Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4435241-20140521165801/@comment-1457172-20140813202359

Renjiru wrote: High school would defeat the purpose of Inazuma; middle school kids playing soccer. It'd get a little boring. And sad as it is, Inazuma Eleven Future died with the start of Chrono Stone. Inazuma Eleven, I'd say, was never about the fact that it was kids playing Soccer. You could say the first one was, sure, because that one was sort of campy and has its own identity compared to the others in that sense. The name Inazuma refers to their spirit which, like lightning, is fierce, powerful, and conductive. I generally compare the show to Gurren Lagann (a show that, if you've ever seen Danball Senki, you'd guess the creator was a big fan of.  That and Drill Smasher, among others). That show shares a lot with Inazuma Eleven, and it makes it clear that IE with a more mature characters and plot could be not only interesting, but could also make the series accessible to more groups.

And regardless of TTGL, IE2 showed that the existing audiences could not only take more mature, darker plots, but they could also take complex and realistic character problems. Galaxy reinforced the latter, as well. In fact, unless they decided to keep the series pretty tame and not move on to at least Danball Senki-level maturity (since kids who started with IE are probably at that age by now), I can't see any way that High School IE wouldn't be more interesting than the original series and GO.

I'd also be interested in following Daisuke. But I think there's still a chance for IEF. I mean, Kanon still exists and all of the time travellers from CS are gone, so it could work. Plus there's also the chance that Kanon exists in a different timeline, considering canon issues with...the movie. Not so much the game.