Big Windup!

Ookiku Furikabutte

Big Windup!

Big Windup!

Ookiku Furikabutte

おおきく振りかぶって • ?Grand Swing • ?Oofuri • ?Ōkiku Furikabutte • ?王牌投手-振臂高挥 • ?크게 휘두르며
Origination: Manga
Demographic: Seinen
Published: 2003
Status: 📖 Ongoing
Translation: 📖 Ongoing
Anime Start:Season 1: v.1 c.1 | Season 2: v.9 c.17
Anime End:Season 1: v.8 c.16 | Season 2: v.15 c.56
Anime:
Ranked: #15,109
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Ookiku Furikabutte isn't just a baseball manga. It's the story of a timid young man who was made an ace pitcher in middle school because of family connections. Now he's in high school and it's his time to shine as an ace in his own right.

  • Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for best creative work in 2006
  • Won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007.

Note: Discrepancy in chapter numbering (mag vs. tank), there are no chapters missing inbetween 25.2 and 53.

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Authors: Higuchi Asa
Artists: Higuchi Asa
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life, Sports
Theme: School Life
Format: Award Winning
Publishers: Kodansha
Anime:
Start:Season 1: v.1 c.1 | Season 2: v.9 c.17
End:Season 1: v.8 c.16 | Season 2: v.15 c.56

Tags

  • Baseball
  • Character Growth
  • Adapted to Anime
  • Award-Winning Work
  • Inferiority Complex
  • Club/s
  • Teamwork
  • Friendship
  • Bromance
  • Teammates Relationship
  • Team
  • Tournament/s
  • Training
  • Crybaby Male Lead
  • Crybaby Protagonist
  • High School
  • Trainer-Trainee Relationship
  • Rivalry
  • Student/s
  • Important Non-Romantic Relationship/s
  • Non-BL with Two Male Leads
  • Realistic Sport
  • 21st Century
  • Japan
  • Quirky Character/s
  • Awkward Male Lead
  • Awkward Protagonist
  • Male Demographic with Female Author
  • Male Protagonist
  • Adapted to Stage Play

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