Big Windup! (おおきく振りかぶって) is an anime based on the manga series by Asa Higuchi. It was animated by A-1 Pictures, which was broadcasted in Japan on TBS between April 12, 2007 and September 28, 2007.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takaya Abe | Yūichi Nakamura | Greg Ayres | |
| Ren Mihashi | Tsubasa Yonaga | Sean Michael Teague | |
| ? | Brina Palencia (young; ep. 12) | ||
| Yūto Sakaeguchi | Chihiro Suzuki | Aaron Dismuke | |
| Shōji Suyama | Makoto Yasumura | Anthony Bowling | |
| Chiyo Shinooka | Misato Fukuen | Cherami Leigh | |
| Kōsuke Izumi | Jun Fukuyama | Chris Burnett | |
| Kazutoshi Oki | Yūdai Satō | Chris Cason | |
| Yoshiro Hamada | Atsushi Kisaichi | Christopher Bevins | |
| ? | Luci Christian (young; ep. 12) | ||
| Maria Momoe | Risa Hayamizu | Cynthia Cranz | |
| Junta Takase | Noriaki Sugiyama | Drew Wall | |
| Fumiki Mizutani | Kenichirō Sumi | Jean-Luc Hester | |
| Kazuki Kawai | Eiji Hanawa | Jeff Johnson | |
| Azusa Hanai | Kishō Taniyama | Joel McDonald | |
| Shintaro Nishihiro | Ryōhei Kimura | Scott Hinze | |
| Yūichirō Tajima | Hiro Shimono | Todd Haberkorn | |
| Atsushi Hatake | Shintarō Ōhata | Jessie James Grelle | |
| Tsuyoshi Shiga | Takehiro Murozono | Chuck Huber | |
| Keisuke Umehara | Takashi Hikida | Eric Vale | |
| Shugo Kano | Jun Osuka | Jamie McGonnigal | |
| Riki Kajiyama | Shūhei Sakaguchi | J. Michael Tatum | |
| Masaya Matsunaga | Tarusuke Shingaki | Jaime Rivera | |
| Hanai's Mother | Yuko Tachibana | Stephanie Young | |
| Hiroyuki Oda | Jun Fukuyama | Justin Cook | |
| Toshihiko Maekawa | Yū Hayashi | Scott Barber | |
| Yuji Motoyama | Hiroshi Iida | Robert Colin | |
| Ruri Mihashi | Marina Inoue | Monica Rial | |
| Taguchi | ? | Scott Freeman | |
| Tosei's Coach | ? | John Swasey | |
| Plate Umpire | ? | Bryan Massey | |
| Announcer | ? | Maxey Whitehead |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miyagawa | Daisuke Kishio | Kyle Hebert | 1, 3-5, 7 | |
| Hiragi | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Josh Martin | 1, 4, 6-7 | |
| Yoshi | Hiroshi Iida | Justin Pate | ||
| Matsuoka | Kiyotaka Furushima | Dan Forsythe | 3-6 | |
| Plate Umpire | ? | Cole Brown | 4-7 | |
| First Base Umpire | Christopher Bevins | |||
| Kadota | Takashi Hikida | Nick Trautner | 6 | |
| Third Base Umpire | ? | Bill Flynn | 6-7 | |
| Mihoshi Coach | Satoshi Taki | Patrick Seitz | ||
| Yuki Shiba | Hiroshi Iida | Corey Cleary-Stoner | 8 | |
| Aoi Suzuki | Daisuke Kishio | Brian Witkowicz | 8 | |
| Ryo Suzuki | Erik Archilla | 8 | ||
| Naoe Mihashi | Tomoe Hanba | Jamie Marchi | 8, 10 | |
| Rio Nakazawa | Mamoru Miyano | David Trosko | 8-9, 11 | |
| Kyohei Akimaru | Makoto Ishii | Jason Liebrecht | ||
| Motoki Haruna | Masaya Matsukaze | Kevin M. Connolly | ||
| Machida | Takashi Hikida | J. Isaac Tompkins | 9 | |
| Ohkawa | Kenji Takahashi | Jerry Jewell | ||
| Coach | ? | Kent Williams | ||
| Keisuke Yamanoi | Atsushi Imaruoka | Keith Kubal | 11 | |
| Facilitator | ? | Bryan Massey | ||
| Shingo Yamazaki | Satoshi Hino | Zach Bolton | ||
| Keisuke Yamanoi | Atsushi Imaruoka | Keith Kubal | ||
| Jin Mashiba | Taisuke Yamaoto | Kristopher Luce | ||
| Takehiko Aoki | Osamu Hosoi | Orion Pitts | ||
| Facilitator | ? | Maeghan Albach | 12 | |
| Senpai | ? | Leah Clark | 13 | |
| Oki's Mother | ? | Maeghan Albach | 15, 21 | |
| Matsuda | ? | Chad Halbrook | 15, 23 | |
| Suyama's Mother | Kazusa Murai | Terri Doty | 16, 21 | |
| Izumi's Mother | ? | Kristi Bingham | ||
| Kiyoe Mizutani | Natsuki Mori | Mary Morgan | ||
| Naoto Kaguyama | Kiyotaka Furushima | Johnny Sequenzia | 17, 26 | |
| Suzune Miyashita | Rina Satō | Kristi Bingham | ||
| Takashima | Shūhei Sakaguchi | Micah Solusod | 17-19, 23 | |
| Fukami | Megumi Takamoto | Terri Doty | 23 | |
| TV Announcer | ? | Maeghan Albach | 25 | |
| Shortstop | ? | Brian Witkowicz | 26 |
Additional Voices[]
- Anastasia Munoz
- Casey Clark
- Cris George
- J. Buckley Xavier
- Jaime Rivera
- James Cave
- Robert Colin
- Tia Ballard
Hong Kong Dub[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takaya Abe | Yūichi Nakamura | Russell Wait | |
| Yūto Sakaeguchi | Chihiro Suzuki | Lily Truncale | |
| Chiyo Shinooka | Misato Fukuen | ||
| Azusa Hanai | Kishō Taniyama |