“Former judoist Tarou Yamada joins Meikun High's baseball team, becoming a star hitter leading them to championship dominance.”
Dokaben
ドカベン
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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)
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- Format 163 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 65h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1976 – Dec 1979 Fall 1976
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3299 catalog
Produced by
- Fuji TV Producer
- Tsuchida Productions Producer