

It wouldn't be implausible to say that even if football wasn't popular in Japan by that stage, CT might have been a reason, or even the catalyst, for the growth in interest. IIRC they'd never even qualified for the World Cup back then. I can't imagine football having been very popular in Japan in 1993. The manga should have ended by now but i'll let someone else clarify that before jumping to conclusions. Think there are 3 series in the Shoot! manga available, each lasting 16 volumes. Im pretty sure the anime and manga were both quite popular throughout asia. Did either the manga or the anime "do well" in Japan?.

As the three of them start playing soccer for Kake-High, they experience hardships, romance, and losses on their road to becoming the best Japanese high school soccer team - a team of legends.So the anime is from 1993, how old is the manga and is it still running? It's always interesting knowing a bit about the manga as well. He refuses offers from a number of foreign professional soccer clubs so he can stay at Kake-High to lead them to the All-Japan High School Championship. This young man led Kakegawa High Soccer Club to the best 8 of their prefecture in their first ever appearance with a freshmen only team almost single-handedly. After junior high, all of them decided to go to the same high school, Kakegawa High, a school only founded a year before, because of their star soccer player, Yoshiharu Kubo, whom they had idolized. There they were known as the Kakenishi golden trio for their role in making Kakenishi Junior High`s soccer team into a force to be reckoned with. Three high school freshmen who have become best friends during their junior high years while playing soccer together. Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (Legendary Blue Shot!) or also known as just "Shoot!", is the story of Toshihiko Tanaka, Kenji Shiraishi, and Kazuhiro Hiramatsu.
