One Outs
2008 • MADHOUSE
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2008
- Episodes
- 25
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- MADHOUSE · VAP
- Genres
- Psychological · Sports
The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meets Toua Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out." At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen (about US$46,000) for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen (US$460,000) for every point he gives up.
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One Outs originated as a manga series by Shinobu Kaitani, serialized in Business Jump beginning in 1998, before being adapted into a 25-episode television anime series by the renowned studio Madhouse in 2008. The series diverges from typical sports anime tropes by focusing on the psychological manipulation and high-stakes gambling of its protagonist, Toua Tokuchi, a pitcher who excels at turning the game of baseball into a series of strategic psychological traps.
The 2008 anime adaptation was directed by Yuzo Sato, who leaned into the dark, cynical atmosphere of the source material through sharp character designs and a moody visual palette. The production was well-received by audiences for its tension and unconventional narrative structure, standing out as a cerebral contrast to the more earnest, teamwork-oriented sports dramas common to the medium at the time.
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