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Eyeshield 21
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Miyu Irino
Sena Kobayakawa / Eyeshield 21 (voice)
145 eps
Atsushi Tamura
Yoichi Hiruma
145 eps
Aya Hirano
Mamori Anezaki
145 eps
Mamoru Miyano
Haruto Sakuraba
145 eps
Kappei Yamaguchi
Raimon Tarou
145 eps
Daisuke Hirakawa
Hayato Akaba
145 eps
Daisuke Ono
Kengo Mizumachi
145 eps
DJ Taro
Devil Bat
145 eps
Eiji Takemoto
Niinobu Kasamatsu
145 eps
Hiroshi Shimozaki
Naosumi Kadoguchi
290 eps
Kouichi Nagano
Satoshi Muro
290 eps
Kenji Hamada
Atsushi Munakata
145 eps
Kenyu Horiuchi
Leonardo Apollo
145 eps
Koji Yusa
Rui Habashira
145 eps
Koji Ochiai
Hormer Fitzgerald
145 eps
Masami Iwasaki
Koji Kuroki
145 eps
Shoko Nakagawa
Suzuna
145 eps
Kenji Nomura
Komusubi's Dad (voice)
145 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Eyeshield 21 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Eyeshield 21 reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The story
What it's about
In Tokyo, a weak, unassertive boy named Sena Kobayakawa enters the high school of his choice, Deimon Private Senior High School. Sena's only remarkable physical abilities are his running speed and agility, which are noted by the school's American football team captain Yoichi Hiruma. Hiruma forces Sena to join the Deimon Devil Bats football team as its running back. To protect his identity from other teams who want to recruit him, Sena is forced to publicly assume the role of the team secretary and enter the field under the pseudonym of "Eyeshield 21" wearing a helmet with an eyeshield to hide his features.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
21st Anniversary
S01E145
Everybody, Let's Play American Football!
- Directed by Shin Katagai, Takeshi Ushigusa
- Written by Nobuaki Kishima
S01E144
The Last Moment
S01E143
A Deep Attachment
S01E142
Devil's Wings
S01E141
Devil Stun Gun Initiated
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Masanori MiyakeProducer
- Fukashi AzumaProducer
Writing
- Nobuaki KishimaWriter
Direction
- Shin KatagaiDirector
- Yasunori UrataDirector
- Takeshi UshigusaDirector
- Masayoshi NishidaDirector
Cinematography
- Kenji AkazawaDirector of Photography
Music
- Kow OtaniOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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