Captain Nishida series

Captain Nishida is a soccer game series consisting of five volumes made by Nishida's Factory.

Blurb
This series are technically a "mirror version" to Captain Tsubasa, taking place in Brazil instead of Japan, even the tournaments are unrealistic compared to its counterpart. It narrates the story of Daniel Nishida, a yonsei born in Santos City, who competes at the Soccer Frontier, representing Brazil (a.k.a. The Soccer Country).

Captain Nishida
The first game depicts the beginning of Daniel's career at the U-16 Soccer Frontier and the International Soccer Frontier as well, also featuring flashbacks from Santos District Tournament and the Liberty Cup.

Captain Nishida II: Hyper Striker
The second game depicts the U-20 International Soccer Frontier, as well as Daniel's career at the N1 League. Also, there is a U-20 Soccer Frontier among Brazilian high schools.

Captain Nishida III: Emperor Cup
The third game has a greater focus on Germany national team, the main antagonists from the first volume. The pivotal players for said team temporarily transfer to foreign teams to gather soccer data from those countries.

Captain Nishida IV: Skywing Hero
In the fourth instalment, Daniel and co. eventually step into the professional world of soccer. This is the only game in the series with a "branched path" system.

Captain Nishida V: Supreme Challenge
This game has a special focus on the European Leagues, and culminates with the Worldwide Cup. The final opponent is Supremo, an American-owned special team whose captain is Cynara Tisdale, the Field Titaness.

Recycled ideas
There are many elements in the series which were later recycled into the anime.


 * Roberto Biaggi, the captain to Piemonte FC and ace striker for Italy was recycled into Bruno Borelli.
 * The scrimmage match against Germany at the first volume was recycled into scrimmages against German teams such as Grunwald SV, Roland SV and Berlin Rotburg FC.
 * Avraam, the pivotal Scandinavian player for AC Milan, served as inspiration for Ebeneezer, Daniel's senpai at Catalunya FC who transferred to the Azzurra League as well.
 * Belmont was recycled as Ralf Jovan Furuli, the captain to Sweden national team.
 * The scheme of Germany U-20 in the third volume was recycled as the Operation Berserker, used by Sweden U-20 in order to assimilate overseas soccer, with one of the players going to Italy instead of Mexico.
 * Nathaniel, the pivotal player for USA, was recycled into the pivotal player of Olympic Spain.
 * Cynara Tisdale and her cohorts were recycled into the USA national team, which has yet to be featured in the anime.