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“Former judoist Tarou Yamada joins Meikun High's baseball team, becoming a star hitter leading them to championship dominance.”

Dokaben

ドカベン

6.51

7,607 rank · 1,836 viewers · 5 favorites

Sports School Team Sports Shounen

163 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Fall 1976 · Nippon Animation · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Synopsis

Former judoist Tarou Yamada joins Meikun High's baseball team, becoming a star hitter leading them to championship dominance.

Tarou "Dokaben" Yamada, who was a judoist while at junior high, enters Meikun High School and is talked into joining the baseball club. He displays his superb athletic abilities in baseball and becomes well-known as a hard hitter. He and his unique teammates establish Meikun a solid position as No.1 in the High School Baseball Championship games. (Source: Nippon Animation)