The Basketball Star
4th October 1981Secret Weapon Akane Shoot!
11th October 1981Spark of Love? Between Dog and Human
18th October 1981A system in order to win
25th October 1981Sports Genius Kappei
1st November 1981Air Basket of Fear!
8th November 1981Seiichiro's Technique at Winning Romantic Love
15th November 1981The Marathon
22nd November 1981Naismith Academy
29th November 1981The Appearance of Rival Toudou-Kun!
6th December 1981Kappei's impossible impossible cheating
13th December 1981Daiba's Homicide Shoot!
20th December 1981Eerie! Basketball Ghost vs Kappei
27th December 1981Defeat the Thousand-Armed Goddess of Mercy Shot
3rd January 1982Super Secret Technique! Live National Broadcast
10th January 1982Chairman Fuman's Magnificent Crime
17th January 1982Menacing Amazoness Corps
24th January 1982First Movie Appearance! I'm a Star
31st January 1982Kappei's Tearful Intense Weight Loss Training
7th February 1982Hot-Blooded Teacher Appears!
14th February 1982Bird Human Kappei Flies in the Sky
21st February 1982Kappei's Grandpa Makes His Appearance!
28th February 1982The First and Probably the Last! Invitational Championship Tournament
7th March 1982Kappei Is a Remote Control Doll?
14th March 1982Terrifying! Kappei's Past
21st March 1982Odd!? Basketball Without Secret Techniques
28th March 1982Settling the Final Game with Supernatural Powers!
4th April 1982Kappei's Girls' Gymnastics Class
11th April 1982Kappei's Ultra Golf
18th April 1982Playing Ice Hockey for the First Time!
25th April 1982Coach Natsu's Love Fever
2nd May 1982Kappei Fairy Tale! The Cinderello Story
9th May 1982A Genius? Kappei Advances to Ping Pong
16th May 1982Muscle Beauty Serika vs Kappei!
23rd May 1982Duel! Kappei vs Hippo Gorilla
30th May 1982A Surprise! Akane Joins the Ping Pong Club
6th June 1982The New Ping Pong Club Strikes Back!
13th June 1982Uproar of Laughter! Kappei's Pro-Wrestling Ping Pong
20th June 1982Throbbing Ball vs the Great Four
27th June 1982Fiery Game! Kappei vs. Akane
4th July 1982Mystery? Kappei, the Electric Human
11th July 1982Final Showdown Against Hippo Gorilla
18th July 1982Joe Cocker Makes His First Appearance!
25th July 1982Cocker's Lost Treasure
1st August 1982Terror! Big Bear!
8th August 1982West Side Basketball
15th August 1982Kappei's Space Opera!
22nd August 1982Kappei Returns to Aso!
29th August 1982Kappei Sumo! Put Some Spirit into It!
5th September 1982Forcefully Joining the Fencing Club
12th September 1982A New Technique! Clothespins
19th August 1982Grandma Kappepi's Intense Training!
26th September 1982Revealing Kappei's Training Site!
3rd October 1982Chess Style Ranking Competition
10th October 1982Invincible! The Jiggly Fencing Technique
17th October 1982The Werewolf Challenges Me!
24th October 1982Sorcery! Akane's Metamorphosis
31st October 1982Ridiculously Strong! Kappei Versus Robot
7th November 1982Bankruptcy! Seirin High School Is in a Big Pinch
14th November 1982Endurance Competition! Superman Race!
21st November 1982Desperation! Big Unicycle Jump!
28th November 1982Who Is the Winner!
5th December 1982Panicking over the Deadly Death Match
12th December 1982Goodbye, Fallen Heroes!
19th December 1982Kappei Achieves Eternal Fame
26th December 1982The 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.
