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A Quick Look At: Gavic Mathieu Ten 天 20

Gavic has been a staple in the Japanese market for some time. Although primarily an apparel and futsal shoe brand, much like Athleta, they made the leap into football boots in 2018 with their Mathieu Ten and Jin silos. Unlike Athleta though, Gavic’s impact has been much smaller. It isn’t for lack of trying and […]

Adidas Predator 20.1 Low Review

In a first for GaijinBootBlog, BOOTHYPE.com writer JayC gives us his review of the Pred 20.1 Low! The most iconic boots in history often makes people question their pre-conceived notions. The 1994 Predator questioned the idea of what a football boot could be. The 2010 adizero questioned if you had to make a sacrifice between […]

A Quick Look At: Hummel Vorart Pro

A stealthy underrated boot from an underrated brand Hummel has kept a fairly low profile in the boot industry over the past several years. From their high points with the Vault Series from 2004 to slowly leaving the industry altogether in the past few years, there have been a few highs and some lows. However, […]

Yasuda launches the Innovator Pro

Yasuda has been slowing making waves in Japan ever since it relaunched through a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2018. Their YX-2018 and YX-2019 series have started finding their way onto the feet of players around Japan including a few professionals. The old school style of the boots was down to the classic soleplate construction as […]

Don’t fret about buying used boots

You’re saving more than just money In an industry that seems to fulfill almost everyone’s dreams when it comes to new releases, remakes and the like, there is still the issue that a lot of boots are quite expensive when they release. I’ve talked about this point a lot and me as well as a […]

Blog Update #3

I’ll keep this short and sweet since I know everyone is getting tired of hearing about Coronavirus all of the time. Make sure to follow your local health authorities for what actions to take to keep yourself and everyone else safe. Remember that you may feel fine but by keeping yourself healthy, it will allow […]

A Return to Dominance for non-knit synthetic boots

In force Over the past half a decade knit has come to absolutely dominate the boot market. It is because of this that the industry has been able to go to new places and create product that one never thought might have been possible in the past. However, it somewhat seems like something has been […]

A Quick Look At: Athleta O-Rei A002

A small brand with underrated boots In the middle of last year, Athleta Japan released their second version of their all-k leather football boots, the O-Rei A002. Following the quiet success of its predecessor, the O-Rei (the king in Portuguese, referring to Pele) A001, Athleta sought to make some slight changes to the formula that […]

Predator versus Vapor

The battle recommences From the first Mercurial until arguably the end of the lifecycle of the Predator Powerswerve, the boot industry was engaged in a titanic battle between the two dominant boots on the market. For many people, the boot choices came down to Predator or Vapor. Sure, Nike made some excellent power boots, like […]

Mizuno Monarcida Sala Indoor Review

A Solid performer When people think of Mizuno football boots and their indoor shoes, people tend to first think of the Morelia series. Inside of Japan however, the Monarcida is quite popular and well-known as a staple of the Mizuno brand as well. Just like the Morelia, almost every team seems to have at least […]