Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The End of a Career - S1-E26

Continuity mistake: Wakashimazu (not yet revealed) is watching the end of the match on TV. His travel bag is on the right shoulder, as opposed to the previous episode, but gets back on the left side in the next shot. (00:10:00)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Fight for the Final - S1-E24

Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the hitch-hiking, the kid on the far right has dark blue pants instead of the light, greyish tone of the rest of the scene - compare it with the kid next to him, whose color is consistent. (00:13:20)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Fight for the Final - S1-E24

Continuity mistake: After the match against Hanawa, everyone is in the dining room. They are asking Misaki if it's true that he'll leave soon. Teppei Kisugi has his arms on his knees in the first shot, on the table in the next shot. (00:09:40)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Brothers Tachibana - S1-E22

Other mistake: When the Nankatsu player is injured, Genzo reacts to the event watching it happen through the TV - but he shouldn't be there watching the match, he said he was going to train instead. The next episode in fact shows that he missed the goal and therefore the injury. (00:21:40)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Brothers Tachibana - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: Just in front of the penalty area, Misaki dispossesses the Tachibanas thanks to Teppei Kisugi's distraction. Tsubasa then does a long pass to midfield for a trio of players...including Kisugi. (00:14:00)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Brothers Tachibana - S1-E22

Revealing mistake: In the very first move by Hanawa, Misaki and Tsubasa fold back before the twins' dynamic advance. Due to an animation error, Taro Misaki's hair in the wide shot flickers of a different color several times. (00:12:40)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Brothers Tachibana - S1-E22

Character mistake: The Tachibana twins' play leading to the second goal is called by the commentator as "on the limit of the offside", but that does not make sense; there are a bunch of players in front of them, it does not come close to being offside. (00:06:50)

Sammo

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

18th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Brothers Tachibana - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: The players are celebrating their victory. Urabe and Ishizaki in the middle are celebrating, but Urabe has Taki's teeth in the first shot, and in the second there are two Misakis and a Teppei Kisugi behind them - he should be in front of them. (00:01:40)

Sammo

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

No Victory in Semi Final - S1-E21

Plot hole: The whole team went into the match, and the tournament, without knowing its rules. They all are totally surprised by the fact that the top 2 teams qualify from each group. Of course, that's quite impossible, especially since there are veterans in the team, Tsubasa is a football fanatic, Misaki is a clever student of the game, and you just don't walk into a tournament you have prepared for and looked forward to for ages without knowing such a basic fact.

Sammo

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

No Victory in Semi Final - S1-E21

Stupidity: The decisive goal happens merely because the players pass the ball to the opposition instead of clearing to the wings. Reading poorly the situation happens in real life as well, but here we have a group of 4 players who charge in close formation, and with all the rest of the field at their disposal, the two Nankatsu players pass the ball in the middle of them for no reason.

Sammo

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Mighty Shot - S1-E19

Other mistake: Behind Ishizaki on the bench as he incites Tsubasa in the last action of the episode, Manabu's legs and feet do not link correctly (something went wrong in the drawing, he's sockless all of a sudden and the ankles are much wider than the feet). (00:19:25)

Sammo

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Mighty Shot - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: Roberto realises Hyuga's fright technique; as he does that, the person between himself and Mrs. Oozora is wearing a white shirt. Reaction shot on her, and it's a man in yellow that was in a different position earlier. (00:11:20)

Sammo

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

12th Feb 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

The Mighty Shot - S1-E19

Character mistake: Rare instance in this anime, a foul is given when four players from Meiwa tackle Tsubasa at once and hook his foot when he successfully evaded them. In truth though, any referee should have blown the whistle already way before, since the four ganged on Tsubasa throwing themselves at him multiple times before that one, each time sticking their leg out without even aiming at the ball - Tsubasa has to literally duck to avoid one of those tackles.

Sammo

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