About this season
The hero of the story is Kappei Sakamoto, 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. Kappei has one unusual handicap for a basketball player - his height; he stands not even one meter tall. His Achilles' heel is female undergarments; he has a particular interest in white panties, and is even more enthusiastic about joining the basketball team when he discovers that the team's female coach, Coach Natsu, wears white panties (although his inventive attempts to sneak a peek at said panties usually result in a physical beatdown from the hot-tempered coach). Eventually, Kappei's athletic prowess extends beyond basketball, and he tries out for - and excels at - every sport the school offers. In the first episode, Kappei meets and becomes enamored with Akane Aki, a sweet, pretty girl who is quite athletic herself (she later joins the school's ping-pong team) and signs on as assistant coach of Seirin's basketball team. Much to Kappei's delight, not only is Akane pretty, but she also wears white panties, and Kappei sets his sights on winning her heart. Kappei eventually moves in with Akane and her family after his parents (who are rarely around) leave for the United States. However, Kappei has an unusual rival for Akane's heart - Akane's dog, Seiichiro, who has often fantasized about marrying his owner and, resenting Kappei, immediately seeks to sabotage his relationship with Akane through various tricks. Seiichiro can also speak, although only Kappei can understand him.
Episodes (65)
1. The Basketball Star
Aired 4 October 1981 • 25 min
2. Secret Weapon Akane Shoot!
Aired 11 October 1981 • 25 min
3. Spark of Love? Between Dog and Human
Aired 18 October 1981 • 25 min
4. A system in order to win
Aired 25 October 1981 • 25 min
5. Sports Genius Kappei
Aired 1 November 1981 • 25 min
6. Air Basket of Fear!
Aired 8 November 1981 • 25 min
7. Seiichiro's Technique at Winning Romantic Love
Aired 15 November 1981 • 25 min
8. The Marathon
Aired 22 November 1981 • 25 min
9. Naismith Academy
Aired 29 November 1981 • 25 min
10. The Appearance of Rival Toudou-Kun!
Aired 6 December 1981 • 25 min
11. Kappei's impossible impossible cheating
Aired 13 December 1981 • 25 min
12. Daiba's Homicide Shoot!
Aired 20 December 1981 • 25 min
13. Eerie! Basketball Ghost vs Kappei
Aired 27 December 1981 • 25 min
14. Defeat the Thousand-Armed Goddess of Mercy Shot
Aired 3 January 1982 • 25 min
15. Super Secret Technique! Live National Broadcast
Aired 10 January 1982 • 25 min
16. Chairman Fuman's Magnificent Crime
Aired 17 January 1982 • 25 min
17. Menacing Amazoness Corps
Aired 24 January 1982 • 25 min
18. First Movie Appearance! I'm a Star
Aired 31 January 1982 • 25 min
19. Kappei's Tearful Intense Weight Loss Training
Aired 7 February 1982 • 25 min
20. Hot-Blooded Teacher Appears!
Aired 14 February 1982 • 25 min
21. Bird Human Kappei Flies in the Sky
Aired 21 February 1982 • 25 min
22. Kappei's Grandpa Makes His Appearance!
Aired 28 February 1982 • 25 min
23. The First and Probably the Last! Invitational Championship Tournament
Aired 7 March 1982 • 25 min
24. Kappei Is a Remote Control Doll?
Aired 14 March 1982 • 25 min
25. Terrifying! Kappei's Past
Aired 21 March 1982 • 25 min
26. Odd!? Basketball Without Secret Techniques
Aired 28 March 1982 • 25 min
27. Settling the Final Game with Supernatural Powers!
Aired 4 April 1982 • 25 min
28. Kappei's Girls' Gymnastics Class
Aired 11 April 1982 • 25 min
29. Kappei's Ultra Golf
Aired 18 April 1982 • 25 min
30. Playing Ice Hockey for the First Time!
Aired 25 April 1982 • 25 min
31. Coach Natsu's Love Fever
Aired 2 May 1982 • 25 min
32. Kappei Fairy Tale! The Cinderello Story
Aired 9 May 1982 • 25 min
33. A Genius? Kappei Advances to Ping Pong
Aired 16 May 1982 • 25 min
34. Muscle Beauty Serika vs Kappei!
Aired 23 May 1982 • 25 min
35. Duel! Kappei vs Hippo Gorilla
Aired 30 May 1982 • 25 min
36. A Surprise! Akane Joins the Ping Pong Club
Aired 6 June 1982 • 25 min
37. The New Ping Pong Club Strikes Back!
Aired 13 June 1982 • 25 min
38. Uproar of Laughter! Kappei's Pro-Wrestling Ping Pong
Aired 20 June 1982 • 25 min
39. Throbbing Ball vs the Great Four
Aired 27 June 1982 • 25 min
40. Fiery Game! Kappei vs. Akane
Aired 4 July 1982 • 25 min
41. Mystery? Kappei, the Electric Human
Aired 11 July 1982 • 25 min
42. Final Showdown Against Hippo Gorilla
Aired 18 July 1982 • 25 min
43. Joe Cocker Makes His First Appearance!
Aired 25 July 1982 • 25 min
44. Cocker's Lost Treasure
Aired 1 August 1982 • 25 min
45. Terror! Big Bear!
Aired 8 August 1982 • 25 min
46. West Side Basketball
Aired 15 August 1982 • 25 min
47. Kappei's Space Opera!
Aired 22 August 1982 • 25 min
48. Kappei Returns to Aso!
Aired 29 August 1982 • 25 min
49. Kappei Sumo! Put Some Spirit into It!
Aired 5 September 1982 • 25 min
50. Forcefully Joining the Fencing Club
Aired 12 September 1982 • 25 min
51. A New Technique! Clothespins
Aired 19 August 1982 • 25 min
52. Grandma Kappepi's Intense Training!
Aired 26 September 1982 • 25 min
53. Revealing Kappei's Training Site!
Aired 3 October 1982 • 25 min
54. Chess Style Ranking Competition
Aired 10 October 1982 • 25 min
55. Invincible! The Jiggly Fencing Technique
Aired 17 October 1982 • 25 min
56. The Werewolf Challenges Me!
1.0Aired 24 October 1982 • 25 min
57. Sorcery! Akane's Metamorphosis
Aired 31 October 1982 • 25 min
58. Ridiculously Strong! Kappei Versus Robot
Aired 7 November 1982 • 25 min
59. Bankruptcy! Seirin High School Is in a Big Pinch
Aired 14 November 1982 • 25 min
60. Endurance Competition! Superman Race!
Aired 21 November 1982 • 25 min
61. Desperation! Big Unicycle Jump!
Aired 28 November 1982 • 25 min
62. Who Is the Winner!
Aired 5 December 1982 • 25 min
63. Panicking over the Deadly Death Match
Aired 12 December 1982 • 25 min
64. Goodbye, Fallen Heroes!
Aired 19 December 1982 • 25 min
65. Kappei Achieves Eternal Fame
Aired 26 December 1982 • 25 min