Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.

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Genres

Studios

• MADHOUSE
• Asahi Production
• Tokyo Movie Shinsha
• TMS Entertainment
• YTV
• Tokyo Animation Film
• Tokyo Movie
• Doga Kobo
• Studio Junio

Staff

• Shichirou Kobayashi — Art Director
• Yoshio Takeuchi — Assistant Episode Director (eps 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46)
• Yoshiyuki Tomino — Storyboard (eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 19, 25, 27, 30, 33, 38, 41, 44, 45)
• Seiji Okuda — Storyboard (ep 28)
• Yoshiaki Kawajiri — Key Animation (ep 2)
• Hayao Miyazaki — Key Animation (ep 1)
• Hiroshi Fukutomi — Storyboard (ep 24)
• Shunsuke Kikuchi — Music
• Yasuo Ootsuka — Animation Director, Character Design
• Osamu Dezaki — Storyboard (eps 1, 39)
• Kouichi Chiba — Recording
• Satoshi Dezaki — Script (eps 10, 21, 31, 36, 37, 42, 43), Storyboard (eps 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20-22, 26, 29, 31, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 46)
• Souji Yoshikawa — Storyboard (ep 3)
• Youichi Kotabe — Key Animation (ep 1)
• Noboru Ishiguro — Storyboard (eps 18, 23)
• Kazuyoshi Yokota — Assistant Episode Director (eps 2, 4, 6, 8)
• Haruya Yamazaki — Script (eps 11, 15, 22, 26)
• Tadao Nagahama — Director
• Yuuzou Aoki — Key Animation (eps 3, 7, 9, 15, 18, 22, 25, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46)
• Yutaka Kaneko — Script (eps 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39, 44-46)
• Eisuke Kondou — Storyboard (eps 14, 16)
• Ikki Kajiwara — Original Creator
• Seiji Matsuoka — Script (eps 2-9, 13, 33, 40, 41)