Anime like Diamond no Ace act II

Major S1

Studio: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Studio Hibari , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Goro's schoolteacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro's mother. The destines of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.




Tags: Baseball , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Shounen , School , Primarily Child Cast , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Language Barrier , Bullying

Ookiku Furikabutte

Also known as Big Windup!.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , TBS , Aniplex , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

After a falling out with his middle school team, Mihashi enters Nishiura high school with no social skill, a warped opinion of himself, and every intention to quit baseball. The newly formed Nishiura baseball team, however, needs a pitcher, and they welcome him. Most enthusiastic is Abe, a domineering catcher with his own game issues.

And so a battery every bit as complementary as it is dysfunctional is formed. If they can figure out how to work together, they might be the answers to each other's problems-and the team might be able to win.

Tags: Baseball , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Bullying , Cheerleading

MIX: MEISEI STORY

Also known as MIX.

Studio: OLM , Yomiuri TV , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

MIX takes place 26 years from the story Touch. From the legend left by the hero of Touch, Tatsuya Uesugi, Meisei Academy High School was well known for their strong baseball team. 26 years from their glory, the team has not been able to keep their record and lost their fame.
MIX is about two stepbrothers, Soichirou and Toma Tachibana. The two aim to revive of the once strong Meisei Academy’s baseball team and enter the National High School Baseball Championship.
Soichirou and Toma were second years in Meisei Academy Middle School. Both boys are talented baseball players. Soichirou has shown excellent skill as a catcher and batter. Though having an extraordinary skill as a pitcher, Toma no longer pitches due to a “certain reason.”
Once the two enter High School, they pair as a battery and aim to enter the National High School Baseball Championship!

The passion and devoted emotions will touch your heart! MIX is a high school baseball drama that all ages and genders can enjoy!



Tags: Baseball , Shounen , School Club , Male Protagonist , Twins , School , Rural , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast

Battery

Also known as BATTERY the animation.

Studio: Zero-G , KADOKAWA , Dentsu , Aniplex , Fuji TV , KYORAKU , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Asano's novels revolve around Takumi Harada, a young man who moves to a mountain town in Okayama prefecture during the spring break before he enters middle school due to his father's job transfer. Takumi is a pitcher, and after the moves he loses faith in his own talent, when suddenly his classmate Gou Nagakura appears in front of him. Gou has a strong desire to form a "battery" (a combination of a pitcher and catcher) with Takumi.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Baseball , Rural , Bullying , Male Protagonist , School Club , Coming of Age , Software Development

Major S6

Studio: NHK , SynergySP
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The sixth season begins after the "Baseball World Cup" has ended. Goro regained his passion for baseball in Japan thanks to his friends, and left to join the Hornets baseball team in preperation to the new season. When he arrives in America he starts to celebrate his role as a Major League pitcher at last! Goro's family and friends gathers in groups in Japan to watch Goro's debut in the Major League. However, Goro's debut is the beginning of a line of surprising happenings, that has an outcome no one expected...

Tags: Baseball , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Shounen

Aoashi

Also known as Aoashi.

Studio: Production I.G , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , NHK Enterprises , BANDAI SPIRITS , Marvelous , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and elimination from the tournament. Nevertheless, he catches the eye of someone important who happened to be visiting from Tokyo. How will things turn out for Ashito?



Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , School , Bullying , Time Skip

Baby Steps

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sports

Based on the original manga by Hikaru Katsuki, Baby Steps centers on a honor student named Eiichiro Maruo who becomes frustrated with his life and decides to join the tennis club. Despite lacking experience and physical strength, he utilizes his studious nature to develop a strategic approach to playing tennis. Taking notes of his opponents’ habits and tendencies, he is able to predict their next move before they even react. He also meets Natsu Takasaki, a beautiful girl with a passion for tennis. With her help, he aims to become a professional tennis player.



Tags: Tennis , Male Protagonist , Fitness , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Shounen , School , Educational , School Club , Chibi

One Outs

Also known as One Outs.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Sports

The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meets Toua Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out." At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen (about US$46,000) for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen (US$460,000) for every point he gives up.



Tags: Baseball , Gambling , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist

Major S2

Studio: Studio Hibari , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

This series picks up a few years after season one. Goro is now older, and has come back to his original home town. As if nothing changed, he starts off right where he left with his old friends and tries to fit back in.

Tags: Baseball , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , School , Time Skip

Haikyuu!!

Also known as HAIKYU!!.

Studio: Production I.G , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the "King of the Court," Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.

Thanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Volleyball , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Fitness , School , Coming of Age , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Kuudere