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“Wild Tosa pitcher Ban Banjou joins Tokyo Giants, wielding blazing fastball and chaotic control in fierce rival battles.”
Samurai Giants
侍ジャイアンツ
6.75
6,078 rank · 2,135 viewers · 5 favorites
Sports
Team Sports
Shounen
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Synopsis
Wild Tosa pitcher Ban Banjou joins Tokyo Giants, wielding blazing fastball and chaotic control in fierce rival battles.
Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.47
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
1.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 6.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Feb 2022 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Samurai Giants is possibly the best baseball anime out there. It has a classic TMS feel with Yatsuo Otsuka’s timeless animation, which is very energetic and lively in only so few frames. Banba Ban...”
- 7 “Samurai Giants delivers an exceptional baseball anime experience with Nagahama Tadao's stellar direction and a legendary animation staff, featuring Banba's compelling transformation from reckless...”
- 6 “The anime demonstrates solid understanding of baseball mechanics and features creative character development, like the protagonist drawing pitching inspiration from his fishing experience. However,...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 67%
Long · 33%
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- Format 46 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 19h 10m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1973 – Sep 1974 Fall 1973
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5953 catalog
Produced by
- Yomiuri Telecasting Producer