Star of the Giants

Hot fighting spirit, guts--Hyuma Matsui, burn!

Original title: 巨人の星

Duration: 110 min

Release date: 1982-08-21

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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.

Animation

巨人の星

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as Hyūma Hoshi (voice)

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Fuyumi Shiraishi

as Akiko Hoshi (voice)

as Chūta Ban (voice)

as Mitsuru Hanagata (voice)

as Daizō Ban (voice)

as Ittetsu Hoshi (voice)

Shingo Kanemoto

Shingo Kanemoto

as Hōsaku Samon (voice)

Kyoji Kobayashi

Kyoji Kobayashi

as Narrator (voice)

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Haruya Yamazaki

Haruya Yamazaki

Noboru Kawasaki

Noboru Kawasaki

Animation Director

Kenichi Yoshizaka

Kenichi Yoshizaka

Director of Photography

Yasuhiko Kawano

Yasuhiko Kawano

Executive Producer

Tokuhachi Shimada

Tokuhachi Shimada

Harutoshi Ogata

Harutoshi Ogata

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