Animation
Honda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to endure he keeps on running towards his goal at full speed.
Five year old Goro practices baseball every day to be like his dad Shigeharu, a pro ballplayer,until he injures his elbow and decides to retire.
Goro invites a boy named Toshiya to play catch, reluctant at first, Toshiya comes to love it. Shigeharu vows to make a comeback as a hitter.
A little league coach is dazzled by Goro's raw talent and teaches him to throw breaking balls. But Shigeharu, fearing injury, won't let him play.
Shigeharu is back on the team as a hitter and, on his best friend and teammate's suggestion, looks to remarry, but he's absent on Goro's birthday.
Goro is captivated by Joe Gibson, a major league player now playing in Japan. When Shigeharu homers off of him, Goro is beside himself with delight.
Shigeharu gets beaned by Gibson, but the Blue Oceans go on to win. Goro falls asleep enraptured, but the next day brings anything but joy.
Three years after his father's death, Goro joins the Mifune little league team. The coach welcomes him warmly, but the team has no love for the game.
Kaoru Shimizu joins the Mifune team, but they're still two players short. Goro then runs into his classmate Komori, who's being forced to shoplift.
Komori and Sawamura join the Mifune Dolphins, who now have a full team, but they have to play a game to save the team despite having hardly practiced.
Having learned the importance of teamwork, Goro steps up his game and puts down the adult batters, but his own team can't hit the opposing pitcher.
Cast: Noriko Hidaka, Junko Noda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Yuuko Sasamoto, Kaoru Sasajima, Showtaro Morikubo, Masakazu Morita, Rie Kugimiya, Takehito Koyasu, Koji Ochiai, Romi Park, Takao Ishii, Mitsuki Saiga, Daisuke Namikawa, Minori Chihara, Fuyuka Ono, Motoko Kumai, Reiko Kiuchi, Ayako Ito, Ayumi Tsunematsu, Miharu Iijima, Kumiko Endo, Hanawa, Ayumu Hasegawa, Masaki Mimoto, Kouki Miyata, Touko Aoyama, Hideki Ogihara, Shigeru Mogi, Ken Takeuchi
Genres: Animation
Noriko Hidaka
Chiaki Honda (voice)
Junko Noda
Momoko Hoshino (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya
Hideki Shigeno (voice)
Yuuko Sasamoto
Kaoru Shimizu (voice)
Kaoru Sasajima
Ryota Sawamura (voice)
Showtaro Morikubo
Gorō Shigeno (voice)
Masakazu Morita
Toshiya Sato (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Daisuke Komori (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Shigeharu Honda (voice)
Koji Ochiai
Joe Gibson (voice)
Romi Park
Taiga Shimizu (voice)
Takao Ishii
Andou Director (voice)
Mitsuki Saiga
Daisuke Namikawa
Joe Gibson Jr. (voice)
Minori Chihara
Ayane (voice)
Fuyuka Ono
Toshiya Sato (voice)
Motoko Kumai
Gorō Honda (voice)
Reiko Kiuchi
Natsume (voice)
Ayako Ito
Makoto Tanabe (voice)
Ayumi Tsunematsu
Hasegawa (voice)
Miharu Iijima
Tsuruta (voice)
Kumiko Endo
Ryouko Kawase (voice)
Hanawa
Kamigauchi (voice)
Ayumu Hasegawa
Masataka Oobayashi (voice)
Masaki Mimoto
Hirosaki (voice)
Kouki Miyata
Daisuke Komori
Touko Aoyama
Atsushi Maehara (voice)
Hideki Ogihara
Yamane (voice)
Shigeru Mogi
Yabe (voice)
Ken Takeuchi
Oikawa (voice)
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