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Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (movie)

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Alternative title:
The ball of friendship
メジャー 友情の一球（ウイニングショット） (Japanese)
棒球大聯盟 友情的一球 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: tournament
Themes: baseball
Plot Summary: Goro briefly returns to Japan after a triumphant season in the US. He is heading towards Fukuoka where he played baseball when he was a fifth grader. Having just moved into a new town, this is where Goro faced a critical point in his life.
Ratings: 58 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 16 votes (sub:16)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:15, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 102 s, rank: #5347 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.845 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.2704, rank: #989 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.779 (Very good−), rank: #1014 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.78)
Bayesian estimate: 7.723 (Very good−), rank: #854 (of 7635)
Running time: 104 minutes
Vintage: 2008-12-13
Premiere date:
2008-12-13 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"Tsubasa" by Remioromen
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takao Kato
Screenplay: Michihiro Tsuchiya
Storyboard:
Takao Kato
Unit Director:
Takao Kato
Music: Kōtarō Nakagawa
Original creator: Takuya Mitsuda
Character Design:
Shinichi Yamaoka
Art Director: Toshihiro Kohama
Chief Animation Director:
Yūichi Oka
Animation Director:
Usaku Myouchin
Art design: Yoshinori Shiozawa
3D Director: Takumi Ebina (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment)
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
Director of Photography:
Takashi Aoki
Executive producer:
Yusuke Miyawaki (The Mainichi Newspapers)
Producer:
Naohiko Furuichi (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions)

2nd Key Animation: Yukiko Watabe
3D Background Art:
Yumiko Narita (Biho)
3D CG:
Yutaka Onda (Active Japan)
3DCG Producer: Masahiro Saito (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment)
3DCG Production Advancement: Masaaki Yoshizawa (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment)
Action Animation Director:
Kazuyuki Asaka
Animation producer: Masatomo Nishizawa (XEBEC)
Art Assistant: Yoshito Takamine
Assistant Animation Director:
Seiji Kishimoto
Assistant Character Design:
Taeko Hori
Assistant producer:
Tomoya Negishi (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions)
Background Art:
Yukiko Ono (Biho)
Color Check:
Tamae Matsuoka (Studio Coral)
Color design: Natsuyo Ban
Color setting:
Tamae Matsuoka (Studio Coral)
Dolby Film Consultant:
Tsutomu Kawato (Continental Far East)
Editing: Toshio Henmi
Editing Assistant:
Mayumi Kodera (Jay Film)
Film Recording: Etsushi Masuda (Tokyo Laboratory)
Finish Animation:
Yuriko Taniguchi (Run Road)
Finish Animation Cooperation: Kaoru Asanuma (Triple A)
HD Color Correction: Mitsuhiro Shoji (Q-Tec)
HD Editing: Masayasu Arimatsu (Q-Tec)
HD Editing Studio Desk: Yoshihito Ashino (Q-Tec)
Home Page Production:
Yuuji Sumi (T2i Entertainment)
In-Between Animation:
Yumiko Taguchi (Studio 4°C)
In-Between Animation Cooperation: Kaoru Asanuma (Triple A)
In-Between Check: Chieko Ichimanda
In-Between Check Assistant:
Rina Kasuya
Key Animation:
Yuta Nakano (Studio Giants)
Lab Coordinator: Junichi Inoue (Tokyo Laboratory)
Lab Producer:
Yoshihito Katō (Tokyo Laboratory)
Literature: Naoko Marukawa
Motion Capture Actor:
Takahiro Itou (Arispo)
Motion Capture Coordinator: Wataru Koga (Katsugekiza)
Music Mixing Engineer: Teruaki Ise
Music producer: Norihide Tanaka
Optical Re-Recording: Taishi Ueda
Original Work Cooperation:
Tomokazu Sodesaki (Shogakukan)
Photography:
Yumi Negishi (Studio Twinkle)
Photography Cooperation:
Tatsuya Miyazaki (XEBEC)
Planning:
Yutaka Saitō (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions)
Production:
Yoshishige Shimatani (TOHO)
Production Advancement:
Yasuyuki Yamada
Production Affairs:
Hitomi Ishikawa
Production Committee:
Yuki Hasegawa (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions)
Production producer: Yukinao Shimoji
Prop Design:
Kazuyuki Asaka
Publicity:
Tomohiko Egami
Publicity Manager:
Yasushi Ide
Publicity Producer: Kengo Hirano
Recording:
Yumiko Shibusawa
Recording Adjustment: Naotsugu Uchida
Setting Production: Yukari Matsumura
Sound Effects:
Kiyotaka Kawata (Swara Pro)
Sound Effects Assistant: Rei Ueno
Sound Producer:
Takeshi Nishina
Sound Production Manager: Hiroki Urakari
Special Effects: Tsuyoshi Nakano
Special :
Toshiya Sugiuchi (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks)
Special Thanks To:
Yuichi Kawajiri (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters)
Storyboard Cooperation: Taketomo Ishikawa
Subtitle Timing: Yōko Koizumi (Tokyo Laboratory)
Supervision:
Kiyonori Kumagai (Shogakukan)
Systems Manager: Tsuyoshi Hirota
Technical Adviser: Yoshio Ide (Tokyo Laboratory)
Theme Song Composition: Ryōta Fujimaki (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Ryōta Fujimaki (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Remioromen (ED)
Theme Song Production:
Takeshi Kobayashi (ED)
Tie-Up Coordination: Naohiro Yazaki
Title Logo Design:
Kōichi Morita (bishop)
Trailer Production:
Fujiko Kataoka
Uniform Design: Kiyoshi Okabe (Mizuno; Hakata-Minami)
Motoko Kumai as Gorō Honda -> Gorō Shigeno (grade schooler)
Showtaro Morikubo as Gorō Shigeno (teenager)

Fuyuka Oura as Toshiya Satō
Junko Noda as Momoko Shigeno
Rie Kugimiya as Daisuke Komori
Shunsuke Sakuya as Hideaki Shigeno 
Takehito Koyasu as Honda Shigeharu
Yūko Sasamoto as Kaoru Shimizu

Daisuke Ono as Arthur
Jun Fukuyama as Kinoshita Seiya
Kenji Nojima as Masato Koga
Misako Renbutsu as Megumi Koga
Mitsuo Iwata as Max
Tōru Ōkawa as Coach Yoshino
Japanese companies
3D Graphics:
Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
Animation Production: Xebec
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Color Check: Studio Coral
Color Setting: Studio Coral
Compilation:
Shogaku 6th Grade
Cooperation:
VISIONAIRE
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Distributor: TOHO
Editing: Jay Film
Finish Animation:
Triple A
HD Editing: Q-Tec
Home Page Production:
WEB STUDIO
In-Between Animation:
Triple A
Key Animation:
Yuhodo
Motion Capture Studio: Links Digiworks
Music Production Assistance: Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
Music Production Cooperation: Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
Musician Coordination: Shin Ongaku Kyōkai
Original Soundtrack Album: avex mode
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Photography Assistance: Xebec
Production:
TOHO
Production Cooperation:
Production I.G
Recording Studio:
Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Special Thanks:
Mizuno
Technology Cooperation: Fairlight Japan Inc.
Title Logo Design: BISHOP
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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