Your dead twin's rival wants to fight YOU now. Awkward.
Tatsuya and Minami meet Akio Nitta, an ace batter who thought of Kazuya as his rival. Nitta sees great potential in Tatsuya and expects to face him on the road to the national high school baseball tournament.
Acting
Mitsuya's Tatsuya finally steps out of twin's shadow
Direction
Hashimoto balances baseball action with emotional devastation
Score
That synth-piano will destroy you unexpectedly
Director
Naoto Hashimoto
Yuji Mitsuya
Tatsuya Uesugi (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Minami Asakura (voice)
Hayashiya Shōzō IX
Koutarou Matsudaira (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Shingo Uesugi (voice)
Kazue Komiya
Haruko Uesugi (voice)
Hiroshi Masuoka
Toshio Asakura (voice)
Ryusei Nakao
Isamu Nishimura (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Akio Nitta (voice)
Keiichi Nanba
Kazuya Uesugi (voice)
Banjo Ginga
Shouhei Harada (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koshien obsession in 80s Japan made baseball anime basically religious texts. This film assumes you KNOW that pressure.
Adachi Mitsuru reportedly hated early anime adaptations of his work; this film was part of the franchise's redemption arc to honor his vision.
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