One Outs
TV ShowTitle | ワンナウツ |
User score | 8.2 |
Release date | Oct 7, 2008 |
Release date of last episode | Apr 1, 2009 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Shinobu Kaitani |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | D.N. Dream Partners, Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 25 |
Run time | 22 min. |
Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Outs". At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen for every point he gives up. A high-level psychological game of baseball, gambling and logic is about to begin..