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Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
25 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 2004
Aired
2004-11-13 to 2005-05-21
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Shounen
Sports
Team Sports
Studios
Studio Hibari
Producers
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
NHK
Licensors
Major S1 (メジャー (第1シリーズ))
Gorou Honda, a little boy obsessed with baseball, has always admired his father, Shigeharu. Wishing to follow in his father's footsteps, Gorou dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. In turn, his son's starry-eyed admiration encourages Shigeharu to keep persevering, despite his late wife's death and his unsatisfying position on the second-string team Blue Ocean. Unfortunately, an elbow injury forces Shigeharu off the team, and he falls into despair. However, after an offhand joke from his childhood friend, Shigeharu reevaluates his choices and decides to keep playing, leaving behind his prime position as pitcher and taking up the bat. Now motivated more than ever, Gorou works hard to carve his way in the Japanese Little League. [Written by MAL Rewrite]