Samurai Giants

is a Japanese manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Kou Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump" magazine from issues 1976 #36 to 1974 #42 until the chapters were compiled into 16 tankobon volumes.

An anime adaptation by A Productions was aired on Nippon TV from October 7, 1973 to September 29, 1974 for 46 episodes.

Plot
Showa Year 45 (1970), 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 as their ace pitcher noted for his blazing fastball but with worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.