The spinoff manga Area no Kishi Bangai-hen: Enokō Early Days about the high school days of Coach Iwaki debuted in 2007, and Kodansha’s Manga Box app released the series.
Igano and Tsukiyama previously collaborated on the The Knight in the Area soccer manga, which launched in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2006, and ended in 2017.
The original manga also inspired a four-panel gag comedy manga.
A television anime adaptation premiered in 2012, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.