Team Astro(2005)

Team Astro Synopsis

A young boy, J. Shuro, meets the legendary pitcher Eiji Sawamura in the Philippines during World War II. Sawamura shares his dreams of one day gathering the nine Astro Superhumans – who all were born nine minutes and nine seconds past nine on September 9th of the 29th year of Showa (1954) and all have baseball-shaped birthmarks on their bodies – to form the ultimate baseball team capable of beating the Yomiuri Giants and any U.S. Major League team. When Sawamura dies during the war, Shuro decides to help fulfill his idol’s dream and goes in search of the nine ball players. But the team that is formed does not play ordinary ball. These extraordinary players demonstrate extraordinary plays on the field and some will not stop until everything – even their lives – is left on the field.

Team Astro (2005) is a comedy, drama and sci-fi & fantasy series that premiered on August 10, 2005, spanning 1 season and 18 episodes. It stars Sonny Chiba, Takashi Nagayama, Ryohei Abe and Norihito Kaneko. Viewers rate it 7.3 out of 10 across 3 ratings.