Samurai Giants (侍ジャイアンツ) is an action sports manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Kou Inoue in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1971 to 1974. Shortly after its last publication, it was adapted into a 48-episode anime by Tokyo Movie and aired on Yomiuri TV between October 1973 to September 1974. Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.