Follows Ren Mihashi, who had previously excelled as his middle school baseball team's ace pitcher, due to his grandfather's connections as its manager. As he graduates to high school, whose... See full summary »
After watching Haikyuu, I pretty much knew what to expect out of a sports anime. Each play gets 2 minutes of internal dialogue. In Haikyuu they skip a bit, but Big Windup is literally an entire season of shows for a single game.
On the plus side, again, like Haikyuu, you really get a detailed analysis of the sport. It truly is like a teaching tool for baseball. That is, to me, very entertaining. Now, the super neurotic pitcher can get unnerving at times, and why they made the coach a gigantic breasted Wonder Woman is a mystery, but it all works.