Based on Hiroshi Kaizuka's manga.
The last TMS sports-themed anime series ("Star of the Giants" was the first).
Because of low ratings, the series was pulled off the air before later episodes of the original manga could be adapted.
Studios
Staff
- Katsuji Misawa — Director of Photography
- Tsunehisa Itou — Script (eps 2, 4, 8, 13, 14, 18, 22, 23)
- Hiroshi Fukutomi — Storyboard (eps 6, 12, 19, 24)
- Masami Hata — Episode Director (ep 3), Storyboard (eps 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20-21, 25)
- Hideo Takayashiki — Storyboard (ep 8)
- Kouichi Chiba — Sound Director
- Toshiaki Hoshino — Recording Adjustment
- Takahiko Kanamaru — Sound Effects (eps 5-27)
- Masakazu Yokoyama — Sound Effects (eps 5-27)
- Tetsuo Imazawa — Storyboard (eps 5, 9, 16, 23)
- Haruya Yamazaki — Script (eps 1, 5, 10, 11, 16, 17, 21, 25, 26)
- Shigetsugu Yoshida — Chief Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 27)
- Nobuo Koyama — Photography (eps 4-27)
- Masaharu Fujikawa — Theme Song Performance (OP)
- Tatsuo Takai — Music
- Kyousuke Mikuriya — Episode Director (eps 2, 4, 10, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26), Storyboard (eps 2, 4, 10, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26)
- Akio Wakana — Photography (eps 1-27)
- Ikki Kajiwara — Original Creator
- Daikichirou Kusube — Animation Supervisor
- Kazuyuki Oota — Photography (eps 1-27)