Star of the Giants

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Kyojin no Hoshi
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Cover of the 1995 reprint of the first manga volume
巨人の星
Genre Sports
Manga
Written by Ikki Kajiwara
Illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run 1966 – 1971
Volumes 19
Anime television series
Directed by Tadao Nagahama (director)
Daikichiro Kusube (animation director)
Studio TMS Entertainment
Network Nippon Television
Original run March 30, 1968 – September 18, 1971
Episodes 182
Anime television series
Shin Kyoujin no Hoshi
Studio TMS Entertainment
Network Nippon Television
Original run October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978
Episodes 52
Anime television series
Shin Kyoujin no Hoshi II
Studio TMS Entertainment
Network Nippon Television
Original run April 14, 1979 – September 29, 1979
Episodes 23
Movie adaptations

A list of movie adaptations
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Kyojin no Hoshi (巨人の星?, trans. Star of the Giants) is a Japanese sports manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was adapted as the first sports anime television series[citation needed] broadcast in Japan, in 1968. It later spawned two anime sequels and different anime movies.

The manga appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine about the actual baseball team Yomiuri Giants using fictional characters. It was launched by the "Yomiuri Group" which at the time owned not only the actual baseball team, but the TV network Nippon Television, the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, as well as Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.[citation needed]

Story

The story is about Hyuuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata in the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge.

Characters

Adaptations

Anime

Staff

DVD

Beginning in 2001, the series was re-released on DVD format. On June 2013, a five set Blu-ray release was released.

Movies

The first Star of the Giants movie was debuted in 1969 as part of the vacation anime festival on large screen theatres in color. The draw was that most people had black and white TVs at the time. The Star of Giants vs Mighty Atoms TV special reached the U.S and was renamed to Astro Boy vs the Giants.[1]

Japanese Name English Name Release Date Type Run time
巨人の星 Star of Giants the movie 1969 movie 90 mins
Star of Giants vs the Mighty Atom 1969 TV special 30 mins
巨人の星 行け行け飛雄馬 Star of Giants: Ike Ike Hyuma December 20, 1969 movie 75 mins
巨人の星 大リーグボール Star of Giants: Big League Ball 1970 movie 70 mins
巨人の星 宿命の対決 Star of Giants: Shukumei no Taiketsu 1970 movie 60 mins
新巨人の星 New Star of Giants 1977 series 52 Episodes
新巨人の星 New Star of Giants the movie 1977 movie
新巨人の星II New Star of Giants II 1979 series 23 Episodes
Stars of Giants Special Edition: Fierce Tiger Mitsuru Hanagata 2002 series 13 Episodes

Video games

Kyojin no Hoshi (The Anime Super Remix) was released for the PlayStation 2 by Capcom on June 20, 2002. There were also a number of other games on the same platform.

Impact

  • Professional baseball player Ichiro Suzuki used Star of Giants as a reference to his grueling childhood baseball training.[citation needed]
  • The anime was remade in India in 2012 as Suraj: The Rising Star where cricket was substituted for baseball.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.
  2. ↑ http://www.mxmindia.com/2012/12/colors-to-air-japanese-anime-remake-from-dec-23/

External links

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