Attack No 1 is one of my favorite TV series ever. It's a Japanese anime series which is about love, friendship and especially about volleyball, one of the first sports anime series which was ever shown on TV.
The series is based on a manga which is pretty hard to find nowadays, and it certainly was a very popular series in many parts of the world, it was first shown on TV in the late 1960's but it still does not feel outdated, which is really rare and certainly another reason why Attack No 1 has remained so popular. I have only seen the German version so far which is named "Mila Superstar", Mila being the name of the main character. However in the original version this character is named Kozue so I'll refer to her by that name. Kozue is 12 years old in the beginning and 18 in the end so you can really watch her grow up. Kozue's main goal in life is to become the best volleyball player in the world. She works very hard for it. Volleyball certainly is the most important thing for her. Kozue plays for her Junior Highschool team in the beginning and later on for the Japanese National team. Will Kozue achieve her goal to become the best volleyball player in the world ?
The series is very good. Kozue has to face many different problems and the series is never boring. I do have to say though, that it is pretty violent from time to time. Kozue fights hard to achieve her goal, sometimes a bit too hard. When one of her friends and the boy she loves and who loves her has an accident and is brought to a hospital his only wish is too see Kozue. Kozue however prefers to finish an important volleyball game and her love dies in the hospital while she is playing. Kozue regrets it afterwords, but it still was a pretty tough scene. There's also some bloody violence in it, though not much. I have watched it when I was little but some of those scenes were too violent for me. I would not show it to a child which is under 9 or 10 years old. A very good series, though.
The series is based on a manga which is pretty hard to find nowadays, and it certainly was a very popular series in many parts of the world, it was first shown on TV in the late 1960's but it still does not feel outdated, which is really rare and certainly another reason why Attack No 1 has remained so popular. I have only seen the German version so far which is named "Mila Superstar", Mila being the name of the main character. However in the original version this character is named Kozue so I'll refer to her by that name. Kozue is 12 years old in the beginning and 18 in the end so you can really watch her grow up. Kozue's main goal in life is to become the best volleyball player in the world. She works very hard for it. Volleyball certainly is the most important thing for her. Kozue plays for her Junior Highschool team in the beginning and later on for the Japanese National team. Will Kozue achieve her goal to become the best volleyball player in the world ?
The series is very good. Kozue has to face many different problems and the series is never boring. I do have to say though, that it is pretty violent from time to time. Kozue fights hard to achieve her goal, sometimes a bit too hard. When one of her friends and the boy she loves and who loves her has an accident and is brought to a hospital his only wish is too see Kozue. Kozue however prefers to finish an important volleyball game and her love dies in the hospital while she is playing. Kozue regrets it afterwords, but it still was a pretty tough scene. There's also some bloody violence in it, though not much. I have watched it when I was little but some of those scenes were too violent for me. I would not show it to a child which is under 9 or 10 years old. A very good series, though.