Star of the Giants
TV ShowTitle | 巨人の星 |
User score | 7.8 |
Release date | Mar 30, 1968 |
Release date of last episode | Sep 29, 1979 |
Genre | Action & Adventure, Animation |
Director | Ikki Kajiwara |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Tokyo Movie |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 3 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 257 |
Run time | 24 min. |
In 1969, at the press conference of Nagashima Shigeo who was joining a professional baseball team, Yomiurhi Kyojin, a ball was thrown at him by a boy. He was Hoshi Hyuma, and a thrown ball meant a letter of challenge. His father, Hoshi Ittetsu, had trained Huma since he had been very young to achieve his dream to make him a professional baseball player.