Based on the manga by Asa Higuchi that runs in the seinen journal Afternoon, Big Windup! is running given that 2003 with thirteen volumes released thus far. The first time obtained critical acclaim in Japan for its focus to detail and beautiful looking animation for a new studio. The sequence was picked up by FUNimation within the US for its very first time, which ran throughout 2007, however the revenue of it didn't do properly and FUNimation has indicated at conventions they won't be planning to pick up the second year.