

Big Windup!
2007-04-13 · 25 min / episode · ★ 8.2
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.
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Yuichi NakamuraTakaya Abe
Tsubasa YonagaRen Mihashi
Atsushi KisaichiYoshirou Hamada
Chihiro SuzukiYuuto Sakaeguchi
Hiro ShimonoYuuichirou Tajima
Jun FukuyamaKousuke Izumi
Kenichiro SumiFumiki Mizutani
Kisho TaniyamaAzusa Hanai
Makoto YasumuraShouji Suyama
Masaya MatsukazeMotoki Haruna
Risa HayamizuMaria Momoe
Ryohei KimuraShintarou Nishihiro
Takashi HikidaKeisuke Umehara
Daisuke KishioAoi Suzuki
Daisuke KishioRyou Suzuki
Eiji HanawaKazuki Kawai
Jun FukuyamaHiroyuki Oda
Jun OsukaShuugo Kanou
Kiyotaka FurushimaNaoto Kaguyama
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