"Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi" Kara no Monogatari

Synopsis

The NHK-produced series "Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi" Kara no Monogatari combines anime and documentary to examine the lives of athletes. Its first episode adapts the biographical manga Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi (Geniuses Without Glory) by Tomoyoshi Itou and Shingo Morita, which ran in Weekly Young Jump. This episode spotlights swimmer Hironoshin Furuhashi, known as "the flying fish of Fujiyama." It features interviews with Olympic swimmer Kousuke Kitajima and other Japanese swimmers, investigating Furuhashi's impact on Japan's competitive swimming culture and the intense training necessary to reach Olympic-level competition.