There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game (1980)
Our Tabuchi-kun continues to underperform, both during the New Year's games and the exhibition games. With the 1979 pennant race decided, the Seibu Nine are playing out the season. There were rumors of Tabuchi being traded during the offseason, but he left for overseas training camp in good spirits. However, Yasuda followed him all the way to Arizona, and it seems that this year will be another bad one for him. Once the season started, he was easily outplayed by Nippon Ham's rookie Kida, and things did not look good for him. As expected, the Seibu Lions missed out on the championship, and the 1980 pennant race came to an end.
Director:
Tsutomu Shibayama
Writers:
Toshiyuki Tokuda, Tomoko Konparu, Noboru Shiroyama, Masaaki Sakurai, Hideo Takayashiki, Shoichiro Okubo.
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Toshiyuki Nishida as Kōichi Tabuchi |
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Kaneta Kimotsuki as Yoshiaki Tsutsumi |
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Kei Tomiyama as Kenji Furusawa |
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Kenji Utsumi as Rikuo Nemoto |
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Masatô Ibu as Shigeo Nagashima |
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Michio Hazama as Tatsurō Hirooka |
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Takeshi Aono as Takeshi Yasuda |
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Terumi Niki as Miyoko Tabuchi |
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Akira Murayama as Live broadcast announcer |
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Shinya Sasaki as Himself |
| Writing | Toshiyuki Tokuda | Screenplay |
| Art | Hideo Kawauchi | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Tsutomu Shibayama | Director |
| Visual Effects | Michishiro Yamada | Character Designer |
| Crew | Hisaichi Ishii | Creator |
| Writing | Tomoko Konparu | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kensuke Kyo | Music |
| Writing | Akinori Nagaoka | Storyboard |
| Writing | Noboru Shiroyama | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masaaki Sakurai | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hiroki Inui | Music |
| Production | Yutaka Fujioka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tetsuo Katayama | Producer |
| Art | Mariko Kadono | Art Direction |
| Writing | Minoru Okazaki | Storyboard |
| Writing | Michishiro Yamada | Storyboard |
| Editing | Masatoshi Tsurubuchi | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Kobayashi | Animation Director |
| Camera | Hirokata Takahashi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Hideo Takayashiki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Osamu Kobayashi | Storyboard |
| Production | Mataichirô Yamamoto | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Shoichiro Okubo | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Minoru Maeda | Animation Director |