Great sakka anime rule: 💫 a plot that keeps you spinning in circles.  

Great sakka anime rule: you don’t need logic.

Great sakka anime rule: Every line makes you question just what kind of anime you are watching because it doesn’t just seem to be sports. 

Great sakka anime rule: High frequencies of hospital scenes, so many freaking hospital scenes.

Great sakka anime rule: Bromance that lasts even in another parallel dimension. 

Great sakka anime rule: can be easily taken out of context. 

Great sakka anime rule: Sometimes, you don’t even need a ball. 

Great sakka anime rule: A memorable soundtrack composered by legendary gaming composer Yasunori Mitsuda (of Chrono Trigger fame).

Great sakka anime rule: Have a small and lovable fandom that when you actually meet a fellow sakka fan in real life, your excitement level rivals that of Tachimukai’s when he first meets Endou.

Sakka.

Great sakka anime rule: Attention to detail.

Great sakka anime rule: Have the president of Japan’s daughter be a sakka dork that seriously give no shits about gender boundaries.

Fukuyama Keiko made a special drawing to celebrate 5 years of Inazuma anime. Various characters write down their personal proverb…

Endou: Let’s play soccer! Baddap: Death Spear! *whirling sound effect* Kazemaru: Soccer contains a world you can’t see by yourself! Kabeyama: I won’t let you pass! Shourinji: I’ll have the char siu noodles! Megane: Biggest man of success Miyasaka: You’re so cool, Kazemaru-san! Ichinose: I won’t give up! Domon: Now I know I love soccer Max: Soccer with everyone Kurimatsu: That’s Raimon’s soccer ~de yansu Shishido: Thank goodness…!! Taiyou: What should I do? I still want to play soccer Zanark: I thought you’d say that {it’s mostly covered up but it’s so obvious, lol} Kirino: Believe in yourself Sangoku: I’ll give you pudding for dessert Kinako: I’ll support you Ruhk: HELP ME Kariya: What’s the point of telling me that?! Kurama: What makes you think you can say you hate snakes Hayami/Hamano: We caught this together!! Kageno: I’ll come with you if you like … (to the bathroom) Kurumada: Shupoo!! {Dash Train sound effect} Minamisawa: I’m grateful Handa: The dragon went roar! Fudou/Ichino/Aoyama: Benchwarmers Amano/Hikaru: Uggiiiii~!! Someoka: All right!!!! Fubuki: Let’s be like the wind Kuroiwa: Black room with falling iron bars Kidou: I’ve become Teikoku {literally Teikoku to narimashita} Haruna: Nii-san, that’s the show that happens 30 minutes after ours {reference to Danball Senki Wars where Teikoku to narimashita is commonly heard but means something else} Shinsuke: Full-throttle…!!! Tsurugi: *picture of Yuuichi* Tenma: “I thought you had your wallet on the end of the chain, but it’s a picture charm… Tove: UHO!! Fei: Saru doesn’t lie, he wouldn’t use his superpowers during the match!! …Although he made me use it Saru: Survival of the fittest Funagi: “Which one should I use today…” 1. Everyone’s doing better than I thought! 2. This is the worst Hakuryuu: You worthless! You buddy-buddies!! You third rank!!! Manabe: This hologram has all the data from Hakuryuu-san input inside. Ibuki: Wild D{unk} Shindou: I’m always here Matatagi: Get along with other people! Tetsukado: Greenling {ainame} can also be referred to as Aburame Sakura: That could happen too! Minato: The Scotland Yard I look up to Kusaka: I want to understand her more Konoha: Little kitty… <3 Aoi: Everyone’s gotten so much better! Minori: That’s true… Gouenji: The legend is just starting!! Tenma: Soccer is a bridge that connects everyone!! Source: http://inazuma.pmsinfirm.org/?p=330#ixzz4FucRYfI3

Great sakka anime rule: Have quieter moments where characters talk to each other about their dreams, worries share dorky opinions. Not enough action shows do this but it’s what builds and makes the large cast of Inazuma Eleven so charming and memorable. 

Great sakka anime rule: Protag’s hairstyles must get exponentially weirder. Cow-Udder/there’s a dead pokemon on my head-do is the current culprit of sakka hair syndrome.

Great sakka anime rule: Feature the first female goalie in anime history. Certainly made this girl goalie very happy. 

Though ironically the subtitle reads: ‘’Soccer loving shonen-tachi (young boys).” Is that intended, level-5?