Big Windup!(TV show/series, 2007-2010)

Name: Big Windup!
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2007
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "おおきく振りかぶって" (Japanese/JA)

25min per episode | Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 38 episodes

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Big Windup! (Japanese: おおきく振りかぶって, Hepburn: Ōkiku Furikabutte), often shortened to just Ōfuri (おお振り), is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Asa Higuchi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since September 2003, with its chapters collected in 36 tankōbon volumes as of December 2022. It was adapted into an anime television series, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and animated by A-1 Pictures, which aired for 25 episodes on TBS from April to September 2007. A 13-episode second season was broadcast from April to June 2010. In North America, the first season was licensed by Funimation, while the second season was licensed by Right Stuf. By November 2019, the manga had over 15 million copies in circulation. It won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for best creative work in 2006 and the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007. The anime series has been overall well received by critics, who have praised its story and characters, and particularly its focus on strategy and teamwork. The series, however, has received somewhat mixed response due to its pacing. ()

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About Big Windup!

Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.

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Big Windup! Seasons and Episodes

04/02/2010Season 2 - 13 episodes

#1 | 04/02/2010What's Next?

Hot off the heels of their first win, the players of Nishiura High School are fired up for the rest of the summer tournament! Their next opponent, Sakitama High, has an incredibly strong batter. If Nishiura wants any chance of winning, Nishiura will need a quick shutout win! This should be doable for Mihashi and Abe since they continue to make a great battery, but at the same time, could Mihashi's reliance on Abe's signaling spell trouble in the games to come? Hits and sprints, pains and sprains... Mihashi and team have quite a struggle ahead of them if they want to play on the legendary field of Koshien Stadium!

#2 | 04/09/2010Sakitama

Before the next match, the Nishiura Nine go to watch the game of their next opponent. There they discover Sakitama High's cleanup hitter, Daichi Sakura.

#3 | 04/16/2010Third Match

Nishiura High's next opponent, Sakitama High, has an incredibly strong batter. If Nishiura wants any chance of winning, Nishiura will need a quick shutout win!

#4 | 04/22/2010Baseball Is Tough

Hanai is the cleanup batter for Nishiura in the third match, and is struggling to get out from behind Tajima's shadow. Hanai questions whether or not he's a dependable player.

#5 | 04/29/2010I Want To Play Ball

Abe's strategy to walk Sakitama's cleanup hitter is working. While Sakitama can't score a run, their third-year Oyama dwells on the end of his baseball career.

#6 | 05/06/2010Important

After one of many misunderstandings, Mihashi comes to realize that he's an important baseball player of Nishiura High.

#7 | 05/13/2010A Gradual Change

Nishiura's third game against Kounan begins. Bijyou High's coaches observe the game, and conclude that Abe, the catcher is deciding all of Mihashi's pitches.

#8 | 05/20/2010Fifth Match

The game against Bijyou Dai Sayama High has begun, and Mihashi questions why Bijyou's batters only seem to swing on pitches that are the opposite of what they like to hit.

#9 | 05/27/2010We're Being Scouted

It's 4-0, and Nishiura hasn't gotten a single run. After discovering that the courses were wrong and that Bijyou had scouted them, Abe is able to lead Mihashi to pitch two no-hit innings.

#10 | 06/03/2010Bottom of the Fifth, 2-5

After scoring two runs, Bijyou High turns up the heat and sends out its reserve pitcher, Kashima. Kashima throws intense fast balls, but he's just warming up! Can Nishiura land a hit?

#11 | 06/11/2010Because I'm the Ace

The unthinkable has happened! Abe is injured and can no longer participate in the match. Mihashi must step up to the pitcher's mound and discover some self-confidence.

#12 | 06/18/2010Ninth Inning

It's the final inning and Nishiura is still behind in runs. Coming to terms with Abe's injury, Mihashi realizes that he was shoving all of his responsibilities onto Abe.

#13 | 06/25/2010We Begin Again

Accepting their defeat against Bijyou Dai Sayama High, Mihashi and the Nishiura Nine work to come up with a team goal. Mihashi receives an ambiguous text from Abe.

04/13/2007Season 1 - 25 episodes

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02/27/2008Specials - 2 episodes

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Additional Information

Official websites:

www.oofuri.com

Production country: Japan

Made by: A-1 Pictures

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 12 languages: Arabic (AR), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 04/13/2007

Last episode released on: 06/25/2010

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Oofuri"

"Ookiku Furikabutte"

"Ookiku Furikabutte Natsu no Taikai Hen"

"おおきく振りかぶって"

"おお振り"

"Ōkiku Furikabutte"

Keywords: bromance, baseball stadium, baseball team, baseball pitcher, baseball player, baseball field, ace, baseball

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