is an

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television series produced by

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. Directed by

Tetsurō Amino is a Japanese anime director, born on October 10, 1955, in Chiba Prefecture. In 1988, he started using his name in katakana. Works * '' Arashi no Yoru ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi'' * '' Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!'' * ''Bubu Chacha'' * ''DT Eightr ...

and featuring mecha designs by

Kunio Okawara is a mechanical designer in the Japanese anime industry. Okawara was the first in the industry to be specifically credited as a mechanical designer. He designed mecha for the ''Gundam'' and ''Brave Series'' franchises, as well as those of numerou ...

, it premiered on

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...

on April 6, 1993, and ended its run on March 29, 1994, spanning a total of 52 episodes. An

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

(OVA) titled was released between November 21, 1994, and April 25, 1995.

Characters

Iron Leaguers

* Baseball Leaguer. Voiced by

Yasunori Matsumoto is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Sigma Seven. Some of Matsumoto's most notable roles are Wataru Akiyama in '' Initial D'', Jean Havoc in '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', Magnum Ace in Shippū! Iron Leaguer, Gourry Gabriev in '' Sl ...

. * Soccer Leaguer. Voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu. * Karate Leaguer. Voiced by

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. * Football Leaguer. Voiced by

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. * Kendo Leaguer. Voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi. * Basketball Leaguer. Voiced by Jurota Kosugi. * Hockey Leaguer. Voiced by

Yukitoshi Hori is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Setagaya, Tokyo. He is the elder brother of fellow voice actor Hideyuki Hori and is currently represented by Aoni Production. He is most known for the roles of Tokumaru Tatsumi (''Saint Seiya'' ...

Gold Brothers

*Gold Arm Baseball Leaguer *Gold Foot Soccer Leaguer *Gold Mask Baseball Leaguer

Humans

* * * *

Music

;Opening Theme: by Atsuo Tanimoto ;Ending Theme: # "Dreamy Planets" by Chisa Yokoyama (eps 1-26) # by Yasunori Matsumoto and Ryotaro Okiayu (eps 27–51) # by Atsuo Tanimoto (ep 52) Original Soundtrack by

Kaoru Wada is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series, including ''Inuyasha'', ''D.Gray-man'', '' Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas'', ''Samurai 7'' and, more recently, ''Tesla Note''. He also became known to the We ...

;Special Theme from the MBA/MetroBall on March 7, 1998: by Louie Heredia

Video games

A single

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based on ''Shippū! Iron Leaguer'' was released in Japan for

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on March 11, 1994. Characters from the series appear in the game '' Super Robot Wars NEO'' for the Nintendo

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References

External links

Sunrise's official TV show website

Sunrise's official OVA website
* * 1994 video games Anime with original screenplays Fictional sports in anime and manga Sunrise (company) Bandai Namco franchises Super robot anime and manga TV Tokyo original programming {{Anime-television-series-stub