Anime like Major 2nd

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 Gorou is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Gorou's schoolteacher and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Gorou's mother. The destinies 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 , Shounen , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Adoption , Parenthood , Time Skip , School , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Language Barrier , Bullying , Marriage

Diamond no Ace act II

Also known as Ace of the Diamond act II.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Picking up the next year after the end of the fall tournament, Seidou High School baseball team battle it out with new and old faces as they begin their tournament run at Koshien.



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

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

Taishou Yakyuu Musume.

Also known as Taisho Baseball Girls.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

In 1925 (year 14 of the Taisho era) baseball is still quite unknown in Japan and there are only a few male teams. After being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, 14-year-old Akiko invites her friend Koume to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when having to find enough members, to get permission from their parents and also when learning about the sport itself, which they soon discover to be more difficult than expected.

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Baseball , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Age Gap , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Arranged Marriage

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

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 , Shounen , Foreign

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3.

Studio: Studio KAI , Cygames , Toho , Bandai Namco Music Live , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The third season of Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Tags: Athletics , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , School , Animals , Idol

Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine

Also known as Cinderella Nine.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Studio Comet , AT-X , TV Osaka , TV Tokyo , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Tsubasa loves baseball so much, she started her high school’s baseball club herself! But passion alone won’t keep a club alive, so it’s up to her to recruit as many all-star players as she can. Some potential recruits have never played before while others have returned to the game thanks to Tsubasa, and together they’ll form a team united in love for the game and their growing friendship. But whether they win or lose, one thing’s for sure: Every game they play together is sure to be a home run!



Tags: Baseball , School Club , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Female Cast , Idol

Tamayomi

Also known as TAMAYOMI: The Baseball Girls.

Studio: studio A-CAT
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

In her Junior High years, the pitcher Yomi Takeda was not able to get very far in a cross-school baseball tournament. Since the catcher on her team wasn't at her level, she couldn't use her signature move, the "Magic Throw," and eventually regretted not being able to use it. After Junior High, she decided to stop playing baseball and went to Shin Koshigaya High School, a school without a baseball club.

There, she found her long lost childhood friend, Tamaki Yamazaki, who used to play catch ball​ with her when they were kids. Tamaki also played baseball during her Junior High years as a catcher, and could even catch Yomi's "Magic Throw!"

Their promise with each other during their childhood could now be fulfilled! Walking together on the road of baseball once again...

The first episode pre-aired on March 8.

Tags: Baseball , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Outdoor Activities , CGI , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Twins

Ginga e Kickoff!!

Studio: NHK , NAS , NHK Enterprises , TYO Animations
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The story follows a boy who was in a soccer team, but it was disbanded due to not enough players. However, after the boy meets a female professional soccer player, he aims to bring his soccer team back.



Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , School