Another game was scheduled for release on the Nintendo GameCube, but it was later canceled. Nintendo secured the rights to the Eyeshield 21 video game license for its systems in December 2004, releasing Eyeshield 21: Max Devil Power for the Nintendo DS on Februand Eyeshield 21: Devilbats Devildays for the Game Boy Advance on April 6, 2006. Konami produced Eyeshield 21 games for Sony video game systems it released Eyeshield 21: Let's Play American Football! Ya! Ha!! for the PlayStation 2 on Decemand Eyeshield 21: Portable Edition for the PlayStation Portable on March 2, 2006. The first fifty-two episodes were released on four subtitled-only DVDs between and February 8, 2011. On February 26, 2010, Section23 Films announced that Sentai Filmworks received the license to the anime. The last episode was available on Novemfor premium users, and on Mafor free users. In December 2008, the video streaming service Crunchyroll announced that it would begin to stream Eyeshield 21 subtitled on its site on January 2, 2009.
However, it was not completed due to Toonami Jetstream's cancellation and shutdown. The anime was eventually posted only on Toonami Jetstream, with the first episode, which condensed three episodes, being available on December 17, 2007. Initially, Viz Media and Cartoon Network planned to air a dubbed version of Eyeshield 21 on the internet video streaming service Toonami Jetstream, and on NFL Rush site as a joint effort with National Football League (NFL). The manga has also been licensed in some countries such as in France by Glénat, in Hong Kong by Culturecom, in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo, in Italy by Panini Comics, in South Korea by Daewon Media, and in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing. An English translation of the manga was published in North America by Viz Media under the Shonen Jump Advanced label between Apand October 4, 2011. Fourteen volumes were released between Jand February 14, 2011. Eyeshield 21 has also been published as part of the Shueisha Jump Remix series of magazine-style books. The manga consists of 333 chapters spanning 37 tankōbon (collected volumes), the first of which was released on Decemand the last on October 2, 2010.
The Eyeshield 21 manga series was written by Riichiro Inagaki, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, and originally serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from Jto June 15, 2009.