Akio Chiba

(from Wikipedia) After fracturing a finger in a junior high school game, Takao Taniguchi is unable to play baseball. After entering Sumitani High School, he is constantly watching the baseball club even though he is unable to play. He catches the eye of the captain of the soccer club, and while he still has lingering hopes of joining the baseball club, he decides to join the soccer club. While he's a complete beginner, Taniguchi developed a strong spirit of hard work while in junior high school and his new teammates begin to see his potential. While he focuses all of his energy on soccer, he is unable to forget his youthful zeal for baseball and he begins umpiring baseball games in secret.Play Ball, along along with Akio Chiba's other serial, Captain, won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen in 1977

(from ebookjapan):A hot-blooded sports manga in which the captain of a weak baseball team and his club members work hard and grow into the strongest team in the game. Takao Taniguchi, who has transferred to Sumiya Second Middle School, changes into the uniform of his former school in order to join the baseball team's practice.When the members of the baseball team realize that it is the uniform of Aoba Academy, a prestigious baseball school, they assume that Taniguchi is a big name player. However, Taniguchi, when he was at Aoba Academy, was a poor second-team substitute player who was...!Captain, along with Akio Chiba's other serial, Play Ball, won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen in 1977

Taichi is nervous about taking part in the protest, but with the advice of Sakuraba, who is in the same room as him at the gym, the results of his practice show. Passed the test student with a splendid knockout!! The opponent is Bull Kuroishi, who is known as a rookie killer. After receiving intense training from the chairman for the match, the gong for the first battle finally rings!!

Kondo takes over from Igarashi, who won the national championship, and becomes the new captain. In the quarterfinals of the spring tournament, a player is ejected due to rough play, and despite the efforts of the underclassmen, they lose a close game. Sumitani Junior High School lost a game they could have won. However, they have found a solution to their long-standing problem of strengthening their player base, and they work hard at practice, vowing to take revenge in the summer tournament...!!

A miraculous sequel to the classic youth baseball manga after 38 years! A new legend for Taniguchi, Marui, Igarashi and others following "Captain" and "Play Ball"!

A mook book that celebrates Tetsuya Chiba's then 55 year long career, with various interviews, galleries, a previously unpublished one-shot of Chiba's made before his debut, discussions and articles on all of his famous manga and contributions from various mangaka. They are as follows: Fujiko Fujio A Shinji Mizushima Takao Saito Moto Hagio Hiroshi Motomiya Hisashi Eguchi Takehiko Inoue Kenshi Hirokane Jun Hatanaka Kenji Morita Kenichi Kitami Hiroshi Kurotetsu Yu Koyama Mitsuru Adachi Hirohiko Araki - A one-shot based on his experience with Tetsuya Chiba's manga series "I'm Teppei" as a child. Rumiko Takahashi Yoichi Takahashi Interview with two great respecters: Katsuhiro Otomo: "Chiba's works were my textbooks." Nobuyuki Fukumoto: "My youth was the Tetsuya Chiba Award." Tetsuya Chiba Photo Gallery Attic Workroom, Rikiishi Toru's Funeral, Akio Chiba's Writing Scene The Workroom in the 1980s," "Family Photos" and other rare images! The manga that Tetsuya Chiba made when he was 15 years old, "The Rise of Dr. Science!" All in one volume! Family Forms \[Siblings] Tetsuya Chiba talks about the true face of his younger brother, Akio Chiba. \[Parent-child dialogue] Tetsuya Chiba and Shuhei Chiba \[Married Couple] Sachiko Chiba, Wife Manga not included in the book "Ieji: The Road Home, 1945-2003" Special Contribution Atsuko Takamori "About Tetsuya Chiba and Ashita no Joe Shizuka Ijuin "The Man I Admire The only 14 handwritten original manuscripts left by Ikki Kajiwara! 〜Tetsuya Chiba, Artist of "Tomorrow's Joe" (Commentary by Fusanosuke Natsume) Special Talk: Tetsuya Chiba and Sho Hakuho Tetsuya Chiba and Monkey Punch TOMORROW'S JOE" as a basic education of Manga 〜Why are there so many parodies of "Tomorrow's Joe"? 〜Sho 2 Tetsuya Chiba and Monkey Punch Tetsuya Chiba's 40 major works, 1956-2008 Tetsuya Chiba: A List of All Works