In Europe, it is also known as Smash (French) and Mimì e le ragazze della pallavolo (Italian).

It is often mistakenly believed to be a spin-off of the earlier and more popular series Attack No.

1 (1969-1971), due in part to the involvement of several staffers (including directors Kurokawa and Okabe and writer Yamazaki) who had worked on the prior series.

was strictly created as a tribute to the gold medal the Japanese women's volleyball team earned in the 1976 Olympics.

[2][3] Although the show was broadcast in the European market in the 1980s in countries such as France and Italy, the plot and concept were too similar to its predecessor Attack No.