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Star of the Giants

1968–1979 · 3 seasons

A scrappy underdog sports saga that builds its drama from gruelling training and earnest rivalry, easy to dip into episode by episode.

Created by
Ikki Kajiwara
Genres
Action & adventure, Animation
Overview
In 1969, at the press conference of Nagashima Shigeo who was joining a professional baseball team, Yomiurhi Kyojin, a ball was thrown at him by a boy. He was Hoshi Hyuma, and a thrown ball meant a letter of challenge. His father, Hoshi Ittetsu, had trained Huma since he had been very young to achieve his dream to make him a professional baseball player.
How it feels
Earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Ambition, sport, family, coming-of-age
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Created by
Ikki Kajiwara
Genres
Action & adventure, Animation
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • sport
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
action & adventure, animation
Created by
Ikki Kajiwara
Written by
Mamoru Sasaki, Seiji Matsuoka
Starring
Toru Furuya, Joji Yanami, Makio Inoue, Seizo Kato, Shingo Kanemoto
Cinematography
Tatsumasa Shimizu
Length
3 seasons, 257 episodes, 24 min each
Network
YTV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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