
Sena arrives at school early to do some training.

Transcription: " Amefuto Yarouze!" ( Japanese: アメフトやろうぜ!) The next day, Hiruma forces Sena to join the team as a running back under the alias "Eyeshield 21". Yoichi Hiruma happens to witness Sena's abilities as he escapes from the bullies. Sena manages to run away from them, revealing his great speed and agility. On the way home, he again runs into the Ha-Ha brothers, who attempt to take his phone to find Kurita and assault him. Sena asks to be the team manager for Deimon Devil Bats and becomes friends with Kurita. As they drag him into the Football club to beat him up, Ryokan Kurita arrives and scares them away, thinking they wanted to join the Football club. On his first day, all goes well until he runs into three bullies known as The Ha-Ha Brothers. Sena Kobayakawa manages to enter Deimon High, the same school his friend Mamori Anezaki is currently attending. Transcription: " Kōsoku no Ashi o Motsu Otoko" ( Japanese: 光速の脚をもつ男) The ending themes are "Be Free" by Ricken's, for the first thirteen episodes, "Blaze Away" by The Trax, from episode 14 to 35, and "Goal" by Beni Arashiro and "Run to Win" by Aya Hirano, Miyu Irino, Koichi Nagano and Kappei Yamaguchi, used for the episodes 36 to 64 and remaining episodes respectively.

The opening themes are "Breakthrough" by Coming Century, used for the first thirty-five episodes, "Innocence" by 20th Century, used between episode 36 and 64, with the rest using "Dang Dang" by ZZ. The episodes use seven pieces of theme music: three opening and four ending themes. The episodes were later released in eighteen DVD compilations between Jand Decemby Bandai Visual. The series is directed by Masayoshi Nishida and produced by TV Tokyo, NAS and Gallop The plot of the episodes follows Sena Kobayakawa, a student who becomes an American football player against his desire but eventually becomes the star of the team, wearing an eyeshield to protect his identity.Įpisodes 1 between 72 of Eyeshield 21 aired from Apto Augon TV Tokyo.

The anime series Eyeshield 21 is based on the manga series of the same name written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata.
