Star of the Giants (1982)
Hyuma Hoshi dreams of becoming a top baseball star like his father, a 3rd baseman who was injured in World War II and forced to retire. Hoshi joins the wildly popular Giants team and soon realizes the difficulty of managing high expectations. From the grueling training to his rivalry with Hanagata of the Hanshin Tigers, Hoshi will need some pitching magic to make it in the big leagues.
Directors:
Tadao Nagahama, Satoshi Dezaki.
Writer:
Haruya Yamazaki
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Toru Furuya as Hyūma Hoshi (voice) |
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Fuyumi Shiraishi as Akiko Hoshi (voice) |
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Joji Yanami as Chūta Ban (voice) |
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Makio Inoue as Mitsuru Hanagata (voice) |
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Ryusuke Shiomi as Daizō Ban (voice) |
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Seizo Kato as Ittetsu Hoshi (voice) |
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Shingo Kanemoto as Hōsaku Samon (voice) |
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Kyoji Kobayashi as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Tadao Nagahama | Director |
| Crew | Noboru Kawasaki | Creator |
| Editing | Harutoshi Ogata | Editor |
| Crew | Ikki Kajiwara | Creator |
| Sound | Takeo Watanabe | Music Director |
| Writing | Haruya Yamazaki | Screenplay |
| Directing | Satoshi Dezaki | Director |
| Camera | Kenichi Yoshizaka | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Keizo Shimizu | Animation Director |
| Production | Yasuhiko Kawano | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tokuhachi Shimada | Producer |
| Editing | Takao Shirae | Editor |