FUNimation Licenses ‘OoFuri’
Dated: 17 Jun 2008
I hate those stupid little baseball games– at one particular GameZone we wasted a good ten minutes on one such game without figuring out when the heck to hit. Luckily I was able to work out FUNimation’s and get their new announcement.
FUNi has licensed Big Windup!, which is apparently what they’re calling Ookiku Furikabutte!. Based on the manga by Asa Higuchi, it follows the shy and nervous Ren Mihashi as he attempts to join his high school’s baseball club in spite of being his middle school’s pitcher only thanks to nepotism– his grandfather owned the school. Oops!
Tags: FUNimation, Ookiku-Furikabutte
June 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
This is wonderful news! Totally unexpected too. I really love this series and its unique art style so I can’t wait to own it on DVD. Curse the ocassional surprisingly addicted sports series…
June 17th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
[...] I make the occassional exception for series I really like. Today is just such an exception as Gia has posted that Funimation has acquired the distribution rights to Ookiku-Furikabutte (”Big [...]
June 17th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Oofuri is all about those fujoshi matchups D:
But it’s good sports anime/manga. At least from a casual sports fan’s perspective…
June 17th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
This was a great show, and I may actually go out and buy this. Kudos to Funi on this one!
June 18th, 2008 at 4:21 am
Finally! this is one of the best sport anime i’ve seen. Pretty realistic and moving.