Star of the Giants

Star of the Giants
	Cover of the first volume of Kyojin no Hoshi, as published in Japan by Kodansha
巨人の星; (Kyojin no Hoshi)
Genre	Sport (Baseball)
Manga
Written by	Ikki Kajiwara
Illustrated by	Noboru Kawasaki
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1966 – 1971
Volumes	19
Anime television series
Directed by	Tadao Nagahama (director) ; Daikichiro Kusube (animation director)
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Original network	Yomiuri Television
Original run	March 30, 1968 – September 18, 1971
Episodes	182
Anime film
Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no Kesshousen
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Released	July 26, 1969
Runtime	90 minutes
Anime film
Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyūma
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Released	December 20, 1969
Runtime	70 minutes
Anime film
Kyojin no Hoshi: Dai League Ball
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Released	March 21, 1970
Runtime	70 minutes
Anime film
Kyojin no Hoshi: Shukumei no Taiketsu
Studio	Tokyo Movie
Released	August 1, 1970
Runtime	60 minutes
Anime television series
Shin Kyojin no Hoshi
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Original network	Yomiuri Television
Original run	October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978
Episodes	52
Anime television series
Shin Kyojin no Hoshi II
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Original network	Yomiuri Television
Original run	April 14, 1979 – September 29, 1979
Episodes	23
Anime film
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Released	August 21, 1982
Runtime	110 minutes

Star of the Giants (Japanese: 巨人の星, Hepburn: Kyojin no Hoshi) is a Japanese sports manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was adapted as the first sports anime television series broadcast in Japan, in 1968.^[1] It later spawned two anime sequels and different anime movies.The anime was ranked #15 on TV Asahi's Top 100 Anime.^[2]

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 Hyūma 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

Hyūma Hoshi: Tōru Furuya
Ittetsu Hoshi: Seizō Katō
Akiko Hoshi: Fuyumi Shiraishi
Ban Chūta: Jōji Yanami
Mitsuru Hanagata: Makio Inoue
Kawakami Tetsuharu: Tadashi Nakamura
Masaichi Kaneda: Teiji Ōmiya
Kyōko: Reiko Mutō
Hosaku Samon: Shingo Kanemoto
Mina Hadaka: Yoshiko Matsuo

Adaptations

Anime

Staff

Original creator: Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki
Director: Tadao Nagahama, Yoshio Kabashima, Tadaaki Tamazaki, Mamoru Sasaki
Script: Masaki Tsuji, Seiji Matsuoka, Tooru Sawaki, Ryohei Ito, Toru Sawaki, Yoshiaki Yoshida
Music: Takeo Watanabe
Art director: Isamu Kageyama
Animation director: Daikichirou Kusube
Editing: Kazuo Inoue

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.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.
^ "TV Asahi Top 100 Anime Part 2". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
^ Correspondent, A (3 December 2012). "Colors to air Japanese 'anime' remake from Dec 23". MxM India. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

External links

Star of Giants Official anime site by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Template:Ja icon
Kyojin no Hoshi (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Kyojin no Hoshi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[Clements2006-1] Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.

[2] "TV Asahi Top 100 Anime Part 2". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-11-01.

[3] Correspondent, A (3 December 2012). "Colors to air Japanese 'anime' remake from Dec 23". MxM India. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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