There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race (1980)
Original title: がんばれ!!タブチくん!! 第2弾 激闘ペナントレース
There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race is a 1980 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Tsutomu Shibayama, with a running time of 1h 35m. It stars Toshiyuki Nishida, Terumi Niki and Kaneta Kimotsuki.
The Pacific League pennant race continues to be fiercely contested. However, due to Tabuchi's continued poor performance, the Lions are on a losing streak. With Yasuda showing up at the stadium with his resume and Nomura suddenly becoming more energetic after being inspired by Dokaben's words, Tabuchi's presence is becoming less and less noticeable. Desperate, Manager Nemoto and Owner Tsumori try to highlight Tabuchi's charm by organizing "Tabuchi Day," but it ends in a complete failure. Just then, Mrs. Miyoko unexpectedly appears as a cheerleader.
Cast
- Toshiyuki Nishida as Kōichi Tabuchi
- Terumi Niki as Miyoko Tabuchi
- Kaneta Kimotsuki as Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
- Kenji Utsumi as Rikuo Nemoto
- Michio Hazama as Tatsurō Hirooka
- Takeshi Aono as Takeshi Yasuda
- Gorō Naya as Masaichi Kaneda
- Masatô Ibu as Nagashima Director
- Akira Murayama as Live broadcast announcer
- Shinya Sasaki as Himself
- Kei Tomiyama as Reporter
- Nahoko Sasaki as Announcer