Whistle!(ホイッスル!Hoissuru!) is a Japanese manga by Daisuke Higuchi, which was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series, broadcast exclusively by the anime television network, Animax across Japan and South Korea. The football (soccer) associated manga was published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. Whistle! is published in English by VIZ Media under the Shōnen Jump label. The manga was written in homage to the 1998 and 2002 World Cup Finals tournaments which took place in France and Japan/South Korea respectively.