Football Nation

Football Nation
First tankōbon volume cover
フットボールネーション
(Futtobōru Nēshon)
GenreSports
Manga
Written byYuki Otake
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Superior
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 11, 2009 – present
Volumes18

Football Nation (Japanese: フットボールネーション, Hepburn: Futtobōru Nēshon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Otake. It began serialization in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine in December 2009.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yuki Otake, Football Nation began serialization in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine on December 11, 2009.[1] The series went on hiatus on August 28, 2020 due to Otake's recovery from breast cancer surgery.[2] It resumed serialization on July 9, 2021.[3] Its chapters have been compiled into eighteen tankōbon volumes as of November 2023.[4]

In July 2016, the series had an illustration collaboration with fellow soccer manga series Aoashi and Be Blues! which are also published by Shogakukan in the magazines Big Comic Spirits and Weekly Shōnen Sunday respectively.[5]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1 May 28, 2010[6]978-4-09-183167-5
2 August 30, 2011[7]978-4-09-184040-0
3 February 29, 2012[8]978-4-09-184279-4
4 October 30, 2012[9]978-4-09-184749-2
5 September 30, 2013[10]978-4-09-185419-3
6 May 30, 2014[11]978-4-09-186210-5
7 February 27, 2015[12]978-4-09-186793-3
8 October 30, 2015[13]978-4-09-187316-3
9 July 29, 2016[14]978-4-09-187720-8
10 February 28, 2017[15]978-4-09-189381-9
11 October 30, 2017[16]978-4-09-189728-2
12 June 12, 2018[17]978-4-09-189894-4
13 February 28, 2019[18]978-4-09-860231-5
14 October 30, 2019[19]978-4-09-860450-0
15 June 30, 2020[20]978-4-09-860644-3
16 November 30, 2021[21]978-4-09-861193-5
17 November 30, 2022[22]978-4-09-861475-2
18 November 30, 2023[4]978-4-09-862602-1
19 December 26, 2024[23]978-4-09-863088-2

Reception

The series has over 1.85 million copies in circulation as of October 2023.[4]

The series has been recommended by Japanese footballers like Hideto Takahashi,[13] Kengo Nakamura,[24] Yasuyuki Konno,[16] Wataru Endō,[18] Daisuke Matsui,[19] Kento Hashimoto,[20] Shinji Okazaki,[22] and Shūichi Gonda.[4]

References

  1. ^ スペリオール、W杯イヤー1号の新連載はサッカーもの. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 11, 2009. Archived from the original on October 28, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  2. ^ 「GIGANT」沢口愛華がパピコの水着姿に、「フットボールネーション」はしばらく休載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 28, 2020. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  3. ^ 「フットボールネーション」約1年ぶり連載再開、スペリオール2大プレゼント企画も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 9, 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d フットボールネーション 18 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  5. ^ アオアシ×フットボールネーション×BE BLUES!…小学館サッカー作品コラボ色紙. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 29, 2016. Archived from the original on October 28, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  6. ^ フットボールネーション 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  7. ^ フットボールネーション 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  8. ^ フットボールネーション 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  9. ^ フットボールネーション 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  10. ^ フットボールネーション 5 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  11. ^ フットボールネーション 6 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  12. ^ フットボールネーション 7 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  13. ^ a b フットボールネーション 8 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  14. ^ フットボールネーション 9 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  15. ^ フットボールネーション 10 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  16. ^ a b フットボールネーション 11 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  17. ^ フットボールネーション 12 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  18. ^ a b フットボールネーション 13 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  19. ^ a b フットボールネーション 14 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  20. ^ a b フットボールネーション 15 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  21. ^ フットボールネーション 16 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  22. ^ a b フットボールネーション 17 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  23. ^ フットボールネーション 19 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  24. ^ Stimson, Eric (March 6, 2017). "Soccer Star Kengo Nakamura Endorses Soccer Manga Football Nation". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.