Offside (manga)

Offside (Japanese: オフサイド, Hepburn: Ofusaido) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuko Heiuchi [ja]. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 1987 to April 1992, with its chapters collected in 29 tankōbon volumes.

Offside
First tankōbon volume cover
オフサイド (Ofusaido)
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Natsuko Heiuchi [ja]
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 22, 1987 – April 15, 1992
Volumes	29
Original video animation
Released	January 22, 1993
Runtime	50 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Seiji Okuda
Produced by	Kiyonori Hirase Koichi Tamura
Written by	Takao Koyama
Music by	Masayuki Sakamoto
Studio	Ashi Productions
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Animax
Original run	May 10, 2001 – January 31, 2002
Episodes	39

A 50-minute original video animation (OVA) was released in January 1993. A 39-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Ashi Productions, was broadcast on Animax from May 2001 to January 2002.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Natsuko Heiuchi [ja], Offside was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 22, 1987,^[1] to April 15, 1992.^[2] Kodansha collected its chapters in 29 tankōbon volumes, released from June 12, 1987,^[3] to May 12, 1992.^[4]

Anime

A 50-minute original video animation (OVA) was released by Victor Entertainment on January 22, 1993.^[5] A 39-episode anime television series, produced by Ashi Productions, was broadcast on Animax from May 10, 2001, to January 31, 2002.^[6][7] Crunchyroll added the series to their catalog in August 2023.^[8]

References

1. 週刊少年マガジン1987年6. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
2. 週刊少年マガジン1992年17. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
3. オフサイド（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
4. オフサイド（２９） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
5. アニメ　VHS　オフサイド. suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
6. オフサイド (in Japanese). Animax. Archived from the original on December 8, 2003. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
7. オフサイド. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
8. Hazra, Adriana (August 21, 2023). "Crunchyroll Adds Offside Soccer Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.

External links

• Official anime website at Ashi Productions (in Japanese)
• Offside (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia