Major: The Ball of Friendship (2008)
Goro briefly returns to Japan after a triumphant campaign in the US. He is heading towards Fukuoka where he played baseball when he was a fifth grader. Having just moved into a new town, this is where Goro faced a critical point in his life.
Director:
Takao Kato
Writer:
Michihiro Tsuchiya
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Motoko Kumai as Goro Honda |
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Showtaro Morikubo as Goro Honda |
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Fuyuka Ono as Toshiya Satō |
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Junko Noda as Momoko Shigeno |
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Rie Kugimiya as Daisuke Komori |
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Takehito Koyasu as Shigeharu Honda |
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Yuuko Sasamoto as Kaoru Shimizu |
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Shunsuke Sakuya as Hideaki Shigeno |
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Jun Fukuyama as Seiya Kinoshita |
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Kenji Nojima as Masato Koga |
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Daisuke Ono as Arthur |
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Mitsuo Iwata as Max |
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Misako Renbutsu as Megumi Koga |
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Toru Okawa as Coach Yoshino |
| Visual Effects | Hatsue Kato | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yumi Negishi | Compositing Artist |
| Writing | Michihiro Tsuchiya | Screenplay |
| Writing | Takao Kato | Storyboard |
| Visual Effects | Yoko Ono | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuta Kiso | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuuko Sera | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuriko Nagaya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Minoru Ueta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maki Fujita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ayako Karatani | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ichiro Hattori | Key Animation |
| Art | Akihiro Enomoto | Storyboard Artist |
| Writing | Takuya Mitsuda | Comic Book |
| Camera | Kouji Aoki | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Takao Kato | Director |
| Art | Nguyen Giao | Background Designer |
| Art | Huynh Vui | Background Designer |
| Art | Nguyen Dao | Background Designer |
| Art | Nguyen Phong | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Kunitsune | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Koji Sawada | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Masayuki Iwata | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Takehara | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hitoshi Saito | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shinichi Igarashi | Compositing Artist |
| Camera | Katsuaki Kamata | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Hirohito Kawakami | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Seiichi Morishita | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuya Kikuchi | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Takuya Nakano | Key Animation |
| Art | Truong Thuy | Background Designer |
| Editing | Masayasu Arimatsu | Other |
| Sound | Norihide Tanaka | Music Producer |
| Editing | Toshio Henmi | Editor |
| Sound | Kotaro Nakagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Takeshi Takadera | Sound Director |
| Production | Minami Ichikawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | 高谷与志人 | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hisako Matsumoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Toshihiro Nakazawa | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Natsuyo Ban | Color Designer |
| Art | Yoshinori Shiozawa | Art Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyuki Asaka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Katsuhiko Kitada | Animation Director |
| Art | Toshihiro Kohama | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Shinichi Yamaoka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Taketomo Ishikawa | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Mitsuru Ishihara | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Taeko Hori | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Usaku Myouchin | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Akio Takami | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuichi Oka | Supervising Animation Director |
| Art | Kazuyuki Asaka | Prop Designer |
| Art | Katsuhiko Kitada | Prop Designer |
| Visual Effects | Akio Takami | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Shinichi Yamaoka | Character Designer |
| Art | Takao Kato | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hideaki Takeda | 3D Artist |
