It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 1977 to April 1979 and published in ten volumes.

Written and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki, the series began serialization in serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on January 9, 1977.

[3] Its individual chapters were collected into ten tankōbon volumes.

[4] An audio drama adaptation, with scripts written by Mamoru Sasaki and starring Kinya Aikawa, was released by NHK FM Broadcast.

[15] Mike Toole of Anime News Network felt that the story was not as melodramatic as Ikki Kajiwara's Ashita e Free Kick, but that it was well researched and had good artwork.