Format
TV
Episodes
25
Episode Duration
25 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Spring 2007
Aired
2007-04-13 to 2007-09-28
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Sports
Seinen
Team Sports
Studios
A-1 Pictures
Producers
Aniplex
Mainichi Broadcasting System
TBS
Kodansha
Movic
Rakuonsha
Licensors
Funimation
Ookiku Furikabutte (おおきく振りかぶって)
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace. [Written by MAL Rewrite]