Format
Special
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
1 hr 11 min
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Aired
1983-05-04 to ?
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
School
Shounen
Sports
Team Sports
Studios
Group TAC
Producers
Fuji TV
Licensors
Nine (ナイン)
Just before entering Seishuu High School, track star Katsuya Niimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa see a girl crying as the school loses a baseball game. The boys decide to join the team and improve it in order to make her smile. The girl turns out to be Yuri Nakao, daughter of the baseball coach, and they learn the baseball team will be shut down if it doesn't start winning. The series follows the three, as well as pitcher Eiji Kurahashi, as Niimi and Karasawa learn about baseball and what it means to be one of nine players on a team, as they work together through high school make it to Koushien. (Source: Wikipedia)