Introduction
As the younger brother of Japanese soccer star Seisuke Kanou, Kyousuke was always expected to grow as a soccer player at the same pace his brother did—an expectation that proved too difficult to meet. Having fallen behind, he now lives in the shadow of his brother's success.
Entering his freshman year at Jouyou Akanegaoka High School, Kyousuke vows never to play soccer again. However, Miki Tsujiwaki, the captain of the girls' soccer team, and Mori Kazuto, the manager of the boys' team, recognize Kyousuke's potential and want to see his return to the game for their own reasons.
With an opportunity to play soccer again, Kyousuke must either remain steadfast in his decision to abandon the sport he once loved, or allow himself to reignite that flame to become the best striker in the world.
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Audience reviews
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Riezabeth
6.5 Story
Are you a younger brother of someone famous? Are you becoming a shadow of your siblings? Are you tired of being compared and seems to be always the second best? You might have the same scenario with Kyosuke.
An Orange Highschool, orange haired main protagonist and orange uniform, you’ll all get it in Wild Striker. The Hanamichi Sakuragi of Soccer? That would be Kyosuke Kano. This anime series focuses to the main protagonist, Kyosuke Kano, a teenage highschool student who at the beginning of the series, has just transferred into Jyoyo Orange High School. He is the younger brother of Seisuke, a famous A.C Milan soccer player who first taught him how to play and love the game soccer and whom he admired since childhood. But after Seisuke left Japan to sign with Italian powerhouse…
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Story 9
Heart: Wild Striker(HHWS) is a story about main character (MC) who wants to be a Professional football player and be like his brother who is already a Pro. The MC is constantly compared to his successful brother, which causes a lot of friction in MC's life.
The story line is one of the strong points of this anime. The story is inspirational and uplifting. What makes this anime standout from rest of the sports anime is its slice of life approach in telling the story. Also unlike other shounenish sports anime, where story is driven by the MC, this anime provides ample amount of space for supporting characters.
There are lot of obstacles that the MC and his team face on and of the field which engages the audience on emotional level and the victories are so much more memorable.
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Hungry Heart : Wild Striker is the best sports anime I have seen so far. Maybe the best anime I have seen too.
SPOILERS AHEAD
It's not the typical sports anime, however. It's the first time I have seen the main character's team lose so many times, and lose the last match of the series.
Hungry Heart has a very great cast of characters, including the main team, rivals, and supporting characters. Side stories are developed fine, so is the main character's background. I'm talking about Kyosuke Kanou.
Kanou is a very tempered striker, always in the shadow of his brother, a former player in the european league. The story focuses on his develop as a player and as a person, with some romance, and the discover of his past.
There's a little of romance, a lot of comedy, and a very motivational f…
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ITs complete opposite of captain tsubasa as author takes the point of view of underdog rather than winner like tubasa or his elder brother ...this anime focus on the orange head (kyouske) whos drive for football with his bullet shoot and instinct alone makes his way through losses ,uncooperative team,injury(glad they play it only once didnt go "major" ),and a protagonist who faces lots of setback despite all his hard work and taking his team on his back alone ...the main problem of this anime is that it doesnot have many great opponents ...but every opponent tactics are different and fascinating and whole feel of u are living a life of a sports player rather than hero ......in short this football anime is a must watch as it deal with a lot of thing not only inside but outside of feild of a…
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Before i start on the story, sound etc i have to say for some odd reason this anime has just got me thinking through the day mainly because there is no sequel to it which has really ticked me off D:.
Story: I wasn't expecting anything really amazing cause the anime was unheard of, i stumbled across it when looking on the internet for football animes to watch (or soccer). I will admit, the storyline almost makes you feel as though you are apart of the team!
Sound: I thought the music just fitted in nicely especially around Kanou and Miki :D.
Characters : The conceited trio they called them with Kanou, Sakai and Rodrigo was an awesome thing to do. The majority of the characters i did like as well including Sergant chin and Sako =D.
Overall its an anime that unless you give it a go you c…
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Hungry heart wild striker is a very good soccer anime with team development . And as a sport a anime fan I've watched a great deal .However it seemed rushed as it only had 52 episodes and missed out some vital parts of the story that would have made it better.Over all the plot was epic, decent graphics and special moves. But could have been better if the story was written in more depth (I've not read the manga so I'm not sure) and if they progressed the anime further instead of a let down of an ending.
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What will you do when you have a same passion and dream as your brother and in fact,your brother is a lot brighter than you and have a lot more potential than you do?Also if he is already a few step forward from you to reach his dream,what will you do?Will you keep chasing him until you reach him,or will you admit it that you never can surpass your brother??Well,that's happen a lot in reality although I write it down pretty dramatically.The jealousy,the hatred or an admiration that you feel for your brother?The beginning of this 'Hungry Heart' story is like that.
Kanou Seisuke,is a succesful japanese soccer player and he's playing for the AC Milan as a midfieldstriker and in his top performance and glory at the moment.He's also considered as one of the best player in the world.Meanwhile,h…
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One look at my list of watched animes will tell you that I am a novice to the world of animes. Certifying "Hungry Heart: Wild Striker" to be the best sports anime that I have ever seen might not amount to much, since it is arguably the only sports anime that I have seen till date.
This incident occurred during the era when I had not yet watched an anime. One fine day, I came across my friend sitting in front of his laptop watching a "Japanese cartoon" in which characters with large eyes and pointed noses wearing orange were playing soccer with other characters with large eyes and pointed noses wearing blue. After watching over my friend's shoulder for about a couple of minutes, I thought I had got the general idea of the show. With what I assumed to be a wise wag of the head, I told him m…
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Hungry Heart Wild Striker
An old and relatively unknown anime. Does it deserve popularity? Scroll down…
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Although there are not a lot of good sports anime out there, Hungry Heart Wild Striker is definitely a great sports anime and is definitely undervalued and underappreciated. Although it does contain some stereotypical shonen elements and characters, the anime is actually much deeper than it appears on the surface. It deals with some real issues that soccer players face such as injuries, uncooperative teammates, going pro and many more. Also, this anime’s story line is really strong and keeps you going through all the episodes. The hero, Kanou Kyosuke, is an extremely likable character and adds to the show’s strong story line and slapstick humor. However, the animat…
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Story: This is just a typical story of a guy who gave up soccer cause he was being compared with his brother too much. Soon he starts kicking his own game with his new teammates to play in the same professional team as his brother one day. That's about how it starts out and throughout the plot it expresses it.
Art: The artwork won't be counted as too bad for a pretty old anime in my eyes. It's not like all the new ones with action and very thing in high quality but is VERY worth watching still.
Sound: The sounds are pretty good with their characters. Since this anime was dubbed in cantonese and japanese it's hard to say. Though if you speak cantonese WATCH the cantonese one cause it's super funny. Didn't really ever try the japanese one but I doubt it can be that bad.
Character: This i…
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When I first started watching this anime, I really didn't expect anything special. I was simply looking for a sports anime that I could watch in my free time and also was relatively long (52 episodes) that hopefully enjoyable. Hungry Heart Wild Striker brings nothing new to the table. It's not a revolutionary anime by any means, and its relatively unknown compared to some of the other mainstream sports anime like Prince of Tennis, Eyeshield 21 Major, Shoot!, etc. However, after watching this anime, you cannot help but feel a special bond to it after following the journey and life's ups and downs of Kanou Kyosuke. Oh, by the way, this is a soccer (football) anime, for your information.
When I say that Wild Striker doesn't bring anything new, the one exemption from that can be with the stor…
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