Star of the Giants

(1982)

★ 3.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Animation

Year: 1982

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 長浜忠夫, Сатоси Дэдзаки

Cast: 古谷徹, Фуюми Сираиси, Дзёдзи Янами, Макио Иноуэ, Рюсукэ Сиоми, Сэйдзо Като, 兼本新吾, Kyoji Kobayashi

Plot

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.