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Manga Koshien - Pat's girlfriend baseball (second part) and

Now would be useful to trace chronologically the main stages of the work of Mizushima to try to finally clear up this series for us, "mysterious" but Japan has given birth to several productions, including a drama and even a curious film ...

"Pat baseball the girl" will always be remembered with nostalgia in Italy and in Japan, because it is a work that can tickle the feelings of the people who want to remember that extraordinary period in the years around Eighty. But it is not only of regret or nostalgia. It is simply 'desire to slow down' a bit 'the forward stroke to recover the intensity of those years, brilliant and creative. Here's a quick list of the various productions of the ladder on the character of Pat:
1972 - Manga - unpublished
1977 - Film - unpublished
1977 - Anime - released in Italy
1979 - Animated Film - unpublished
1997 - Manga, the first sequel - unpublished
2000 - Manga second sequel - unpublished
2005 - Manga third sequel - unpublished

(1972) MANGA (unpublished in Italy): from 1972 to 1976 published in the weekly Shukan Shonen Magazine, " Yaky ū kyō no Uta "was characterized by irregular exits, disconnected stories with each other, often short and episodic, which had as their only common denominator the imaginary professional team of Tokyo and the Mets of the prestigious tournament Central League.
Initially, the stories were focused on the figure of the old pitcher Tetsugorō Iwata, but soon the novelty of the story of Yuki Mizuhara nell'indicussa pitcher turned the protagonist of the series. The success decreed by the public (must not forget that it was in the golden years of the manga baseballistico supokon ) meant that the series got a promotion to weekly publication. Finally, icing on the cake, the work was recognized in 1975 the value of legitimate publishing house Kodansha, who picked it up and serialization bound in 13 volumes.

(1977) FILM (unpublished in Italy): I confess that after seeing the cartoon in the eighties, I began to wonder about the fact that Pat could emerge in the very flesh and bones in the male world of baseball . At that time I could not imagine that in Japan, despite strict rules forbidding it, someone had already thought about how work around the obstacle and satisfy the curiosity of fans who thought like me. The answers that offers something for 'all materialized in the movie " Yaky ū kyō no Uta" (dated 1977) and the first actress who played the figure of Pat / Yuki, namely the famous idol / singer / actress Midori Kinouchi . The film version, which follows roughly the board, begins narrating the misadventures of the old and continues until Iwata Yuki sighed debut on the mound professionals. How bitter rivals of the Mets players were chosen of Apache , belonging to a deductible of imaginary Osaka who took the place of the Hanshin Tigers.
One of the debates that involved most of the time and the fans that caused the most heated debate was no doubt that the possibility of faithfully carrying a cardboard animated on the big screen or, to put it as the least optimistic about the impossibility of doing so. In that case, despite the limitations imposed by having to concentrate the maximum in barely two hours of film, the writers managed to create a version very faithful to the original characters, content and setting. The only thing he did turn up their nose was black which inexplicably went to replace the typical blue color of the helmet and of ' undershirt the uniform of the Mets.

But patience to the colors of the uniform, the rest was because I really and truly could not ask for more. Furthermore, the similarity between the 'idol and the character the manga was nothing short of impressive. In most of the scenes were made strategic depicting the actress on the mound while taking the typical poses to launch Pat completely identical to admire in the comics and this is useful to convince the most skeptical.

brackets: It is not easy to imitate the throwing technique of heroin Mets. A girl who could get us came to the fore only recently, and this time it's really a player in the flesh .... I'm talking about Eri Yoshida , the knuckleball pitcher expert which, having been chosen to draft their male colleagues, has filled the news of the Japanese sports papers. For the less experienced the knuckleball involves a type that will launch special of tightening the ball with the knuckles of the hand. Taking particular gives a wavy path, no rotation and curvature, which can surprise the batsman. A special launch that immediately brings to mind the dream ball Pat.

We continue with the lovely Midori Kinouchi : 1977 was a magical year for its popularity and in terms of business proved extremely profitable. The actress starred in seven drama series (Including " Sugu Yaru Ikka " ), released three hit singles that climbed the charts Japanese (in Japan still remember with nostalgia " Yokohama irebun " ) and besides the above mentioned film will be challenged even as a voice actress lending her voice to the protagonist of the board. Other small detour: I guess you'll recognize the character that appears in the picture below ... the one next to the dog ... but yes, of course, it's her! E 'Yōko Takasugi, the young trainer of German Shepherd Black, and is one of the many interpretations of Kinouchi fortunate in that nostalgic for 1977. The police dog Black, a sort of Japanese Commissioner Rex seventies, was the star of the show "Black Superdog", everyone knew that in Japan as " Keijiken Kaaru " (Karl, the police dog, Series of 1977) and that we came through the usual, legendary private TV in the fall of 1982.

In addition to engaging their initials Rocking Horse, this show has always attracted me particularly because, although it is a simple story for children, could still make me a glimpse of a cross-section of Japanese society at that time. The Japanese symbol " Hashire kaze no yo ni "(Ride like the wind) was one of the success of songbirds Kinouchi and the next is the album cover of the time.
continue with the actress after they disappeared from the scene and have spent a bad time because of a divorce, the beautiful Midori remarried in 1990 and had two children as well. Now is certainly a handsome woman of 53 years and I would like to find some pictures to see how it became, but unfortunately in vain.

Another gem: I already knew of "Superdog Black" in Japan had also made a good second series of 24 episodes (photo at right), with dogs of course and different actors (the police officer's trainer was recited by Miwa Sakagami), and that the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) aired the four years later, in 1981. But only recently I discovered that in 1991 tried again with a TBS two-hour special that was supposed to revive a possible third series. However, the poor storyline and not at all annoyed to the point where the original number of Black fans that the producers wisely decided to abandon the idea.

(1977) ANIME: it is the work that has come from us, but the structure differs from that of the events of the manga. In fact, the writers Nippon Animation decided to mount a different story, changing the nature of the lineup and making manga adventures from the mound usual Iwata.
The cartoon debuted December 23, 1977 on the television network Fuji. So was broadcast from May until September the following year in a special container called "family hour Kin'yōbi ," which aired on a Friday each month from 20:00 to 20:45. The success prompted the producers to promote their weekly, the fans who cheered for Pat / Yūki from November 1978 to March 1979, the month in which the series ended.
The beginning of the story is well known that I mentioned in my previous post: Tetsugorō Iwata, senior professional pitcher on Sunset Boulevard, is forced by the owner of the Mets to unearth new young talent in the forthcoming draft . Iwata travels the country looking for his successor and one day you realize the talents of high school sports Yūki and has pledged to launch a women's baseball game. A

following is a cast of characters that maybe you will regain some 'memory: from left Kintaro, the batter beggar; Daisuke Oshima , the "tiger of the south" of the Hanshin Tigers, twins separated at birth by Ken Hiura, "the wolf of the north", and finally the two versions of Tamaichirō Kunitachi, kabuki actor specializing in onnagata ( interprets that female roles), strongly opposed by her family who did not want to play the baseball and devoted himself instead to the stage.







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