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Supa Strikas is a pan-African association football-themed comic,〔Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks. (Foreword: Dave Gibbons). ''The Essential Guide to World Comics''. ''Collins and Brown''. 2005. 292-293.〕 about the world’s greatest football team. Despite their enormous talent, the players must adapt in a game where being the best is only the beginning, and where the opposition is always full of surprises. The Supa Strikas comic prints 1.4 million copies per month in 16 countries. Supa Strikas appeared on Caltex and Texaco as an ad. The comic’s global headline sponsor is Chevron (the Caltex and Texaco brands appear on Supa Strikas’ match and training apparel), with other headline sponsors including VISA, GT Bank and Henkel. Partner sponsors feature in each Supa strikas territory, including Grassroot Soccer, Metropolitan Life, Spur Steak Ranches, VISA, South African National Roads Agency, MTN, amongst others. Sponsors exposure includes perimeter boards in game scenes, product placement / engagement (e.g.: the team often eats at KFC in the South African edition) and full page advertisements. It is now sponsored by KFC, Stimorol, Score Energy Drink, Checkicoast and Old Mutual in South Africa. == History == The comic series was first published in South Africa in 2000. Afterwards publication spread to various sub-saharan African countries.〔"(Supa Strikas to Hit Local Market )." ''Africa-Asia Intelligence Wire''/''Africa News''. Saturday 7 December 2002.〕 By 2002 was available in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda soon followed.〔"(Supa Strikas )." ''Texaco''. Accessed October 20, 2008.〕 ''Supa Strikas'', an adaptation of the British comic ''Roy of the Rovers'', receives sponsorship from several companies, including Nike, Caltex, and other South African businesses. The sponsoring firms have product names on various panels.〔〔Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks. (Foreword: Dave Gibbons). ''The Essential Guide to World Comics''. ''Collins and Brown''. 2005. 295.〕 The series was based on "Shakes" Mokena, a boy from Soweto area of Johannesburg.〔 With demand for the comic growing increasingly global, Supa Strikas’ core characters remained local but a more international cast grew around them, including characters of Asian, Latin American and European extraction. Today, the comic is available across Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mauritius, Reunion, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Egypt); in Latin America (Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, Brazil, Honduras and Guatemala); in Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland,israel) ) and Asia (Malaysia and Philippines). Supa Strikas is also an animated series.〔"(Animated Series )." ''Supa Strikas''. Accessed October 20, 2008.〕 The 22 minute per episode show debuted in early 2009 in all Supa Strikas territories, and returns in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Supa Strikas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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