Star of the Giants
| Kyojin no Hoshi | |
Cover of the 1995 reprint of the first manga volume
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| 巨人の星 | |
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| Genre | Sports |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ikki Kajiwara |
| Illustrated by | Noboru Kawasaki |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 1966 – 1971 |
| Volumes | 19 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
Tadao Nagahama (director) Daikichiro Kusube (animation director) |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | March 30, 1968 – September 18, 1971 |
| Episodes | 182 |
| Anime film | |
| Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no Kesshousen | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | July 26, 1969 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyuuma | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | December 20, 1969 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Kyojin no Hoshi: Dai League Ball | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | March 21, 1970 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Kyojin no Hoshi: Shukumei no Taiketsu | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | August 1, 1970 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Shin Kyojin no Hoshi | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | October 1, 1977 – September 30, 1978 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Anime television series | |
| Shin Kyojin no Hoshi II | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | April 14, 1979 – September 29, 1979 |
| Episodes | 23 |
| Anime film | |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | August 21, 1982 |
| Runtime | 110 minutes |
Kyojin no Hoshi (巨人の星?, trans. Star of the Giants) is a Japanese sports manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was adapted as the first sports anime television series broadcast in Japan, in 1968. It later spawned two anime sequels and different anime movies.The anime was ranked #15 on TV Asahi's Top 100 Anime.
The manga appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine about the actual baseball team Yomiuri Giants using fictional characters. It was launched by the "Yomiuri Group" which at the time owned not only the actual baseball team, but the TV network Nippon Television, the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, as well as Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.
The story is about Hyuuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata in the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge.
Beginning in 2001, the series was re-released on DVD format. On June 2013, a five set Blu-ray release was released.
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