96 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestLed by their fervent teacher, a high school baseball team full of delinquents vows to make it all the way to the national championship tournament.
Acting
Ryuta Sato's relentless optimism will wreck you
Writing
Every delinquent backstory hits devastatingly hard
Score
Triumphant music during training montages = goosebumps
Ryuta Sato
Koichi Kawato
Hayato Ichihara
Keiichi Aniya
Keisuke Koide
Toru Mikoshiba
Yu Shirota
Kei Shinjo
Akiyoshi Nakao
Shuta Sekikawa
Sousuke Takaoka
Tomochika Wakana
Kenta Kiritani
Taira Hiratsuka
Takeru Satoh
Yuya Okada
Shunji Igarashi
Tetsuro Yufune
Yôsuke Kawamura
Kiyooki Hiyama
Hiroyuki Onoue
Shinobu Imaoka
Eri Murakawa
Toko Yagi
Anna Nose
Fujita Kaoru
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This exemplifies 'bukatsu' culture—Japan's obsession with school club dedication that often borders on religious fervor. The manga sold 21 million copies.
The training camp episode where they literally sleep on dirt? Based on real extreme high school baseball regimens that still exist in Japan.
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