J.League collaborates with AOASHI which is one of the most popular Manga in Japan.
I think this collaboration make J.League get new fans. Recently people watch Europe Leagues more than J.League, those people could pay attention to J.League if AOASHI show them exciting points on J.League. And also AOASHI could help people who don’t know football to start watching J.League because Manga is much easier to understand something more than textbooks. And their characters are so cute, so Not only boys but also girls can enjoy that comics. So not only football fans but people who are not interested in sports could start to watch J.League thanks to AOASHI.
2. What is AOASHI(アオアシ)?
“You can be strong on the pitch because you are not alone there.”
AOASHI is Football Bible
AOASHI is one of the most popular manga published by Shogakukan. It started from 2015. J.League chairman Mitsuru MURAI officially said that “AOASHI is his Bible”. Because AOASHI explains the detail of football and it’s very realistic (It’s not like “Captain TSUBASA”).
If you want to know football, why don’t you start reading “AOASHI”?
Story
The main character Ashito AOI joined a J youth club and try to be a professional player.
The story begins from his home town. He lives in Ehime and met Tatsuya FUKUDA who coach J league youth club. FUKUDA found the high potential of Ashito and invited Ashito to come to Tokyo for the club selection.
It’s the story of the boy who will cause a revolution in Japan Football.
Kengo NAKAMURA commentate football. What is five lanes? How to share their image each other? What kind of same skills do Endo, Oshima, and Iniesta have?
“the ABC of Soccer” written by Yūgo KOBAYASHI who writes and illustrates AOASHI.
You can get an original document written and illustrated by Yūgo KOBAYASHI. Now it’s free to download from following URL! It describes that how to kick and stop the ball, explain the basic tactics, and introduces J.league players who are good at those skills(KIYOTAKE, OSHIMA, Iniesta)
