TV · 101 episodes · 25 min/ep · Group TAC
The story centers around three characters—Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living the life of giving up the spotlight to Kazuya, despite the fact that he may be more gifted than him. Minami is the beautiful childhood girlfriend and for all intents, sister from next door who treats both of them as equals. Society largely assumes Kazuya and Minami will become the perfect couple, including Tatsuya. Yet as time progresses, Tatsuya grows to realize that he's willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of his brother, except at the expense of giving up Minami to Kazuya. And thus the story is told of Tatsuya trying to prove himself over his established younger brother, how it affects the relationship between the three, and both brothers' attempts to make Minami's lifelong dreams come true.
Isami Nishimura
Supporting
Ryuusei Nakao
Japanese
Tatsuya Uesugi
Main
Yuuji Mitsuya
Japanese
Minami Asakura
Main
Noriko Hidaka
Japanese
Kazuya Uesugi
Main
Keiichi Nanba
Japanese
Eijirou Kashiwaba
Supporting
Hideyuki Tanaka
Japanese
Koutarou Matsudaira
Supporting
Shouzou Hayashiya IX
Japanese
Shouhei Harada
Supporting
Banjou Ginga
Japanese
Akio Nitta
Supporting
Kazuhiko Inoue
Japanese
Shingo Uesugi
Supporting
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Yuka Nitta
Supporting
Miina Tominaga
Japanese
Punch
Supporting
Shigeru Chiba
Japanese
Takeshi Yoshida
Supporting
Ryou Horikawa
Japanese
Mitsuru Adachi
Original Creator
Takeshi Mori
In-Between Animation (ep 96)
Ikuko Itou
Key Animation (eps 50, 54, 68, 85, 90, 95)
Yoshiko Koizumi
Production Assistant (eps 1-101)
Takahiro Kimura
In-Between Animation (ep 81)
Takashi Yamazaki
In-Between Animation (ep 75)
Yuuzou Satou
Key Animation (ep 39)
Tomomi Mochizuki
Episode Director (ep 43)
Hiroko Tokita
Director
Hiroko Tokita
Storyboard (eps 37, 45)
