Gaming News Even older than Dragon Ball, after more than 40 years of publication, a page for Olive and Tom aka Captain Tsubasa opens
In a new issue of Captain Tsubasa magazine, mangaka Yoichi Takahashi announced the end of the manga of the same name for the month of April. A decision that he justifies.
Olive and Tom hang up their crampons
It’s a whole page of sports manga turning. In early 2024, author Yoichi Takahashi announced the end of the series in a letter to Captain Tsubasa fans. A decision that he considers difficult but nevertheless necessary. It was his health and the development of the manga industry that made him put down his pen.
The serialization of “Captain Tsubasa” as a manga ended in April and from now on it will be produced in a form similar to the name
・Instead of continuing to draw “manga”, he decided to stop serializing and postpone the “story” until the final episode of “Captain Tsubasa”.
・The story published in “Captain Tsubasa Magazine” Volume 20, scheduled for release in early April, will be the final story.https://t.co/XH2YtqDy8b pic.twitter.com/F1tiFm8GRK— Comedian Natalie (@comic_natalie) January 4, 2024
Instead of continuing to draw the manga, it was decided to stop serialization and postpone the “story” until the final episode of Captain Tsubasa. The final story will appear in Captain Tsubasa Magazine Volume 1. 20, which is scheduled to go on sale in early April.
When the manga, known in France as Olive and Tom, ends in April, the characters will continue to exist in a “different form,” says Yoichi Takahashi.
More than 40 years of stories about football are coming to an end. Captain Tsubasa’s pre-release began in 1981: three years before Dragon Ball! After the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Yoichi Takahashi developed his passion for soccer and decided to create a manga around this team sport. It tells the story of Tsubasa Ohzora (Olivier Atton in the French version), a football fan since a ball saved him from a traffic accident. He shows incredible athletic talent and is discovered by Brazilian star Roberto Hongo. He takes him under his wing and will do everything he can to make his dream come true: to go to Brazil, the country of football.
For more than 40 years, Olivier and his teammates (Ben Becker, Mark Landers, Thomas Price, etc.) have worn crampons on the field. They all have an eventful career that can make any real footballer or even athlete jealous. A career that will end in April, presumably with the conclusion of the Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun The Finale narrative arc and the end of the Madrid Olympics. Regardless of the outcome of this fictional competition, Olive and Tom will have left their mark on the minds and world of manga. With more than 90 million copies sold worldwide, it is one of the bestsellers in the industry and is undoubtedly one of the most famous sports manga in the world.
