One Outs (ワンナウツ)

Nobody wins, but I!

Release Date:	2008-10-07
Runtime:	22 min
Status:	Ended
Genres:	Animation
Production:	D.N. Dream Partners, Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP

Overview

Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Outs". At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen for every point he gives up. A high-level psychological game of baseball, gambling and logic is about to begin..