One Outs (2008)

• Animation
• Drama

Nobody wins, but I!

Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Outs". At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen for every point he gives up. A high-level psychological game of baseball, gambling and logic is about to begin..

First aired

Oct 7, 2008

Last aired

Apr 1, 2009

Network

Nippon TV

Studio

D.N. Dream Partners, Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan