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Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2004-11-13

Last Air Date: 2010-09-25

Number of Seasons: 6

Number of Episodes: 154

Networks: NHK Educational TV

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Top Cast

Noriko Hidaka as Chiaki Honda (voice)
Junko Noda as Momoko Hoshino (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya as Hideki Shigeno (voice)
Yuuko Sasamoto as Kaoru Shimizu (voice)
Kaoru Sasajima as Ryota Sawamura (voice)
Showtaro Morikubo as Gorō Shigeno (voice)
Masakazu Morita as Toshiya Sato (voice)
Rie Kugimiya as Daisuke Komori (voice)
Takehito Koyasu as Shigeharu Honda (voice)
Koji Ochiai as Joe Gibson (voice)

Seasons

Specials (2010) - (3 Episodes)

Season 1 (2004) - (26 Episodes)

Season 2 (2005) - (26 Episodes)

Season 3 (2007) - (26 Episodes)

Season 4 (2008) - (26 Episodes)

Season 5 (2009) - (25 Episodes)

Season 6 (2010) - (25 Episodes)

Specials (2010)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Message (2010-12-17)

After fourteen years in the Major League Baseball, Goro returns to Japan because of a surgery that forced him to quit his life as a pitcher. He prepares to restart his baseball career as a fielder. His family struggles with his decisions; especially his daughter Izumi, who doesn't know enough about her father to understand why he is so absent from their lives. Goro will stop at nothing until he's in the game once again; everything is now for the sake of the only gift he has to offer his children: Baseball.
Ep. 2: World Series: Volume 1 (2011-12-16)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 3: World Series: Volume 2 (2012-01-18)

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