description Captain (TV) Overview
The original is an impressive sports manga featuring not heroes, but common boys, and the story depicts the growth of Sumiya 2 junior high school baseball team (the successive captains and players) in downtown Tokyo. Takao Taniguchi, who was a substitute player of the second team of Aoba Gakuin, a prestigious junior high school in the baseball world, but he transferred to Sumiya 2 and he became the captain of the baseball club. After steady training, the team try to do a final game in the regional preliminaries, against Aoba Gakuin.
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Who wrote the Captain baseball manga?
Captain was written and drawn by manga artist Akio Chiba, the brother of Tetsuya Chiba, the artist behind Ashita no Joe. The two brothers both made names for themselves in sports manga.
When did the Captain TV anime originally air?
The Captain TV anime adaptation aired in Japan in the early 1980s, around 1980. It adapted Akio Chiba's junior high baseball manga about the Sumiya 2nd Junior High team.
Is the Captain anime about a star player like other baseball anime?
No — that's its distinguishing point. Captain deliberately focuses on ordinary, untalented boys at Sumiya 2nd Junior High in downtown Tokyo, showing the team's growth through successive captains like Takao Taniguchi, a substitute player, rather than following a prodigy.
How is Captain connected to Ashita no Joe?
The only real connection is family: Captain is by Akio Chiba, while Ashita no Joe was drawn by his brother Tetsuya Chiba. They're entirely separate works — one about junior high baseball, the other about boxing.
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