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The Knight in the Area S1E1 — I Love Soccer

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The Knight in the Area•Season 1•Episode 1

I Love Soccer

7.3/10 · 14 votesJan 7, 201225 min

Ranked #15 of 37 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

Kakeru Aizawa is the manager for his middle school soccer team and younger brother to soccer prodigy Suguru Aizawa. His childhood friend, Nana Mishima, returns from America and enrolls into his class. That night, Kakero secretly practices soccer at the park and is challenged to

Directed byShinobu Sasaki

Written byTetsuo Hirakawa

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Cast10

Shizuka Itoh

Shizuka Itoh

Nana Mishima (voice)

Yuko Sanpei

Yuko Sanpei

Kakeru Aizawa (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Suguru Aizawa (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Ryuuchi Araki (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Akito Horikawa (voice)

Atsushi Kakehashi

Atsushi Kakehashi

Makoto Hyoudou (voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Taeko Isshiki (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Teppei Iwaki (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Reo Kurebayashi (voice)

Tsubasa Yonaga

Tsubasa Yonaga

Kaoru Matoba (voice)

Crew5

S

Shinobu Sasaki

Director

Hirofumi Ogura

Hirofumi Ogura

Storyboard Artist

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Ippei Ichii

Animation Director

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Tetsuo Hirakawa

Writer

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Takahiro Yoneda

Background Designer

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Episode Summary

"I Love Soccer" is episode 1 of The Knight in the Area season 1. It scored 7.3/10 from 14 votes, ranking #15 of 37 episodes this season (season average 7.2). Directed by Shinobu Sasaki and written by Tetsuo Hirakawa, it aired on January 7, 2012.

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