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Ace of the Diamond S1E1 — The One Pitch

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Ace of the Diamond•Season 1•Episode 1

The One Pitch

8.0/10 · 86 votesOct 6, 201324 min

Ranked #74 of 75 in Season 1•−0.5 vs season avg

Game set. Eijun Sawamura, the pitcher of a novice junior high baseball team, meets with a bitter walk-off loss. For Sawamura, that became his last game in junior high, so he sets a new goal of going to the nationals in high school with his

Directed byHironori Aoyagi

Written byKenji Konuta

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Ryota Osaka

Ryota Osaka

Eijun Sawamura (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Kazuya Miyuki (voice)

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Satoru Furuya (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Haruichi Kominato (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Tetsuya Yuki (voice)

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Yoichi Kuramochi (voice)

Yuki Ono

Yuki Ono

Shun Isashiki (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Kengo Kawanishi

Wataru Kariba (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Chris Yu Takigawa (voice)

Masakazu Morita

Masakazu Morita

Kochiro Tanba (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Ryosuke Kominato (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Norifumi Kawakami (voice)

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H

Hironori Aoyagi

Director

Mitsuyuki Masuhara

Mitsuyuki Masuhara

Storyboard Artist

Kenji Konuta

Kenji Konuta

Writer

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Akiko Konno

Key Animation

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Kazunori Ozawa

Key Animation

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Mariko Aoki

Key Animation

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Tatsuya Oka

Animation Director

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Kei Saotome

Animation Director

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Michinori Shiga

Key Animation

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Nobuhiro Kashiwagi

Key Animation

S

Shotaro Shimoda

Key Animation

R

Ryo Kobayashi

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"The One Pitch" is episode 1 of Ace of the Diamond season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 86 votes, ranking #74 of 75 episodes this season (season average 8.5). Directed by Hironori Aoyagi and written by Kenji Konuta, it aired on October 6, 2013.

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