Soccer saga Captain Tsubasa is one of the most popular sports anime ever made, and not just in its home country of Japan.
But while this was a nostalgic trip to memory pitch for fans, not everyone enjoyed what they saw, and a lawsuit was brought against TVN claiming that Captain Tsubasa promoted violence against women.
It’s also a generations-spanning hit in Europe and Latin America, so much so that Chilean public broadcaster TVN began rerunning episodes of original 1983 Captain Tsubasa TV series in 2019.
Judge rules slapping girl in the face did not constitute promoting violence towards women.