Including the sequels, the full Captain Tsubasa manga series has 100 volumes and more than 700 million copies in print.
The manga revolves around Tsubasa as he aims to participate in the Olympics as a representative from Japan.
Takahashi’s original 37-volume Captain Tsubasa manga ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1981 to 1988, and it inspired three television anime series, four anime films, several OVAs, and several spinoff manga.
Takahashi launched the ongoing Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun manga in December 2013.