7 football anime to watch streaming online

7 football anime to watch streaming online

If you are the kind of person who likes football and anime, know that it is possible to combine these two passions in one place and have a lot of fun in your daily life. This is because there are several Japanese animations that have this sport as their main theme.

So how about dedicating part of your day to having fun watching the excellent productions available in streaming? To help you find great titles, the prepared a list of 7 options. Read on and check it out!

7 Football Anime Options to Explore in Online Streaming Catalogs

Below you can see a list of great anime, the plot of each, the number of seasons, and which streaming service you can watch them on.

7. Offside

In this anime released in 2001, which has one season, the character Goro Kumagaya is a boy who dreamed of playing for the elite team of Yokonan. However, after an accident, he ended up at the nearby school and met Hideki, Shingo and Oda, which led to the creation of a team capable of challenging the football giants.

The protagonist believed that his greatest strength was his ability to score goals, but, over the course of the matches, he discovers that the team’s attack and unity allow him and his friends to face different battles and achieve progress in each of them.

6. Blue padlock

Blue Lock (2022 – present) / Credit: 8bit (disclosure)

This is a newer anime that has become quite a hit in recent years. Launched in 2022, “Blue Lock” already has two seasons and the third production is in development.

In the play, a group of young players compete for the title of the best center forward in the country. At the center of the plot is Isagi Yoichi, an obsessed young man who dreams of becoming a professional footballer. However, he didn’t like his performance on the pitch.

However, things change when Isagi learns that the Japanese Football Federation has decided to create “Blue Lock”, a special training program aimed at new talents and which aims to find a top scorer. Thus, the young man decides to prove his potential to himself.

5. Captain Tsubasa

Captain Tsubasa
Captain Tsubasa main character – Image: Disclosure/Crunchyrol

This manga and anime series is considered the greatest football franchise in the world for its pioneering of the sport’s theme in the world of animation and because it had the power to influence changes in the way Japan played the ball. In Brazil, the title is mainly known as “Super Champions”.

The franchise has several animated series titles, including: “Captain Tsubasa” (1983), “Shin Captain Tsubasa” (1989), “Captain Tsubasa J” (1994), “Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002” (2001), “Captain Tsubasa” (remake of the original series – was released in 2018) and “Captain Tsubasa 2nd Season” (2023).

The original story features Tsubasa Oozora as its protagonist, a character who has lived and breathed football since he was little and has the dream of representing Japan in the World Cup. When he leaves his city to live in Nankatsu, he finds himself in an extremely competitive scenario, different from what he imagined and what he was used to.

In the new city, Oozora must overcome rivals and meet very important partners, including the goalkeeper Wakabayashi.

4. Clean freak! Aoyama-kun

“Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun” is a production released in 2017 and has one season. In it, high school dance star Fujimi, whose name is Aoyama, has a lot of skill, intelligence, and also has great cooking skills. However, he suffers from mysophobia, a problem that makes him avoid physical contact on the pitch.

To do this, he uses his highly precise dribbling and manages to lead the team to the national championship with his unique style capable of defying expectations, making his teammates, such as the character Zaizen, reconsider the way they play.

3. Days

2016 animated series with one season, “Days” features Tsukushi Tsukamoto, an ordinary boy who has no technique and suffers from his lack of confidence. However, his passion for football is unshakable. However, everything begins to change in his life from the moment he meets Jin Kazama, a great football promise.

The friendship between the two allows Days to enter very competitive sports scenarios in high school. A great lesson to begin to learn from this is that despite victories, there are times when you need to learn to deal with defeats, and a person’s greatest triumph is persistence.

2.Ao Ashi

Ao Ashi
Characters from the Ao Ashi series – Image: Disclosure/IMDB

2022 series with only one season so far, “Ao Ashi” tells the story of Ashito Aoi, a highly talented young soccer player who is devastated after his team loses a tournament in elementary school.

However, after noticing that Aoi is very talented, Tatsuya Fukuda, manager of an organization responsible for training the players of one of the largest teams in the J-League, proposes that the boy participate in a test in his group. So together they embark on a journey to take the youth club and the boy himself to greater heights in sport.

1. Super Eleven

It is one of the most successful series in Brazil, having already been broadcast nationally by Rede TV through the TV Kids program. The anime is originally known as “Inazuma Eleven”. The title was launched in 2008 and has three seasons.

In the plot, the Raimon College football team is very close to the end. However, the goalkeeper and team captain, Endo Mamoru, is on a mission to find new members and rebuild the team. With this, the team begins to reach higher goals and overcome greater challenges.

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