This movie is dedicated to all those who love baseball
`"The Koshien Stadium Tournament""
The dream of every high school baseball player
Where they run about the field furiously
to seize a moment of honor
as if their lives depended on it
But have you heard of baseball
Where players risk their lives
with blood, sweat and tears?
That dream again
I should forget. It's over.
You hear? The new student is really bad
He keeps getting expelled.
Last time, he got expelled on the day he started.
They say he killed a teacher.
No, he killed his parents!
Their bodies were torn to pieces.
Some parts haven't been found yet
Three years in prison...
He got out of prison...
No, he hasn't
been caught
Wanted...
nationwide
So I hear.
Four Eyes!
G- G- Gori...
M- M- Matsui...
Whatcha doing?
Can't you catch that?
S- s- sorry
Go for it!
Koshien Stadium
Right,
Baseball's tough
What was that?
Matsui Gorilla
No worries... as long as we have him
Not just him.
Chikuwabu can pitch 90 mph
Itaro has a .600 batting average
Hayami steals bases 99% of the time
I, Nantaro Asakura, Seido High Principal,
now declare that
Seido High will make it
to the Koshien Tournament this year
Principal Kocho!
Head Teacher, what happened?
We know the opponent for the first game!
Oh yeah, who?
Nothing to fear with Matsui Gorilla
But...
It't Gedo High School!
What!?
It can't be true.
They haven’t played for years.
Must be wrong!
But...
Look at this!
``Gedo High victory in USA `"
It' over
This summer... it's over...
Everything is...
It's gone!
Gori, Gori!
Four Eyes!
Don't just stand there!
Go get it!
Yes!
Come to think of it, here is a dropout's hideout
Who the hell are you?
Sorry, sorry
Don't `sorry` me.
Did you see a ball?
What?
A ball?
You!
Came to get it?
Did you know?
What do you think?
That ball
Hit my teeth and busted 'em
How can I pay you back?
Pay me $1,000 for damages, asshole!
No, 1 million!
Bring me 1 billion!
I'm waiting!
Shut the fuck up!
I hate bullying!
Shit!
Can't even take a nap
without listening to your fucking story
Story? It wasn't true?
Shut up! You know what you're saying?
Don't care who the hell you are
But you'l’ll regret fucking with us, because...
I don't care!
Stoooop!
It's the Bancho
You're the new student
Thanks for taking care of my man
I have to give you something in return!
Guys. It's showtime!
It shall be done
That's what I want!
I need it
Incredible, he's as ferocious as they say
But he's not just a punk
I know it
I don't need this. I don't care
Wait,
we can sit this year out
We can go for it next year
We don't need to take on Gedo seriously
Principal Kocho! There's trouble.
What happened?
Some punks are fighting!
Fighting?
They do that all the time. Leave 'em!
But one of our players is in the fight
If people find out, the team will be suspended
We won't be able to play any more
What!?
They're all standing in the way of my dream
I won't let them!
It shall be done...
This is gonna be fun
Tell me your name
Baseball
Jubeh the Baseball!
Baseball!
The word I hate the most
So what?
What I hate the most is baseball!
Well Jubeh, this will be your last game
That so?
Hey, hurry up already, you bastards.
Scared? Want me to fight ya? How 'bout it?
Student rep, stop this!
No! This is a fight among men
The baseball team will get in trouble!
But, they aren't on the team
Yeah, what.
Head Teacher. Who is he? Never seen him.
The new student coming today
What! the one?
Jubeh, you’re almost as good as they say
Stop talking, let't start.
What are they doing?
Playing baseball
but more accurately, fighting baseball`
What! Fighting baseball!?
It's a strike...
Look, tremendous leg power!
If he's a runner, he could slide well
A grounder to third base. No chance it seems
But with his slide,
clouds of dust come up and the umpire calls it safe!
Is that so
The second pitch
Two strikes. There's only one left
Did you see that, Head Teacher
Yes
Great jumping power
He could catch any outfield ball
A hit, it's going, going, going,
Every one think s it't a home run
But, he jumps, jumps and jumps, then, it's out
Is that so
Watch it
What?
Oh, what wonderful flexibility
He's in the batter box. Pitcher throws
It's about to hit him but he avoids it
The ball comes. He leans and lets it pass
Amazing if he joins the baseball team
We might be able to beat Gedo
"School Transfer Notice "
Goodbye
I can't let him go!
Wait, please wait.
Who are you?
I'm Principal pf Seido High and Head Coach
of the baseball team
I don't’t care with suspension or expel
It's not that
I saw your fantastic plays
I've never seen such skill. I'm impressed.
Impressed?
Please join our baseball team
And take me to Koshien Stadium!
Koshien Stadium?
Why are you telling me that?
Tell your team that!
It won't work out
They're no match for `Gedo Baseball`
Gedo Baseball? What's that?
Gedo Baseball is baseball
with no rules and outside the law
No rules!?
Police can't do anything about what happens
I'll never forget when we played them
The scum had free reign and we got pummeled
For them, Koshien is a play ground to kill legally
I didn't know there was such scum!
You couldn't help it. Even baseball freak s like me
Didn't know until we actually had a game with them
Who are those scums?
They're Gedo High School!
Gedo High School!!
Please. Only your fighting baseball
can beat Gedo High
Before we have more victims,
beat them up
Jubeh, please say something.
It's not my fucking business
Don't say that, Jubeh
If you play, you know you can play well
If my eyes don't fail me, you've played baseball before!
Even so,
I'll never play again, I made a vow
You vowed...
Sorry. I'm through with baseball
Who is it?
Who are you?
Give your name!
It's me!
So, who...
Whoa, it's Bancho.
Yea, That's right.
Bancho, your face changed!
I changed my mind. Of course I changed my face too
But, are you OK? You were badly beaten
I'm fine. I owe Jubeh
What? I don't understand
I loved baseball when I was a boy
But I ruined my shoulder and quit
The body blows stimulated my sore spot
and cured my shoulder
Jubeh cured me so I can face my enemies again
Is that so? You did it, Jubeh
I don't know
Jubeh,
Play baseball with me
I know that
your heart desires to play baseball
Sorry, I gave up baseball for a better reason than you
Bye
That's what he said
but he was really itching to get a chance to play again
Bancho's words kept going through his head
again and again
I got the ball
Jubeh,
I, too, beg you
Please play with us
Principal Kocho asked you to
No, it's my request
But...
I can't even stay in this school
I tore up the school transfer notice
If that's the problem, will this suffice?
You did this?
Yes
Jubeh, Why'd you give up the game?
It's the story of a boy
and baseball
The young boy loved baseball
and pitched from dawn to dusk
By the time he entered junior high
no one could catch his pitches
The pitcher that threw too fast
was hated and left alone by every one
To console the poor boy
his father played catch with him
though he never played ball before
With joy, the boy pitched
Whirling around and around, he pitched
Father died
The boy's pitch was too fast
And That's the story of a boy
and baseball
The pitch you threw killed him?
Yes
Without my knowing it,
my pitching exceeded limitations
I don't remember how I did it
I tried very hard to forget
Now I don't remember it
That's what it happened to you
After that, I left home
and changed schools constantly
Jubeh,
you really want to play baseball, don't you?
You pretend you're bad to hide your feelings?
You don't understand
I'm the same
You too?
My mother doesn't let me play ball
She hates baseball and will kill me if I get caught playing
So, I'm playing behind her back
We're opposite!
Love of baseball!
Love of baseball...
I don,t have talent for baseball like you
But I have the same feeling.
The same feeling...
Four Eyes!
Now I got it!
I couldn't face myself
I was a coward
Jubeh!
Four Eyes!
10 minutes later
Jubeh decided to join Seido High's baseball team
Four Eyes!
Jubeh!
I love you! Four Eyes!
I'm home
Didn't you hear something?
It was a bouncing ball
You are imagining things, mother?
Strange. Shouldn't be any balls in our house
You! You play baseball?
Of course not!
I know how much you hate it
Hm, OK then
If you're playing baseball, you'll be sorry
If you ever join a baseball team,
You dead!
Now it's 10 minutes before the preliminary game
Gorilla isn't here yet
Hey, whatcha doing!
Time to play ball!
`"Preliminary Game Baseball Stadium, Front Gate"
He's not here
What happened? The game'll start soon
Jubeh isn't here yet...
Strange. Something must have happened
They couldn't find Jubeh because
he was locked away in prison
Kocho!
I heard everything from the Head Teacher!
You sidelining us Seido High players
and letting the amateurs play
Gorilla! Leave it to the baseball warriors this time
Baseball warriors? Where are they?
Well, they aren't here yet
What?
They got scared and ran away
We can't rely on such cowards
We'll play the game
No, you can't win at Gedo Baseball!
You'll all get killed!
What!?
Kocho,
What's our goal?
Go for
Koshien Stadium
Yes
You're telling us to give up. I can't let you do that!
Kocho! I'll go to the back gate and check again
Jubeh!
Where on earth is he, whoa!
Son of a bitch! What are you doing!
You Seido loser? Your poor mommy and daddy
you're going to be the first sacrifice
Hoichi
Head Coach
Told you not to kill outside the stadium
I’m sorry
Don't make me say it again...
We apologize
all our players
have very short tempers!
You! Don't forget!
Oh, here we go finally
Let's go Gorilla! Let's go Gorilla!
Gori! I'm here!
What's so funny?
Stop talking
Umpire, their attitude isn't appropriate
Hey!
You're outta there!
Why? For such a little thing?
You used violence
Please wait
He's right. Please reverse your decision
No, I can't do that as umpire
Reverse it now! Hurry, you bastard!
Gorilla, you can stay on
Thank you
If you left
I couldn't kill you legally. Get ready, Gorilla
Let's hear it for Gorilla! Hooray Gorilla!
Gorilla, you're so cool!
Play ball
Kocho!
Kocho! Are you alright?
Yes, I'm alright. You find Jubeh?
No, I can't find him
He might've run away
No! He'd never do such a thing. Right, Bancho?
Yes!
Four Eyes! You alright?
Those scary guys just came
Where's Gorilla and the others? If they play,
they'll be in danger
What's that sound? Get inside!
Yes!
Look!
Gorilla! Hey!
Can you hear me?
Kocho,
They all... aaargghhh!
Didn't know they were so violent
Four Eyes... I leave the Seido Team to you
I'm counting on you...
Matsui!
Go for...
Koshien Stadium...
Gorilla.
What a moving scene
Bravo!
Look what you've done!
Don't accuse us for something we didn't do
You make it sound like we killed them
Didn't’t you?
We just played baseball
They died on their own
Damn you! This would not have happened
if it was a normal game.
No, it would. Right, umpire?
Yes, you're right
That's not true! How did nine players die?
Gedo played as usual
Never broke the rules
Think reasonably, Seido
If we cheated, we wouldn't be here
We'd have been taken off
Damn you!
Your fault for sending such spineless players
Kocho, no use in saying anything!
He's at the beck and call of Gedo. Hey, you!
Wait, Bancho!
I understand. I want revenge, too
But, we have no chance against these guys
Right...
As Principal, I have to protect every one
Umpire!
We give up...
What? I can't hear you
Seido High is giving up the game!
Overruled!
Damn. As I thought!
Alright. Change!
Yes. Change!
It’s a change
There's been a change of players
Let's go Seido! Let's go Seido!
Here we go again
Sorry, I'm powerless
It's not your fault
We'll hold them
until Jubeh comes
Alright! Let's do that!
Yes!
I'll also play
Head Teacher.
Been Head Teacher for 25 years!
I'm always ready to sacrifice my self for Seido!
That so, thank you
Kocho, me too
Don't try too hard. You hide yourself here
Kocho...
This isn't baseball!
Help us, Jubeh!
Jubeh!
10 minutes before,
Jubeh succeeded in escaping from prison as planned
What is this?
Bancho!
Jubeh...
You're too late
Gedo was tougher than expected
Bancho! Bancho!
Jubeh
Kocho?
Kocho!
It was foolish of me
to take on Gedo
It's my fault. Because of me every one was...
Four Eyes? What happened to him!
Four Eyes...
Four Eyes!
Four Eyes, Four Eyes
Something stuck in you...
Jubeh!
You finally came, Jubeh
Damn!
Whoa!
Jubeh!
Dad
Jubeh, it's too early for you to be here
Where am I?
Go back. And throw that magic ball
Magic ball? Wait a sec!
It happened accidentally
Go back
But I swore I would never pitch
People need that magic ball
Do it for them, not for yourself
But...
It killed me, but I'm asking you!
Dad, wait!
How can I, Dad?
I don't remember how I did it!
You can. But don't forget
you're not alone
Dad. Wait. Dad!
Principal Kocho, Jubeh is here
Jubeh, he's been like this since we lost the game
Kocho? Jubeh's here. He came back alive!
Jubeh?
I've heard that name before...
Kocho, don't be senile
Student rep, show him!
""Gedo High Victorious. Majors Next?"
Kocho, you won't do anything?
Jubeh,
what'll you do?
It was a total defeat. That's reality
Even you were powerless
Is that what you really wanted?
What happened to your spirit?
You giving up `cause you lost once?
But Jubeh, the Tournament...
That has nothing to do with it!
We'll hit them.
This is war!
War...
If they enter the Majors, there'll be more victims!
If we leave them,
Gedo will conquer Japan, the world too
It's not just our problem
These are the players who got thrashed by Gedo
Please, Seido,
Fight them so there are no more victims like us
Alright! We’ll do it!
For them too.
But Jubeh! Do we have prospects for victory?
Yes! With the deadly bullet ball, we can win!
The ball! The deadly bullet that killed my dad!
What. You hid such a ball?
No, I just Didn't remember but
my dad told me to throw it. When I was dead 10mins ago
Really
Let's start. Kocho, help us and Four Eyes!
Actually,
Four Eyes can't play anymore
What?
You played baseball without telling me
You disobeyed me
Mother, what will you do to me?
As I wish!
As a punishment for not listening,
you'll live forever in this cage
Or,
you'll wait for the help
of a savior, for instance
with long hair and a dirty uniform
Four Eyes! You OK?
Jubeh
Who're you? Coming in like that!
His teammate!
What?
You're the one who got him into baseball!
Jubeh called me a "teammate"
Listen here, old bat!
I won't let you keep him from playing baseball
I'll never let him hit another baseball while I'm alive
Whoa!
You dead!
Old bat!
Jubeh special!
Jubeh!
You're right, she is your mother after all
You beat me. You are good, boy
You, top, girl
But tell me one thing
Why do you hate baseball?
I want to know too! Why, mother?
Alright
I Didn't tell you, but there was a sad accident
An accident!
Long ago I was with my dear husband,
named Hiroshi, and two sons
The oldest son loved baseball
Hiroshi play ed catch with him
But, my son’s pitch
killed Hiroshi accidentally
He was traumatized and went missing
Since then, I've hated baseball
Is it me!?
What? Then, you're
my missing son, Jubeh?
That means Jubeh's my brother.
Ah, it's true
Who is this?
Don't tease, it's me
I was cute when I was young
Mammy!
Mother.
I'll never let you go
Because of me, it's my fault dad...
Jubeh's my brother. Jubeh.
My Four Eyes! You can play ball
Yeah!
His pitch killed Hiroshi...
The boy was admired by his father
With joy the boy whirled around and around
He spun around and pitched
The ball gained speed and went right through his father
Oh yeah, I remember. Spin around!
Oh, that windup?
That's Nomo's major league pitch
He's winding up!
It's no mere Tornado Pitch!
Yes. Let's call it the Super Tornado Pitch!
I just named it.
Super Tornado!
Mama!
Oh no. The ball will...
Who are you! Who stopped my Super Tornado!
Who are you? Give me your name!
It's me!
So, who...
Whoa! Bancho!
That's right.
You're alive!
And his face has changed again
I died alright. But,
I've been reborn again
Of course my face has changed, too!
You've been reborn again?
I heard everything while I was dead
It's now time to get even with Gedo!
OK, we’ve both died once, let's do it.
Yes!
How nice to see this again.
What is this?
Ah, I got it in the other world
Other world
Stranger stopped me and said it was too early to die
He gave this to me
This is the super mitt my dad was using!
This can catch my Super Tornado
So it was your father, right?
“Good luck, Jubeh from dad”
Dad! I'll do my best.
This is Gedo High, a paradise with flowers and greenery
They were easy, weren’t they?
We wanna fight someone tougher
Someone who is tough enough
to attack our Invincible Hell Island
Who is it!
What! Thought you were dead!
I was! But I came back to life
To send you to the real hell!
Shut up! No difference if you've come back!
He could be right
Let's go Jubeh! Let's go!
Go, go! Hey! Hope you both die.
Play ball
Only one enemy! Finish him!
Not just one!
You!
We're five!
Still only five! Poor you
With no strong help.
I'm here, too
Gorilla. You’re alive!
Thank s to advanced technology
I'm a robo Gorilla!
We’re six!
I'm here, too.
Head Teacher! You're alive!
Yes! I've returned as a cyborg thank s to advanced technology
We're seven!
I'll fight, too!
What? Who are you?
I'm Chabane
Go! Go! Chabane
We're eight!
Four Eyes, I'm here, too
We're nine.
Here we are, the nine Seido players!
You're wasting my time!
Your numbers don't matter!
These are the rules of Battlefield Stadium
There are no rules!
Just kill each other!
Fight
Kill them!
Gedo, 6 points!
OK, I got it! Every one, get ready!!
Seido, 3 points!
2 points
Seido, 7 points!
Excuse me
Gedo, 12...
14 points!
Are you OK?
Hey, I'll kill you!
Chabane, Chabane!
Chabane.
Gorilla.
Chabane.
Go! Go! Chabane! Go! Go! Chabane!
Fight, you bastards! Kill each other! Ha!
Ah, they're flying!
It's even
Bullshit! I'm pissed.
I'll kill you!
For the sake of all future baseball players
I'll kill you!
Get ready!
Die, asshole!
Jubeh's number is 1
Gedo Coach is on his own
1 on 1
It means
this battle will decide the winner.
Kocho!
Jubeh!
I'll finish you!
Jubeh!
Jubeh
You're really hurt
You fought for us
He's not human
Jubeh
Jubeh,
You fought well. I'm impressed.
You're the first one to give me a good fight
To show my gratitude. Let me unveil you a new bat
I've completed last night.
Mechanic! Bring it here!
Yes!
Ha ha, this is it
This is brand new!
Woua!
Wwoua!
This is Gedo High’s new weapon, the poisoned bat named “poison bat”
Wwwoua!
It has poisons in it from all over the world
And there are many different kinds of medical herbs, too
What do you think will happen? You won't die!
The pain is completely unbearable
But you can't die for 100 years!
For 100 years
Living hell
That's right.
Gedo's science team developed it with their expertise.
It was hard to perfectly balance the mixture
Ah? It doesn't hurt
What. Why is that?
This kid! I didn't know.
Four Eyes!
Jubeh
I helped you, didn't I?
My brother!
Don't worry about me
Live your life...
Shit! The kid interfered!
This poison was especially created to kill the hero
Shit, I can't take it!
How dare you kill...
my brother...
I'll send you...
to hell!!
The Jubeh...
Special.
Good ball
Son of a bitch! My Gedo Baseball Team...
was defeated by just one student
with long hair and a dirty uniform
Just one student?
You still don't understand why you were defeated?
You never will. Cause you treat your players like shit
Shut up! What's wrong with that!
In baseball, you can never win on your own!
The most important thing is the teamwork, friendship!
Friendship gave me power!
You lost because you got drunk on victory and never valued friendship.
Idiot.
Friendship...
Effort...
Victory...
I've lost. Completely
Kill me
Pay for your sins in hell
You fucker.
Wait, please!
Who the hell?
Don't kill our coach!
Why you defending him?
He treated you like shit
Even so,
we were happy.
You idiots
We were abandoned before we met the coach
Abandoned?
We were abandoned b your mothers
and sent from one orphanage to another
We'd never been used for anything!
At least he used us!
He had us work as his slaves!
So, please save his life!!
We're his fans
OK, I'll let you go
You, all...
Jubeh, thank you
I was wrong
Good b ye
Jubeh!
"Antidote for Four Eyes"
What have you done?
One should never betray his companions!
I'll take coach’s place!
You'll die believing in useless friendship
You've got it all wrong
I've never felt anger like this.
Shut up, asshole! The game is over!
Sayonara.
Chiyotaro, Chietaro
I told you not to come
Kocho, is this the reward for victory?
Many innocent people died because of us
I killed them!
Because I
played baseball,
they lost their precious lives.
Jubeh...
It's a miracle!
Jubeh's tears made it happen!
Game over! Jubeh the winner!
Everybody listen!
Let's toss the Principal Kocho!
The toss up. An honor reserved only for victors
and what all players long for
The Principal Korho was overcome with joy
as the players kept tossing him as long as they could
And they knew
love of baseball goes beyond good and evil
But they didn't know
this man watching the game died
10 minutes prior
He died due to alcoholism. His name was Taizo Nakamura
He was my master
Have a look at the smile on his face
Do you think you could die as happy?