"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?" "It's that dream again." "I should forget it." "It's over." "You hear?" "The new student is really bad." "He keeps getting expelled." "Last time, he got expelled on the same day he started." "They say he killed a teacher." "No, he killed his parents." "Their bodies were torn to pieces." "Some body 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!" "Four Eyes!" "G-G-Gori..." "M-M-Matsui..." "What are you doing?" "Why couldn't you catch that?" "S-s-sorry." "Go for it." " Koshien Stadium." " Right." "Baseball's tough." "What was that?" "BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL" "Matsui Gorilla." "We have nothing to worry about, 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, principal of Seido High, now declare that..." "Seido High will make it... to the Koshien Tournament this year!" "Principal Kocho!" "Head Teacher, what has happened?" "We know the opponent for the first game!" "Oh, yeah?" "Who?" "We have nothing to fear with Matsui Gorilla." "But... it's Gedo High School." "What!" "?" "That can't be true." "They haven't competed in years!" "That must be wrong!" "But..." "look at this!" "GEDO HIGH VICTORY IN USA" "It's all over." "This summer..." "it's over." "Everything is" "It's gone!" "Gori, Gori!" "Four Eyes!" "Don't just stand there!" "Go get it!" "Yes!" "I forgot, this is the dropouts' 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?" " Do you know where it is?" " What do you think?" "That ball... hit my teeth and busted them." "How can I pay you back?" "Pay me $1,000 for damages, asshole!" "No, one million!" "Bring me one billion!" "I'm waiting!" "Shut the fuck up!" "I hate bullying!" "Shit!" "I can't even take a nap... without listening to your fucking story." "Story?" "It wasn't true?" "Shut up!" "Do you know what you're saying?" "I don't care who the hell you are." "But you'II regret fucking with us, because..." "I don't care!" "Stop!" "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 just 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 really need to take on Gedo." "Principal Kocho!" "There's trouble!" "What happened?" "Some punks are fighting!" "Fighting?" "They do that all the time." "Leave them alone." "But one of our players is in the fight... and if people find out, the team will be suspended." "We won't be able to play anymore." "What?" "!" "Everyone's 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!" "That's the word I hate the most." "So what?" "What I hate the most is baseball!" "Well, Jubeh, this will be your last game." "Is that so?" "Hey, hurry up already, you bastards!" "Scared?" "Want me to fight ya?" "How about it?" "Student rep, stop this!" "No!" "This is a fight between men." "The baseball team will get in trouble!" "But, they aren't on the team." "Yeah" " What?" "!" "Head Teacher!" "Who is he?" "I've never seen him!" "The new student who is coming today." "What!" "He's the one?" "Jubeh, you're almost as good as they say." "Stop talking." "Let's 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." "It looks like he doesn't have a chance." "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" "Everyone thinks it's a home run." "But he jumps, jumps and jumps, and then it's out." " Is that so." " Watch them." "What?" "What wonderful flexibility." "He's in the batter's box." "The pitcher throws." "It's about to hit him, but he avoids it." "The ball approaches." "He leans and lets it pass." "It will be 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 the principal of Seido High... and head coach of the baseball team." "I don't care about suspension or expulsion." "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!" "That won't work." "They're no match for Gedo Baseball." "Gedo Baseball?" "What's that?" "Gedo Baseball is baseball... with no rules, and it's outside the Iaw." "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's a playground to kill legally." "I didn't know there was such scum." "You couldn't help it." "Even baseball freaks like me didn't know... until we actually had a game with them." "Who are these scum?" "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'II never play again." "I made a vow." "You vowed" "Sorry." "I'm through with baseball." "Who is that?" "Who are you?" "Give me your name!" "It's me!" "So?" "Who" "Whoa, it's Bancho!" "Yeah, that's right!" "Bancho, your face has changed!" "I changed my mind." "Of course, I changed my face too." "But, are you okay?" "You were badly beaten." "I'm fine." "I owe Jubeh." "What?" "I don't understand." "I Ioved 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 didn'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... over and over." "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?" "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 who threw too fast" "Was hated and left alone by everyone" "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 had exceeded all limitations." "I don't remember how I did it." "I tried very hard to forget... and now I don't remember it." "So that's what happened to you." "After that, I Ieft 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 way." " You too?" "My mother doesn't let me play ball." "She hates baseball and will kill me if she catches me playing." "So, I'm playing behind her back." "We're the opposite!" "Love of baseball!" "Love of baseball..." "I don't have a talent for baseball like you." "But I have the same feeling!" "The same feeling..." "Four Eyes!" "Now I've got it!" "I couldn't face myself." "I was a coward." "Jubeh." "Four Eyes." "Ten minutes later..." "Jubeh decided to join Seido High's baseball team." " Four Eyes!" " Jubeh!" "I Iove you!" "Four Eyes!" "I'm home." "Didn't you hear something?" "It was a bouncing ball." "Are you imagining things, Mother?" "Strange, there shouldn't be any balls in our house." "You!" "Do you play baseball?" "Of course not!" "I know how much you hate it." "Hmm." "Okay, then." "If you're playing baseball, you'II be sorry." "If you even join a baseball team, you're dead!" "Now it's ten minutes before the preliminary game." "Gorilla isn't here yet." "Hey, what're you doing?" "Time to play ball!" "PRELIMINARY GAME BASEBALLSTADIUM, FRONT GATE" "He's not here." "What happened?" "The game'II 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've heard everything from the Head Teacher!" "You're sidelining us Seido High players... and letting 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." "I can't rely on such cowards." "We'II play the game." "No, you can't win at Gedo Baseball!" "You'II 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'II go to the back gate and check again." "Jubeh!" "Where on earth is he?" "Whoa!" "You 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." "AII our players... have very short tempers!" "You!" "Don't forget!" "Oh, finally, here we go." "Let's go, Gorilla!" "Let's go, Gorilla!" "Gori!" "I'm here!" "What's so funny?" "Stop talking." "Umpire, their attitude isn't appropriate." "You're outta there!" "Why?" "For such a Iittle thing?" "You used violence." "Please wait." "He's right." "Please reverse your decision." "No, I can't do that as an umpire." "Reverse it now!" "Hurry up, 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 all right?" "Yes, I'm all right." "Did 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 all right?" "Those scary guys just came." "Where are Gorilla and the others?" "If they play, they'II be in danger." "What's that sound?" "Get inside!" "Yes!" "Look!" "Gorilla!" "Hey!" "Can you hear me?" "Kocho" "They all- Aaargghhh!" "I had no idea they'd be 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 of something we didn't do." "You make it sound like we killed them." "Didn'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 have." "Right, umpire?" "Yes, you're right." "That's not true!" "How did nine players die?" "Gedo played as usual." "They never broke the rules." "Be reasonable, Seido." "If we cheated, we wouldn't be here." "We'd have been removed from the game." "Damn you!" "Your fault for sending in such spineless players." "Kocho, it's no use to say 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 everyone." "Umpire!" "We give up." "What?" "I can't hear you." "Seido High is forfeiting the game!" "Overruled!" "Damn!" "Just as I thought!" "AII right!" "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'II hold them... until Jubeh comes." "AII right!" "Let's do it!" "Yes!" "I'II also play." "Head Teacher!" "I've been Head Teacher for 25 years!" "I'm always ready to sacrifice myself for Seido!" "That's so, thank you." "Kocho, me too." "Don't try too hard." "You hide yourself here." "Kocho" "This isn't baseball!" "Help us, Jubeh!" "Jubeh!" "Ten minutes before," "Jubeh succeeded in escaping from prison as planned." "What is this?" "Bancho!" "Bancho!" "Jubeh." "You're too late." "Gedo was tougher than we expected." "Bancho!" "Bancho!" "Jubeh." "Kocho?" "Kocho!" "It was foolish of me... to take on Gedo." "It's my fault." "Because of me, everyone was" "Four Eyes!" "What happened to him?" "Four Eyes" "Four Eyes!" "Four Eyes, Four Eyes." "Something's stuck through 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 pitch." "Magic pitch?" "Wait a sec!" "It happened accidentally." "Go back." "But I swore I would never pitch again." "People need that magic pitch." "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 do it, 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 act senile." "Student rep, show him!" "GEDO HIGH VICTORIOUS." "MAJORS NEXT?" "Kocho, won't you do anything?" "Jubeh, what can 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 lose one time, so you're giving up?" "But Jubeh, the Tournament" "That has nothing to do with it!" "We'II hit them!" "This is war!" "War..." "If they enter the Majors, there'II be more victims!" "If we leave them," "Gedo will conquer Japan, and 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." "AII right!" "We'II do it!" "For them too!" "But Jubeh, can we win?" "Yes!" "With the deadly bullet pitch, we can win!" "The ball!" "The deadly bullet that killed my dad!" "What!" "You were hiding a pitch like that?" "No, I just don't remember... but my dad told me to throw it, when I was dead ten minutes 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 are you going to do to me?" "Anything I want!" "As a punishment for not listening, you'II live forever in this cage." "Or, you'II wait for the help... of a savior, for instance... with long hair and a dirty uniform." "Four Eyes!" "Are you okay?" "Jubeh." "Who are you?" "Coming in like that!" "His teammate!" "What?" "You're the one who got him into baseball!" "Jubeh called me a teammate." "Listen here, you old bat!" "I won't let you keep him from playing baseball." "I'II never let him hit another baseball while I'm alive." "Whoa!" " You're dead!" " old bat!" "Jubeh special!" "Jubeh!" "You're right." "She is your mother after all." "You beat me." "You are good, boy." "You, too, old girl." "But tell me one thing." "Why do you hate baseball?" "I want to know too!" "Why, Mother?" "AII right." "I didn't tell you, but there was a sad accident." "An accident?" "Long ago I was with my dear husband, named Hirohi, and our two sons." "The oldest son loved baseball." "Hiroshi played catch with him." "But, my son's pitch... accidentally killed Hiroshi." "He was traumatized and went missing." "Since then, I've hated baseball." "Is it me!" "?" "What?" "Then, you're... my missing son, Jubeh?" "This 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." "Mommy!" "Mother!" "I'II never let you go." "Because of me- It's my fault that Dad" "Jubeh's my brother!" "Jubeh!" "My Four Eyes!" "You can play ball." "Yeah!" "His pitch killed Hiroshi." "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, yeah, I remember." "Spin around!" "Oh, that windup!" "That's Thal'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?" "Tell me your name!" "It's me!" "So, who..." "Whoa!" "Bancho!" "That's right!" "You're alive!" "And his face has changed again." "I died, all right." "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!" "Okay, 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." "A 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'II do my best!" "This is Gedo High, a paradise with flowers and greenery." "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 that!" "What?" "I thought you were dead!" "I was!" "But I came back to life." "To send you to the real Hell!" "Shut up!" "It makes no difference if you've come back!" "He could be right." "Let's go, Jubeh!" "Let's go!" "Let's go, Jubeh!" "Let's go!" "Go, go!" "Hey!" "Hope you both die!" "play ball." "There's 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!" "Thanks to advanced technology." "I'm a robo Gorilla!" "There are six of us!" "I'm here, too!" "Head Teacher!" "You're alive!" "Yes!" "I've returned as a cyborg thanks to advanced technology." "There are seven of us!" "I'II fight, too!" "What?" "Who are you?" "I'm Chabane." "Go!" "Go!" "Chabane." "There are eight of us!" "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!" "Okay, I got it!" "Everyone, get ready!" "Seido, 3 points!" "Two points." "Seido, 7 points!" "Excuse me." "Gedo, 1 2... 1 4 points!" "Are you okay?" "Hey, I'II kill you!" "Chabane, Chabane!" " Chabane!" " Gorilla!" " Gorilla!" " Chabane!" "Go!" "Go!" "Chabane!" "Go!" "Go!" "Chabane!" "Fight, you bastards!" "Kill each other!" "Ha!" "Ah, they're flying!" "It's tied." "Bullshit!" "I'm pissed!" "Bullshit!" "I'm pissed!" "I'II kill you!" "For the sake of all future baseball players..." "I'II kill you!" "Get ready!" "Die, asshole!" "Jubeh's is number 1." "The Gedo coach is on his own." "one on one." "It means... this battle will decide the winner!" "Kocho!" "Jubeh!" "I'II finish you!" "Jubeh!" "Jubeh." "You're really hurt." "You fought for us." "He's not human." "Jubeh." "Jubeh." "Jubeh, you fought well." "I'm impressed!" "You're the first one to give me a good fight." "To show my gratitude, Iet me unveil a new bat to you." "I completed it last night." "Mechanic!" "Bring it here!" "Yes!" "Ha ha, this is it." "This is brand new!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "This is Gedo High's new weapon, the poisoned bat named "Poison Bat."" "Whoa!" "It has poisons in it from all over the world." "And there are many different kinds of medicinal herbs, too." "What do you think will happen?" "You won't die!" "The pain is completely unbearable." "But you can't die for 1 00 years!" "For 1 00 years." " A 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?" "The 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 specially created to kill the hero." "Shit, I can't take it!" "How dare you kill... my brother..." "I'II send you... to hell!" "The Jubeh..." "Special!" "Nice 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 because 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, the friendship!" "Friendship gave me power!" "You lost 'cause 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!" "Wait, please!" "What the hell" "Don't kill our coach!" "Why are you defending him?" "He treated you Iike shit." "Even so, we were happy!" "You idiots." "We were abandoned before we met the coach." "Abandoned?" "We were abandoned by our 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." "Okay, I'II let you go." "You all" "Jubeh, thank you." "I was wrong." "Goodbye." "Jubeh!" "ANTIDOTE FOR FOUR EYES" "What have you done?" "One should never betray one's companions!" "I'll take the coach's place!" "I'll die believing that friendship is useless." "You've got it all wrong." "I've never felt anger like this!" "Shut up, asshole!" "The game is over!" "Sayonara!" "Chiyotato, Chietaro." "I told you not to come." "Kocho, is this the reward for victory?" "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 tear made it happen!" "Game over!" "Jubeh is the winner!" "Everybody listen!" "Let's toss Principal Kocho!" "The toss up." "An honor reserved only for victors... and what all players long for." "Principal Kocho was overcome with joy... as the players kept tossing him as long as they could." "And they knew... that the love of baseball goes beyond good and evil." "But they didn 't know... this man watching the game died... 1 0 minutes earlier." "He died of alcoholism." "His name was Taizo Nakamura." "He was my master." "Take a look at the smile on his face." "Do you think you could die as happy?"