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Manga Koshien - Pat's girlfriend baseball (first part) The

Abstract: it is a board focuses on professional baseball in this series the Koshien is seen only in flashes and appears in passing in the events that concern the background of various characters. But why write about it there would still be in the tens, and of course one of these baseball is in the front row. Last but not least the fact that "the girl Pat baseball" is a veritable anthology of short stories whose narrative quality is undoubtedly superior to the average. Prove it its longevity, its original screenplay, his animations are well characterized and its poignant soundtrack ...


" Pat, the girl's baseball , Japan " Yakyūkyō no Uta" (roughly "The Poem of a fan of baseball"), originated as a manga and was released by the magazine Shukan Shonen Magazine over four years, from 1972 to 1976. In 1977, the work was implemented in a cartoon produced by Nippon Animation and consists of 25 episodes of 45 minutes each. In Italy the series was born in 1983, thanks to the intuition of some private TV stations (which I will never cease to thank ...).

The feature that is immediately evident is the duration of episodes of the Japanese standard in practice two pieces joined by 22 minutes them. The unusual length was dictated by the need television at the time, so that an episode would cover a program of early evening. In fact the first time I went on the air, the cartoon was irradiated by Network Fuji on a weekly basis beginning at 20:00, through mega-tip of the beauty that lasted 45 minutes! Italian television was stipulated in the requirements that the duration of a cartoon was the classic one of twenty-five minutes or less. So it was decided to split the series, which was diluted to 50 episodes, thus lengthening the waiting and the pleasure of our home fans.
But now I want to emphasize two aspects on which it has always done a lot confusion, especially in our country. first point: immediately dismantle the myth that circulates in the network that "Mr. Baseball" Pat would be the prequel to the girl of Baseball. In all probability the item was confusing Iwaki (the giant of "Mr. Baseball / Dokaben" with the clover in his mouth by way 'of stick), which many thought was the same character Tetsugorō Iwata in "Pat's girlfriend baseball. "
Furthermore, the fact that the two souls were sent about the same time help raise unfounded suspicions. Nothing could be further from the truth! "Pat's girlfriend baseball is not a sequel to" Mr. Baseball "and the two souls have nothing to do with each other. They share only the same author, that Shinji Mizushima. Place second : the Japanese name is Pat Yūki not Yuko as reported in a superficial and approximate all the reviews that appear on various sites as 'special'. Specified

this, a brief history. The plot can be divided into two main strands: the first, which was chosen by the Italian producers to give the name (incorrectly) to the series, focuses on the issue of athletic young pitcher Yūki Mizuhara (Pat). The second is in a holding area dedicated to the stories of the various players Mets of Tokyo, imaginary team Central League playing in a stadium called phantom Kokubunji (modeled on the imposing Meiji Jingu). In episodes involving Yuki (his story was the main theme of the first in Italy then 11-22 - episodes of the series), the story focuses on the development of dream ball (translated by us as "the launch of the Dream), a potentially devastating type of launch and subsequent obsession with the receiver Heikichi Muto able to type it, and the other party, without a central protagonist and perhaps more interesting for fans of baseball, focusing on vicissitudes and background of the various team members of the Mets.

Back to the protagonist that we learned about in Italy. Yūki attended the Musashino and is a huge fan of biology. In the future he plans to go to university to study tigers and their habitat. It 'also a very good pitcher and this quality is randomly spotted by old Mets pitcher of Tokyo Tetsugorō Iwata (52 years). The senior player, believes he has discovered a real treasure, begins to haunt her and insists to convince her to give pro. Overcome the doubts and uncertainties, the draft Yūki of 1975 becomes the first choice of the Mets battered Tokyo. But this time is the Japanese Federation to put a spoke in the wheel, because the rule does not allow women to play with professional male. In fact, until the nineties there was really the first subparagraph of paragraph 83 of the official status of the Federation, according to which women were not allowed on the team with the exception of medical officers. This article has been removed only recently.
pick up the stories. After numerous hardships Yuki, who claims to be the top while a male to participate in the preparatory retreat with the team, he can prove its sporting value, and finally obtained the coveted permission of Japan becomes the first woman to run as a professional. In the manga, Yuki is a left-handed pitcher under slow (a typical way of starting the softball, a reel with outstretched arm and hand under the hip height), which is usually used as closer in the final stages of the game, when it comes to eliminating the last batter opponents and take home the victory.

His famous dream ball is conceived in a dream by Heikichi Muto, nicknamed onigunsō (a term that corresponds to our "Sergeant iron "), a senior receiver in a reserve team was joined in the battery. After using the techniques developed Launches bowling, Muto is transferred to the Hiroshima Carp, but despite the distance, the launch secret Yuki becomes the object of his obsession.
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