| Attack on Tomorrow | |
| あしたへアタック！ (Ashita e Attack!) |
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| Genre | sports, drama |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Fumio Kurokawa, Eiji Okabe |
| Written by | Haruya Yamazaki |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 4, 1977 – September 5, 1977 |
| Episodes | 23 |
Attack on Tomorrow (あしたへアタック！ Ashita e Atakku!) was an anime series aired in 1977 in Japan. There were 23 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is often mistakenly believed to be a spinoff 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. It was more likely to have inspired by the popularity of Attack No. 1 and is not an official spinoff. It is also known in Europe as Smash (French) and Mimi e le ragazze della pallavolo (Italian).
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The story is about Mimi Hijiiri, a student with just one school year remaining, who decides to revitalize a volleyball team low on morale from the death of one of its team members from an accident.
The series was strictly created as a tribute to the gold medal Japanese women's volleyball team in the 1976 Olympics[1][2].
While the show would eventually aired in the European market in the 1980s in countries such as France and Italy, the plot and concept was too similar to its predecessor Attack No. 1 and ratings were low. The show ceased production after only 23 episodes. Another of Shiro Jinbo's works, Hana no Ko Lunlun, was much more successful globally as an anime a few years later.