A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
April 13, 1986
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 32
Finale:
December 28, 1986
Original Title:
剛Q超児イッキマン
Alternate Titles:
Battle Ball
Ricky Star
Genres:
Animation
Production Companies:
Toei Animation
Countries:
JP
Ikkiman is super human alien, but he doesn't know it. He was raised in a farm by an old couple. When his girlfriend dumps him to become a star, Ikkiman swears to himself that he will become a super star even more famous than her so they can get back together, and so he leaves the farm for the city. There, he interrupts the match of the Battle-ball team "Blue Planets," the battle-ball champions of the earth, and decides to join them with his superhuman discovered abilities. With the Blue planets, Ikkiman will play against alien enemy's for the title of champion and for the sake of the planet Earth.
Animation Director:
Takashi Saijo
Art Designer:
Tadao Kubota
Character Designer:
Takashi Saijo
Director:
Nobutaka Nishizawa
Music:
Seiji Yokoyama
Original Story:
Yasuo Tanami
Producer:
Takeshi Tamiya
Kazuo Yokoyama
Production Manager:
Matsuji Kishimoto
Screenplay:
Kenji Terada
Sound Effects:
Masakazu Yokoyama
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