Big Windup!

Synopsis

Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.

First Air Date: 2007-04-13

Last Air Date: 2010-06-25

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 38

Networks: TBS

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Top Cast

Jun Fukuyama as Hiroyuki Oda
Daisuke Kishio as Ryou Suzuki
Yuichi Nakamura as Takaya Abe
Tsubasa Yonaga as Ren Mihashi
Atsushi Kisaichi as Yoshirou Hamada
Chihiro Suzuki as Yuuto Sakaeguchi
Hiro Shimono as Yuuichirou Tajima
Kenichiro Sumi as Fumiki Mizutani
Kisho Taniyama as Azusa Hanai
Makoto Yasumura as Shouji Suyama

Seasons

Specials (2008) - (2 Episodes)

Season 1 (2007) - (25 Episodes)

Season 2 (2010) - (13 Episodes)

Specials (2008)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Basics of the Basics! (2008-02-27)

Kaguyama feels intimidated by Haruna’s presence on the baseball team for he feels that his positioned as the ace pitcher is threatened. Kaguyama wants to quit, but Haruna talks him out of it after telling Kaguyama about his own past.
Ep. 2: Goals (2010-12-23)

Kurata from Bijyou feels guilty about beating the crap out of other players. Abe’s accidental injury strikes a chord, and he no longer wants to be involved with Roka’s dirty schemes.