Series synopsis
Gurazeni: Money Pitch, also known as グラゼニ is a Japanese animation television series that premiered on BS SKY PerfecTV! on April 6, 2018. It ended on December 21, 2018. It stars Fukushi Ochiai, Takanori Hoshino, Mao Ichimichi and Issei Futamata.
This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball player—a relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. The team operates as a highly-stratified society, where the player's performance determines his annual salary. Natsunosuke is one of the highest paid players in the game. He measures how good players are by how much money they make, and he intends to be on top and stay there, and as such is always looking for players to challenge and does everything to ins ...
Premise
This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball player—a relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. The team operates as a highly-stratified society, where the player's performance determines his annual salary. Natsunosuke is one of the highest paid players in the game. He measures how good players are by how much money they make, and he intends to be on top and stay there, and as such is always looking for players to challenge and does everything to insure that he is better than they are.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Fukushi Ochiai as Natsunosuke Honda (voice)
- Takanori Hoshino as Akira Shibuya (voice)
- Mao Ichimichi as Yuki (voice)
- Issei Futamata as Tanabe (voice)
- Daisuke Namikawa as Tokunaga (voice)
- Ryuzou Ishino as Kozato (voice)
- Kenji Nomura as Sakota (voice)
- Hideo Matsumoto as Hideo Matsumoto (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | April 6, 2018 | June 22, 2018 |
| Season 2 | 12 | October 5, 2018 | December 21, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
My Workplace / Spot Starter Bonda Natsunosuke is an 18 million yen-a-year middle relief pitcher for the Jingu Spiders. Highly conscious of his limited time in the sport and obsessed with earning enough for retirement, Bonda faces a number of tricky situations which could help or hurt his bottom line. |
April 6, 2018 |
| 2 |
Tendency / Buddies Bonda's coach has noticed a fatal flaw in his pitching style: He can only strike out players who make less money than he does! Later, Bonda attempts to help his best friend, a Spiders starting pitcher, earn his first win of the season. |
April 13, 2018 |
| 3 |
Prefecture Clique Tokunaga decides to set a quota for his friends from Yamanashi Prefecture: within the next four games, Ohno needs to hit four home runs, and Bonda needs to get his ERA under 3. Can the two meet the difficult challenge and get their futures back on track? |
April 20, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back in the Majors | October 5, 2018 |
| 2 | The Softy | October 12, 2018 |
| 3 | Rising to First | October 19, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BS SKY PerfecTV! |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 6, 2018 |
| Last aired | December 21, 2018 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |