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Nine (manga)
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Wikipedia article
is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in 'Monthly Shnen Sunday Zkan' from the October 1978 through November 1980 issues. The series was adapted into three anime television films and a live-action television drama. An altered version of the first anime film was released in theaters, with new and re-arranged music.
The story is about two friends who were star athletes in junior high school who decide, on entering high school, to join the struggling baseball club so they can have a challenge. The title comes from the nine members of a baseball team.
Plot summary
Just before entering Seish High School, track star Katsuya Niimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa see a girl crying as the school loses a baseball game. The boys decide to join the team and improve it in order to make her smile. The girl turns out to be Yuri Nakao, daughter of the baseball coach, and they learn the baseball team will be shut down if it doesn't start winning. The series follows the three, as well as pitcher Eiji Kurahashi, as Niimi and Karasawa learn about baseball and what it means to be one of nine players on a team, as they work together through high school make it to Kshien.
Characters
Character voices listed are for the anime releases only.
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: Center fielder on the Seish High School baseball club, in love with Yuri. In junior high, he held the national records for the 100 meter and 200 m races for his age group. His favorite food is gomokuzushi. He wears the number 8 on his jersey.
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: (TV movie 1), Mariko Kurata (TV movie 2), Narumi Yasuda (TV movie 3)
: The manager of the Seish High School baseball club and daughter of the baseball coach. There is a growing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.
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: Right fielder on the Seish High School baseball club. In junior high, he was the prefectural champion in judo. He wears the number 9.
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: Left-handed pitching ace on the Seish High School baseball club, and was one of the top pitchers in all of Japan in middle school. Lives with his father, a truck driver.
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: Star athlete of the Seish High School track club, who has a crush on Katsuya since Middle School. After transferring to Seish at the beginning of the school year, she begins pursuing him, much to the annoyance of Yuri.
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: A childhood friend of Yuri, and ace pitcher at Bunan High School where he has taken his team to victory at Kshien. After an unexpected reunion with Yuri, he becomes the romantic rival of Katsuya.
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: Kentar's younger brother and a new member of the Seish High School baseball club, playing third base. He has a crush on Yukimi. He wears the number 5.
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: Younger sister of the Yamanaka brothers. She tries to mediate the relationship between Yuri and Kentar, who in turn uses her to interfere with the developing romance between Yuri and Katsuya.
;Coach Nakao
: (TV movies), Kichi Kitamura (theatrical movie)
: The coach of the Seish High School baseball club. He is in jeopardy of losing his job for not having won a single game, which he does with the addition of Eiji Kurahashi to the team. He formerly coached Kentar for a short time when he was younger, and they were neighbours.
;Kazuya Niimi's father
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: A former baseball player who helps Eiji join the baseball team after talking to his father, with whom he formed the winning battery at the invitational Kshien tournament of 20-odd years prior to the events of the manga.
;Kazuya Niimi's mother
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:Appears in the theatrical movie.
;Eiji Kurashashi's father
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:Appears in the theatrical movie.
;Yukimi Yasuda's grandmother
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:Appears in the theatrical movie.
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TV movies
Nine
The first 'Nine' TV movie aired on May 4, 1983 on Fuji TV's 'Nissei Family Special' program.Music
;Opening theme
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:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Insert songs
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:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Ending theme
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:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Staff
*Director: Gisabur Sugii
*Teleplay: Hiroichi Fuse
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Art Director: Hiroshi hno
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
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Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration
The second 'Nine' TV movie, , aired on December 18, 1983 on Fuji TV's 'Nissei Family Special' program.Music
;Opening theme
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:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota
:*Lyrics: Mariko Ry
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Insert songs
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:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Mariko Ry
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Ending theme
:"Midsummer Runner"
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Staff
*Director: Gisabur Sugii
*Teleplay: Shin'ichi Shirayama
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Chief Animator: Minoru Maeda
*Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
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Nine: Final
The third 'Nine' TV movie, , aired on September 5, 1984 on Fuji TV's 'Nissei Family Special' program.Music
;Opening theme
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:*Vocals: Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Insert songs
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:*Vocals: Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Ending theme
:"Midsummer Runner"
:*Vocals: Mariko Tsubota and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Staff
*Director: Gisabur Sugii
*Teleplay: Yumiko Takaboshi
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Key Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
*Art Director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
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Theatrical movie
The first 'Nine' TV movie was remade into a theatrical movie titled , released on September 16, 1983 by Toho. Modifications were made to the original TV movie to fix problems with it, and some of the voice actors and background music were changed as well. When the 'Nine' movies are rebroadcast on TV, this movie is shown in place of the original TV movie.
Music
;Theme songs:
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:*Vocals: Mariko Kurata
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
;Insert songs
:"Invited Desires"
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:"Midsummer Runner"
:*Vocals: Mariko Kurata and Hiroaki Serizawa
:*Lyrics: Masao Urino
:*Composer: Hiroaki Serizawa
Staff
*Director: Gisabur Sugii*Screenplay: Hiroichi Fuse
*Animation Director: Tsuneo Maeda
*Art Director: Hiroshi hno
*Music: Hiroaki Serizawa, Yasunori Tsuchida
*Audio Director: Atsushi Tashiro
*Producers: Ykichi hashi, Atsushi Tashiro
*Production: Toho, Group TAC, Fuji TV
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TV live action drama
A 'Nine' live action TV drama special aired on January 5, 1987 on Fuji TV's program.
Cast
*Aki Asakura (Yuri Nakao)*Kazuya Takahashi (Katsuya Niimi)
*Ky Maeda (Jir Yamanaka)
*Mikio sawa (Kentar Yamanaka)
*Mami tsuka (Yukimi Yasuda)
Staff
*Original Work: Mitsuru Adachi*Director: Yoshiharu Ueki
*Teleplay: Fumiyo As
*Production: Fuji TV
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References
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