Attack on Tomorrow
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was an anime
series aired in 1977 in Japan. There were 23 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is often mistakenly believed to be a spinoff of the earlier, and more popular, series Attack No. 1
(1969-1971), due in part to the involvement of several staffers (including directors Kurokawa and Okabe and writer Yamazaki) who had worked on the prior series; although it was likely inspired by the popularity of Attack No. 1, it is not an official spinoff. It is also known in Europe as Smash (French
) and Mimi e le ragazze della pallavolo (Italian
).
team low on morale
from the death of one of its team members from an accident.
in the 1976 Olympics
.
and Italy
, the plot and concept was too similar to its predecessor Attack No. 1
and ratings were low. The show ceased production after only 23 episodes. Another of Shiro Jinbo's works, Hana no Ko Lunlun
, was much more successful globally as an anime a few years later.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series aired in 1977 in Japan. There were 23 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is often mistakenly believed to be a spinoff of the earlier, and more popular, series Attack No. 1
Attack No. 1
is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It also became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category.The anime is an adaptation of Chikako Urano's 1968 volleyball manga serialized in Weekly Maragaret Magazine under the same name. Chikako was considered one of the...
(1969-1971), due in part to the involvement of several staffers (including directors Kurokawa and Okabe and writer Yamazaki) who had worked on the prior series; although it was likely inspired by the popularity of Attack No. 1, it is not an official spinoff. It is also known in Europe as Smash (French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) and Mimi e le ragazze della pallavolo (Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
).
Original Story
The story is about Mimi Hijiiri, a student with just one school year remaining, who decides to revitaliize a volleyballVolleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team low on morale
Morale
Morale, also known as esprit de corps when discussing the morale of a group, is an intangible term used to describe the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others...
from the death of one of its team members from an accident.
Concept
The series was strictly created as a tribute to the gold medal Japanese women's volleyball teamJapan women's national volleyball team
The Japan women's national volleyball team, or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is the volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked 3rd by the FIVB...
in the 1976 Olympics
Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Japan competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 213 competitors, 153 men and 60 women, took part in 119 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar* Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars...
.
Staff
- Additional Director: Fumio Kurokawa, Eiji Okabe
- Screenwriter: Haruya Yamazaki
- Producer: Kôichi Motohashi, Ryûji Matsudo
- Createor: Shiro Jinbo
- Music: Nobuyoshi Koshibe
Reaction
While the show would eventually aired in the European market in the 1980s in countries such as FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, the plot and concept was too similar to its predecessor Attack No. 1
Attack No. 1
is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It also became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category.The anime is an adaptation of Chikako Urano's 1968 volleyball manga serialized in Weekly Maragaret Magazine under the same name. Chikako was considered one of the...
and ratings were low. The show ceased production after only 23 episodes. Another of Shiro Jinbo's works, Hana no Ko Lunlun
Hana no Ko Lunlun
, translated to English as The Flower Child Lunlun and Lulu, The Flower Angel is a magical girl manga by Shiro Jinbo, focusing on a theme of flowers in its stories. It was adapted into an anime by Toei Animation in 1979, and the anime was greatly successful in the West, particularly in Europe and...
, was much more successful globally as an anime a few years later.
Trivia
- In the French version "Smash", Mimi is Virginia Tessier. In the Italian dub, she is Mimi Miceri and she's half-Japanese and half Italian. In both languages, most of the other character names were changed as well.
- Mitsuko HorieMitsuko Horieis a Japanese seiyū and singer. She was born on March 8, 1957 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater series Remi, Nobody's Girl...
performed both the opening and ending theme songs in the original Japanese version.