Anime like Boukyaku Battery

Diamond no Ace

Also known as Ace of the Diamond.

Studio: Production I.G , MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

With a stray pitch that completely missed the batter, Eijun Sawamura loses his final middle school baseball game. Frustrated by this defeat, Eijun and his teammates vow to reach the national tournament once they are in high school. But everything changes when a scout unexpectedly invites him to Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after seeing the potential in his unusual pitching style. Encouraged by his teammates, Eijun accepts the offer, ready to improve his skills and play at a much more competitive level of baseball.

However, now surrounded by a large number of skilled players, Eijun struggles to find his place on the team. He declares that he will one day become the team's ace, but that's only if fellow first year Satoru Furuya doesn't take the title first, with his breakneck fastballs that earn him a coveted spot on the starting roster. With the addition of these talented new players to an already powerful lineup, the Seidou baseball team aims to become the best in Japan, facing off against a number of formidable foes that stand in their way.



Tags: Baseball , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

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

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 , Time Skip , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Language Barrier , Bullying