Spring Anime Previews 9 - Giant Killing

Thursday, March 18, 2010


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Gave up on hunting for trailers. I'm on the official sites, and I can't find them on there, so I probably won't be able to find them anywhere else. =3=



Title: Giant Killing
Genre: Seinen, Sports
Airs: 04/04 09:25
Animation Studio: Studio DEEN (Uh oh)

Summary from Mangacast via Nihonmaru:
In Giant Killing, a ragtag bunch from East Tokyo are struggling in Japan's top football league. The team is going through an abysmal spell right now where they are nearing the bottom of the table and have lost 5 matches in a row. The losses haven't done much to team moral, because it was already low. Fan support, on the other hand, is looking bleak. In the world of football, once the fans turn on a team the end is near. Teams don't recover. Coaches are fired, players are sold, and teams drop to smaller divisions where profits often prevent them from ever being successful against even mediocre top division programs. East Tokyo United, ETU, can only blame their coach right now. And Coach is ready to give up this next game to prove to his team and fans, that against the biggest club in the nation he can make this team win.
Kenn's Comment: Just to make it clear, the summary says football, but it refers to the football that everybody refers to outside of North America. In other words, it means Soccer. I really don't know why on Earth the Americans decided that American football should be called football. There's only one player whose foot ever makes contact with the ball.

Anywho, the manga is great. It's nice to read a sports manga where there are no weirdos, no special powers. A lot of the shounen sports series focus on the player(s), but Giant Killing is from the coach's perspective, which makes for an interesting story. However, DEEN is animating it. They've done some good series, but they're not always that great. We'll just have to sit back and find out.

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