Offside () is a Japanese sports manga written and illustrated by Natsuko Heiuchi which was serialized on Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine1 from issues #6 1987 to #17 1992. An OVA was produced on January 22, 1993 before the actual TV series premiere on Animax Japan for 39 episodes from May 10, 2001 to January 31, 2002.