Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

Fast Game in the Mud - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Nanbu's keeper yells at two defenders to contrast Hyuuga. They menacingly advance...and they are never seen again, it's different defenders that Hyuuga will beat to score the 3-4 comeback goal. (00:14:10)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

Fast Game in the Mud - S1-E13

Other mistake: When Genzo browses the coach notes and figures out instantly what should have been obvious to anyone (the opponent never conceded any goal, that is no small detail!), the way the action of the opponent is shown, both attackers were in offside. (00:11:55)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

No Easy Way - S1-E12

Other mistake: The same play-by-play commentator covers both the Nankatsu and the Meika matches, happening simultaneously in two different areas of Japan (and with no television coverage...of course, who does live commentary on elementary school matches anyway?).

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

No Easy Way - S1-E12

Other mistake: During the montage with the victorious march towards the semifinals, a Nankatsu supporter is waving a pure white flag instead of the team one. (00:11:00)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

No Easy Way - S1-E12

Other mistake: The perspective when Mr. Ozora tells Tsubasa "I'll let you go to Brazil" is wrong; it looks like he's standing right in front of him, but he's on the bleachers. (00:04:50)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Stupidity: Genzo suffers a possibly career-ending injury to his ankle. He goes to the doctor for that, and the doctor talks to him, and they discuss this important matter...without his parents or a legal tutor, teacher, coach (there's nobody present at the visit, and he walks out of the hospital on his own). He's eleven years old. His personal coach that follows him anywhere is nowhere to be seen in this episode, obviously because it would detract from the drama if he were around to explain stuff to Genzo's teammates or the main Nankatsu team coach.

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Audio problem: When the tryout team is heading back home led by the Nankatsu trio, their lines (even in the original Japanese version) do not match the mouth movement at all (Misaki's is animated to open randomly, and Tsubasa's moves too frequently). (00:20:40)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

Show generally

Factual error: Blanket statement for most of the series; 90% of the tackles and blocks shown in the anime would never fly in a real soccer match. Some are particularly outrageous and deserve separate mention, but in general everyone's defense is careless at best, and downright criminal at their worst. Take Kojiro Hyuga's introduction; his 'dribbling' involves shoving the opponent off and the challenges for the ball end up with the opponents bleeding and with torn socks. Any ref would stop this sort of 'play' right away.

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Other mistake: The tryout match happens on a field with no audience at all. Hyuga just lies there on a bench without anyone saying anything to him. Both the coach and Misaki know who he is, but nobody noticed him when he was a hugely conspicuous presence. Of course his interference in the match is pure anime silliness; nobody bats an eyelid during his invasion, and he fetches the ball from the forward unnoticed, coming from the opposite goal area.

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Factual error: The world record for high jump from professional adult athletes is barely above 2 meters when we do not consider the Fosbury flop. An 11 years old kid here nonchalantly leaps over the goal net (which is around 2 meters, close to two and half if they use a professional one, slightly less for junior matches), from a big distance and landing on his feet on top of the bar...and it's just an effortless transition before he does the REALLY impressive stuff. These kids are not supposed to be superhuman. (00:14:50)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Revealing mistake: When the assistant coach blows the whistle to start the tryout match, coach Shiroyama blinks back into existence next to him during the same shot a second later. (00:14:00)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: Genzo picks up his injury falling with other 3 players. Forgetting the clumsy fall not fitting someone of his caliber in an easy catch, they fall at the wrong angle, wrong position/distance from the goal, and in the close-up, the offender 's foot stomps Genzo's ankle almost perpendicularly from above, but it's an angle of impact incompatible with their fall. (00:11:05)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Ishizaki is dribbling his friends who act as living posts, the one with the big unitooth and unibrow is wearing brown shorts in the first shot, then yells at him while wearing black ones. Less than a minute later Ishizaki gets angry because he can't take a break, and the same guy is sporting blue shorts. (00:04:40)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Provocation - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: The first time we see the Shuutetsu trio in action, Teppei Kisugi shoots at goal. The ball's POV shows it is headed towards the left side of the goal, but then in the next shot the goal is scored to the right of the keeper. (00:03:40)

Sammo

30th Jan 2021

Lupin (2021)

Lupin mistake picture

Chapter 5 - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Assane gives his boy a gift, look at Claire's necklace when she starts getting defensive about the 'doctor's appointment'. The chain is caught on the collar and tucked all the way up next to her shoulder in some shots and normally down in a V in the rest. (00:07:40)

Sammo

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