New Captain Tsubasa (1989)

Animation · Drama · Family

Shin CT takes place at the U-16 word cup in France. After some friendly matches in Germany, Japan defeats one opponent after another and finally reaches the final round against Germany. After hard matches against Italian and French top players, the German team seems to be even more supreme. The giant goal keeper Moeller, the all round ace Kalz and Europe's best player and forward Schneider offer the Japanese team an extremely hard match, but in the end Japan wins 3:2.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (1,224 votes)
Episode average: 7.1 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

7.06 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 7.8

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Spread your wings, Tsubasa! Towards the world challenge!	7.2	20
2	Defeat! A new start from zero!	6.5	18
3	The rebirth of the golden combination!	6.9	18
4	Reunited the World Rivals	6.7	18
5	Crash! Hernández Defeated!	6.7	18
6	There They Go! The Japanese Team!	7.4	18
7	Explosion! Díaz Against Japan!	7.2	18
8	The Last Battle! The Four Better!	7.1	18
9	Neutralized! Break the Score!	7.1	19
10	A Strong Team! The Bloodiest Battle!	7.1	18
11	The Final! Japan Vs Germany	7.1	18
12	The Last Battle! Have You Seen the Best Team?	7.0	18
13	Fly, Tsubasa! Praying to Heaven	7.8	22