Big Windup!
Released: 2007
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher.
Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.
Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Tsubasa Yonaga, Atsushi Kisaichi, Chihiro Suzuki, Hiro Shimono, Jun Fukuyama, Kenichiro Sumi, Kisho Taniyama
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Language: Japanese
Scenes
Season 1 Episode 11: Summer is Starting
When Akimaru finds out that Mihashi's teammate requires toilet paper, he calmly volunteers himself for the task, going to the girls' bathroom next door and asking the girls inside to give him some toilet paper. So far Akimaru is on record as probably the only male baseball player who is known to be confident in approaching strange girls and asking them for toilet paper. There are boys who use the urinal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtA9d9WG6Io
Alternate Titles
Big Windup!
おお振り
Ookiku Furikabutte
Oofuri (Short)
おおきく振りかぶって
Ookiku Furikabutte Natsu no Taikai Hen (Season 2)
Ōkiku Furikabutte