Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.

formatTV

statusFINISHED

Release dateOct 7, 1973

end dateSep 15, 1974

episodes46

duration25 min

studioTokyo Movie Shinsha

genresAction Drama Sports

Score65% ❤

RomajiSamurai Giants

native侍ジャイアンツ

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Ban BambaMAIN

Yuki BambaSUPPORTING

Tarobei HatsumaMAIN

Hikaru MizukiSUPPORTING

Rika MinamiMAIN

staff

Ikki KajiwaraOriginal Creator

Noboru IshiguroStoryboard (eps 18, 23)

Shunsuke KikuchiMusic

Shichirou KobayashiArt Director

Kouichi ChibaRecording

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Ban BambaMAIN

Yuki BambaSUPPORTING

Tarobei HatsumaMAIN

Hikaru MizukiSUPPORTING

Rika MinamiMAIN

Bansaku OzutsuSUPPORTING

Wolf ChiefSUPPORTING

Tetsuji KawakamiMAIN

PitcherBACKGROUND

Shigeo NagashimaSUPPORTING

Kiki BanbaSUPPORTING

STAFF

Ikki KajiwaraOriginal Creator

Noboru IshiguroStoryboard (eps 18, 23)

Shunsuke KikuchiMusic

Shichirou KobayashiArt Director

Kouichi ChibaRecording

Tadao NagahamaDirector

Youichi KotabeKey Animation (ep 1)

Yasuo OotsukaCharacter Design

Haruya YamazakiScript (eps 11, 15, 22, 26)

Osamu DezakiStoryboard (eps 1, 39)

Yoshiyuki TominoStoryboard (eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 19, 25, 27, 30, 33, 38, 41, 44, 45)

Seiji OkudaStoryboard (ep 28)

Hayao MiyazakiKey Animation (ep 1)

Yasuo OotsukaAnimation Director

Souji YoshikawaStoryboard (ep 3)

Satoshi DezakiStoryboard (eps 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20-22, 26, 29, 31, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 46)

Eisuke KondouStoryboard (eps 14, 16)

Seiji MatsuokaScript (eps 2-9, 13, 33, 40, 41)

Satoshi DezakiScript (eps 10, 21, 31, 36, 37, 42, 43)

Yuuzou AokiKey Animation (eps 3, 7, 9, 15, 18, 22, 25, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46)

Yoshiaki KawajiriKey Animation (ep 2)

Kazuyoshi YokotaAssistant Episode Director (eps 2, 4, 6, 8)

Yoshio TakeuchiAssistant Episode Director (eps 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46)

Yutaka KanekoScript (eps 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39, 44-46)

Hiroshi FukutomiStoryboard (ep 24)

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