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#470 All-Time Ranking
# All-Time Popularity
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 101
- Episode Duration
- 25 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 3-24-1985
- End Date
- 3-22-1987
- Season
- spring 1985
- Average Score
- 7.7
- Mean Score
- 7.8
- Studios
- Group TAC
- Producers
- Toho Asatsu DK
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Drama Romance Slice of Life Sports
The story centers around three characters - Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living the life of giving up the spotlight to Kazuya, despite the fact that he may be more gifted than him. Minami is the beautiful childhood girlfriend and for all intents, sister from next door who treats both of them as equals. Society largely assumes Kazuya and Minami will become the perfect couple, including Tatsuya. Yet as time progresses, Tatsuya grows to realize that he's willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of his brother, except at the expense of giving up Minami to Kazuya. And thus the story is told of Tatsuya trying to prove himself over his established younger brother, how it affects the relationship between the three, and both brothers' attempts to make Minami's lifelong dreams come true.
Relations
Characters
Tatsuya Uesugi
main
Yuuji Mitsuya
Japanese
Minami Asakura
main
Noriko Hidaka
Japanese
Kazuya Uesugi
main
Keiichi Nanba
Japanese
Isami Nishimura
supporting
Ryuusei Nakao
Japanese
Eijirou Kashiwaba
supporting
Hideyuki Tanaka
Japanese
Koutarou Matsudaira
supporting
Shouzou Hayashiya
Japanese
Staff
Mitsuru Adachi
Original Creator
Gisaburou Sugii
Chief Director
Hiroko Tokita
Director
Shichirou Kobayashi
Art Director
Masashi Furukawa
Editing
Fusanobu Fujiyama
Sound Director
Recommendations
Not Implemented Yet
Tatsuya Uesugi
main
Yuuji Mitsuya
Japanese
Minami Asakura
main
Noriko Hidaka
Japanese
Kazuya Uesugi
main
Keiichi Nanba
Japanese
Isami Nishimura
supporting
Ryuusei Nakao
Japanese
Eijirou Kashiwaba
supporting
Hideyuki Tanaka
Japanese
Koutarou Matsudaira
supporting
Shouzou Hayashiya
Japanese
Shouhei Harada
supporting
Banjou Ginga
Japanese
Akio Nitta
supporting
Kazuhiko Inoue
Japanese
Shingo Uesugi
supporting
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Yuka Nitta
supporting
Miina Tominaga
Japanese
Punch
supporting
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Takeshi Yoshida
supporting
Ryou Horikawa
Japanese
Sakata
supporting
Minoru Inaba
Japanese
Sachiko
supporting
Hiromi Tsuru
Japanese
Sasaki
supporting
Katsuhiko Nanba
Japanese
Mitsuru Adachi
Original Creator
Gisaburou Sugii
Chief Director
Hiroko Tokita
Director
Shichirou Kobayashi
Art Director
Masashi Furukawa
Editing
Fusanobu Fujiyama
Sound Director
Shouji Katou
Sound Effects
Hiroaki Serizawa
Music
Satoru Katayama
Title Logo Design
Jeong-Gwang Kim
Production Desk
Yoshiro Kataoka
Planning
Tadashi Oka
Planning
Ren Usami
Planning Assistance
Ken Fujita
Chief Producer
Masamichi Fujiwara
Producer
Shigeji Tsuiki
Producer
Tadami Itou
Recording
Yumiko Takahoshi
Series Composition (eps 1-56)
Satoshi Namiki
Series Composition (eps 57-101)
Miki Kadoi
Editing (eps 5-101)
Tooru Noguchi
Sound Effects (eps 28-101)
Yoshimi Iwasaki
Theme Song Performance (OP1-3, OP5, ED1-3)
Tomoko Konparu
Script (eps 14, 20, 25, 31, 38, 42, 47, 52, 58, 62, 92, 97, 100)
Shigeru Yanagawa
Script (eps 8, 11, 17, 21, 23, 29, 35, 43, 49, 60, 70, 73)
Michiru Shimada
Script (eps 75, 82, 83, 91, 96)
Total ratings: 1959
Total users: 10045