Ooi! Tonbo

Trying to move on in his life, former professional golfer Kazuyoshi Igarashi arrives at Hinoshima Island for a job at its development center. Expecting the island to be a very rural area with nothing much to offer, Kazuyoshi cannot hide his amazement when he discovers a complete golf course made by the island's inhabitants. Using the seaside terrain to their advantage, the people there have adopted golfing as their hobby.

To add to his surprise, Kazuyoshi meets a young girl named Tonbo Ooi, who has been playing golf using only a 3-iron—a notoriously difficult-to-use club. As the former pro gets more involved with Tonbo and witnesses her seemingly impossible shots, he begins to see golf in a whole new light, rediscovering how fun the sport can actually be.

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Ooi, Tonbo Main

Hayashi, Rika Japanese

Igarashi, Kazuyoshi Main

Touchi, Hiroki Japanese

Rintarou Supporting

Hatanaka, Tasuku Japanese

Kuta Supporting

Houki, Katsuhisa Japanese

Tsubura's Father Supporting

Horiuchi, Kenyuu Japanese

Tsubura's Coach Supporting

Fujiwara, Takahiro Japanese

Udou, Yaya Supporting

Takekuma, Fumiko Japanese

Udou, Kyuugorou Supporting

Kusumi, Naomi Japanese

Adaniya, Tsubura Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Ooi, Gonzou Supporting

Aomori, Shin Japanese

Morishita, Katsuji Producer

Kasahara, Makoto Producer

Hikita, Takahito Producer

Muramatsu, Sayako Producer

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Jun 15, 2024

Moxxxu

Recommended

Preliminary (11/13 eps)

Masterpiece of real life golf technique with real story of growing up.

If you love to play golf, you can't hate this. This is every golfers must see anime. Even if you don't play golf, it will surely show you new things, and you even might want to go play golf for a first time. It sums up the ideology of this anime to do something new. Everything you ever do is once in a life time. You can waste it down to well, or try something new to make it shine. Really educational anime for life philosophy and golf.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 8, 2024

TophatGeo

Recommended

Preliminary (10/13 eps)

I've never seen a show this focused on "the journey to the starting line" before but its a really resonant theme. Tonbo and Igarashi's growth is a slow burn, it takes time for these characters to adjust and leave their comfort zone but there's a real sense of excitement to see how the characters will develop not just in golfing skills but their mentalities and approaches to both golf and life.

It's a show heavy on set-up which vastly improves on the early source material to allow these brilliantly written characters to be explored one piece at a time.

Character's struggles feel grounded and enthralling. The ... atmosphere of the show and Hinoshima Island as a location is relaxed, but you can see how heavily these self-reflective questions weigh on our characters in the quieter scenes. It's a story which is slowly building our characters up rather than rushing into key moments of growth.

There is lots of golf jargon and the animation isn't always the most dynamic, but if you're willing to be entertained by this world then it may connect with you deeply. The world is relaxed and charming and the environments are gorgeous.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 11, 2024

Crisippo

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (10/13 eps)

Why I'm watching this anime?
Even thought when I started watching it I was sure I was going to drop it in a matter of two or three episodes, I'm still waiting every week for the next one to come out. And not only for the same old "Slam Dunk paradox": "even though I didn't care at all about (name of the sport), I loved this manga/anime"; but because of something quite unique that I was able to see in this series.

Tonbo, the main character, doesn't need to follow the boring and repetitive path of the classic spokon protagonist who has to get better ... step by step. She already got great talent and experience for the sport that she loves, the only things that she lacks of are proper equipment and, more importantly, a strong competitive and determined mindset.

I was able to enjoy this particular kind of character development despite the mediocrity of the technical aspects of the series (however, for my personal preferences, I really appreciated the attention they put in the construction of the scenography), but I can understand why many people couldn't be able to ignore that.


P.S.
I'm sorry for my poor and bad english.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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