Palavra-chave Inazuma Eleven

O personagem principal Satoru Endo é um talentoso goleiro e neto de um dos maiores goleiros do Japão, que morreu antes de ele nascer. Mesmo com suas incríveis habilidades sua escola ainda não tem um clube de futebol de verdade, porque os 6 outros membros não parecem muito interessados em sua formação. Mas assim que o atacante misterioso Shuya Gouenji muda para escola de Endo, o jovem goleiro pretende encontrar e recrutar membros para formar sua equipe de futebol. Há cerca de 1000 personagens com habilidades diferentes que irão determinar o sucesso da equipe.

Mamoru Endou is a cheerful goalkeeper in Raimon Jr High, with six other players in the team. But there was a day when the team was almost lead to disbandment by Natsumi unless they are able to win the match against the Teikoku Gakuen, currently the best team in Japan. He tried to save the club by gathering four more players to join the team.

Ares depicts an alternative canon following the events of the first season of the original Inazuma Eleven anime after their victory in the Football Frontier, with the alien attack from the second season never occurring. When Japanese soccer has been deemed weak compared to international competition, the Raimon Eleven disbanded with its members transferring into different soccer teams across the country to strengthen Japan's soccer at a national level. Furthermore, sponsorship has become a vital aspect in a Japanese youth soccer team's survival as it prevents a team's disbandment while being essential to partake in matches. The series focuses on the forward Asuto Inamori and his team, Inakuni Raimon, which is made up of players from the remote Inakunijima Island. Needing to maintain their club, they have replaced the original Raimon Eleven as Raimon Junior High's soccer team and compete as underdogs in the annual Football Frontier youth tournament.