Today the final round of summer tournament of the Japanese high schools started at Koushien stadium in Osaka. I really don't have the insight on which school might be a favourite to win the whole thing this year since there are so many changes on the teams each year, mainly because the students graduate and new players will come to the teams with each school year. But because the tournament started today I found a new anme series which is airing on TBS in Japan at the moment. It's called "Ookiku Furikabutte" and just as other school animes it's about a high school baseball team that is aiming to go to Koushien at least once in their three years at high school. It is set in Saitama and tells the Story of Mihashi Ren, the pitcher for Nishiura High School. He always thought that his spot on the team of his Middle School was because his grandfather was the manager of the baseball club. When he joins his new club he doesn't want to be a burden for his teammates and doesn't try to mix with them. But the catcher Abe Takaya believes in him and his arsenal of pitches which are extremly slow. Together they enter a match against Mihashi's former high school.As I said, this series is airing right now but it shows a lot of potential. True, the first match is already dragging over three episodes, but the character development takesa very slow and nice way. There's funny points every now and then. Especially the character of the team manager, a woman called Maria Momoe, might be in for a lot of funny parts.
It might not be a hit like "H2" which also turned out to be a very good drama, but it's a very good sports and high school anime. The animation is good, sometimes it looks like they used real life examples e.g. for the windup the pitcher does on the mound. It looks very authentic. The voice actors are also very good. I'm looking forward to the future episodes
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