 | "Open-air Bath?" (Japanese: 露天風呂？) | February 19, 2003 |
| 24 | "You Guys Are Too Cocky!" (Japanese: お前ら生意気すぎんだよ！) | February 26, 2003 |
| 25 | "I'm Going to Face the World of Soccer!" (Japanese: ワシ、サッカーで天下獲ったるわ！) | March 5, 2003 |
| 26 | "I've been waiting for this" (Japanese: これを待っていたんだ！) | March 12, 2003 |
| 27 | "Let the penalty shoot-out begin" (Japanese: ＰＫ戦の開始です！) | March 19, 2003 |
| 28 | "Do what we always do?" (Japanese: いつも通りって…) | March 26, 2003 |
| 29 | "Bring it on, Sergeant Chin!" (Japanese: 来ォォーイ！アゴ軍曹！) | April 2, 2003 |
| 30 | "I made it, Brother!" (Japanese: 来たぜ、兄貴！) | April 9, 2003 |
| 31 | "I don't feel excited at all" (Japanese: 今日は、全然ワクワクしないよ) | April 16, 2003 |
| 32 | "Kanou Kyosuke... I won't forgive you!" (Japanese: 叶恭介…許さない！) | April 23, 2003 |
| 33 | "It can't be...Kanou's the captain!?" (Japanese: まさか、カノウがキャプテン!?) | April 30, 2003 |
| 34 | "You're 10 years too early...Bird nest head!" (Japanese: 十年早ぇよ、鳥の巣頭！) | May 7, 2003 |
| 35 | "Why did this have to Happen to Kyosuke-kun too!!" (Japanese: こんな時に恭介君まで…！) | May 14, 2003 |
| 36 | "What are you doing, guys!" (Japanese: 何やってんだよ、みんな！) | May 21, 2003 |
| 37 | "Isn't anyone else coming!?" (Japanese: 誰もついて来ぇへんのか！？) | May 28, 2003 |
| 38 | "Captain Esaka...!?" (Japanese: キャプテン・エサカ……！？) | June 4, 2003 |
| 39 | "Eat and run woman! How long are you going to sleep?" (Japanese: 食い逃げ女！いつまで寝てんだ) | June 11, 2003 |
| 40 | "I was finally able to come back..." (Japanese: やっと戻って来れたぜ…) | June 18, 2003 |
| 41 | "T-Twelve Goals !?" (Japanese: じゅ、１２点！？) | June 25, 2003 |
| 42 | "Who's that? Sergeant Chin" (Japanese: 誰だ、アゴ軍曹って？) | July 2, 2003 |
| 43 | "Can you give me a little time to think?" (Japanese: …少し時間をくれませんか…) | July 9, 2003 |
| 44 | "Father I'm ok now" (Japanese: 父さん、ぼくはもう大丈夫だよ…) | July 16, 2003 |
| 45 | "Come Bring it" (Japanese: さあ、来いや！！) | July 23, 2003 |
| 46 | "Itemea Soccer?" (Japanese: いてまえサッカー？) | July 30, 2003 |
| 47 | "Where do you plan on taking me!?" (Japanese: 何処、つれてくつもり！？) | August 6, 2003 |
| 48 | "You think I'm just gonna laze around here!" (Japanese: んな所でチンタラやってられっか) | August 13, 2003 |
| 49 | "Can't you stay just a little while longer? Murakami!" (Japanese: もう少し居てくれんか？村上！) | August 20, 2003 |
| 50 | "I've been waiting for you, Kanou Kyosuke-!" (Japanese: 待っていたぞ叶恭介ー！) | August 27, 2003 |
| 51 | "SPIRIT OF AKANEGAOKA!" (Japanese: 茜ヶ丘魂じゃあああ！) | September 3, 2003 |
| 52 | "Come back soon, Kanou Kyosuke!!" (Japanese: 行って来い！叶恭介！！) | September 10, 2003 |
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