This Thursday the latest issue of the manga went on sale in Japan Captain Tsubasawhich inspired the television series known in Latin America as “The Super champions”.
This way, Yoichi Takahashicreator of the concept and who has been behind the manga (equivalent to “comic”, but of Japanese origin) for 43 years, closed the story and said he felt relief about it.
“Now that I have finished drawing the last episode of the series, I’m relieved to be done and feel liberated.“said the artist on his personal X account, where he also announced that he will continue sharing sketches of the characters for fans even though the story has ended.
The last issue of the series arrived in bookstores perfectly sealed, to avoid leaks to its followers before they read it.
What was the success of “Los Supercampeones”?
“Captain Tsubasa” tells the story of the young soccer prodigy Oliver Atom (Ozora Tsubasa), who dreams of reaching Brazilian soccer and representing the Japanese team. In the process he is accompanied by his rivals and friends Benji Price, Tom Misaki and Steve Hyuga, among others.
The manga or comic It began publishing in 1981 in the weekly Shonen Jump and quickly It achieved success, selling 70 million copies.so it was exported to different parts of the world, where 10 million were distributed.
This caused the story to be brought to the small screen, where captured many viewers in more than 100 countries around the world for decades, including soccer stars such as Andrés Iniesta, Pedri and Kylian Mbappéwho were inspired by the characters to dedicate their lives to football.
Takahashi, the creator, had already anticipated since the beginning of the year that the series would end in April, because his health has deteriorated and the manga industry has changed with advances in technology.
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