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.
formatTV
statusFINISHED
Release dateMar 24, 1985
end dateMar 22, 1987
episodes101
duration25 min
studioGroup TAC
genresDrama Romance Slice of Life Sports
Score78% ❤
RomajiTouch
nativeタッチ
Relations
Charactères
Akio NittaSUPPORTING
Minami AsakuraMAIN
Eijirou KashiwabaSUPPORTING
PunchSUPPORTING
Shingo UesugiSUPPORTING
staff
Mitsuru AdachiOriginal Creator
Minoru MaedaChief Animation Director (eps 1-101)
Shichirou KobayashiArt Director
Yoshimi IwasakiTheme Song Performance (OP1-3, OP5, ED1-3)
Gisaburou SugiiChief Director
Charactères
Akio NittaSUPPORTING
Minami AsakuraMAIN
Eijirou KashiwabaSUPPORTING
PunchSUPPORTING
Shingo UesugiSUPPORTING
Isami NishimuraSUPPORTING
Shouhei HaradaSUPPORTING
Takeshi YoshidaSUPPORTING
Yuka NittaSUPPORTING
Tatsuya UesugiMAIN
Kazuya UesugiMAIN
Koutarou MatsudairaSUPPORTING
SachikoSUPPORTING
SakataSUPPORTING
SasakiSUPPORTING
STAFF
Mitsuru AdachiOriginal Creator
Minoru MaedaChief Animation Director (eps 1-101)
Shichirou KobayashiArt Director
Yoshimi IwasakiTheme Song Performance (OP1-3, OP5, ED1-3)
Gisaburou SugiiChief Director
Fusanobu FujiyamaSound Director
Hiroko TokitaDirector
Yoshiro KataokaPlanning
Yumiko TakahoshiSeries Composition (eps 1-56)
Satoshi NamikiSeries Composition (eps 57-101)
Hiroaki Serizawa Music
Shouji KatouSound Effects
Cristina D'AvenaTheme Song Performance (Italian; OP)
Keizou KoyamaProduction Assistant (eps 11, 12, 18, 19, 23, 25)
Masaru TonogouchiStoryboard (ep 66)
Yoshie AnzaiIn-Betweens Check (eps 63, 70, 77)
Yuuko YasuiBackground Art (eps 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75, 78, 83, 86, 89, 92, 95, 98, 101)
Jeong-Gwang KimProduction Desk
Youko NakajimaBackground Art (eps 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26)
Kenichi KurokiProduction Assistant (eps 74-101)
Shinji KobayashiProduction Assistant (ep 76)
Yoshie ItabashiFinishing (eps 34, 57)
Masami KomaharaProduction Assistant (eps 60, 66, 72, 82, 86, 91, 101)
Satoru KatayamaTitle Logo Design
Mariko ShikamaBackground Art (eps 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39-41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 62, 65, 68, 71, 74, 77, 80, 82, 85, 88, 91, 94, 97, 100)
