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Big Windup! (TV)

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© Asa Higuchi • KODANSHA / Oofuri Project


[ adapted from Ookiku Furikabutte (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Oofuri (Japanese)
Ookiku Furikabutte (Japanese)
قـاعدة الرامي (Arabic)
おおきく振りかぶって (Japanese)
おお振り (Japanese)
王牌投手 振臂高揮 (Chinese (Taiwan))
크게 휘두르며 (Korean)
Themes: baseball, sports
Plot Summary: The series, set in Saitama, follows Ren Mihashi, who had previously excelled as his middle school baseball team's ace pitcher, due to his grandfather's connections as its manager. As he graduates to high school, whose baseball team his grandfather does not manage, he initially does not believe he is good enough to succeed at baseball, however, but assisted by his friends, he grows in stature, confidence and skill, helping his team excel with his own ability.
Video: ,
User Ratings: 275 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 48 votes (sub:43, raw:4, Spa.sub:1)
 Excellent: 89 votes (sub:77, dub:6, raw:3, Spa.sub:2, Ara.sub:1)
 Very good: 84 votes (sub:64, dub:14, Spa.sub:2, Kor.sub:1, raw:1, ?:1, English:1)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:30, dub:3)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 456 users, rank: #1155
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.313 (Very good+.31), std. dev.: 1.4156, rank: #208
Weighted mean: 8.195 (Very good+.19), rank: #216 (seen all: 8.34 / seen some: 7.68 / won't finish: 4.30)
Bayesian estimate: 8.171 (Very good+.17), rank: #160
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2007-04-12 to 2007-09-27
Releases: We have 10
Opening Theme:
#1: "Dramatic (ドラマチック)" by Base Ball Bear (eps 1-13)
#2: "Seishun Line (青春ライン)" by Ikimonogakari (eps 14-25)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Medaka no Mita Niji (メダカの見た虹)" by Kozue Takada (eps 1-13)
#2: "Arigatou (ありがとう)" by SunSet Swish (eps 14-25)
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Related releases:
    Big Windup! - Season 1 Part 1 (DVD) 2009-08-18 (from $33.99)
    Big Windup! - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD) 2009-09-29 (from $34.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Tsutomu Mizushima

Series Composition: Yousuke Kuroda

Script:
Koichi Taki
Michiko Yokote
Natsuo Souda
Yousuke Kuroda

Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Hata
Kenichi Maejima
Natsuo Souda
Tarou Iwasaki
Tsutomu Mizushima
Yasutaka Yamamoto
Yukio Nishimoto

Episode Director:
Atsushi Hori
Hiromichi Matano
Hiroyuki Hata
Natsuo Souda
Seiji Okuda
Tarou Iwasaki
Tsutomu Mizushima
Yasutaka Yamamoto
Yukio Nishimoto

Music: Shiroh Hamaguchi

Original creator: Asa Higuchi

Character Design: Takahiko Yoshida

Art director: Yukihiro Shibutani

Chief Animation Director: Takahiko Yoshida

Animation director:
Akira Takata
Aya Kana
Masato Kato
Minoru Kawano
Takahiko Yoshida
Tomokatsu Nagasaku
Toyami Sugiyama
Tsutomu Muragami
Yuu Yonezawa

Sound director: Hiromi Kikuta

Director of Photography: Ei Rouhei

2nd Key Animation:
Fumiko Matsumoto
Misato Ootani
Satomi Yamanaka

Action Animation Director: Junichiro Taniguchi

Color design: Miyuki Sato

Color setting: Mizue Ueda

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

In-Between Animation:
Masaru Furushima
Mihoko Ishihara
Ryosuke Oshima
Takuya Tani
Yusuke Miyamoto

In-Between Check:
Chiharu Sato
Kanako Ueda
Saori Tomita

Item Design: Takuya Suzuki

Key Animation:
Eiji Fukuyama
Eri Yunoki
Etsuko Minami
Hiroki Ikegami
Hiromi Sasaki
Hiruyo Izumi
Jun Ishikawa
Misao Abe
Shinichi Yoshikawa
Shinsuke Yanagi
Shunsuke Masuda
Tomomi Murayama
Tsutomu Muragami

Paint:
Kayo Ishikawa
Maiko Iwami
Maki Yamada
Rieko Umemura
Tohru Kawamura

Theme Song Arrangement:
Base Ball Bear (OP1)
Ryo Eguchi (OP2)
Tomi Yo (ED1)

Theme Song Composition:
Junzou Ishida (ED2)
Kozue Takada (ED1)
Yoshiki Mizuno (OP2)
Yusuke Koide (OP1)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Junzou Ishida (ED2)
Kozue Takada (ED1)
Yoshiki Mizuno (OP2)
Yusuke Koide (OP1)

Theme Song Performance:
Base Ball Bear (OP1)
Ikimono-gakari (OP2)
Kozoe Takada (ED)
SunSet Swish (ED2)

 

Tsubasa Yonaga as Ren Mihashi

Atsushi Kisaichi as Yoshirou Hamada

Chihiro Suzuki as Yuuto Sakaeguchi

Hiro Shimono as Yuuichirou Tajima

Jun Fukuyama as Kousuke Izumi

Ken'ichirou Sumi as Fumitaka Mizutani

Kishô Taniyama as Azusa Hanai

Makoto Yasumura as Shouji Suyama

Masaya Matsukaze as Motoki Haruna

Risa Hayamizu as Maria Momoe

Ryohei Kimura as Shintarou Nishihiro

Takashi Hikida as Keisuke Umehara

Yuuichi Nakamura as Takaya Abe

Daisuke Kishio as
Aoi
Ryou

Eiji Hanawa as Kazuki Kawai

Jun Fukuyama as Hiroyuki Oda

Jun Oosuka as Shuugo Kanou

Kiyotaka Furushima as Naoto Kaguyama

Mamoru Miyano as Riou Nakazawa

Marina Inoue as Ruri Mihashi

Megumi Takamoto as Fukami (ep 23)

Misato Fukuen as Chiyo Shinooka

Noriaki Sugiyama as Junta Takase

Osamu Hosoi as Takehiko Aoki

Rina Satou as Suzune Miyashita (ep 17)

Satoshi Hino as Shingo Yamazaki

Shintarou Oohata as Atsushi Hatake

Takehiro Murozono as Tsuyoshi Shiga

Tomoe Hanba as Naoe Mihashi

Uko Tachibana as Kikue Hanai

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Hiiragi

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: A-1 Pictures Inc.

Broadcaster:
BS-i (2007-04-26)
CBC (2007-04-18)
HBC (2007-04-21)
MBS (2007-04-14)
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2007-04-21)
TBS (2007-04-12)

In-Between Animation:
A.I.C Spirits
RIC

Paint: Wish

Production: Aniplex

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
Christopher Bevins (eps 1-7)
J. Michael Tatum (eps 14-18)
Joel McDonald (eps 8-13)
R Bruce Elliott (eps 19-22)
Terri Doty (9 episodes

eps 14-18, 23-26
)

Script:
Andrew Rye (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 4, 8, 13, 18, 21-22
)
Christopher Bevins (eps 7, 10)
Jack LaRouche (ep 19)
Joel McDonald (12 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 9, 11-12, 14, 20, 23-26
)

Luci Christian (eps 15-17)

Translation:
Sarah Alys Lindholm (Quality Assurance)
Wako Takahashi-Welch

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Casey Clark (eps 14-18)
Gino Palencia (ep 5)
Joseph Tompkins (eps 8-13, 23-26)
Justin Pate (eps 1-7)
Matthew Stephenson (eps 14-22)

Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt

DVD Authoring:
John Andreas
Matthew O'Hara
Russ Coffman
Trace Furniss

DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin

DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia

DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon

DVD Producer: Clarine Harp

DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez
Christine Bertolino
DJ Fonner
Jason Gee
Jesse Kirstein
Kris Bryan

Head Writer: Andrew Rye

Line Producer: Christopher Bevins

Mix Engineer:
Nathanael Harrison (eps 5, 9-13)
Neal Malley (eps 1-8, 14-26)

Production Assistant:
Gino Palencia
Susie Nixon
Trenton Jons

Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward
Ben Phillips
Brandy Richmond
Brian Thomas
Erica Maroney
Shojin Bateman

Talent Coordinator: Tara Williams

Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Robert Bell

Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs

Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler

Sean Michael Teague as Ren Mihashi

Aaron Dismuke as Yūto Sakaeguchi

Anthony Bowling as Shōji Suyama

Chris Burnett as Kōsuke Izumi

Christopher Bevins as Yoshiro Hamada

Cynthia Cranz as Maria Momoe

Eric Vale as Keisuke Umehara

Greg Ayres as Takaya Abe

Jamie Marchi as Naoe Mihashi

Jean-Luc Hester as Fumiki Mizutani

Joel McDonald as Azusa Hanai

Kevin M. Connolly as Motoki Haruna

Monica Rial as Ruri Mihashi

Scott Hinze as Shintaro Nishihiro

Todd Haberkorn as Yūichirō Tajima

Andrew Phifer as Keisuke Yamanoi (eps 19-21)

Bill Flynn as Third Base Umpire (eps 6-7)

Brian Witkowicz as
Aoi
Shortstop (ep 26)

Brina Palencia as Ren Mihashi (Young)

Bryan Massey as
Facilitator (ep 11)
Plate Umpire (eps 14-24)

Chad Halbrook as Matsuda (eps 15, 23)

Cherami Leigh as Chiyo Shino'oka

Chris Cason as Kazutoshi Oki

Christopher Bevins as First Base Umpire (eps 4-7)

Chuck Huber as Tsuyoshi Shiga

Cole Brown as Plate Umpire (eps 4-7)

Corey Cleary-Stoner as Shiba

Dan Forsythe as Matsuoka

Daniel Katsük as Naota Kaguyama (eps 17, 26)

David Trosko as Riou Nakazawa

Drew Wall as Junta Takase

Erik Archilla as Ryou

J. Michael Tatum as Riki Kajiyama

Jaime Rivera as Matsunaga (7 episodes

eps 17-21, 23-24
)

Jamie McGonnigal as Shuugo Kanou

Jason Liebrecht as Kyouhei Akimaru

Jeff Johnson as Kazuki Kawai

Jerry Jewell as Ohkawa

John Swasey as Tosei Coach (eps 15-24)

Johnny Sequenzia as Naota Kaguyama

Joseph Tompkins as Machida

Josh Grelle as Atsushi Hatake

Josh Martin as Hiiragi

Justin Cook as Hiroyuki Oda

Justin Pate as Yoshi

Keith Kubal as Keisuke Yamanoi

Kent Williams as Coach (ep 9)

Kristi Bingham as
Izumi's Mother (eps 16, 21)
Suzune Miyashita (eps 17, 26)

Kristopher Luce as Jin Mashiba

Kyle Hebert as Miyakawa

Leah Clark as Senpai (ep 13)

Luci Christian as Yoshiro Hamada (Young)

Maeghan Albach as
Facilitator (ep 12)
Oki's Mother (eps 15, 21)
TV Announcer (ep 25)

Mary Morgan as Mizutani's Mother (eps 16, 21)

Maxey Whitehead as Announcer (eps 14-24)

Micah Solusod as Takashima (eps 17-19, 23)

Nick Trautner as Kadota

Orion Pitts as Takehiko Aoki

Patrick Seitz as Mihoshi Coach (eps 6-7)

Robert Colin as Yuji Motoyama

Scott Barber as Maekawa (eps 19, 22-24)

Scott Freeman as Taguchi

Stephanie Young as Hanai's Mother

Terri Doty as
Fukami (ep 23)
Suyama's Mother (eps 16, 21)

Z. Charles Bolton as Shingo Shimazaki

Anastasia Munoz

Casey Clark

Cris George

J. Buckley Xavier

James Cave

Tia Ballard

English companies 

Animax India > Broadcaster: Animax India

Broadcasted: Animax India (ANIMAX Asia: Broadcaster)

Broadcaster: Animax Asia

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Latin America

Distributor: Sony Pictures Television International

Spanish cast 
(none)
 
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