Big Windup! True Ace (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Big Windup!

True Ace (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Most guys can't wait for the start of baseball season. But not Mihashi. For this young pitcher, the crack of the bat is the sound of yet another failure.

Directors

Tsutomu Mizushima (ending sequence) (episode director) (series director) | Hiroshi Nagahama (opening sequence)

Writers

Asa Higuchi (comic) | Yôsuke Kuroda (composition) (teleplay)

Producers

Masayuki Haryû (producer) (as Masayuki Haryu) | Kozue Kananiwa (producer) (as Kozue Kaneniwa) | Hirô Maruyama (producer) | Tomonori Ochikoshi (producer) & 2 more

Composer

Shirô Hamaguchi (as Shiro Hamaguchi)

Cinematographer

Suguru Oidaira (as Ei Rouhei)

Editors

Shigeru Nishiyama | Yoshihisa Ôyama (opening sequence) (as Yoshihisa Oyama)

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 12, 2007

Release date

Apr 12, 2007 (Japan)

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