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Samurai Giants (TV)

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© Ikki Kajiwara • Ko Inoue / TMS

Alternative title:
El Lanzador Estrella (Spanish)
Star Pitcher (Spanish)
侍ジャイアンツ (Japanese)
魔投手 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: tournament
Themes: baseball
Objectionable content: Mild
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 46
Episode titles: We have 46
Vintage:
1973-10 to 1974-09
1973-10-07 to 1974-09-15
Opening Theme:
#1: "Samurai Giants" (侍ジャイアンツ) by Shigeyuki Matsumoto
#2: "Ouja Samurai Giants" (王者 侍ジャイアンツ) by Royal Knights
#3: "Ouja Samurai Giants" (王者 侍ジャイアンツ) by Masato Shimon, Royal Knights
Ending Theme:
#1: "Samurai Banba Ban" (サムライ 番場蛮) by Shigeyuki Matsumoto
#2: "Yuke! Banba Ban" (ゆけ! バンババン) by Royal Knights
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tadao Nagahama
Script:
Akiko Tani
Haruya Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 11, 15, 22, 26
)
Mon Shichijō (ep 1)
Satoshi Dezaki (7 episodes
eps 10, 21, 31, 36-37, 42-43
)
Seiji Matsuoka (12 episodes
eps 2-9, 13, 33, 40-41
)
Toyohiro Andō (6 episodes
eps 12, 18, 23, 29, 32, 43
)
Yutaka Kaneko (14 episodes
eps 16, 19-20, 25, 27-28, 30, 34-35, 38-39, 44-46
)
Storyboard:
Eisuke Kondo (eps 14, 16)
Hiroshi Fukutomi (ep 24)
Minoro Tanaka (ep 35)
Noboru Ishiguro (eps 18, 23)
Osamu Dezaki (ep 1)
Satoshi Dezaki (19 episodes
eps 5, 7-8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20-22, 26, 29, 31, 36-37, 40, 42-43, 46
)
Seiji Okuda (ep 28)
Sōji Yoshikawa (ep 3)
Tameo Kohanawa (ep 32)
Tōru Yabuki
Yoshio Takeuchi (ep 34)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (15 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 19, 25, 27, 30, 33, 38, 41, 44-45
)
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Original story:
Ikki Kajiwara
Kō Inoue
Character Design: Yasuo Ōtsuka
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director: Yasuo Ōtsuka
Director of Photography:
Akio Wakana
Tōru Ōwada

Assistant Episode Director:
Kazuyoshi Yokota (eps 2-8 even)
Keiji Hayakawa (eps 1-9 odd)
Kenshirō Takakura
Yoshio Takeuchi (eps 32-46 even)
Yutaka Kusunoki (18 episodes
eps 12-19, 21-23, 33-45 odd
)
Background Art:
Eiji Hirakawa (24 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 11-12, 14-20 even, 24-28, 30, 32, 34, 38-46 even
)
Hiroshi Umino (24 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 11-12, 14-20 even, 24-28, 30, 32, 34, 38-46 even
)
Ichiro Nakano (20 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9, 13-21 odd, 22-23, 29-35 odd, 36-37, 39-45 odd
)
Junko Kubota (22 episodes
eps 1-9 odd, 13-21 odd, 22-23, 29-35 odd, 36-37, 39-45 odd
)
Kazuo Oga (22 episodes
eps 1-9 odd, 13-21 odd, 22-23, 29-35 odd, 36-37, 39-45 odd
)
Kazutoshi Shimizu (22 episodes
eps 1-9 odd, 13-21 odd, 22-23, 29-35 odd, 36-37, 39-45 odd
)
Kenji Kumugai (24 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 11-12, 14-20 even, 24-28, 30, 32, 34, 38-46 even
)
Susumu Saitō (22 episodes
eps 6, 8, 10-12, 14-20 even, 24-28, 30, 32, 34, 38-46 even
)
Toshiharu Mizutani (24 episodes
eps 2-10 even, 11-12, 14-20 even, 24-28, 30, 32, 34, 38-46 even
)
Toshio Saitō (eps 2, 4)
Editing:
Kazuo Inoue
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Finish Animation:
Asae Kazama
Fumiko Okada
Hiroko Yamaura
Hisako Kameyama
Hisashi Katano
Keiko Hoshino
Kyoko Hamaguchi
Mariko Kunugida
Michiyo Yasuda
Mitsuko Yamaki
Sachiko Nonaka
Sadako Kohashi
Yoko Hosouchi
Yoshiko Haruki
In-Between Animation:
Hiroko Kodama (Tokyo Movie)
Hiroshi Fukutomi (A Production)
Kazue Morimoto (Tokyo Movie)
Kazuyoshi Shimada (Studio Mates)
Kensetsu Fukuhara (A Production)
Kōichi Maruyama (13 episodes
eps 8, 13, 16-18, 21, 23, 29, 37, 40-41, 43, 46
)
Koichi Tsuchida (Madhouse)
Kōshi Inamura (Tokyo Movie)
Kumiko Hida (Dogakobo)
Kyōko Harada (Studio Mates)
Masako Chiba (A Production)
Masashi Kubota (Studio Mates)
Masayoshi Kobayashi (Dogakobo)
Masumi Sawa (Dogakobo)
Michiyo Yamada (A Production)
Naka Kusai (Madhouse)
Noboru Fujita (Dogakobo)
Noboru Takahashi (Dogakobo)
Nobumasa Shinkawa (Dogakobo; 7 episodes
eps 11, 14, 20, 31, 35, 39, 45
)
Norio Andō (Studio Mates)
Osamu Shimizu (Studio Mates)
Ryō Okaue (Dogakobo)
Sachiko Uemura (Tokyo Movie)
Seiichi Kato (Madhouse)
Seiji Arihara (A Production)
Shigeo Ogata (Tokyo Movie)
Shinichi Otake (A Production)
Shinobu Arai (Dogakobo)
Shintaro Horikoshi (Madhouse)
Sumi Suzuki (Tokyo Movie)
Takao Horie (A Production)
Tamayo Hirata (A Production)
Tomoe Morimoto (Tokyo Movie)
Toshiki Yoshida (Madhouse)
Yuichi Endo (Madhouse)
Yuko Sakashita (Tokyo Movie)
Yumi Furusawa (Dogakobo)
Key Animation:
Eiichi Nakamura (A Production; 12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46
)
Fukuo Yamamoto (Studio Junio; 6 episodes
eps 19, 25-28, 33
)
Hayao Miyazaki (ep 1)
Hideo Kawauchi (A Production; 12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46
)
Hiromi Yokoyama (Tokyo Movie; 14 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43, 46
)
Hiroshi Wagatsuma (Studio Junio; Studio Junio; 13 episodes
eps 4, 17, 19, 22-23, 25-28, 33, 38, 42, 44
)
Hitoshi Oda (Tokyo Movie; 12 episodes
eps 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29, 34, 37, 40, 44, 46
)
Iku Ishiguro (Dogakobo; 11 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 20, 31, 35, 39, 42, 45
)
Jin Oda (Tokyo Movie) 
Junzaburo Takahata (Tokyo Movie; 9 episodes
eps 10, 16, 21, 29, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43
)
Kakuko Hoshino (ep 37)
Katsuhiro Wakami (Tokyo Movie; 8 episodes
eps 13, 16, 21, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43
)
Kenji Kodama (Tokyo Movie; 13 episodes
eps 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43, 46
)
Michiyo Yamada (A Production; 5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 15, 18, 30
)
Motoji Suzuki (Tokyo Movie) 
Motoshi Suzuki (Tokyo Movie; 13 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29, 34, 37, 40, 44, 46
)
Takashi Asakura (Studio Mates; 10 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 19, 22, 24, 32, 36, 40, 45
)
Takekatsu Kikuta (Madhouse; ep 2)
Tetsuo Imazawa (Studio Junio; 9 episodes
eps 19, 25-28, 33, 38, 42, 44
)
Yōichi Kotabe (A Production; ep 1)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Madhouse; ep 2)
Yoshihiro Owada (Tokyo Movie; ep 10)
Yoshikazu Fujishiro (Dogakobo; ep 4)
Yūki Kinoshita (Studio Mates; 5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 22, 24
)
Yukio Suzuki (Dogakobo; 10 episodes
eps 6, 8, 11, 14, 20, 31, 35, 39, 42, 45
)
Yūzō Aoki (A Production; 12 episodes
eps 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46
)
Photography:
Katsuji Misawa (eps 1-46)
Keishichi Kuroki (eps 1-46)
Tatsumasa Shimizu (eps 1-46)
Tetsuro Kumase (eps 1-46)
Planning: Hisashichi Sano
Recording Director: Kōichi Chiba
Recording engineer: Toshiaki Hoshino
Sound Effects: Yōzō Kataoka
Theme Song Performance: Ichirō Mizuki (OP/ED1)
Kei Tomiyama as Ban Banba

Akira Shimada as Katsuya Nomura
Ayako Kaneko as Kiku Banba
Fumio Matsuoka as Commentator
Isao Sakuma as Announcer
Keaton Yamada as Shigeo Nagashima
Kunihiko Kitagawa as Osamu Mihara
Makio Inoue as Hikaru Miyuzuki
Reiko Mutoh as Rika Minami
Rihoko Yoshida as Yuki Banba
Rokurō Naya as Tarohei Hachiman
Shigeyuki Hosoi as Roger Jacks
Shōichi Nishida as Tetsuji Kawakami
Shunsuke Shima as Wally Kaname Yonamine
Takeshi Kuwabara as Wolf Chief
Takkō Ishimori as Sadaharu Ō
Toku Nishio as Mansaku Taihō
Toshiya Sugita as Yukio Nishimoto
Yoshiaki Nemoto as Masayasu Kaneda
Yoshihisa Kamo as Masaichi Kaneda

Kiyoshi Komiyama as school pitcher (ep 1)
Tōru Furuya as Sensaku Ōzutsu

Kazuo Harada
Kazuya Tatekabe
Masahiko Murase
Yasuo Muramatsu
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production
Finish Animation: A Production
In-Between Animation:
A Production (14 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 14-15, 18, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46
)
Doga Kobo (11 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 20, 31, 35, 39, 42, 45
)
Madhouse (ep 2)
Studio Mates (10 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 19, 22, 24, 32, 36, 40, 45
)
Tokyo Movie (19 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 16-18, 21, 23, 29, 32, 34-35, 37, 39-41, 43-44, 46
)
Key Animation:
A Production (13 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 30, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46
)
Doga Kobo (11 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 20, 31, 35, 39, 42, 45
)
Madhouse (ep 2)
Studio Junio (13 episodes
eps 4, 17, 19, 22-23, 25-28, 33, 38, 42, 44
)
Studio Mates (10 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 19, 22, 24, 32, 36, 40, 45
)
Tokyo Movie (18 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29, 32, 34-35, 37, 39-41, 43-44, 46
)
Photography:
Asahi Production
Tokyo Animation Film
Production:
Tokyo Movie
YTV
Production Assistance:
A Production
Tokyo Laboratory
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center

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