One such accident occurs when he is playing a guitar on the street and some thugs try to stop him, only for him to make them flee in fear. Kyosuke has a flashy orange hair in tune with his fiery character ready to ignite in rage at each minor accident. Despite not being as technically skilled as his brother, Kyosuke has also great potential in the sport, especially as a forward, and a strong shooting power. This eventually makes him 'hate' football. Kyosuke can't stand that people look up to him just because he is the brother of a famous footballer.

Kyosuke is a rebellious and impulsive boy who is the brother of Seisuke Kano, a football prodigy who has just successfully started playing for A.C. In France the series was published in four DVD-boxes in 2004 by French company Mabell. In Italy, where the series was called La squadra del cuore, it was broadcast in 2003 by Italia Teen Television, in 2008 by Italia 1 and in 2009 by Hiro. With Animax operating worldwide, the series was broadcast in several countries where the satellite television network operates in dubbed version for each country, so the series is well known in several countries from Europe, Asia and Latin America.īesides the Animax version, in Hispanic America another dubbed version was produced and was used for local channels in the region. It was also broadcast in Japanese television station Fuji TV from to. The TV anime was originally broadcast in Japan from to in satellite television network Animax where it aired on Wednesdays in the 22:00-22:30 time-slot.

Instead of strictly following the manga, both productions were co-developed at the same time, with the animation taking a more comedic approach. The series was a co-production between Nippon Animation, Animax and Fuji TV.

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER or just known as 'Hungry Heart' in the Western World) is the anime adaptation of Yoichi Takahashi's manga Hungry Heart.

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