Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Gekitou Pennant Race

Based on Ishii Hisaichi's 1979 manga Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, serialized in weekly Manga Action magazine.

The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation. In a sports anime that pitches caricatures of real-life players against cartoon characters, the Lions (whose real-life mascot is the grown-up Kimba the White Lion), keep losing games due to Tabuchi's poor condition-his shadow is getting paler.
A group of fellow players turns up at the stadium, accompanied by Dokaben, and they encourage Tabuchi to pull through. They organize a Tabuchi Day to show him how appreciated he is, but it is a miserable failure.
Eventually, he is brought out of his depression by the arrival of a girl called Miyoko, who obliges by dressing up as a cheerleader.

Note: Real-life members of the Seibu Lions baseball team are caricatured.

(Source: AniDB)

Tabuchi Main

Nishida, Toshiyuki Japanese

Hirooka Supporting

Hazama, Michio Japanese

Nemoto Kantoku Supporting

Utsumi, Kenji Japanese

Miyoko Supporting

Niki, Terumi Japanese

Tsuji, Masaki Script

Kaneko, Yutaka Script

Nagaoka, Akinori Storyboard

Kawauchi, Hideo Storyboard

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