Online dictionary of manga and video games in Japan: Star of Giants

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Star of Giants

巨人の星
alternative words: Kyojin no hoshi, Kyojinnohoshi
keywords: anime , manga , title
related topics: Shonen Magazine , Noboru Kawasaki
related web sites: http://www.big.or.jp/~hoyohoyo/densetsu.html , http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/hoshi16/
explanation: One of the classic sport mangas, written by Noboru Kawasaki based on a scenario of Ikki Kajiwara. It tells the story of a father who forms his son with a Spartan training to be accepted by the famous Japanese baseball team, "the Giants". The manga was published on Shonen Magazine in 1966, while an anime version was broadcasted between March 1968 and September 1971 (182 episodes!).