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Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (movie)

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Alternative title:
The ball of friendship
メジャー 友情の一球（ウイニングショット） (Japanese)
棒球大聯盟 友情的一球 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: tournament
Themes: baseball
Plot Summary: Goro briefly returns to Japan after a triumphant season in the US. He is heading towards Fukuoka where he played baseball when he was a fifth grader. Having just moved into a new town, this is where Goro faced a critical point in his life.
User Ratings: 58 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:7, ?:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 16 votes (sub:16)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:15, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
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 Decent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 102 users, rank: #5170 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.845 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.2704, rank: #946 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.779 (Very good−), rank: #974 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.78)
Bayesian estimate: 7.721 (Very good−), rank: #824 (of 7289)
Running time: 104 minutes
Vintage: 2008-12-13
Premiere date:
2008-12-13 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Tsubasa" by Remioromen
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takao Kato
Screenplay: Michihiro Tsuchiya
Storyboard:
Akihiro Enomoto
Takao Kato
Unit Director:
Akihiro Enomoto
Norihiko Nagahama
Seung Hui Son
Takao Kato
Music: Kotaro Nakagawa
Original creator: Takuya Mitsuda
Character Design:
Akio Takami
Hatsue Kato
Shinichi Yamaoka
Art Director: Toshihiro Kohama
Chief Animation Director:
Akio Takami
Yūichi Oka
Animation Director:
Mitsuru Ishihara
Shinichi Yamaoka
Taeko Hori
Taketomo Ishikawa
Takumo Norita
Usaku Myouchin
Art design: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
Director of Photography:
Katsuaki Kamata
Takashi Aoki
Producer: Naohiko Furuichi

3D CG: Hyo Kim
Action Animation Director:
Katsuhiko Kitada
Kazuyuki Asaka
Assistant Animation Director: Futoshi Ōnami
Assistant Character Design:
Katsuhiko Kitada
Taeko Hori
Assistant producer: Tomoya Negishi
Color design: Natsuyo Ban
Editing: Toshio Henmi
In-Between Animation:
Megumi Kouno (GAINAX)
Shōta Iwasaki (GAINAX)
Shōta Sannomiya (GAINAX)
Key Animation:
Ayako Karatani (Dream Force)
Daisuke Hiramaki
Eiichi Endō
Eiji Kaneda (Dream Force)
Emiko Kataoka (Dream Force)
Hatsue Kato
Hiroyuki Uchida (Dream Force)
Ichiro Hattori (Dream Force)
Issei Aragaki
Junichi Kigawa
Kan Terada (Dream Force)
Katsuhiko Kitada
Kazuhiko Ishii (Dream Force)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (Dream Force)
Kazuyuki Asaka
Kiyotsugu Miura (Dream Force)
Koichi Nakaya (Dream Force)
Kōta Michishita (Dream Force)
Kyoko Taketani
Maki Fujita (Dream Force)
Makoto Oda
Mamiko Nakanishi (Dream Force)
Masami Yamauchi (Dream Force)
Masanobu Fujioka (Dream Force)
Masanori Watanabe
Mikio Tsuchiya (Dream Force)
Minoru Ueda
Mitsuru Ishihara
Miyuki Arai (Dream Force)
Natsuko Fujiwara
Noboru Takahashi (Dream Force)
Nobuyuki Furukawa
Rie Nishimura (Dream Force)
Rieko Nakai (Dream Force)
Satoshi Sakai
Shinkirō Hattori (Dream Force)
Shinsaku Kōzuma (Dream Force)
Shojuro Yamauchi (Dream Force)
Tadayoshi Okimura
Taketomo Ishikawa
Takumo Norita
Takuya Nakano
Tatsuya Ikeda (Dream Force)
Toshihiro Kawakami (Dream Force)
Toyoaki Fukushima (Dream Force)
Tsutomu Matsūra (Dream Force)
Usaku Myouchin (Dream Force)
Yasuko Miyazaki (Dream Force)
Yōko Ono
Yoshie Kimoto (Dream Force)
Yukari Watabe (Dream Force)
Yukiko Shimizu (Dream Force)
Yukio Araie
Yuriko Nagaya
Yūta Kiso
Yuuko Sera
Planning:
Kōsuke Shirai
Masamichi Fujiwara
Tetsuro Kamemura
Yutaka Saitō
Production Committee: Tomokazu Iizumi
Production producer: Yukinao Shimoji
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawada
Sound Producer:
Michiyoshi Minamisawa
Takeshi Nishina
Special Effects: Tsuyoshi Nakano
Storyboard Cooperation: Taketomo Ishikawa
Motoko Kumai as Gorō Honda -> Gorō Shigeno (grade schooler)
Showtaro Morikubo as Gorō Shigeno (teenager)

Fuyuka Oura as Toshiya Satō
Junko Noda as Momoko Shigeno
Rie Kugimiya as Daisuke Komori
Shunsuke Sakuya as Hideaki Shigeno 
Takehito Koyasu as Honda Shigeharu
Yuko Sasamoto as Kaoru Shimizu

Daisuke Ono as Arthur
Jun Fukuyama as Kinoshita Seiya
Kenji Nojima as Masato Koga
Misako Renbutsu as Megumi Koga
Mitsuo Iwata as Max
Tōru Ohkawa as Coach Yoshino
Japanese companies
3D Graphics: GONZO
Animation Production: Xebec
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Distributor: TOHO
Finish Animation:
AIC
DR Movie
FAI International
Hayashi
I&S Factory
iseriA
K-Production
Kyoe Sung Production
Studio Elle
Studio Road
Tamazawa Dogasha
Triple A
HD Editing: Q-Tec
In-Between Animation:
A-Line
AIC
Anime Spot
asread
Bee Train
DR Movie
Dream Force
FAI International
feel.
GAINAX
Gallop
GoHands
Hadashi Pro
Hal Film Maker
Hayashi
I&S Factory
ingresA
K-Production
Kyoe Sung Production
Minamimachi Bugyosho
Mushi Production
Nomad
OLM
Satelight
Studio 4°C
Studio Add
Studio Elle
Studio Live
Studio Mark
SynergySP
Tamazawa Dogasha
Tatsunoko Production
Triple A
Key Animation:
A.C.G.T
APPP
asread
Bee Train
Big Bang
Dream Force
feel.
Frontline
GAINAX
Gallop
GoHands
I&S Factory
Last House
STUDIO GAO
Studio Giants
Studio Graffiti
Studio Live
Studio Sign
Tatsunoko Production
TNK
Wao World
Wish
Music Production Assistance: Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Photography Assistance: Xebec
Production:
avex entertainment
NHK Enterprises
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
TOHO
Production Cooperation:
Minamimachi Bugyosho
Mushi Production
Production I.G
Recording Studio:
HALF H·P STUDIO
Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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