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Captain Tsubasa, better known as Captain Tsubasa in Italy, football is a Japanese manga, created by Yoichi Takahashi in 1981. The manga tells the story of a Japanese football champions, after growing up in school Nankatsu, 15 years after leaving Japan to venture into the Brazilian football and later became a professional in Brazil and first in Europe then. The manga consists of four series: Captain Tsubasa World Youth Road to 2002 (created to celebrate the 2002 World Cup held in Japan eCorea) and Golden-23. The first three series of the manga have created following a series of as many souls to great success. There were also films about Captain Tsubasa 5 and there are several special volumes of this series. Captain Tsubasa was very successful both in Japan and around the world. In Italy it is still today one of the most beloved franchises. Captain Tsubasa helped popularize football in Japan and many believe it was one of the factors that have contributed to the improved performance of the national Nippon that in 1998 she qualified for the first time the World Cup in 2002 and even managed to achieve the second round. Also many famous players such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Del Piero, Francesco Coco, Zinedine Zidane, Giuseppe Sculli and Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, who watched him when they were little, they said that they have become professional footballers is also credited with this series that has contributed to born and grow in their passion for the game of football. In Italy, the manga is published by Star Comics.