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Big Windup! (2007-2010)

Premiere:
April 13, 2007

# of Seasons: 2

# of Episodes: 38

Finale:
June 25, 2010

Original Title:
おおきく振りかぶって

Alternate Titles:
Big Windup!
Oofuri
Ookiku Furikabutte
Ookiku Furikabutte Natsu no Taikai Hen
Ōkiku Furikabutte
おおきく振りかぶって
おお振り
大振
王牌投手 振臂高揮〜夏季大會篇〜

Genres:
Animation | Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
A-1 Pictures

Countries:
JP

Overview from TheMovieDB

Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.

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Production

Art Direction:
Yukihiro Shibutani

Assistant Director of Photography:
Mutsumi Usuda

Assistant Editor:
Kentaro Tsubone

Character Designer:
Takahiko Yoshida

Color Designer:
Kazuko Nakashima

Director of Photography:
Takeshi Hirooka

Editor:
Shigeru Nishiyama

Music Producer:
Hiroaki Sano

Original Music Composer:
Shiro Hamaguchi

Prop Designer:
Masaru Yonezawa

Series Composition:
Yosuke Kuroda

Series Director:
Tsutomu Mizushima

Sound Director:
Hiromi Kikuta

Sound Effects:
Tomokazu Mii

Sound Mixer:
Haru Yamada

Supervising Animation Director:
Junichiro Taniguchi
Akira Takata
Takahiko Yoshida

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