Captain (manga)

Captain

Captain volume 1 bunko
キャプテン
(Kyaputen)
Genre Sports
Manga
Written by Akio Chiba
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Jump
Monthly Shōnen Jump
Original run February 19721979
Volumes 15
Anime television film
Directed by Satoshi Dezaki
Studio Eiken
Network NTV
Released April 2, 1980
Anime film
Directed by Satoshi Dezaki
Studio Eiken
Released July 18, 1981
Runtime 95 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by Satoshi Dezaki
Studio Eiken
Network NTV
Original run January 10, 1983 July 4, 1983
Episodes 26

Captain (Japanese: キャプテン Hepburn: Kyaputen) is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shōnen Jump (published by Shueisha) from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump (also published by Shueisha) from 1973 to 1978. Captain, along with Play Ball, won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977.[1]

The manga was adapted into a film by Eiken and released in theaters on 1981-07-18.[2] It was also adapted into a 26 episode anime TV series which aired on NTV from 1983-01-10 to 1983-07-04. The TV series was also directed by Satoshi Dezaki. The Captain TV series was ranked 95th in the top 100 favorite anime titles of all time in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi in 2005.[3] In a 2006 TV Asahi survey of Japanese celebrities, the Captain TV series ranked 13th in a list of the top 100 responses.[4]

The story features 4 captains. When the captain graduate from school, the next captain becomes the protagonist.

Film

Staff

Sources:[2]

TV series

Staff

Theme songs

Both songs were composed and arranged by Toshiyuki Kimori, with lyrics by Michio Yamagami. Vocals were by 99Harmony.

References

  1. 小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  2. 1 2 キャプテン (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  3. "TV Asahi Top 100 Anime". Anime News Network. 2005-09-23. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  4. 月バラ2時間スペシャル 芸能界アニメ通が集結!徹底調査アニメランキング100 (in Japanese). TV Asahi. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-19.

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