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Format
TV
Episodes
49
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 1991
Aired
1991-10-10 to 1992-09-24
Source
Original
Rating
G - All Ages
Genres
Sports
Team Sports
Studios
Nippon Animation
Producers
Fuji TV
Licensors
Moero! Top Striker (燃えろ! トップストライカー)
Hikaru Kicker is a 13-year-old boy who loves football. He has grown up playing with a football at all times ever since his father's friend gave him one when he was still only a baby. Hikaru goes to Italy to learn the sport. He first joins a strong team at Genova, but soon quits this team to join an extremely weak team named "Columbus" with his female friend Anna. Experiencing many hardships and difficulties, their team gradually becomes stronger and stronger, and finally they defeat Margerita, one of the strongest soccer teams in Genova. Soon Hikaru hears that Genova will stage its first soccer tournament. Throughout the tournament, Hikaru and his teammates confront many rivals and develop increasing maturity. Can Hikaru score a goal and which team will win the championship? (Source: Nippon Animation)