Dash Kappei
Dash Kappei (ダッシュ勝平) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda and first published in 1980 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.The manga was also adapted into a 65-episode anime television series by Tatsunoko Production in 1981, chiefly directed by Masayuki Hayashi.The hero of the story is a teenage boy named Kappei Sakamoto,[1] who is a high school student with amazing athletic abilities who joins the basketball team of Seirin High School and quickly becomes one of the most skilled players.Eventually, Kappei's athletic prowess extends beyond basketball, and he tries out for - and excels at - every sport the school offers.Kappei eventually moves in with Akane and her family after his parents (who are rarely around) leave for the United States.