Production
Before the series starts to be published regularly in the Weekly Shōnen Jump, Inagaki and Murata published two one-shots, called Eyeshield Part 1 (前編, Zenpen?) and Part 2 (後編, Kōhen?) for 14th and 15th issue of the magazine. Despite having never played American football, Riichiro Inagaki chose this theme after deciding that he wanted to create "a protagonist that was wimpy at the beginning, yet could perform outstandingly in a sports game" and with this premise in mind he decided that American football would be "a very suitable material." When originally creating Eyeshield 21 he said he was wary because he didn't want that his manga becoming "a simulator of football". Inagaki said that Eyeshield 21 is set in Tokyo, specifically, "but perhaps not in the center of the city—more in the suburbs." He added that this is "not very significant" and that aspects of the hometowns of the two creators are reflected in the setting.
During the Eyeshield 21's original run in the Weekly Shōnen Jump, Inagaki went several times to the United States. He went to see college football matches; he went to a space center for some reference materials that would serve as the basis for creating the Nasa Aliens. He went also too a military base as he needed to draw one when the Hiruma's background is revelead and watching a NFL game he noted that the players "passed an intimidating and powerful sensation" and said that they "were facing dinosaurs", and created Rikiya Gao.
Before being asked to work in Eyeshield 21 manga, Yusuke Murata had read some Inagaki's manga and noted that "had many cool design concepts of uniforms and equipment" and he stated "it could be turned into a great manga story", and he will "be happy to take the challenge"; eventually he was chosen. While illustrated chapters, Murata was used to make a lot of mistakes and his pollen allergy used to hurt him because whenever he made a mistake he inhaled dust from eraser. To drawn the characters' sketchs before sending them to the publisher, he used a mechanical pencil, which he considered special because it was given to him by Masanori Morita.
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