To protect his identity to prevent other teams in the school from recruit him for his speed, Sena is forced to publicly assume the role of team manager and enter the field wearing a helmet equipped with a green-tinted eyeshield in order to hide his features under the pseudonym of 'Eyeshield 21'. His abilities quickly catch the eye of the high school's American football team captain Yoichi Hiruma, who forces Sena to join the Deimon Devil Bats as its running back. It was revealed later that a friend, Riku, taught him how to run fast to help him against bullies. His only remarkable physical abilities are his running speed and intense agility, the result of a school life spent complying with the demands of bullies. The plot of Eyeshield 21 revolves around a weak and non-assertive boy named Sena Kobayakawa who enters the high school of his choice, Deimon Private Senior High School, where his childhood friend Mamori Anezaki attended school the year before. Main article: List of Eyeshield 21 characters It is also aired in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and South Korea. It has subsequently been picked up for broadcast on Crunchyroll in a subtitled format.

The English dub aired on the free on-demand Toonami Jetstream as a joint effort with NFL Rush on December 17, 2007, but no more episodes will be dubbed, as the deal with NFL Rush fell through in 2008. The anime version, produced by NAS and animated by Studio Gallop, premiered across Japan on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2005, and ended Mawith episode 145. The manga is published in English by Viz Media. The manga is serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. It has been adapted into an anime movie in 2004 (shown at Jump Festa), an anime television series in 2005, several video games and a trading card game from Konami. Eyeshield 21 ( アイシールド21 Aishīrudo Nijūichi ?) is a manga about American football written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata.

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