Big Windup!
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.
Starring
Yuichi Nakamura
Takaya Abe
Tsubasa Yonaga
Ren Mihashi
Atsushi Kisaichi
Yoshirou Hamada
Chihiro Suzuki
Yuuto Sakaeguchi
Hiro Shimono
Yuuichirou Tajima
Jun Fukuyama
Kousuke Izumi
Kenichiro Sumi
Fumiki Mizutani
Kisho Taniyama
Azusa Hanai
Makoto Yasumura
Shouji Suyama
Masaya Matsukaze
Motoki Haruna
Risa Hayamizu
Maria Momoe
Ryohei Kimura
Shintarou Nishihiro
Takashi Hikida
Keisuke Umehara
Daisuke Kishio
Aoi Suzuki
Daisuke Kishio
Ryou Suzuki
Eiji Hanawa
Kazuki Kawai
Jun Fukuyama
Hiroyuki Oda
Jun Osuka
Shuugo Kanou
Kiyotaka Furushima
Naoto Kaguyama
Makoto Ishii
Akimaru
Mamoru Miyano
Riou Nakazawa
Marina Inoue
Ruri Mihashi
Misato Fukuen
Chiyo Shinooka
Noriaki Sugiyama
Junta Takase
Osamu Hosoi
Takehiko Aoki
Satoshi Hino
Shingo Shimazaki
Shintaro Ohata
Atsushi Hatake
Taisuke Yamamoto
Jin Mashiba
Takehiro Murozono
Tsuyoshi Shiga
Tomoe Hanba
Naoe Mihashi
Uko Tachibana
Kikue Hanai (voice)
Episodes
1. True Ace
Mihashi a freshman in high-school, and has just transferred to Nishiura High, a school not known for its baseball. But after he gets forced into playing by its new female coach, he befriends the the catcher Abe, who becomes his main supporter in the future.
2. A Catcher’s Role
The baseball team at Nishiura High heads out to a training camp. As everyone is preparing for their first practice match against Mihashi's old school, Abe realizes that the catcher's role is not just on the field but is also to encourage and to protected the pitcher and his well-being.
3. Practice Match
The practice game between Nishiura High and Mihoshi, Mihashi's old school, is about to start. However before the game starts Mihashi loses his confidence and runs behind the club building, Hatake, the catcher from Mihoshi, followed him and begins to harassing him to the point of threatening to break his arm for the lost games in middle-school.
4. Play
Mihashi is pitching nicely, outing all of Mihoshi’s batters so far. At the top of the 2nd inning, Tajima easily hits Kanou’s forkball. Kanai tries to compete with Tajima and do the same, but strikes out instead.
5. Don't Ease Up!
With nice team work, Nishiura is able to score two consecutive runs easily. Meanwhile, tension is rising between Kanou and the rest of his team.
6. The Requirements to be a Pitcher
Going into the bottom of the 7th inning, Kanou finally goes into detail about how great Mihashi’s control really is, and Mihoshi’s substitute coach comes up with a plan.
7. I Want to Play Baseball!
Through good teamwork, Nishiura was able to rally and gain back the lead. After winning the game, Mihashi’s old teammates finally acknowledge their mistakes and ask for his forgiveness and to come back.
8. Amazing Pitcher?
On the way to practice, Mihashi meets Sakaeguchi and learns about how in the Senior League, Abe was teamed up with an “amazing pitcher.”
9. Past
Abe’s past relationship with Haruna is revealed, showing the circumstances that led Abe to consider Haruna to be the worst pitcher instead of one of the best.
10. Steadily
In order to be able to play two practice games, everyone on the team must be able to play at least two different positions.
