History Anime / AttackerYou

* BigEater: Glin (unsurprisingly since she's a You expy), and Ming Hua.
* {{Expy}}:
** Glin is one of You in almost every way. She gets the most focus, is one of the best players on the team, and even has You's personality and some of her old quirks (BigEater, GenkiGirl). You is... just there and nothing more than a FlatCharacter and StandardizedLeader.
** There's always a CheerfulChild TagalongKid around, who is clearly an Expy of You's little brother Sunny (Sunny himself only makes a cameo appearance in one episode, along with You's father).

* FlatCharacter: You, of all people. Also Sho, Eri and Nami.

* GentleGiant: Ming Hua is a female example.
* InNameOnly: It's completely different from the original show.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Catherine and Jin Mei.

* PantyShot: You, especially in the first episodes when fight Saburo and his gang displaying her panties with a panda drawn. To point the, after, Saburo Tazaki become her fan and carries a flag with a panda drawn.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Nami

''Attacker You!'' is one of the earlier sports anime and SpiritualSuccessor to ''Manga/AttackNumberOne'' and is equally centred around a female volley-ball team.

You Hazuki is a feisty and insistant PassionateSportsGirl, specialized in volley ball, who comes to Tokyo to live with her father and her adoptive brother, Sunny. She gets trained by the abusive and tough as nails coach of the feminine team, Daimon. Despite her rocky debut, she soon becomes one of the top players of her team and gets the attention of the media and many high-ranking national coaches. Her biggest wish is to become part of the National Team and compete in the Olympic Games of Seoul.

Inspired by ''Manga/AttackNumberOne'', the show is typical of the 80's sports animes such as ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' and, true to its nature, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it garnered its main success in Europe, especially France, Italy and Spain]]. Even though it is considered a classic in its native Japan, its fame up there is nowhere near as big as it is in the aforementioned countries. The Italian dub even decided to connect it to ''Attack Number One'' and stated both series's main leads were blood cousins. This alteration to the storyline carried over into the French and Spanish dubbed versions of the anime and caused confusion to spectators from countries where this version was distributed and the other was not.

The anime was produced by none other than Creator/{{Knack}} of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' infamy, becoming by virtue of the show's success in Europe its biggest international success. While the animation in some episodes approaches ''Chargeman Ken'' awfulness, it's quite good in many others. Shiro Sagisu, later Creator/StudioGainax and Creator/HideakiAnno's go-to composer, provided the musical score.

In 2008, a sequel named ''New Attacker You'' was realized 24 years after the first airing. It has some of the old show's main characters (You, Eri, Nami, Sho, coach Daimon and coach Mitamura), but all of them (even You) were left largely OutOfFocus in favor of the new cast and given totally different personalities (especially You), to the point of being a sequel InNameOnly.

!! The show provides examples of:

* WeightWoe: Played straight with Mineko. She is very insecure about her weight, mostly because it hinders her a lot as a volley-ball player. Therefore, she's almost always sidelined when a serious match is playing. However, [[MightyGlacier she smashes even harder than You herself due to being indeed the physically strongest of her team.]]

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Inverted. Mineko, the local FatGirl of the team is also the least likely to be successful, mostly because her weight hinders her moves. Made even more ironic when her sister, who's quite not the twig and also a volley-ball player, is actually much more successful than she is.

* FatGirl: Played straight with Mineko. She is very insecure about her weight, mostly because it hinders her a lot as a volley-ball player. Therefore, she's almost always sidelined when a serious match is playing. However, [[MightyGlacier she smashes even harder than You herself due to being indeed the physically strongest of her team.]]

The anime was produced by none other than Knack of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' infamy, becoming by virtue of the show's success in Europe its biggest international success. While the animation in some episodes approaches ''Chargeman Ken'' awfulness, it's quite good in many others. Shiro Sagisu, later Creator/StudioGainax and Creator/HideakiAnno's go-to composer, provided the musical score.

---> '''Teacher:''' ''[off screen, leading class in an English lesson]'' "You are my friend."
---> '''Sunny:''' ''[in English, to himself]'' You are my friend. And my sister.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Italian and French dubs cut some scenes where Daimon applied CorporalPunishment to his pupils, as well as some {{shower scene}}s. Curiously, the Spanish dub didn't censor anything, despite Spanish dubs at the time being just as cut-friendly as the other two.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Coach Daimon. It should be noticed that he was ''much'' nastier in the anime than in the manga. Some of his more brutal moments were censored in the European dubs.

You Hazuki is a feisty and insistant PassionateSportsGirl, specialized in volley ball, who comes to Tokyo to live with her father and her adoptive brother, Sunny. She gets trained by the abusive and tough as nails coach of the feminine team called ''7 fighters'', Daimon. Despite her rocky debut, she soon becomes one of the top players of her team and gets the attention of the media and many high-ranking national coaches. Her biggest wish is to become part of the National Team and compete in the Olympic Games of Seoul.

Along the way, You meets Nami Hayase, a co-player with whom she forms a lasting friendship. She also meets Eri Takigawa, her arch-rival with whom she has a WorthyOpponent / FriendlyRivalry thing going on. In addition, she's [[TokenRomance trying to get the attention of Sho Tachiki]], the head player of the masculine team, on whom she has an enormous crush and who is also the object of Nami's affactions.

* DubNameChange: Many of the characters' names were changed in foreign dubs, especially in French and Spanish (less so in Italian, where Nami, who became "Peggy" in French and Spanish, is still Nami), which was the norm at the time.
Oddly enough, this only applies to the first names, as almost all the characters keep their Japanese surnames.

* DolledUpInstallment: In addition to trying to position the series as more of a high school romance that just happened to involve sports, the italian dub created a connection between this show and Manga/AttackNumberOne that wasn't present in the original Japanese, by making You (Mila/Jeanne/Juana) a [[RelatedInTheAdaptation cousin of the earlier series' heroine, Kozue Ayuhara]] (who coincidentally is named Mila in the German dub of ''Attack No. 1'').

Inspired by ''Manga/AttackNumberOne'', the show is typical of the 80's sports animes such as ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' and, true to its nature, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it garnered its main success in Europe, especially France, Italy and Spain]]. Even though it is considered a classic in its native Japan, its fame up there is nowhere near as big as it is in the aforementioned countries. The Italian dub even decided to connect it to ''Attack Number One'' and stated both series's main leads were blood cousins, which caused many a confusion to spectators from countries where this version was distributed and the other was not.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Coach Daimon. It should be noticed that he was ''much'' nastier in the anime than in the manga.

* DubNameChange: Many of the characters' names were changed in foreign dubs, especially in French and Spanish (less so in Italian, where Nami, who became "Peggy" in French and Spanish, is still Nami).

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Based on the opening sequences and especially the theme song lyrics of the Italian, French, and Spanish dubs, one would be given to think a "romance" between You and Sho (aka Mila and Shiro, Jeanne and Serge or Juana and Sergio) is the central point of the show. It isn't - in fact, Sho isn't even the only male character You develops a crush on. (The Italian OP takes the original Japanese sequence and added scenes from the series itself to make it seem more like a romance than it really is.)

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Played ridiculously straight in the Italian dub. In Italy the anime is known as ''Mila and Shiro'', the [[DubNameChange "Italian" names]] of ''You and Sho''. Even though he is You's LoveInterest, Sho is a minor character ''at best'' and his name certainly doesn't deserve to be in the title along with the protagonist.
** Ditto for pretty much every other dub of the series

* DefrostingIceQueen: Nami. Initially cold and arrogant, she become her best friend.

* DolledUpInstallment / RelatedInTheAdaptation: In addition to trying to position the series as more of a high school romance that just happened to involve sports, the italian dub created a connection between this show and Manga/AttackNumberOne that wasn't present in the original Japanese, by making You (Mila/Jeanne/Juana) a cousin of the earlier series' heroine, Kozue Ayuhara (who coincidentally is named Mila in the German dub of ''Attack No. 1'').

Along the way, You meets Nami Hayase, a co-player with whom she forms a lasting friendship. She also meets Eri Takigawa, her arch-rival with whom she has a WorthyOpponent / FriendlyRivalry thing going on.

In addition, she's [[TokenRomance trying to get the attention of Sho Tachiki]], the head player of the masculine team, on whom she has an enormous crush and who is also the object of Nami's affactions.

The show is typical of the 80's sports animes (such as ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'') and, true to its nature, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it garnered its main success in Europe, especially France, Italy and Spain]]. Even though it is considered a classic in its native Japan, its fame up there is nowhere near as big as it is in the aforementioned countries. The anime was produced by none other than Knack of "Charge Man Ken" infamy, becoming (by virtue of the show's success in Europe) perhaps its biggest international success, and while the animation in some episodes approaches "Charge Man Ken" awfulness, it's quite good in many others. Shiro Sagisu, later Creator/StudioGainax and Creator/HideakiAnno's go-to composer, provided the musical score.

In 2008, a sequel named "New Attacker You" was realized, 24 years after the first airing. It has some of the old show's main characters (You, Eri, Nami, Sho, coach Daimon, coach Mitamura), but all of them (even You) are largely OutOfFocus in favor of the new characters, and with totally different personalities (especially You), to the point of being a sequel InNameOnly.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Based on the opening sequences and especially the theme song lyrics of the Italian, French, and Spanish dubs, one would be given to think a "romance" between You and Sho (aka Mila and Shiro, Jeanne and Serge, Juana and Sergio) is the central point of the show. It isn't - in fact, Sho isn't even the only male character You develops a crush on. (The Italian OP takes the original Japanese sequence and added scenes from the series itself to make it seem more like a romance than it really is.)

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Italian and French dubs cut some scenes where Daimon applied CorporalPunishment to his pupils, as well as some {{shower scene}}s. Curiously, the Spanish dub didn't censor anything.

* InNameOnly: It's completely different from the original show.

* BigBrotherWorship: Sunny towards You.
* BitchAlert: Not that many but Heinz and Corsby from the Saiei team make it clear from the get-go that they are just the cunts everyone say they are. Later in the series, Hikaru, a rather confrontational player who often gets in fights with You, also makes it clear that she's too gifted to be nice about it.

* AlphaBitch: Nami, specially at the start. [[LovableAlphaBitch She mellows down later]].

* FatGirl: Played straight with Mineko. Even though she's supposedly skilled enough to join a professional team, her inability to lose weight gets her consistently sidelined. See below.

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Inverted. Mineko, the local FatGirl of the team is also the least likely to be successful, mostly because her weight hinders her moves. Made all the more ironic since her sister, who is part of the Saiei team, is just as pudgy as she is but far more talented.

The show is typical of the 80's sports animes (such as ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'') and, true to its nature, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it garnered its main success in Europe, especially France, Italy and Spain]]. Even though it is considered a classic in its native Japan, its fame up there is nowhere near as big as it is in the aforementioned countries. The anime was produced by none other than Knack of "Charge Man Ken" infamy, becoming (by virtue of the show's success in Europe) perhaps its biggest international success, and while the animation in some episodes approaches "Charge Man Ken" awfulness, it's quite good in many others. Shiro Sagisu, later StudioGainax and {{Hideaki Anno}}'s go-to composer, provided the musical score.

** Also, in addition to trying to position the series as more of a high school romance that just happened to involve sports, the European dubs created a connection between this show and Manga/AttackNumberOne that wasn't present in the original Japanese, by making You (Mila/Jeanne/Juana) a cousin of the earlier series' heroine, Kozue Ayuhara (who coincidentally is named Mila in the German dub of ''Attack No. 1'').